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Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, October 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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File photo—US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department’s FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington in this file photo taken April 10, 2013. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Pentagon recalls most civilian defense employees idled by shutdown
Washington, Reuters—The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of around 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the US government shutdown, a move that could greatly lessen the impact of Washington infighting on the US...Caption:
Nelly Mathov, 79, holds a sign while protesting against the government shutdown outside the federal building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Obama, congressional leaders fail to solve impasse
Washington, Associated Press—The federal government entered the third day of a partial shutdown Thursday after a White House meeting among President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders yielded no signs of progress in a dispute between Democrats and Republicans...Caption:
President Barack Obama leaves after speaking about the possible government shutdown during a budget showdown with Congress in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, September 30, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/Saul LOEB)
US heads into government shutdown over ‘Obamacare’
Washington, Associated Press—The United States plunged into a partial government shutdown Tuesday for the first time in nearly two decades as a temporary funding bill was stalled over an attempt by conservative Republicans to derail President Barack Obama’s...Caption:
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani waves to supporters as his motorcade leaves Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport upon his arrival from New York, on September 28, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)