Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler of Missouri says President Obama’s call for military base realignment and closure — or BRAC — is a bad idea. Hartzler’s west-central district includes Fort Leonard Wood and Whiteman Air Force Base.

Hartzler says the 2005 BRAC cost more than $37-billion, which the US won’t recoup until 2018. Hartzler sits on the House Armed Services Committee and says she’ll do everything she can to keep any military cuts from affecting Missouri’s servicemen and women.