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A man walks past the statue of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Athens, July 25, 2006, which was pulled down by Greek leftists in a move harking back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq as part of an anti-war demonstration against the Israeli bombing of Lebanon

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A rainbow shines over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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A man walks past the statue of U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Athens, July 25, 2006, which was pulled down by Greek leftists in a move harking back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq as part of an anti-war demonstration against the Israeli bombing of Lebanon

Congress Missed Its Chance to Strangle the Imperial Presidency in Its Cradle

Members of a mortar company of the 92nd Division pass the ammunition and heave it over at the Germans in an almost endless stream near Massa, Italy. This company is credited with liquidating several machine gun nests. Wikimedia Commons

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This African-American combat patrol advanced three miles north of Lucca (furthermost point occupied by American troops) to contact an enemy machine gun nest. Here a bazooka-man cuts loose at the target some 300 yards distant. Wikimedia Commons

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