{"id":19273,"date":"2010-05-28T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=19273"},"modified":"2010-05-28T10:50:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T15:50:47","slug":"obama-opposes-larger-pay-raise-for-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=19273","title":{"rendered":"Obama opposes larger pay raise for troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the House Armed Services Committee, chaired by Ike Skelton, passed a 1.9% pay raise for the troops this year, the White House supports a smaller pat raise according to Government Executive.com<\/a>; <\/p>\n

“The administration values the service members of the U.S. Armed Forces and believes that the president’s proposed 1.4 percent pay increase is appropriate in light of other benefits and other forms of compensation, is targeted to avoid hindering the department’s ability to focus on recruiting or retaining for key skills, and will ensure the availability of financial resources needed to sustain our combat power at a time of war,” the White House stated. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think I said before the election that the first thing to suffer under Democrats will be the troops’ and retirees’ pay and benefits. <\/p>\n

Now Democrats were fond of calling reductions in spending increases a “cut” during the Bush years. So can we call this a cut in the troops’ pay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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