There are less than 19.1 million state and local government employees

The government shutdown of October 2013 was due to ______.

A. a showdown between political parties over the Affordable Care Act and the deficit B. the federal government exceeding the Fed’s target inflation rate C. a filibuster of the health-care law staged by House Tea Party elected officials D. the impending passage of the Affordable Care Act

Based on the precedent set by the "Pentagon Papers,"

A. the interests of national security outweigh the public's interest in critiquing government officials. B. the federal government has an uncontested right to prior restraint. C. the government can prevent the publication of sensitive materials, but it cannot punish a newspaper for such publication after the fact. D. the public reputations of government officials are more strongly protected against slander than the reputations of private individuals. E. the federal government has little real power to prevent newspapers from publishing sensitive materials.