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Billionaire Pays to Fix Washington Monument

David Rubenstein chips in $7.5M

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 19, 2012 8:33 AM CST

(Newser) – Billionaire history buff and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein has agreed to chip in $7.5 million to help repair the damage the Washington Monument suffered in the August earthquake that shook the region. Congress had already allocated $7.5 million to the task, and...   Read full story »

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