Jimmy Carter actually said...

I've asked this very fine Commission to do a complete analysis of the military compensation system in our country.

I know how important it is to have both good pay and good morale within our military forces.

We want to be sure that when the study is completed, that our military personnel will be encouraged to enlist and to serve a long career.

This is going to be a very time-consuming effort, very complicated and, as you can well imagine, very controversial.