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Protection agency got a personal greeting from the vice president, joe biden. while the portion shutdown means busy days with lot of backed up work for federal employees it means vacationing americans are getting much needed time-off at the country's national parks, monuments and museums. cnn's rene marsh is joining us the national air and space museums, one of my favorites. big crowds? what's go on? >> reporter: well, i can tell you, wolf, the crowd's about what you would see on a typical thursday. the doors, all of the smithsonian museums have been sealed shut for the past 16 days. now under...