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My message to US politicians: "Just come to a compromise"

President Trump says he'll wait to give his State of the Union address until after the end of the partial government shutdown - now the longest in US history. Some eight-hundred thousand federal workers continue to go without pay because of the political dispute. But it's not just federal workers suffering - also millions of Americans who depend on food and rental assistance. Karnie Sharp spoke to Doris Cochran, who uses federal aid programs to feed her family.

(Photo: Doris Cochran)
(Credit: Doris Cochran)

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