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    Renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome

    •December 26, 2013
    • A statue stands in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 31, 2011 file photo. December 2, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Capitol Dome REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)
    • FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, Eugene Poole Jr., a project manager for the Capitol dome restoration project, lifts one of the coffer windows in the ceiling of the Capitol dome during a media tour on Capitol Hill in Washington. A world-famous symbol of democracy is going under cover, as workers start a two-year, $60 million renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome. Curved rows of scaffolds, like Saturn’s rings, will encircle it next spring, enabling contractors to strip multiple layers of paint and repair more than 1,000 cracks and broken pieces. The dome will remain illuminated at night and partly visible through the scaffolding and paint-capturing cloths. But the Washington icon -- and portions of the Rotunda’s painted ceiling that lies below -- will be significantly obscured for many months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
    • This Dec. 19, 2013 file photo shows Capitol Hill police officer Adam Taylor escorting media on a tour of the restoration process from an area of support structure near the top of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. A world-famous symbol of democracy is going under cover, as workers start a two-year, $60 million renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome. Curved rows of scaffolds, like Saturn’s rings, will encircle it next spring, enabling contractors to strip multiple layers of paint and repair more than 1,000 cracks and broken pieces. The dome will remain illuminated at night and partly visible through the scaffolding and paint-capturing cloths. But the Washington icon -- and portions of the Rotunda’s painted ceiling that lies below -- will be significantly obscured for many months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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    File photo of the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington

    A statue stands in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 31, 2011 file photo. December 2, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Capitol Dome REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY)

    A world-famous symbol of democracy is going under cover, as workers start a two-year, $60 million renovation of the U.S. Capitol dome.

    Curved rows of scaffolds, like Saturn's rings, will encircle it next spring, enabling contractors to strip multiple layers of paint and repair more than 1,000 cracks and broken pieces. The dome will remain illuminated at night and partly visible through the scaffolding and paint-capturing cloths. But the Washington icon -- and portions of the Rotunda's painted ceiling that lies below -- will be significantly obscured for many months. (AP)

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