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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: Richard Burgess, Pete Reiniger, Kurosh Nasseni, Wendi Cherry, John Simson and Angie Gates attend In The Mix DC at Montserrat House on June 1, 2012 in Washington, DC.
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Since our nation will have only one chance to erect such a memorial in Washington, D.C., no one should compel the Ccommission or Congress to meet an arbitrary deadline. Like countless others, we believe that those with authority for this memorial should take whatever time is necessary to get it right. There is ample historic precedent that supports this principle
I don't recall the actual legislators that attended the event off the top of my head, but I recall that most legislators (Democrats and Republicans) that were still in Washington, D.C., that night attended
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