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Pay Raise Of 1.4 Percent Proposed For Military

January 28 2010

USA

President Barack Obama is expected to request a 1.4 percent military pay raise as part of the fiscal 2011 defense budget to be unveiled on Feb. 1, reports the Army Times.

If approved by Congress, the increase would be the smallest annual military pay raise since the all-volunteer force came into being in 1973.

The pay raise for 2010, which took effect on Jan. 1, was set at 3.9 percent.

The proposed raise would match the projected increase in the Employment Cost Index, a...

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