The federal workers facing an unpaid furlough: 'We're being used as pawns'

Up to 800,000 US employees will be asked to stay at home on Saturday if Congress cannot reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown

When 9/11 happened, Amad Ali was already a veteran of the US marines. Believing he would fight the terrorists who attacked the US, he signed up for the army. He wound up in Iraq instead, disillusioned, fighting in a “conjured-up” conflict.

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