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:: 11.11.2003 ::
Quote of the Day
“How can leadership be talking about cutting back on quality-of-life benefits right now when the force and everyone supporting the force is at such a high stress level?”
- Joyce Raezer, director of government relations for the National Military Family Association. I found the above quote in an article entitled "An act of ‘betrayal’": Defense officials notified the services in mid-October that they intend to close 19 commissaries and may close 19 more, mostly in remote areas.
At the same time, the Pentagon is finishing a study to determine whether to close or transfer control of the 58 schools it operates on 14 military installations in the continental United States.
The two initiatives are the latest in a string of actions by the Bush administration to cut or hold down growth in pay and benefits, including basic pay, combat pay, health-care benefits and the death gratuity paid to survivors of troops who die on active duty. You can read more about the cuts, their repurcussions, and miltary families' responses in the Army Times. Paul Krugman's column pointed me to this article.
:: Deb 4:10 PM :: permalink ::
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