1 percent pay raise latest pinch for troops, veterans struggling to pay bills
Posted on AllSides December 24th, 2013
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President Obama on Monday signed an executive order giving military personnel and civilian federal workers a 1 percent pay raise - the first raise for civilians in four years, but a decrease in pay hikes for military families.