As for provision for military and other federal government employees, it seems to me that the federal government should make proper provision for them, just as a private employer should make proper provision.
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So I ask you to join me in expanding their access to childcare, creating new hiring preferences for military spouses across the Federal Government, and allowing our troops to transfer their unused education benefits to their spouses or children.
He still works seasonally for the federal government and collects a modest military pension.
Currently, 33 states, plus the federal government and the U.S. military, have the legal option of imposing the death penalty, while 17 plus the District of Columbia do not.
To put it in economic terms, there is a demand from the military (which is funded by the federal government), and the federal government funds the supply side as well.
In the same way, for the federal government, discretionary expenses include things like the military, education, and many social service programs.
Throughout the 20th century, the federal government invested in dams, transportation infrastructure and military installations that facilitated economic expansion and the emergence of new private industries.
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But the federal government would have to file charges against the former military ruler, which it has not yet done.
Still, caught in the middle are thousands of U.S. military members, teachers and federal workers who are at the backbone of government's basic ability to function.
The contribution of a significant decline in federal government spending might be welcome were it not so concentrated in military spending, which may only be a timing issue.
For instance, prominent members of the local government in the Maryland county where number-one ranked military contractor Lockheed Martin has its headquarters have called on the federal government to slash defense spending as a way of freeing up money for education, health care and the homeless.
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"Every year, the federal government buys upwards of 60, 000 cars and other vehicles, not including military or law-enforcement vehicles, " McCain said at an environmental roundtable in Santa Barbara, California.
Known in Washington jargon as sequestration, the forced spending cuts to the military and other government agencies -- but not entitlement programs that drive chronic federal deficits -- were intended to motivate Congress to come up with a comprehensive deficit-reduction plan sought by both sides.
Lula, who led strikes against a military government in the 1970s, is now the target of an indefinite strike begun last week by federal civil servants.
In the 1980s, the Federal Government opened up access to data from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites, which were previously for military use only.
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Clinton and Gore take credit for downsizing the federal government, but critics say much of the reduction was due to post-Cold War cuts in the military, not meaningful cuts in the bureaucracy.
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