Officials say Fort Benning appears safe from cutbacks
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Posted 7:30AM on Tuesday, April 23, 2002
FORT BENNING - Fort Benning appears not to be in danger from proposed Army program and personnel reductions, according to elected officials who met a high-ranking Army officer. <br>
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Gen. John N. Abrams, commander of the U.S. Army's Training and Doctrine Command, met Monday with U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., and U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, and Mac Collins, R-Jackson. <br>
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Abrams ``pretty well assured us that there would be no need or no demand to remove anything out of Fort Benning,'' Collins said. ``He told us that plans are for additional Rangers for the Ranger School and additional soldiers for airborne.'' <br>
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``I think the future is very sound,'' said Cleland, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. ``I think Fort Benning and the Infantry School there in particular is critical in the war on terrorism.''