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Record Government Shutdown Ends, Pentagon Employees to Return

November 12, 2025

Greg Hadley and Matthew Cox

Air and Space Forces Magazine

https://www.airandspaceforces.com/house-record-government-shutdow-pentagon-employees-to-return/

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