From the Shreveport Times: Coming in among the 18 states making the first cut in landing the the US Air Force Command, Bossier City, which invested $107 million in a civilian cyber tech center, gets the jump over other states as the Pentagon advises against making investments to lure the high tech center. Â
Roberta Carrow-Jackson reports that President Bush has “pocket vetoed” pay raises for U.S. service members.
The slightly bigger military raises are intended to reduce the gap between military and civilian pay that stands at about 3.9 percent today. Under the bill, the pay gap would be reduced to 1.4 percent after the Jan. 1, 2012, pay increase. Bush budget officials said the administration “strongly opposes” both the 3.5 percent raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases “unnecessary.” Read more
