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Congress defies Trump veto threat on Confederate base names

by Associated Press
| July 23, 2020 2:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday joined the House in defying a veto threat from President Donald Trump to approve defense legislation that would remove the names of Confederate officers from American military bases such as Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.

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