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jim bitterman has this story. >> we take care of pride of our headstones and the grounds. we want to do this for the men and women that are buried here. these men and women sacrificed their lives for our country. the least we can do is take care of them. >> reporter: in normal time, this area attracts hundreds and thousands of visitors each year. family plan their trips long in advance. but if they didn't see the brief notice on the commission's website or hear about the shutdown ahead of time, they were in for a disappointment. emotions have run high. >> we traveled all the way here to see this cemetery and we get this. i am never voting for republicans again. ever. >> reporter: and it's not just americans put out by the closings. >> it is a problem between the different parties why should it affect a cemetery? >> reporter: from sweden, he drove his ailing father here to visit the d-day beaches and cemeteries, one of his last wishes which now may not be fulfilled. >> if there's time, it might be a possibility but i doubt it. >> reporter: the shutdown felt around the world

cnn's senior international correspondent jim bitterman joins us now. jim? >> reporter: that was exactly the words that the french prime minister used as well, "unacceptable" that allies would be spying on each other in this sort of way. i think really what's bothered the french most about the report and by the way they've known since june that in fact the nsa was spying when the first reports came out of the edward snowden leaks, that what bothers them most about the "le monde" report the volume, 70 million in a month's time, between december and january of this year, 70 million intercepts, not only of telephone conversations but also text messages and e-mails, and as well the people that were being spied on were not just terrorist suspects according to "le monde" anyway but also government officials and administration officials here, which i think has really irritated them the most. they've protested. they called in the american ambassador, charles rifkin, this morning, to have a chat with him. john kerry, the secretary of state who just happened to be com