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UNDERNEWS: Retired generals & admirals double dipping big time

So, these generals, who retire at full pay which ranges from about $100,000 to $200,000 a year and generous benefits including health care, were pulling down large salaries from a defense contractor to lobby and pressure their former colleagues (these defense contractors then bill the Department of Defense for their salary) and the Department of Defense was hiring them back as mentor consultants making double or more money than their general's salary (which they still also received).