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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, right, speaks to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, left, speaks as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens during a news conference at Newark Penn Station, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Lawmakers gathered at the transportation hub to call for federal investment in the region's rail and transit infrastructure after recent accidents have highlighted their vulnerability. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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In this photo taken Friday, March 31, 2017, Ron Stork, senior advisor with the Friends of the River conservation group, discusses the near collapse of Oroville Dam's emergency spillway, in his office in Sacramento, Calif. In 2005 Friends of the River warned officials about the weakness of the Oroville Dams' emergency spillway. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Bill Croyle, acting Director of the California Department of Water Resources, discusses the situation at the Oroville Dam as Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea listens at a news conference in Oroville, Calif. Over six straight days, the operators of the Oroville Dam had been saying there was no immediate danger after water surging down the main spillway gouged a hole the size of a football field in the concrete chute. But now suddenly they realized that the dam's emergency backup spillway — essentially an unpaved hillside — was falling apart, too, and could unleash a deadly torrent of water. Honea reacted by ordering the immediate evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo evacuees listen to an announcement lifting the evacuation of the Oroville Dam communities, in Chico, Calif. Over six straight days, the operators of the Oroville Dam had been saying there was no immediate danger after water surging down the main spillway gouged a hole the size of a football field in the concrete chute. But now suddenly they realized that the dam's emergency backup spillway — essentially an unpaved hillside — was falling apart, too, and could unleash a deadly torrent of water. Sheriff Kory Honea reacted by ordering the immediate evacuation of nearly 200,000 people downstream. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2017, file photo, Kendra Curieo waits in traffic to evacuate Marysville, Calif. Thousands of residents of Marysville and other Northern California communities were told to leave their homes as an emergency spillway of the Oroville Dam could fail at any time unleashing flood waters from Lake Oroville. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017, file photo, Delores Dearte, right, and Merna Thompson, neighbors from the town of Gridley, Calif., rest at a shelter for evacuees from cities surrounding the Oroville Dam, in Chico, Calif. Nearly 200,000 people downstream from California’s Oroville Dam had to be evacuated for fear it would release a catastrophic torrent of water. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

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FILE - In this April 19, 1995, file photo, shows the north side of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after an explosion that killed 168 people and injured hundreds. Survivors and family members of those killed in the bombing will gather for a remembrance service Wednesday, April 19, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the attack. (AP Photo/File)

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North Korean Nukes Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a school bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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Emergency personnel load an injured person into an air ambulance at the scene of a bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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A medical helicopter takes off from the scene of a bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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A student athlete has his arm looked at at the scene of a bus crash Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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Emergency personnel help to remove passengers after school bus that Tuesday, April 18, 2017, west of Richfield, Idaho. At least 17 students have been taken to hospitals, some with serious injuries, after a bus carrying 39 students to a track meet rolled over on a rural stretch of road in central Idaho. (Drew Nash/The Times-News via AP)

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A street is blocked off where emergency officials say a shooting has killed one person and injured two others Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in downtown Fresno, Calif. Dan Lynch of Fresno County Emergency Medical Services says the two wounded by gunfire have been transported to hospitals. A Fresno city spokesman says county offices are on lockdown, and people have been urged to shelter in place. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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People look at fire damage at the Bellagio casino and resort, Friday, April 14, 2017, in Las Vegas. A fire official says a late Thursday blaze damaged decorative facing on the roof of a shopping and restaurant annex at the resort on the Las Vegas Strip. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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Investigators walk on a golf course as they examine debris that fell at the Breton Bay Golf and Country Club when an Army UH-60 helicopter from Fort Belvoir, Va., crashed, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Leonardtown, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Investigators examine debris that fell on the Breton Bay Golf and Country Club golf course after an Army UH-60 helicopter from Fort Belvoir, Va., crashed, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Leonardtown, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trapped by the Paris Climate Treaty Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Investigators examine debris that fell on the Breton Bay Golf and Country Club after an Army UH-60 helicopter from Fort Belvoir, Va., crashed, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Leonardtown, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)