FYI Shutdown Impact on Tourists: vacationers are being turned away from national parks and Smithsonian museums. In Washington, monuments along the National Mall have been closed, including the National Zoo. Among the visitor centers that have closed: the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York AIR TRAVEL : Federal air traffic controllers remain on the job and airport screeners continue to funnel passengers through security checkpoints. But safety inspections of planes, pilots and aircraft repair stations by government workers have ceased because federal inspectors have been furloughed.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:11:24 +0000
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