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US Navy bases in Scotland face axe

US Defence Secretary Les Aspin yesterday called for the closure of 31 military bases in the US and another 29 overseas, including two in Britain.

They are a Navy base at Kinnaber, Montrose, and the Murkle Receiver Site at Thurso, Caithness.

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