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Troops are scheduled to receive a 2.7 percent boost in their salaries starting in January.
House leadership promised to look into the idea of at least $15 an hour in base pay for every service member.
The election in what once was a Republican stronghold is being watched nationally for what it could say about the fight for control of Congress.
One of her potential challengers in the next election, Republican Mike Garcia, was a strike fighter pilot flying off the Nimitz.
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