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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals right wing Miles Koules (15) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) and right wing T.J. Oshie (77) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) and left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Washington Capitals right wing Justin Williams (14) at the Verizon Center, Oct. 2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

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In this photo made available by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, damage is visible inside a penthouse boiler room of a high-rise residence in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., Friday Oct. 2, 2015. Fire officials say the explosion in the 33-story under-construction building was caused by a gas leak. (Miami-Dade Fire Rescue via AP)

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Soldiers and first responders from the South Carolina National Guard perform flood rescue operations during the statewide flood response. More than 1300 South Carolina National Guard members were activated in response to the floods. Video courtesy of South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team

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Diamondback FS Nine

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Browning 1911 .380

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In this undated photo provided by TOTE Maritime shows the cargo ship, El Faro. The El Faro departed Jacksonville, Fla., on Sept. 29, 2015 when Joaquin was still a tropical storm. The ship had 33 crew members, and it was headed to Puerto Rico when it encountered heavy seas when Joaquin became a hurricane. The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 that the El Faro has been lost. They are still searching for survivors. (TOTE Maritime via AP)

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Floodwaters close in on homes on a small piece of land on Lake Katherine in Columbia, S.C., Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. After a week of steady rain, the showers tapered off Monday and an inundated South Carolina turned to surveying a road system shredded by historic flooding. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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Government Bureaucracy Predicting the Weather Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams walks to the dugout during the ninth inning of an interleague baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Washington. Washington Nationals relief pitcher Jonathan Papelbon was ejected for hitting batter Baltimore Orioles' Manny Machado. The Orioles won 4-3. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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The Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, erupted in flames after the Saturday airstrike. Army Gen. John Campbell said Afghan forces were taking fire and radioed for air support. (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama speaks during the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at Mount St. Mary's University. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A road closed barricade blocks a flooded street in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Numerous roads in Brunswick and New Hanover counties in southeastern North Carolina are impassable as a storm system that inundated South Carolina moves north. (Mike Spencer/The Star-News via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

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National Edition Opinion cover for October 5, 2015 - The Secret Service’s rotten culture (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)