Meridith McGraw
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard 25 Feb
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Navy pilot who flew a secret mission during the Korean War and he was given the Medal of Honor and First Lady Melania Trump placed the medal around his neck and the entire chamber, it seemed, stood up to applause him for a good amount of time in what was a very nice bipartisan moment in the chamber.
Thanks for having me.
They've really focused on any narrative that they deem to be partisan or anything that downplays their idea of American exceptionalism.
So the White House is looking to do a pretty comprehensive review of everything from the little placards that are under exhibits in the Smithsonian museums to how curators come up with the ideas for the exhibits or even grants itself.
and internal communication on their programming.
And it's all part of the White House's goals to try to reshape and re-envision American history, especially ahead of the 250th anniversary next year.
And so this team at the White House said that they're going to be going through their proposals.
They asked the Smithsonian to tap representatives for each of their museums to work with them.
They're going to be doing walkthroughs of the current exhibits to take note of some of the themes and messaging and even conduct some interviews with the curators as well to make sure that everybody's on the same page and that they're mostly reflecting this executive order that the White House issued to, quote, restore truth and sanity to American history.
And
They've really focused on any sort of narrative that they deem to be partisan or anything that downplays their idea of American exceptionalism.
President Trump has really tried to put his own touch on some of the country's cultural institutions.
And that ranges from big universities to some of these universities.
museums.
And the president really is focused on putting American history in a positive light and honed in on anything that they say has political influence or bias.
What does the Smithsonian have to say about it?
So far, the Smithsonian hasn't had a response to the letter, but we know that Lonnie Bunch has been in contact with White House officials and has given them tours of the museum's
And Vice President J.D.
Vance is among those who's on the Board of Regents that agreed to conduct reviews of some of the museums earlier this year.
The letter pretty clearly outlines within the next 30 days, 75 days, 120 days, what their expectations are for the different museums in terms of the materials that they need to hand over to the White House for review.
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