Families of fallen soldiers to receive bodies, no benefits

usnews.nbcnews.com - US ArmyA cargo plane carrying the bodies of four fallen U.S. soldiers will land at Dover Air Force Base Wednesday morning, greeted by loved ones whose grief is laced with outrage that even they have not been spared from the government shutdown.The solemn transfer ceremony is expected to take place in an atmosphere of tearful silence about 100 miles from the political bickering in the nation's capital, where a death benefit for the families of service members killed in the line of duty has fallen victim to the budget impasse.