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FILE- In this April 1, 2003, file photo, Dana Gioia, new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is interviewed by the Associated Press in Washington. The NEA, which the Trump administration wants to eliminate, developed in uniquely American fashion: diverse and independent, with a significant part of the budget distributed to state and local organizations. Gioia, who headed the NEA from 2003-2009, says the endowment has managed to use relatively little money to build a nationwide arts network. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Jazz legend Buddy Defranco (left) shares a laugh with fellow jazz legend Freddie Hubbard during the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards Concert where they were honored in New York on Jan. 13, 2006. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In an Oct. 17, 2008 file photo provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Belgium's Toots Thielemans performs at the Rose Theater in New York. Belgium’s jazz musician Toots Thielemans has decided to retire together with his trademark harmonica at age 91. Thielemans made the announcement on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on the eve of a concert in Antwerp, Belgium which has now been cancelled. (AP Photo/National Endowment for the Arts, Tom Pich, File)