Veterans' Group Wants Larger Raise for Military
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Concerned that Congress is moving toward providing a 2.2 percent pay raise for the military next year, a leading veterans' group said that with troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is not the time to skimp on a raise.
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Pledging to &quot;fight a smarter, more effective war on terror,&quot; Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a group of the nation&#39;s military veterans in Cincinnati today that the United States must begin shifting more of the ...
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President Bush will propose a 3 percent pay raise for federal employees and military personnel in his fiscal 2008 budget, scheduled for release on Monday, a senior administration official said yesterday.
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As the PentagonÂs search for soldiers grows more urgent, gay rights groups are pushing to win repeal of the policy.
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As House Democrats wrangle over details of a $100 billion war spending bill -- including whether restrictions should be placed on troops sent to Iraq -- some members want to add significant money for agricultural relief, Hurricane Katrina reconstruction and other nonmilitary projects.
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The Pentagon may have to boost the Army's size or call up more reserves to ease the war's burden.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 1 -- The coalition of Virginia interest groups that helped push through a $1.5 billion tax increase this year received a blunt message Wednesday from Gov. Mark R. Warner and senior Republican legislators who control the purse strings: Don't expect the same gift twice.
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CINCINNATI - (KRT) - Sen. John Kerry attempted on Wednesday to win the hearts and minds of the nation&#39;s veterans, a group that has traditionally tilted Republican, by appealing to their sense of patriotism as well as more ...
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Thousands of U.S. troops with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering a benefits system that is already overburdened.
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Nearly half the U.S. soldiers in Iraq are reservists and they deserve to have their health care and education benefits increased, Democrats said on Saturday.
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Congress on Saturday approved a &#36;477 billion defense bill with a military pay raise and new money for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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This should be a time for Solidarity veterans to savor.
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Despite low approval ratings and hard feelings from last year's elections, Democrats and Republicans in the House are reaching out for an approximately $4,400 pay raise that would increase their salaries to almost $170,000
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The Defense Department will increase the number of troops in Iraq by 12,000, Joint Staff officials said at a Pentagon news conference today.
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Under pressure from lawmakers for  better treatment for U.S forces serving in Iraq and  Afghanistan, the Pentagon plans to increase survivor benefits  for families of service members killed in war, a Pentagon  official said on Monday.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs this week doubled the disability benefits of a West Virginia soldier who has been fighting for more compensation since he returned from Iraq, and assured him that he will receive immediate access to more mental health services to treat his post-traumatic stress...
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The Senate has voted to allow the Pentagon to raise reimbursement rates for mental health treatment, following reports that soldiers returning from war have had difficulty getting services because of reduced payments to therapists.