Hagel also suggested that the Pentagon's five-year budget plan continues to plan for additional F-22 Raptor fighter jets and F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the region, along with a fourth fast-attack submarine deployed to Guam.

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What's more, workers can invest in collective trusts only in ERISA-qualified plans, according to Ms. Nordquist. (ERISA stands for Employee Retirement Income Security Act.) That means CITs aren't available to retail individual retirement accounts, 403(b)s, government-sponsored 457(f) plans or any executive deferred-compensation non-qualified plan.

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These Medicare supplement plans come in nine tiers, ranging from high-deductible policies, which have low premiums but high out-of-pocket costs, to Plan F, which offers the most comprehensive coverage.

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One was Ford's latest plan--a strange idea--of naming all Ford models with the letter F.

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