The three largest bases are Kadena Air Base, White Beach Naval Facility, and Futenma Marine Air Station.

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McCain held a roundtable event at a facility where pontoon bridges and Marine landing craft are readied for service.

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This view appears to be shared, moreover, by the radicals leading the campaign to close Vieques: According to Mr. Ortega, they adamantly oppose the idea of conducting a plebiscite of the Viequenses about the continued use of this unique facility by the Navy and Marine Corps.

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