The Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 2005 recommended closing Walter Reed in 2010.

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Though the Obama Administration failed to meet its top priority executive order of closing Guantanamo within one year, it continues to stress closure.

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Beaminster business owner Claire Feasey, of Green Drawers, said she was closing her shop at the end of the year partly because of the tunnel closure.

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