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    A Military Parade Should Be About People, Not Power

    President Trump has requested a military parade for later this year. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what that symbolic event would mean.
    by Scott Simon Feb 10, 2018 1 minute
    President Trump and Vice President Pence watch the Inaugural Parade on Jan. 20, 2017. The military is now looking at options for a military parade at Trump's request.

    I've been a reporter in countries that hold military parades. There seems to be a formula, whether it's in the old Soviet Union, Ethiopia under the dictator Mengistu, Cuba under any Castro or China and North Korea today.

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