"...DoD leaders got battered on both sides of the Capitol Tuesday, hearing complaints from Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate that the military personnel proposals in President Obama's 2013 budget unfairly target the uniformed military, while leaving civilians, both inside and outside of DoD relatively unscathed.
Their complaints centered around two areas: the size of the overall personnel reductions in the coming years, and the Pentagon's proposed fee increases to TRICARE, the military's health insurance system.
"You're recommending increases to the military in terms of health care costs, but it doesn't seem that the President has asked for any increases as far as I can see to the civilian workforce," said Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.). "I think that's a hard ask without asking for sacrifices on the civilian side too." ..."
