US shutdown: Defence staff to return to work

Name: US shutdown: Defence staff to return to work
Uploaded: 2013-10-05T22:06:47.000Z
Duration: 2 min 33 s
Description: Most of the 400,000 US defence department staff sent home amid the US government shutdown have been told to return to work next week.

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The US Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel, has said around 400,000 civilian defence staff will be recalled to work next week after Pentagon lawyers approved the move.

The US government was forced to shutdown non-essential operations on Tuesday when Congress failed to agree a new budget.

Katie Watson reports.

US & Canada

5 October 2013