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WATCH: ‘Shocking’ Ben Franklin smear leaves Smithsonian chief with ‘no regrets’

The director of the country's premier American history museum said she has no regrets about any of the museum’s exhibits under her tenure after an expert confronted her with a "shocking" display that he said smeared founding father Benjamin Franklin.Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig faced intense questioning from lawmakers during two Capitol Hill hearings this week. The hearings followed a White House Domestic Policy Council report accusing the museum of using taxpayer dollars and its status as a world-renowned institution to advance a "radical activist ide...