(NEWSMAX) -- President Obama has told Congress he will cap next year’s pay raise for U.S. military personnel at 1 percent instead of boosting pay by 1.8 percent as called for by a federal law. The president’s move will negatively impact American combat troops scheduled to remain in Afghanistan through 2014. The federal law says military pay raises must be based on the Employment Cost Index compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which ties military raises to private sector pay growth. Under that formula, military personnel should be getting a 1.8 percent pay raise beginning in January 2014, CNS News reported.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 04:57:27 +0000
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