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Flags at White House back at half-staff after being raised Monday following McCain's death

Flags at White House back at half-staff after being raised Monday following McCain's death
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<p><strong>JOHN McCAIN</strong>, 81 (Died: Aug. 25): Sen. John McCain lived an exceptional American life, beginning in 1936. Growing up in Arizona, he was educated at the US Naval Academy and became a naval aviator. He was shot down while fighting in Vietnam and was held as a prisoner of war for more than five years. After his release, he eventual ran for Congress and then the Senate, where he would serve for 30 years until his death. In 2008, he won the Republican nomination for president before losing in the general election to Barack Obama. McCain died of brain cancer in August 2018.</p>
Flags at White House back at half-staff after being raised Monday following McCain's death
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UPDATE (1:50 p.m. MT): After complaints from the American Legion and movements by many states around the country, including Colorado, to fly their flags at half-staff through the weekend, the White House flag was back at half-staff by Monday afternoon.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The flags at the White House, which were lowered over the weekend to mark the death of Sen. John McCain, are back at full-staff.

The flags at the U.S. Capitol, meanwhile, remained at half-staff on Monday to honor the Arizona Republican, who died Saturday of brain cancer.

President Donald Trump offered his condolences on Twitter to McCain's family but hasn't issued a presidential proclamation with an order lowering the flags. The two had a long-running feud.

U.S. Flag Code states that flags be lowered "on the day of death and the following day for a Member of Congress."

After Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts died in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered flags at the White House be flown at half-staff for five days.

The White House didn't immediately respond to questions Monday.

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