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Federal Ghost Town Official Washington has been practically silent this week...with Congress out and government workers taking vacations. About the only sound in the city is the sound of construction for the inauguration festivities Barbara Bradley reports.

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Federal Ghost Town

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Federal Ghost Town

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Official Washington has been practically silent this week...with Congress out and government workers taking vacations. About the only sound in the city is the sound of construction for the inauguration festivities Barbara Bradley reports.