SENATORS HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO OPPOSE FLAG PROTECTION AMENDMENT
Senator Russell Feingold, D-Wis., speaks at a news conference to oppose the proposed Flag Protection Amendment. Senator Russell Feingold, D-Wis., Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights a national grassroots coalition, held the news conference on Flag Day at Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 14, 2006. (UPI/Shauneil Scott)
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