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Year: 2001
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Bush Backs War Memorial (The Washington Post)
By Linda Wheeler and Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post Proponents of the World War II memorial on the Mall gained the support of President Bush yesterday as they pushed for […]
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Memorial Mistake (Editorial, Roll Call)
We enthusiastically, even reverently, support the construction of a World War II memorial on the National Mall, and we share the outrage of veterans and others that this monument-packed city […]
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House Vote Backs WWII Memorial As Planned (The Washington Post)
By Linda Wheeler, The Washington Post The House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow construction of the World War II Memorial on the Mall to proceed […]
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Memorial Gets Boost from House (The Washington Times)
By Daniel F. Drummond, The Washington Times The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would jump-start construction of the World War II Memorial on the Mall and make all previous […]
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Panel Votes to Review Plan for World War II Memorial (The New York Times)
By Elaine Sciolino, The New York Times The plan to build a World War II Memorial on the Mall was sent back to the drawing board today after a powerful […]
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World War II Memorial Site, Design to Be Reconsidered (The Washington Post)
By Linda Wheeler, The Washington Post The National Capital Planning Commission voted unanimously yesterday to reconsider the site and design of the proposed World War II Memorial on the Mall, […]
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Commentary by George Will (This Week with Sam Donaldson)
By George Will, ABC’s This Week with Sam Donaldson Sam Donaldson: Does Washington, meaning really that great Washington Mall, need a new monument? George Will? George Will: Sam, the Mall, extending from the […]
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A Memorial to Bludgeon Tactics (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
How badly have federal agencies bungled planning for a World War II memorial? So badly that the project’s strong-arm backers in Congress are now trying to gag public comment and […]
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Agency to review votes on memorial (The Washington Times)
By Ellen Sorokin, The Washington Times A federal agency next week will hold a closed meeting to determine the validity of a series of its votes last year to approve […]
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Delay of WW II Memorial Sought (The Chicago Tribune)
By Michael Kilian, The Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON – The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal court to halt the capital’s controversial World War II Memorial project until legal questions […]
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