The memo from the Smithsonian's secretary, Lonnie Bunch, responded to a White House report that calls the National Museum of American History driven by "a radical, activist ideology."
Lonnie Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He's pictured above in September 2017.
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