Hill: US government shutdown will harm national security

2023-09-27T12:20:19.595Z

Highlights: Hill: US government shutdown will harm national security. Hundreds of thousands of military and civilian employees "will not receive salaries starting this weekend" until Congress passes emergency measures. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh warned on Tuesday that "more than 1 million troops," as well as civil servants who have gone on vacation, will be left without pay during the shutdown. US President Joe Biden previously warned that if the suspension of the US government occurs, it will affect all citizens of the country. The Hill: The risk of a shutdown arose due to unresolved disputes about the defense budget.

The suspension of the work of the US government, the so-called shutdown, may adversely affect the country's national security and the salaries of military personnel, writes the American newspaper The Hill.