HAGATNA, Guam (Pacific Daily News) - The $3 billion Japan-funded construction contract for the Guam military buildup is back on track, according to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific.
Yesterday, it announced a new June 21 deadline for proposals and more than 90 pages of changes to the original solicitation.
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The military realignment plans also gained key political support on Tuesday when U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, downplayed calls from three of his colleagues to re-evaluate the military restructuring.
"We have been assured by the Japanese government that, yes, they can," The Associated Press quoted Inouye in Tokyo. "I think both governments agree that American presence is necessary and desired."
Sens. John McCain, Carl Levin and Jim Webb last month called the Defense Department's Asia-Pacific realignment plan "unrealistic, unworkable, and unaffordable."
The senators also were concerned about Japan's ability to "bear their load" after the triple disasters, but Inouye was unfazed, according to AP.