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Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller and chief financial officer, briefs the press about a potential government shutdown and its effects on the Defense Department at the Pentagon, Sept. 27, 2013.

POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN

Robert F. Hale, the Defense Department's comptroller and chief financial officer, briefs the press about a potential government shutdown and its effects on the Defense Department at the Pentagon, Sept. 27, 2013.

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