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Veteran Al Bailey of Highland, Md., attends a rally for veteran and military service men and woman calling for an end to the federal government shutdown at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Retired Army Sgt. Steven Scalora of Woodbury, Conn. gets emotional as he looks out at the Lincoln Memorial following a rally for veteran and military service men and woman calling for an end to the federal government shutdown at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, with House GOP leaders, speaks with reporters following a Republican strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013. Behind Speaker Boehner are House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., the Republican Conference chair. House GOP leaders Tuesday floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. But the plan got mixed reviews from the rank and file and it was not clear whether it could pass the chamber. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders and representatives of other veteran and military service organizations call for an end to the federal government shutdown at a rally at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Michael Pendleton of Tallahassee, Fla. wears a mask on his head as he watches Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders and representatives of other veteran and military service organizations call for an end to the federal government shutdown at a rally at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders and representatives of other veteran and military service organizations call for an end to the federal government shutdown at a rally at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Veterans of Foreign Wars leaders and representatives of other veteran and military service organizations call for an end to the federal government shutdown at a rally at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C., Tuesday, October 15, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
