Obama shows genuine concerns for those who may be affected by the shutdown:

10/06/13

Obama's Golf Cource OPEN, Army Base Grocery Stores CLOSED

...Closures can seem arbitrary as agencies define what’s necessary for life, health, safety and safeguarding of property. 

While many functions at Army bases continue, commissaries in the U.S. are closed, forcing troops and their families to shop at local stores that cost about 30 percent more, Lieutenant General Raymond Mason, the service’s deputy chief of staff for logistics, said yesterday at a House hearing. 

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