calling for what? >> yeah. this is going to be a huge political fight. it has to do with increasing the costs of medical care, some for the active duty military and their families, but mostly for retirees. the pentagon is trying to save $1.8 billion in the first year and as much as $12 billion by increasing these costs. and he's set off a firestorm there, and there are also concerns in the pentagon that this is going to severely impact the ability to recruit and retain the best qualified military personnel. jon: so the increases called for, we have a graphic that shows exactly what we're looking at here. 30-78% in terms of the first year, and by year five depending on the pay grade of the officers involved here or the enlisted personnel, five years out we could be looking at an increase of 345%? >> yeah. they're doing a kind of means testing for, based on retirement pay or the pay of retirement
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