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NUCLEAR FURLOUGHS: Agency to send 80 percent of staff home during shutdown

The National Nuclear Security Administration will furlough roughly 80 percent of its workforce as the government shutdown exhausts appropriations, threatening routine maintenance and oversight of the US nuclear stockpile and raising national security alarms.

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80% - Portion of the National Nuclear Security Administration workforce set to be furloughed amid the shutdown.

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"I just signed a Commutation releasing George Santos from prison immediately Good luck George have a great life" — President Donald Trump

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