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Exclusive: How the State Department Escaped the Shutdown

Unscathed

The shutdown has crippled key national-security functions. But the State Dept. barely has a scratch. Josh Rogin and Eli Lake report.

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Until yesterday, 400,000 Defense Department employees were furloughed without pay due to the government shutdown. At the Treasury Department, the offices that enforce and monitor sanctions on North Korea, Syria, and Iran have been reduced

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