A notice advising visitors that the American Cemetery is closed due to the partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government hangs from the gates of the cemetery in Suresnes, west of Paris, Tuesday October 1st 2013. The U.S. plunged into a partial government shutdown for the first time in nearly two decades because of a Repuglicans budget impasse in Congress, closing public sites in the U.S. and abroad. |
