U.S. Undersecretary of Defense John McGovern wrote, “Congressman Ron Dellums will be the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Tom Foglietta has assumed a new role in the appropriations subcommittee on military construction, which provides funds for the projects. These two friends are in a powerful position to ensure the authorization and the appropriation of the project in Naples.”

David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Milit…, loc. 1325