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Andrew Jackson said, long before he became one of President Trump’s heroes, “The laws of war did not apply to conflicts with savages.” . . . The federal government has been increasingly drawing on these doctrines to justify its actions. ..

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mccain recited dictator names at trump's inauguration, says klobuchar

John McCain compared President Donald Trump to notable dictators during his 2017 inauguration ceremony. . ... John McCain compared President Donald Trump to notable dictators aloud during the president's 2017 inauguration ceremony. . ..

how about a peace race instead of an arms race?

President, John F. Kennedy.  On September 25, 1961, dismayed by the Soviet Union’s recent revival of nuclear weapons testing, Kennedy used the occasion of his address to the United Nations to challenge the Russians “not to an arms race, but to a peace race.”  ..

the expansion of presidential power since 1973

Republican President Ronald Reagan, despite his promotion of conservatism and the goal of making the federal government smaller, expanded the power of the presidency not through law but through precedent: because his substantial unilateral actions were not challenged, he set a precedent..

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Saudi Arabia and number of its regional allies launched campaign against Yemen March 2015, with the aim of bringing the government of former Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi back to power and crushing Ansarullah movement.. ..

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