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Negotiators will work through Memorial Day weekend in hopes of reaching a compromise on the issue before June 1.
Staffers have been required to work up to 4 hours a week, or more than two extra days each month, to clear backlogged and overdue disability claims.
Pentagon officials this week rejected the idea that the gunman who killed eight could be called a veteran.
Josh Jacobs has served as the acting benefits secretary since last summer.
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