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One of today's news stories needs a lot of clarification and amplification.

Here's the corrected version:


President Obama, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, Mayor Vince Gray, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, former first lady Laura Bush, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, and others wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying cellphones made by Chinese slaves, were on hand at a ceremony on the National Mall this morning to break ground on the Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The museum, which will be the Smithsonian's 19th facility, is slated to open in 2015. Actual construction work using tools made by Chinese slaves won't begin until this summer.

At the ceremony today, which was also streamed live on the Smithsonian's website using technology built by Chinese slaves, Obama read a speech from a teleprompter built by Chinese slaves. The speech said a museum charting several centuries of black history will show "not just a record of tragedy, but a celebration of life."

Also participating in the ceremony were Smithsonian Secretary Wayne G. Clough, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, museum director Lonnie Bunch, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, wearing clothes made by Chinese slaves and carrying a cellphone made by Chinese slaves, and Citigroup Chairman Richard D. Parsons, whose bank finances Chinese slavery. When it came time to turn over the first ceremonial clumps of dirt, however, Obama was not among those wielding a shovel made by Chinese slaves, though the president and his family remained on the stage built by Chinese slaves.

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Yessiree bob, we deserve to congratulate ourselves for ending slavery.
  ¶ 6:59 AM