Kansas City, DC in tug-of-war over World War I honors
WASHINGTON -- Congress will squabble over just about everything anymore, it seems, even where to honor the soldiers and sailors of World War I:
Kansas City, Mo., which has a heritage of honoring the war, or Washington, D.C., which has the National Mall?
Washington also already has a memorial to World War I, though it's strictly a tribute to the 26,000 city residents who served overseas. But pride of place among politicians can be a powerful incentive....