Students who attend Pentagon-operated schools on or near military bases are among those feeling the effects of the government shutdown , which started just after midnight Wednesday and will leave some federal employees without paychecks and national parks partially closed.

The Department of Defense Education Activity, or DoDEA, which operates 161 schools on or near military bases worldwide, has halted all extracurricular activities, including sports, for more than 67,000 students.

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Dylan McDonald, a 17-year-old senior and co-captain of his soccer team at Kentucky’s Fort Campbell Army base, fears he may have played the last game of his high school career after the government shutdown halted all extracurriculars. He and

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