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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: tejek who wrote (498349)	11/25/2003 12:25:54 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) of 769667

Is that so? o The best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans’ benefits and combat pay. Earlier Monday, Bush signed a $401.3 billion defense authorization bill that includes a 4.15 percent raise for troops as the Iraq occupation puts increasing strain on soldiers and their families. • Raises salaries for soldiers by an average of 4.15 percent, and extends increases in combat and family separation pay. • Partially overturns rules preventing disabled veterans from receiving some retirement pay as well as disability compensation. Besides raising military wages, the defense authorization bill for fiscal 2004 continues $225 per month in imminent danger pay and $250 in a monthly family separation allowance for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, including tens of thousands of reserve and National Guard troops.

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