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<p>The Pentagon has ordered roughly 400,000 furloughed civilian
employees back to work.</p>
<p>Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the worker recall in a
department-wide memorandum issued Saturday.</p>
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After consulting with the Justice Department and Department of Defense
legal counsel, Hagel noted furloughed employees could be brought back
to the Pentagon, while still complying with federal guidelines
governing the shutdown, according to the memo.
<p>Civilian workers at DOD shown to play a role in the "morale,
well-being [and]...readiness" of U.S. forces could be brought back,
under federal rules, Hagel wrote.</p>
<p>Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale is scheduled to hold a briefing on the
details of the recall later today.</p>
<p>Lawmakers praised the Pentagon's decision to put the department's
civilian workforce back on the federal pay roll.</p>
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href="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/army/326789-pentagon-recalls-civilian-workforce#ixzz2gufmz7pQ">http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/army/326789-pentagon-recalls-civilian-workforce#ixzz2gufmz7pQ</a>
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