Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain

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Pentagon to recall most furloughed workers, easing shutdown pain

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/pentagon-recall-most-furloughed-workers-easing-shutdown-pain-010238595--business.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YU91kv3VOpDhlFm2YTiuyg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-06T012439Z_1_CBRE9941M2100_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL-PENTAGON.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks during a briefing on the Defense Department's FY2014 budget at the Pentagon in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Phil Stewart and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Saturday it would recall the vast majority of some 350,000 civilian Defense Department employees sent home during the government shutdown, in a move that could greatly lessen the impact of the shutdown on America's armed forces. Civilian Pentagon employees comprise nearly half the 800,000 federal employees currently furloughed. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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