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5 days ago · Junior Enlisted Pay Increase: On top of the 4.5% annual pay adjustment slated for 2025 (a figure in line with the Employment Cost Index, as per statute), the House bill would provide servicemembers E-1 through E-4 with an additional 15% raise. This would be a vital increase in the challenging recruiting environment.
3 days ago · 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Pay Our Military Act of 2023. 2. Continuing appropriations for members of the Armed Forces. (a) In general. There are hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2024, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for fiscal year ...
4 days ago · American voters went to the polls on November 6, 2012, to determine—for the 57th time—their country’s president for the next four years. Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama’s reelection bid was, from the outset, expected to be closely contested as the United States faced a number of
2 days ago · The campaign had a relatively small total of $21.9 million in May, but went on to raise $52 million in June, after Obama had secured the nomination. On June 19, Obama was the first major-party presidential candidate to turn down public financing for a general election campaign since the system was created in the aftermath of Watergate.
2 days ago · Barack Obama—with his wife, Michelle—being sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, January 20, 2009. Key events in the life of Barack Obama. Barack Obama (born August 4, 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.) is the 44th president of the United States (2009–17) and the first African American to hold the office.
4 days ago · OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, on May 29, sent a letter to Oklahoma Department of Corrections Executive Director Steven Harpe asking him again to provide verification of how his $90,000 pay increase was authorized. Humphrey said in the letter that he's repeatedly asked Harpe for this information. He said he's even provided ...
4 days ago · In March, the Government Accountability Office offered recommendations to the VA, Defense and Labor departments after finding that 4,300 transitioning service members did not receive the ...
