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Walking back the wall

Donald Trump’s most-repeated promise on the stump was to build a “big, beautiful wall” along the 1,900-mile border with Mexico. After the election, he said on “60 Minutes” that he would accept a fence. You can bet before it’s all said and done we’re going to see a lot of chicken wire.

Duke Martin

Lexington

This story was originally published December 19, 2016 at 5:01 PM with the headline "Walking back the wall."

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