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Congress and Obama Reassure Military Over Shutdown

Military service members will still get paid

Reason Staff | 10.1.2013 9:40 AM


Shutdown or no shutdown, Congress and the White House made sure to re-assure the military.

The divided Congress passed and Obama signed a bill to maintain pay for service members during the partial government shutdown -- and the president taped a video message to the troops.

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