On the recordSeptember 30, 1976
The current levels of the military allowances for quarters and for subsistence bear little relationship to the costs of the services they are intended to procure.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “The current levels of the military allowances for quarters and for subsistence bear little relationship to the costs of…”
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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate on Basic Allowances for Quarters for Members of the...
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