NATION
IT HURTS MORE IN CALIFORNIA
With Congress out of town for the July 4 recess, President Clinton used the political quiet time to seek a way to avoid a potential electoral problem: the closing of McClellan Air Force Base, located in voter-rich California. An independent commission has recommended the money-saving shutdown, one of many scheduled military-base closings around the U.S. As White House aides and Pentagon officials searched for a more politically palatable alternative, sources reported progress toward a possible deal: work done at the base might be privatized, thus allowing the military to erase McClellan from its books but...
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