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Gov. Baker to lobby for Massachusetts military
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2015/07/gov_baker_to_lobby_for_massachusetts_militaryGov. Baker to lobby for Massachusetts military
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Associated Press
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker is headed to Washington to make the case for the state's six military installations.
The governor is scheduled to meet Tuesday with a Pentagon official and two U.S. senators from New England who could play a role in any future military base closings process.
Baker says the military bases support more than 60,000 jobs and generate more than $13 billion in overall economic activity for the Bay State.
He'll meet on Capitol Hill with U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, and Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat. Both serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.