White House opposes 3.5 percent pay raise for military
Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary".
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