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2009 Defense Bill is Law
October 14th, 2008
Today the President signed into law the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. This law approves the 3.9% military basic pay raise.
Along with the much needed pay raise and other defense related authorizations this years budget includes the authorization to the Department of Energy to receive $9,752,507,000 for the activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs necessary for national security.
Oh, and my favorite amendment, Sec. 316 which is a comprehensive program for the eradication of the brown tree snake population from military facilities in Guam. So I guess all who voted for the bill are for the troops but against nature. Gotta love politics!
And on September 2, 2010 – the snake killing began – you can read the story here from Stars and Stripes.
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