US President Donald Trump says the large arch he wants to build in Washington DC would become a "top grade military complex" able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.
Mr Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that he had agreed, at the "strong request" of the military, to convert the planned 76-metre-tall memorial arch "into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch" between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Though the arch has received early approval from the US Commission of Fine Arts a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued.
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US President Donald Trump says the large arch he wants to build in Washington DC would become a "top grade military complex" able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.
The project has not yet received final approval from the National Capital Area Planning Commission, which is expected to take up the issue again in the next few months.
Mr Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that he had agreed, at the "strong request" of the military, to convert the planned 76-metre-tall memorial arch "into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch" between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
Though the arch has received early approval from the US Commission of Fine Arts a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued.
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ABC NewsTrump arch to serve as 'military complex' housing drones and snipersplain
WAtodayTrump arch to double as military complexplain
The West AustralianDonald Trump announces planned Washington DC arch will be used as 'military complex'plain
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