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Social Security employees will be picketing outside their offices tomorrow with the hope of pressuring leaders to strike a deal on the fiscal cliff. Their union representative, the American Federation of Government Employees, said sequestration could cut the agency's budget by more than 5 percent. It said those cuts would add to the agency's backlog and limit the help it could give Americans. It predicts Social Security would freeze hiring in all areas except its hearings operations. It would close 300 stations and cut face-to-face services in many rural areas. It would also stop mailing statements.