Mitch Landrieu: “I know that my friends and colleagues, Senator Grassley from Iowa and Senator Baucus from Montana, share my concerns…”

“I know that my friends and colleagues, Senator Grassley from Iowa and Senator Baucus from Montana, share my concerns about the safety and welfare of our troops in the field and their families at home. With the deployment of the 389th Engineer Battalion and the 106th Aviation Unit from the Iowa Guard and 495th Transportation Company and 411th Support Detachment from the Montana Guard, no one can doubt that the people of the Hawkeye and Big Sky States are making very important contributions to our national defense. However, I wonder if my friends saw the article in the Washington Post on March 4, entitled ``Called-Up Reservists Take Big Hit in Wallet; Families Struggle on Military Salary.''”