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NAUS: House committee redirecting Tricare funds

A major military association that has been fighting Tricare fee hikes is angry with a House committee, saying it is raiding unspent military medical funds to pay for pet projects for members of Congress in the 2012 budget.

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Senate committee agrees to 1.4% pay raise

The Senate Armed Services Committee has sided with the Pentagon by providing a 1.4 percent military raise for 2011, committee chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., announced Friday.

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Concurrent receipt may not be properly funded

Just days after the Obama administration announced plans to provide full concurrent receipt of disability and military retired pay to eligible veterans by Jan. 1, 2015, a key House committee chairman threw a bucket of cold water on the initiative.Rep. … Continue reading

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Concurrent receipt may not be properly funded

Just days after the Obama administration announced plans to provide full concurrent receipt of disability and military retired pay to eligible veterans by Jan. 1, 2015, a key House committee chairman threw a bucket of cold water on the initiative.Rep. … Continue reading

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