'Embarrassment:' White House blasted for opposing 19.5% pay hike for junior enlisted troops
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Veterans on Duty chairman Jeremy Hunt joined "Fox & Friends" to discuss the White House opposing a pay hike for junior enlisted troops.
Elizabeth Heckman is a digital production assistant with Fox News.
"The administration is strongly committed to taking care of our service members and their families, and appreciates the [House Armed Services Committee's] concern for the needs of the most junior enlisted members, but strongly opposes making a significant, permanent change to the basic pay schedule before the completion of the Fourteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation," the White House said in a statement.
Hunt slammed this opposition, saying, "It's truly remarkable to me. … President Biden has approved over $100 billion in student loan forgiveness. But when it comes to our troops, America's most precious resource, he's complaining about an increase in military pay?"