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| Wilson Plugs KAFB to Key Congressional Leader |
February 22, 2002 |
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Chairman Duncan Hunter leads the Military Research Subcommittee
Albuquerque, NM - The Chairman of an influential military subcommittee of Congress listened and learned today as a group of business, military, and community leaders sung the praises of New Mexico’s key role in national defense and detailed the critical research projects headquartered in this state.
“We can do things in New Mexico that you just can’t do anywhere else,” said Congresswoman Heather Wilson, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee. “This is the only place in the country where you can launch a missile and then crash it into the ground with the ability to pick up the pieces and collect critical data.”
Congresswoman Heather Wilson, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, invited Chairman Duncan Hunter (CA-52) of the Subcommittee on Military Research and Development to visit Albuquerque so she and other military and community leaders could discuss Kirtland’s role in cutting-edge research. Hunter’s committee has jurisdiction over spending for military research and development, and related legislative oversight.
“With the Air Force Research Lab, the two national labs, and dozens of job-creating high-tech businesses in New Mexico, our state has become a focal point for the talent and tools necessary to undertake cutting edge research that will lead us during the coming years as we face new threats on our national security.”
Another round of base closures was recently approved by the Congress, a move that Wilson strenuously opposed. Wilson has worked to galvanize support among local and national leaders to keep Kirtland Air Force Base and other local facilities, including the Department of Energy laboratories, off any base closure lists.
Congressman Duncan Hunter represents California`s 52nd Congressional District, consisting of eastern San Diego County and Imperial County. He is a Vietnam veteran, who served in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers. In 1973, Hunter attended Western State University Law School in San Diego on the G.I. Bill, while also working at farming and construction.
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