Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., commonly referred to as Washington, is the capital of the United States of America.
== History ==
=== Tony Stark's Questioning ===
==== U.S. Senate Armed Forces Committee ====
Tony Stark was summoned to Washington, D.C. to attend a Senate Armed Forces Committee with the intention of obtaining the Iron Man armor for military application, using the developing of similar suits over the world in retaliation as an excuse.
Senator Harrington Byrd, head of the Committee, tried to coerce Stark into handing over the Iron Man Armor as a weapon, but Stark refused, arguing that since the armor was not a weapon, but a high technology prosthesis, and that he and the armor were one and the same, the petition would be comparable to slavery or prostitution.
Byrd summoned Justin Hammer, one of Stark's business rivals and the current Department of Defense Weapons contractor, as an expert consultant. Hammer argued that the armor was a weapon of incalculable possibilities, and though Iron Man had played an important role in diminishing global security threats, he was not enough to give people an adequate feeling of safety, and that he would not be able to prevent all potential threats to national security.
Byrd then summoned Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, who wrote a detailed report about the potential of the Iron Man Armor. Rhodes was asked to read an out-of-context fragment of the report, where the Iron Man Armor is declared as a potential threat to national security, given that he did not operate as an official member of the United States Government.
The next argument of the Committee was a series of images obtained that seemingly confirmed by intelligence officers that there were operative attempts to reproduce Stark's technology. However, Stark showed a video of some of the failed attempts, such as armors made by North Korea, Iran, and Hammer Industries, in order to prove that their excuse of the development of similar suits over the world was not an imminent threat that required handing over the Iron Man armor.
Stark finished his own exposition arguing that he served as a dissuasion, and that he had successfully privatized world peace. The public support to Stark made Senator Harrington lose composure before postponing the session.
==== Medal Ceremony ====
: "Rhodey and I are being honored in Washington and we need a presenter."
: ―Tony Stark to Nick Fury[src]
Tony Stark and James Rhodes were presented with military medals for their role in stopping George Tarleton and saving civilians during his attack over the Stark Expo in New York City. Stark was awarded with the Army's Distinguished Service Medal, while Rhodes was awarded with a Meritorious Service Medal.
Stark refused his fees as a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D. if Nick Fury managed to arrange that Senator Harrington was the host of the ceremony, knowing Byrd's distaste for Stark, forcing him to call Stark a "national treasure".
Harrington, however, had a little revenge, purposefully sticking the nail of the medal on Stark's chest, before posing for the official photographs.
== Landmarks ==
* Washington Monument
== Appearances ==
* In chronological order:Iron Man 2
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