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Pelosi lacks the authority to order the removal of the 11 statues.

Former chairman Brian France in 2015 tried to ban the flying of Confederate flags at race tracks.

The Navy's top admiral says he'll follow their example.

Northam last week ordered the statue of Lee taken down.

Many activists and black leaders say it is long overdue.

Semmes was a Confederate commerce raider, sinking Union-allied ships during the Civil War.

Live video recorded overnight shows crews worked into the early morning hours dismantling the top portion of the obelisk in pieces.

The order was part of a broader memo.

North Carolina has been at the center of the debate over what to do with Confederate monuments as one of three southern states with the most statues, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam suggested at a recent news conference that he'd be open to signing such a bill.