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John Slattery, as the colonel in charge of the prison, throws some sauce on his snappy patter that harks back to old movies from the 1940s, but the film has been color-corrected into a dull, desaturated gray.

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Judge John McConnell said in his order on Thursday that without the aid, "16 million children are immediately at risk of going hungry".

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When Blackwater contractors were mutilated and hanged from a Fallujah bridge in March 2004, the decision of Gen. James Mattis was to hunt down those responsible and arrest or kill them—the murderers had been rash enough to pose for pictures and the Marines had about 24 targets, according to Marine officer John Toolan.

GOP leader John Thune said Thursday that Republicans are “one-hundred percent willing” to discuss that subject once the government opens.

Judge John McConnell said the administration violated the order he issued last week that required the government to tap emergency funds and “expeditiously” pay benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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