National Park Service designates 9/11 Memorial as an affiliated area
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National Park Service designates 9/11 Memorial as an affiliated area

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 11, 20265 min

The National Park Service has designated the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial as an affiliated area. The National Park Service, the Department of Defense and the Pentagon Memorial Fund signed a memorandum of agreement earlier this week to create a formal affiliation with the National Park Service. The agreement leaves ownership and day-to-day management of the memorial by DoD unchanged. Through the partnership, the organizations will work together to strengthen public understanding of the memorial, its national significance and the events it commemorates. Dedicated on September 11, 2008, the memorial honors the 184 victims killed at the Pentagon and aboard Flight 77. See Privacy Po...

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This is a Federal News Network Podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast, the National Park Service designates the Pentagon 9-11 Memorial as an affiliated area. House Democrats look to add more safeguards for federal employees. And the Pentagon's technology boss downplays the AI warnings.

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These stories and more on today's Federal Newscast. Welcome to the Federal Newscast. I'm Michelle Sandeford. The National Park Service has designated the 9-11 Pentagon Memorial as an affiliated area. The National Park Service, the Department of Defense, and the Pentagon Memorial Fund

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signed a memorandum of agreement earlier this week to create a formal affiliation with the National Park Service. The agreement leaves ownership and day-to-day management of the memorial by DoD unchanged. Through the partnership, the organization will work together to strengthen public understanding of the memorial, its national significance, and the events it commemorates.

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