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Showdown as veterans make last-minute bid to stop Trump’s arch

Military veterans launched a last-minute push to stop President Donald Trump's monumental arch , claiming a key approval is already a done deal. On Thursday, three Vietnam War veterans and a retired architectural historian asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan for a preliminary injunction barring any construction of the 250-foot arch at Memorial Circle…

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Raw Story· Oct 23, 12:56 AMShowdown as veterans make last-minute bid to stop Trump’s arch

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