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Government doors closed, but workers may get paid

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to South Korea. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, the Pentagon ordered most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work. The decision by Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act. That measure was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama shortly before the partial government shutdown began Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Pentagon did not immediately say on Saturday exactly how many workers will return to work, but use the term "most". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to South Korea. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, the Pentagon ordered most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work. The decision by Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act. That measure was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama shortly before the partial government shutdown began Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Pentagon did not immediately say on Saturday exactly how many workers will return to work, but use the term "most". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)