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Workers began to remove the last of the high-security fence around the U.S. Capitol on Friday, more than six months after a breach at the home of Congress.
The eight-foot-high (2.4-m) black mesh fencing at one point surrounded several blocks of Capitol Hill, interfering with pedestrian and vehicle traffic. The remaining sections, enclosing just the white-domed Capitol complex, will take about three days to remove, according to U.S. House of Representatives Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker.
The decision to take down the remaining fence was based on the U.S. Capitol Police's assessment of the current threat and improved coordination with local and federal law enforcement agencies, Walker said in a statement.