Nice:  at least the Congress will force this one down their throat, but I doubt they'll get any credit for it.  One of the issues that got me paying attention to party politics was Cheney's efforts to underpay troops in the 80s.  Looks like he's still at it:

White House: 3.5 percent pay hike unnecessary

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday May 16, 2007 17:34:13 EDT

Troops don?t need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a statement of administration policy laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill.