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Upgrading National Defense Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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This March 12, 2017 photo shows the lobby of the boutique Graduate hotel in Oxford, Miss. A Graduate hotel is planned for Roosevelt Island in New York for 2019. It will be the island's sole hotel and will be located at the gateway to the new Cornell Tech campus. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

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Club captain Henry Fairweather announces that women will be admitted as members of Muirfield Golf Club after a membership ballot was held by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, in Gullane, Scotland Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Muirfield Golf Club voted Tuesday to admit female members for the first time in its 273-year history, paving the way for the Scottish golf club to again host the British Open. ( Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

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Club captain Henry Fairweather announces that women will be admitted as members of Muirfield Golf Club after a membership ballot was held by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, in Gullane, Scotland Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Muirfield Golf Club voted Tuesday to admit female members for the first time in its 273-year history, paving the way for the Scottish golf club to again host the British Open. ( Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

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Woman golfer Jeanette Siehenthiler and her caddie walk to a green during a round of golf after it was announced that women will be admitted as members of Muirfield Golf Club after a membership ballot was held by The Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, in Gullane, Scotland Tuesday, March 14, 2017. Muirfield Golf Club voted Tuesday to admit female members for the first time in its 273-year history, paving the way for the Scottish golf club to again host the British Open. ( Jane Barlow/PA via AP)

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This Thursday, March 9, 2017 photo shows Bulleit Bourbon's new distillery outside Shelbyville, Ky. The company's parent, spirits giant Diageo, has started producing bourbon at the new distillery, which can produce up to 1.8 million proof gallons each year, or about 750,000 9-liter cases, but company officials are already talking about an expansion to keep up with demand. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

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In this Thursday, March 9, 2017, photo, Tom Bulleit, founder of the Bulleit Distilling Co., talks about the brand's future at its new distillery outside Shelbyville, Ky. Bulleit's parent company, spirits giant Diageo, sees the $115 million distillery as a catalyst for more momentum for the fast-growing brand. (AP Photo/Bruce Schreiner)

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Matthias Mueller, left, CEO of Volkswagen and Frank Witter, right, CFO of Volkswagen, talk prior to a press conference of the German Volkswagen company in Wolfsburg, Germany, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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Matthias Mueller, CEO of Volkswagen, attends a press conference of the German Volkswagen company in Wolfsburg, Germany, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

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The Great Pumpkin Rises Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, center, speaks in support of a plan to reduce student loan debt in California, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The plan would expand financial aid for students at public colleges and universities in the state. (AP Photo/Sophia Bollag)

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FILE - This July 16, 2013, file photo, shows a Wall Street street sign outside the New York Stock Exchange. Stock markets remained firm Friday, March 10, 2017, after another set of strong U.S. jobs figures cemented market expectations that the Federal Reserve will be confident enough about the state of the U.S. economy to raise interest rates again in the following week. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 13, 2017. Intel will buy Israel's Mobileye in a deal valued at about $15 billion, instantly propelling the computer chip and technology giant to the forefront of autonomous vehicle technology. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is interviewed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 13, 2017. Intel will buy Israel's Mobileye in a deal valued at about $15 billion, instantly propelling the computer chip and technology giant to the forefront of autonomous vehicle technology. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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The Mobileye logo appears on a screen at the post where it trades on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 13, 2017. Intel will buy Israel's Mobileye in a deal valued at just over $14 billion, the latest push by a major tech company to advance autonomous vehicles that could change the way traffic moves globally. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Good idea. (Illustration by Dana Summers of the Tribune Media Services)

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Susie Gindorff, 33, comes to shop in the Surdyk's liquor store in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 12, 2017. She said she heard about the sales from a Facebook post. The liquor store has gotten a head start on opening for business on Sundays. Surdyk's, a longtime liquor and cheese store in northeast Minneapolis, opened for business Sunday, despite Minnesota's new Sunday liquor sales law not taking effect until July. (Xavier Wang/Star Tribune via AP)

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Customers waiting for cashiers meander inside of The Surdyk's liquor store in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 12, 2017. The liquor store has gotten a head start on opening for business on Sundays. Surdyk's, a longtime liquor and cheese store in northeast Minneapolis, opened for business Sunday, despite Minnesota's new Sunday liquor sales law not taking effect until July. (Xavier Wang/Star Tribune via AP)

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People enter The Surdyk's liquor store in the snow in Minneapolis on Sunday, March 12, 2017. The liquor store has gotten a head start on opening for business on Sundays. Surdyk's, a longtime liquor and cheese store in northeast Minneapolis, opened for business Sunday, despite Minnesota's new Sunday liquor sales law not taking effect until July. (Xavier Wang/Star Tribune via AP)

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Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny listen to the Irish national anthem after his arrival at the Massachusetts Statehouse, Monday, March 13, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)