Military Update: Gates tosses military pay, benefits into risk pool
Fri, 06/03/2011 - 11:57pm
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For the Herald/Review
Defense Secretary Robert Gates last week delivered his “last major policy speech” and, in it, suggested that politicians show courage in the fiscal crisis by making the military compensation system more efficient.
Gates has the department preparing such a set of recommendations to be part of a $400 billion defense savings package over the next 12 years.
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My hope is that Gates understands the plight of the individual service people when it comes to their pay and benefits…