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This Week: Trump Administration Picks And Chooses Which Employees Are Essential

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January 17, 2019 5:25 p.m.

As the record-breaking, 27-day partial government shutdown continues to affect millions of Americans — those paid by the government, and those dependent on funding and services left unavailable — the Trump administration has ensured that certain corners of the government go unaffected.

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