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On the recordJune 24, 2015
There is a moment now to have a discussion related to the specific military installations and whether it is appropriate for those installations to be named after individuals who were fighting to uphold the institution of slavery.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the appropriateness of naming military installations after Confederate figures.

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