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Some federal employees bristle at America’s 250th birthday festivities after year of agonizing government overhaul

By Danya Gainor, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Barefoot on the wooded shore of Alabama’s Lake Martin, 9-year-old Edward tipped back his head, mouth agape with awe, as fireworks exploded overhead, their echoes reverberating through the towering pines around him. It was the United States’ bicentennia...

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