Pentagon Plans For Federal Government Shutdown

By Tony Bertuca / September 25, 2015 at 11:00 AM
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work released a memo to the Pentagon workforce Friday morning alerting employees to the possibility of a federal government shutdown on Oct. 1 if Congress does not pass a budget deal or a stopgap spending measure to buy time. "As many of you are aware, annual funding for the government expires at midnight on September 30," the memo states . "The administration, [Defense] Secretary [Ash] Carter, and I continue to strongly believe that a lapse in...

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