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What I Saw at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Monday Afternoon

Plus, how President Trump’s Iran war aims shifted, and ABC launches ads attacking the FCC

By

Damian Paletta

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!Damian Paletta taking a selfie at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

*Damian Paletta/WSJ*

**Good morning.** There are PLENTY of questions still unanswered about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Who exactly has been arrested? Have they been charged? How much planning went into this whole “sealing” operation? How was the company vetted? What is it going to take to fix it?

Like probably a lot of other Americans, I actually have a history with this body of water. It’s where my wife and I had our wedding photos taken in 2005. And where we’ve taken pictures of our children every December since 2009, something of a yardstick for their youth.

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