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The Rose Garden has been the site of national celebrations, international visits, family moments, and now, concrete.

Colby Itkowitz is a national politics reporter for The Washington Post. She joined the Post in March 2014. Before coming to the Post, Colby was the D.C. correspondent for The (Allentown) Morning ...

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