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ARMED FORCES NEWS |
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| An agreement between House Republican leaders and the White House for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and VA disability compensation may face the scrap pile, according to reports. The plan, which would include a severe cutback in future VA disability awards, has run into vehement opposition from several veterans' groups and others. Meanwhile, in a race against the time clock, House and Senate lawmakers have shifted priorities from fixing concurrent receipt to fixing temporary monthly imminent-danger pay and family-separation allowance increases that are due to revert Oct. 1. Although the House and Senate agree on extending the temporary pays, their versions in the fiscal 2004 defense authorization bill vary and must be hammered together soon or deployed troops will face a reduction in pays. |
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