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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Barakat

Virginia competes with Maryland to land new FBI headquarters

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Virginia's political leaders made their case Wednesday for moving the FBI's headquarters from the nation's capital to the state, arguing that the federal government would be wise to follow the steps of Amazon and other big companies that have come to the commonwealth.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Time Kaine, and nearly every other political leader from northern Virginia held a news conference in Springfield, one of three sites under consideration to replace the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

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