Is it not true that the District of Columbia, the Mayor and the City Council, while they have raised concerns about health and safety matters, the Mayor has asked for some change in where the occupation is taking place, that neither the Mayor nor the City Council have asked that these demonstrators be removed from Washington, DC?
Norton clarifies that local officials haven't requested removal of demonstrators.
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