Jimmy Carter actually said...

We now spend almost 60 percent of our total military budget on personnel.

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.

I will nominate Sar A. Levitan, of Washington, D.C., to be a member of the National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics.

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