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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], third from left, is on hand to assist tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], right, gives directions to Siv Carshult [cq] of Annandale, Va., center, at the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Edward Fleming is on hand to assist tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Tessy Dunoboh [cq], center, gives directions tourists visiting the the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Dianna Moore of Musketen, Mich. makes her way up the steps to the Lincoln Memorial on the first day monuments reopen on the National Mall after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. Moore and her husband have been staying in town for a week, waiting for the government shutdown to end. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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College students Yashua Clemons [cq] and Bevelyn Ukah [cq] of Greensboro, N.C. visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the first day monuments on the National Mall reopen after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Lindsey Braden of Arlington, Va., right, gets lunch with with other federal workers who flood the streets for the lunch hour at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Park Ranger Jenna Skogg, left, stands at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ready to assist tourists navigate the National Mall on the first day monuments reopen after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Federal employees flood the streets to get lunch from food trucks at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Federal employees flood the streets to get lunch from food trucks at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Alex Hartman of Washington, D.C., foreground, gets lunch with with other federal workers who flood the streets for the lunch hour at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Federal employees flood the streets to get lunch from food trucks at L'Enfant Plaza on the first day back to work after the government shutdown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 17, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)