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Slate's Explainer: Declaring a National Holiday

Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains when exactly the president of the United States can declare a national holiday.

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Andy Bowers oversees Slate's collaboration with NPR?s daytime news magazine, Day to Day. He helps produce the work of Slate's writers for radio, and can also be heard on the program.
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