07/07/2009
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"our Nations' historical experience of pursuing cost savings by cutting military compensation has demonstrated that periods of designed reduction in overall compensation levels resulted in retention pr..."
"Secretary Lamont, Secretary Garcia, and Secretary Ginsberg, was your Service consulted to determine the cost impact of extending these benefits to same sex partners?"
"I am concerned about the potential impact of civilian furloughs on the Services' critically important family support programs."
"So the glide path for the budget is pretty much not growing very fast, but health care costs are."