Brett Zongker

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Miss Piggy joins Kermit the Frog in Smithsonian collection

Brett Zongker · September 24, 2013 5:20 pm

A man walks past the historic Carnegie Library building in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. The International Spy Museum, one of the hottest attractions in the nationâs capital over the past decade, is considering a move to a historic library that would give it more space for exhibits and a link to the cityâs convention center. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Spy Museum considers move to historic DC library

Brett Zongker · September 23, 2013 8:58 pm

Washington pauses to mourn lives lost at Navy Yard

Brett Zongker · September 17, 2013 5:29 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2012 file photo, musician Carlos Santana speaks during a news conference in New Delhi, India. Santana, Billy Joel, jazz artist Herbie Hancock and opera star Martina Arroyo, are the four musicians who will receive this yearâs Kennedy Center Honors, along with actress Shirley MacLaine. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the selections Thursday. The honorees also include . (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)

Santana, 4 others to receive Kennedy Center Honors

Brett Zongker · September 12, 2013 8:24 pm

Eisenhower Memorial faces further delay on design

Eisenhower Memorial faces further delay on design

Brett Zongker · September 10, 2013 9:39 pm

File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign on Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NAACP launching search for new leader

Brett Zongker · September 10, 2013 9:04 am

File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign on Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NAACP preparing committee to search for new CEO

Brett Zongker · September 10, 2013 2:16 am

File-This March 15, 2013 file photo shows NAACP President Ben Jealous speaking at a news conference in Annapolis, Md. Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, says he plans to step down by the end of the year. Jealous announced his plans to resign on Sunday Sept. 8, 2013. He says he plans to pursue teaching at a university and spending time with his young family. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NAACP President Ben Jealous to step down this year

Brett Zongker · September 8, 2013 11:43 pm

This handout photo provided by the Smithsonian's National Zoo, taken Sept. 5, 2013, shows the zoo's Panda mother Mei Xiang with her cub at the zoo in Washington. It's a girl! The zoo announced Thursday that its 2-week-old giant panda cub is female and her father is National Zoo panda Tian Tian. (AP Photo/Smithsonian's National Zoo)

National Zoo: 2-week-old panda cub is female

Brett Zongker · September 6, 2013 2:31 am

National Symphony to debut music on 1st president

National Symphony to debut music on 1st president

Brett Zongker · September 5, 2013 7:55 pm

Julie Andrews, Tina Fey to salute Carol Burnett

Julie Andrews, Tina Fey to salute Carol Burnett

Brett Zongker · September 4, 2013 3:04 pm

This handout image courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP, 2013 shows the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington. President Barack Obama is appointing a critic of the planned Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial design to serve on the federal commission that oversees the projectâs development, weighing into a lingering debate over the memorialâs future. The White House announced Obamaâs plan to appoint former National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Bruce Cole last month, but it drew little attention while Congress was in recess. Cole has published at least two articles in the past 13 months criticizing architect Frank Gehryâs approach to the memorial design, saying it would be a âmonumental farceâ and that the design is âa cross between an amusement park and a golf course.â (AP Photo/Gehry Partners, LLP, 2013)

Obama names critic to Eisenhower Memorial panel

Brett Zongker · September 3, 2013 8:22 pm