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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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  • Tue 1 Oct 2013 10:32GMT

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