Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Bush Says "No" To Vet Increase

Military.com Legislative Center: "With President Bush's popularity scraping bottom in opinion polls, with U.S. casualties rising in Iraq in a force surge that has stretched soldier tours to 15 months, the Bush administration July 10 said it 'strongly opposes' key military pay and benefit gains tossed into their fiscal 2008 defense bill.

Initiatives opposed by the White House included:

1) Bigger Pay Raises
2) Higher TRICARE Fees
3) TRICARE Retail Drugs 'Fair Pricing'
4) CRSC Expansion
5) Survivor Indemnity Allowance
6) Reserve GI BILL..."

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