[House Document 114-20]
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  RESPONSE TO THE MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION 
                      COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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A LETTER REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MILITARY COMPENSATION AND 
                  RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

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   April 13, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Armed Services and 
                         ordered to be printed
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                        Washington, March 30, 2015.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: After having reviewed the recommendations 
proposed by the Military Compensation and Retirement 
Modernization Commission (the ``Commission''), I believe the 
recommendations are an important step forward in protecting the 
long-term viability of the All-Volunteer Force, improving 
quality-of-life for service members and their families, and 
ensuring the fiscal sustainability of the military compensation 
and retirement systems. Our men and women in uniform and their 
families deserve nothing less, and I thank the Commission for 
its work.
    My Administration fully supports the underlying objectives 
of each of the Commission's 15 recommendations. Upon receipt of 
these recommendations, I directed my team to consider these 
recommendations and to work with the Commission to adopt or 
refine the specific proposals in as many instances as possible. 
Given the complexity of military compensation and retirement 
programs and our solemn responsibility to ensure that any 
changes further the objectives above, I will report to the 
Congress by April 30, 2015, on the initial results of this work 
and with proposals that I recommend be enacted without delay; 
subsequent analysis may be needed for some of the 
recommendations.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

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