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WASHINGTON (AP) - An unstamped letter from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop turned into a security scare Wednesday as U.S. Capitol Police closed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office for about 45 minutes.
Police officials declined to provide any specifics about who sent the letter, and Reid's office referred all questions to Capitol Police, but the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call said the letter came from Koop.
Koop confirmed to Roll Call that the letter was legitimate. He told the newspaper the letter asked that health care legislation include a provision to ensure doctors and medical students would not be forced to perform abortions.
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