For a master of political symbolism, it was not a place, a moment or a message lightly chosen.

Beyond the political symbolism, the operations were an eye-opener for the soldiers.

More is at stake here than political symbolism, or even the efficiency of the telephone system.

There are powerful interest groups who fear the political symbolism.

The teams took on political symbolism during the rivalry.

As an exercise in political symbolism, the release of the White House's $3.6-trillion budget for 2010 was an important moment.

The Republicans dynamited the monument due to its religious and political symbolism.

They regularly squeeze it for every possible drop of political symbolism.

It is more about political symbolism than about policy or economic choices.

That was bad enough political symbolism, but there was much more.