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Reflecting Pool contractor says repair errors caused failures instead of 'vandals'

The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool told President Donald Trump's administration that its own errors, not vandals, caused the new blue liner to fail.Atlantic Industrial Coatings blamed its own work in an Aug. 14 report and added more detail on Sept. 2, according to gov...

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