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Jamie Raskin: “The Army decided that it wanted to rename military bases that had been named, not after U.S. generals, but after…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2024
The Army decided that it wanted to rename military bases that had been named, not after U.S. generals, but after Confederate generals who joined the Confederacy in rebellion against the Union.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin discusses the renaming of military bases from Confederate to pro-Union figures.

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