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Several sources report that President Obama is set to propose a 1.4 percent across the board pay raise for 2011. This raise is 2 percent lower than the 2010 military pay increase and is the smallest increase since the draft ended in 1973.
http://www.military.com/military/benefits/0,15465,2011-14-Pct-Military-Pay,00.html
I guess that's all the man could spare with his 700 billion dollar political slush fund known as TARP.