Army Force-Structure Report To Figure In Debate Over Closing Installations

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The Army staff has hammered out a draft of a force-structure report to Congress that is likely to inform a coming debate between the executive and legislative branches over which installations will be closed as the service cuts 72,000 soldiers over the next five years.Army Secretary John McHugh tapped Maj. Gen. John Murray, director of force management in the office of the deputy chief of staff G3/5/7, to spearhead the report, which is required by the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act and due no later than April 2."We have turned a number of drafts to date, but the process is still under way," Army spokeswoman Lt. Col. Peggy Kageleiry told InsideDefense.com in a statement.