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U.S. Military Gets Hit With Reduced Travel Reimbursements

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Dennis Schaal

Photo Credit: The Pentagon has reduced hotel reimbursements for military personnel traveling on temporary duty. Pictured, Southwest Airlines celebrated military heroes throughout November 2013.  Southwest Airlines

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Everyone is looking for a travel deal, and that includes the Pentagon, which realizes that military personnel traveling on temporary, yet extended, assignments, should be able to take advantage of lodging providers' monthly rates instead of paying by the day.

That General Services Administration October 2010 conference in Las Vegas for its western regions, the confab that featured $130,000 spent for pre-conference checkout-the-venue visits, a $7,000 sushi reception, and lavish hotel stays for top brass, drew so much ire about excessive government travel spending that its impact is still bei

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