Via FreeBeacon:
The National Capital Planning Commission is expected to give final approval to Frank Gehry’s design for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial on July 9, despite opposition in Congress and a major private fundraising shortfall.
The House and Senate appropriation committees eliminated the proposed memorial’s construction budget due to concerns about the design and objections from the Eisenhower family. However, supporters such as Bob Dole, the former Republican senator and presidential candidate, are relying on private fundraising to make the monument a reality for World War II veterans.
“I think we just go out and raise the money privately and not mess with the family and naysayers in Congress—we can’t wait much longer,” Dole told the New York Times. “Start over? There won’t be any of us left.”