Martin O’Malley expects federal help with Inauguration costs

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Gov. Martin O’Malley said he is hopeful the federal government will reimburse the state for the $11 million to $13 million it is expected to spend managing security and traffic for the inauguration and President-elect Barack Obama’s expected visit Saturday to Baltimore.

About 150,000 people are expected to turn out for Obama’s planned appearance in Baltimore, a part of his whistle-stop train tour to D.C., where another 2 million people are expected to gather.

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