By BEN FINLEY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is exacting a heavy mental toll on the nation’s military families , leaving them not knowing from week to week whether their paychecks will arrive.

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Alicia Blevins, whose husband is a Marine, said she’s going to see a therapist in large part because of the grinding uncertainty.

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