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President Obama is returning 5 percent of his $400,000 annual salary in sympathy with the plight of federal workers facing possible furlough due to the "sequester" federal budget cutbacks. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** People listen to Lindsey Tucker, Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Vermont Health Access, in Newport, Vt., as she explains the state's health care exchange program on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Workers clean up oil in Mayflower, Ark., on April 1, 2013, days after a pipeline ruptured and spewed oil over lawns and roadways. (Associated Press)

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Because of sequestration, we're forced to cut security on our border and benefits for our soldiers. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Job seekers attend a health care job fair on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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**FILE** Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia on March 20, 2013. (Associated Press)

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Job seekers attend a health care job fair on Thursday, March 14, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Juanita Tudor Lowrey, 86, holds a photo of her father, Civil War veteran Hugh Tudor, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Kearney, Mo. Ms. Lowrey received pension benefits related to her father's Civil War service until she was 18 after her father died when she was 2 years old. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)