President Barack Obama signed the fiscal year (FY) 2010 National Defense Authorization Act at a ceremony at the White House in late October. The $680.2 billion bill includes a 3.4 percent pay raise for all servicemembers, 0.5 percent above the budget request. It also authorizes a temporary increase of 30,000 soldiers for the Army and approves $130 billion to conduct the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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