Following the reopening ceremony, David Rubenstein, right, co-founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, talks to the press who were gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument.
Rubenstein donated $7.5 million to match the funds Congress allocated to the renovation of the monument after it was damaged by the Aug. 23, 2011, earthquake that shook the D.C. area.
(Photo by Michael O’Connell/Federal News Radio)
Listen to David Rubenstein talk about “patriotic philanthropy.”