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Military restores names of 7 bases that once honored Confederate leaders

President Trump announced on Tuesday that he's restoring the original Confederate names of seven Army bases -- but with new namesakes. CBS News' Jim Axelrod shows how that policy played out earlier this year at two military installations. Then, Kori Schake, who was on the Biden-era commission that recommended the military pivot from names linked to the Confederacy, joins with her reaction.
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