US State Department doing contingency planning in case of government shutdown

Published Sep 28, 2023 02:47PM ET
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has for a number of days conducted contingency planning in case of a government shutdown, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday.
Miller told reporters that planning will continue in coming days to decide what jobs are essential to national security and cannot be suspended in a shutdown and what jobs would have to be suspended.