Texas senator calls Guam “foreign base”
First it was Congressman Hank Johnson who was concerned about the military buildup and it potentially forcing the island to tip over, and now Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson during a markup hearing in the nation's capitol that was calling Guam a foreign base.
July 14, 2010Updated: July 14, 2010
By KUAM News
By KUAM NewsGuam - First it was Congressman Hank Johnson who was concerned about the military buildup and it potentially forcing the island to tip over, and now Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson during a markup hearing in the nation's capitol that was calling Guam a foreign base.
The Texas senator is vowing to strip and cut funding in the 2011 defense budget that would go to military construction for Guam, Korea and Europe.