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Wal-Mart gives credit to boost MLK Memorial effortPublished 11/21/08
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart's charitable arm announced a $12.5 million letter of credit Thursday for the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall to help start construction, though a disagreement over how to secure the site may delay the project until sometime next year.
The National Park Service has insisted that the memorial's design include security measures, identifying an unspecified security threat by extremist groups "spouting racist ideologies." But other agencies with authority over the capital's architecture have resisted security barriers, calling them an embarrassment to King's...
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