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"One doesn't make personnel decisions in the middle of passion and heat," Mr. Heyman said that he would look into the management of the Air and Space Museum, but would not say whether he would ask for Mr. Harwit, the director of the Air and Space Museum. Members of Congress and veterans groups had called for the dismissal of Martin O. They said it should have explained how the United States entered the war and should have mentioned Japanese atrocities during the war. Veterans' groups complained that the presentation undervalued their part in ending the Pacific phase of World War II and painted the use of the bomb as tantamount to a war crime. The scaled-down exhibit is scheduled to open in May at the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum here.Īrguments over the original plan erupted almost as soon as it became public more than a year ago. "They were not looking for analysis and, frankly, we did not give enough thought to the intense feelings such analysis would evoke." Michael Heyman, secretary of the Smithsonian, in announcing today's decision to scale back the exhibit.
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"In this important anniversary year, veterans and their families were expecting, and rightly so, that the nation would honor and commemorate their valor and sacrifice," said I.