Base consolidation efforts merely relocated rather than reduced overseas footprint

Evidence

The global basing transformation initiated in the early days of the Bush administration was supposed to reduce the collection of bases and move the remaining ones into more strategic positions. Instead, thanks to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the boom in base construction around the world, our base presence abroad has resembled a game of Whac-A-Mole: every time a base has been closed down, another base (or millions in new MilCon spending) has tended to pop up somewhere else. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1057

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Base closures abroad tend to be offset by new base construction elsewhere — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1057; The overseas base presence has begun to shrink modestly; US overseas base footprint is shrinking after budget cuts — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1066 (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Base closures abroad tend to be offset by new base construction elsewhere — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1057; The overseas base presence has begun to shrink modestly; US overseas base footprint is shrinking after budget cuts — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1066 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Base closures abroad tend to be offset by new base construction elsewhere #corroborates (0.96) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1057
• The military downsized overseas bases but kept its same global footprint. #corroborates (0.95) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 131
• Closing overseas bases yields immediate and long-term fiscal savings #complicates (0.78)