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A rebel feeds a pet parakeet at the Mariana Paez demobilization zone, one of many rural camps where rebel fighters are making their transition to civilian life, in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. At a ceremony in eastern Colombia, U.N. observers have closed the final container holding some of the 7,132 assault weapons collected at rebel camps nationwide in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Police officers stand guard the entrance of the Mariana Paez demobilization zone, one of many rural camps where rebel fighters are making their transition to civilian life, in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. At a ceremony in eastern Colombia, U.N. observers have closed the final container holding some of the 7,132 assault weapons collected at rebel camps nationwide in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, wave white peace flags during an act to commemorate the completion of their disarmament process in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombian musician Cesar Lopez plays his guitar which he merged with a real weapon, and calls "Escopetarra," or "Gun guitar," during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, rebels in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's leftist rebels and the government. At a ceremony in eastern Colombia, U.N. observers have closed the final container holding some of the 7,132 assault weapons collected at rebel camps nationwide in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos,left, talks to with Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, right, the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Jean Arnault, U.N. representative for the Colombian peace process, center, talks to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process of FARC rebels, in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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A rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, waves a white peace flag during an act to commemorate the completion of thier disarmament process in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between Colombia's FARC rebels and the government. At a ceremony in eastern Colombia, U.N. observers have closed the final container holding some of the 7,132 assault weapons collected at rebel camps nationwide in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, greets a rebel's baby during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, front left, top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleón Jiménez or Timochenko, front right, and Jean Arnault, U.N. representative for the Colombian peace process, center, watch the disarmament process on a television monitor during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process, in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, left, shakes hands with Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timochenko or Timoleón Jiménez, right, the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process in Buenavista, Colombia, Tuesday, June, 27, 2017. The United Nations says it has concluded the disarmament process for individual arms as part of a peace deal between FARC rebels and the government. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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Authorities block an entrance to Redstone Arsenal, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala. The military post said in a tweet it was on lockdown Tuesday amid reports of possible active shooter, telling workers to "run hide fight." More than 30,000 government employees, civilians and contractors work daily at Redstone. It is home to Army missile defense programs and other military offices. (AP Photo/Eric Schultz)
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This Oct. 25, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows Corporal Refines Slims, Jr., left, and Private Alfred Jalufka shaking hands at the "Meeting of Bulldozers" for the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon Territory in Beaver Creek, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)
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A cowboy herds his cattle near Buenavista in the municipality of Mesetas, Colombia, Monday, June 26, 2017. On Tuesday, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos and the FARC’s top commander Timochenko will meet in this area, at one of many rural camps where rebel fighters are making their transition to civilian life, to commemorate the completion of FARC disarmament process. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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FILE -In this fie picture taken on Tuesday April 4, 2017, Abdul-Hamid Alyousef, 29, holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack, in Khan Sheikhoun in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The Syrian government on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria that they said killed more than 40 prisoners. (Alaa Alyousef via AP, File)
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian government on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria that they said killed more than 40 prisoners. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo, a Syrian National flag hangs out of a damaged building at the mountain resort town of Zabadani in the Damascus countryside, Syria. The Syrian government on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria that they said killed more than 40 prisoners. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
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FILE -In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 file photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. The Syrian government on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 dismissed White House allegations that it was preparing a new chemical weapons attack, as activists reported an airstrike on an Islamic State-run jail in eastern Syria that they said killed more than 40 prisoners. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)
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In this June 5, 2017, photo people take photos of World War lI veteran Leonard Larkins at an event in Anchorage, Alaska, celebrating the 75th anniversary of construction of the Alaska Highway. Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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This Nov. 20, 1942, photo provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History, shows opening ceremonies of the ALCAN Highway in the Yukon at Soldier's Summit, Alaska. Nearly 4,000 segregated black soldiers helped build the highway across Alaska and Canada during World War II, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary approaches. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)
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This 1942 photo provided by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Office of History and taken in the Northern Sector of the ALCAN Highway under construction shows 'Drifters' at work over a high piece of the ALCAN Route in the Yukon. The 'Drifter' is a pneumatic drilling device which makes the hole into which dynamite charges are later placed to blast the road. The highway's 75th anniversary is this year. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History via AP)
