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| https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=7939d27d-d635-40aa-8afd-e3f7074ea8ac | West Virginia Congressional Delegation Urges Continued Support for Summit Point Training Facility | 2015-10-27 | 2015 | 2015-10 | Democrat | House | WV | Joe Manchin | M001183 | www.manchin.senate.gov | legacy | October 27, 2015 West Virginia Congressional Delegation Urges Continued Support for Summit Point Training Facility Washington D.C. Today, members of West Virginias congressional delegation and their staff met with Assistant Secretary Gregory Starr from the State Departments Bureau of Diplomatic Security to discuss the Summit Point Training Facility in Jefferson County, West Virginia. The Summit Point Training Facility does vital work ensuring the safety of our diplomats, embassy staff and their families. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), a member of the Armed Services Committee, has written several letters to the leadership at the State Department and the GAO. As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which has jurisdiction over funding for foreign affairs security training, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) invited Assistant Secretary Starr to meet with the delegation and discuss the proposed construction of the State Foreign Affairs Security Training Center (FASTC) at Fort Pickett, Virginia. The bureaus proposal, which would require the construction of an entirely new facility with a half-billion dollar price tag, was introduced as part of the State Departments efforts to meet their increasing security training needs. As the delegation notes, however, these needs can already be met at the Summit Point Training Facility. The delegation issued the following joint statement following todays meeting with Assistant Secretary Starr: Summit Point has provided the State Department with a state-of-the-art training facility for more than three decades while meeting the departments core mission requirements and safeguarding our diplomats. The State Department should consider expanding the existing facility that already meets the departments needs and is roughly an hours drive from Washington instead of building a costly new facility and disrupting security training. In todays meeting with Assistant Secretary Starr, we made clear that building a new facility would be duplicative and unnecessary. As a delegation, we will continue to lead the fight to keep these vital operations at Summit Point. ### Print Email Tweet Next Article Previous Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |