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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 04:28 PM
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Need Evidence that combat pay was cut or lowered after "mission accomplish
Some repuke says that it's an urban legend>
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 04:55 PM
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1. Found This
In on sfgate.com, from the 8/14/03 San Francisco Chronicle, the title of the article was "Troops in Iraq face pay cut. Pentagon says tough-duty bonuses are budget-buster"

Basically the Pentagon initiated the idea, when asked about the pay cut "a White House spokesman referred questions about the administrations view on the pay cut to the Pentagon report".

Hope this leads you to what you're looking for.
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popstalin Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-04 04:58 PM
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2. They wanted to but...
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