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On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Is it fair that that person, who may have been deployed once and stays to retirement is eligible for a lifetime benefit, while an individual who may have multiple deployments in a combat theater does not stay 20 years, that person walks away with nothing more than the admiration of a grateful nation.
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Susan Davis
Democratic · California

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Questions fairness in military retirement benefits based on service duration and deployment.

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