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'Buyouts' loom over federal workforce

Amid plans for sweeping layoffs of federal workers, the Trump administration has offered what some are calling 'buyouts' to roughly two million government employees. One federal employee, a mom and veteran who works for the VA in Louisville, Kentucky, weighs the offer.

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