What has the US Government's Shutdown Done to America's Image Abroad?
America's government has begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Mark Mardell in Washington says the divide in US politics has grown too bitter.
America's government has begun a partial shutdown for the first time in 17 years. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Mark Mardell in Washington says the divide in US politics has grown so bitter that government itself cannot function. How has the shutdown affected America's image abroad?
(Picture: White House with the American flag. Credit Associated Press/Doug Mills)
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