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Reflecting Pool being drained – again – as Trump administration tries once more to fix DC landmark

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Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.

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  1. The New Republic

    Trump Sec. Insists Reflecting Pool Is Fine as He Prepares to Drain It (opens The New Republic)

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    The Trump administration seems to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the president’s vanity projects. Despite having to drain and fix the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool within weeks of insisting the renovation was complete, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum insisted to ABC News Sunday…

  2. Time

    Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Repairs Awarded to Same Contractor (opens Time)

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    The no-bid contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will handle new repairs after officials said it would be partially drained.

  3. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Reflecting Pool being drained – again – as Trump administration tries once more to fix landmark (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months. In an interview released Tuesday with Katie Miller, a conservative podcaster and wife of President Trump’s deputy chie…

  4. WTOP Washington DC

    Reflecting Pool being drained – again – as Trump administration tries once more to fix DC landmark (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Crews began draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Sunday, according to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, for the second time in three months.

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