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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray walk past the Senate chamber on their way to a press conference to announce a bipartisan budget deal, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, at the US Capitol on December 10, 2013 in Washington, DC. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images/AFP)

Bipartisan negotiators reach modest budget pact

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 11, 2013 | World

Washington, AP—Top Republicans and President Barack Obama are lining up behind a modest US budget agreement that restores about 63 billion US dollars in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Defense Department and eliminates the threat of...

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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

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2013 | World

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...