What's next for Portsmouth

It's official. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is on the Pentagon's BRAC list for closure. We'll look at what this means for both Maine and New Hampshire economically, politically, and personally and if there is still a chance for a reprieve later this year. Laura's guests are Ross Gittell, James R. Carter Professor and Professor of Management at the Whittemore School of Business & Economics at the University of New Hampshire. New Hampshire State Representative Jim Splaine (D-Portsmouth), Former President of the Seacoast Shipyard Association and former Assistant Mayor of Portsmouth. Congressman Jeb Bradley, Captain William McDonough, Spokesman for the Seacoast Shipyard Association Craig Seymour, Principal at the Durham based RKG associates, a consulting firm that has worked in planning base closures since 1988. Nelson Lawry, writer and co-author of ?Images of America: Portsmouth Harbor?s Military and Naval Heritage? and Mark Miller, Co-owner of the Crooked Lane Cafe in Kittery, Maine.