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Republican U.S. Reps. Mark Kirk, Don Manzullo, Judy Biggert and
Peter Roskam held a news conference in Chicago on Monday. They say
an Obama administration proposal to buy the state's Thomson
Correctional Center is too risky.
Kirk says he'll ask Congress to require that the administration
assess the potential security risks to O'Hare International Airport
and the Willis Tower. The lawmakers say the governor and state
legislature should be required to approve such a move.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin also held a news
conference Monday in support of the plan.
[Associated Press]
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