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Perhaps we are the only ones who notice these kinds of things, but... BRAC... it's the Defense Realignment and Base Closure Commission, right? Even their URL says so -- www.brac.gov. But not if you go to the Web site itself.

Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission


Ah, the devil is in those details.

Posted by Christopher Dorobek on Nov 14, 2005 at 12:15 PM


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