Trump administration will not rebid Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs, Burgum says
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Associated Press, STEVE PEOPLES
Summary
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, amid controversy over damage to the pool's liner. Burgum and President Trump both assert that vandals caused the damage — described as a 350-foot gash or multiple cuts totaling that length — during recent renovations. The announcement comes as questions mount about the troubled project and the use of taxpayer funds.
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· 3 pulledLike President Donald Trump, Burgum said he was 100% sure that vandals caused the damage to the century-old Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.
Trump has charged that a 350-foot gash was cut into the pool's liner in the midst of recent renovations, while Burgum described it as multiple cuts adding up to that figure.
He also said the pool would have to be a
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