Government shutdown doesn't halt, but hinders Pentagon work
If the U.S. government shuts down as expected on Oct. 1, it will halt the payments of salaries across the Department of Defense, furlough hundreds of thousands civilian employees, and slow the pace of war planning and the military modernization, the Pentagon said Thursday. "If there is a shutdown in just a few days, our service members would be required to continue working, but would be doing so without pay, and hundreds of thousands of their civilian colleagues would be furloughed," Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said. Troop pay is delayed during a government shutdown, but Si...