Mark Thompson reports that a government shutdown could impact pay for the troops:
Can you imagine being a young soldier some 7,000 miles from home, and being told by a top official of the U.S. government that your next paycheck is going to be short? Even tougher to imagine is making that phone call home to the spouse to share the news. "This is going to hurt my family really bad," one wife posted on Facebook. "My husband due to deploy next week, we wont be able to pay our bills properly cause of this."
Does the Tea Party fully understand the consequences of their brinkmanship?
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