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Kansas City, DC in tug-of-war over World War I honors

WASHINGTON -- Congress will squabble over just about everything anymore, it seems, even where to honor the soldiers and sailors of World War I:

Kansas City, Mo., which has a heritage of honoring the war, or Washington, D.C., which has the National Mall?

Washington also already has a memorial to World War I, though it's strictly a tribute to the 26,000 city residents who served overseas. But pride of place among politicians can be a powerful incentive....


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