WASHINGTON: As the United States (US) government careened toward a potentially devastating shutdown, President Barack Obama urged intransigent lawmakers Friday to end their brinkmanship and pass a spending bill.
But with barely 72 hours before agencies are forced to close their doors Tuesday and more than a million US troops remain on duty without pay, Congress appeared no closer to resolution of a fiscal crisis that looms over Washington and the nation.
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