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A refurbished Mi-17 helicopter was part of an opening ceremony at a military airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2008, but the Russian-made chopper has proved a failure in the long war. (Associated Press/File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013 file photo, an Afghan army soldier adjusts his uniform during an outdoor lesson at a training facility in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Sixteen years into a stalemated conflict with no end in sight, the Trump administration is planning to send more troops. Some question the wisdom of investing even more resources in Afghanistan, which is still dependent on the U.S. for everything from bullets to uniforms. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
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FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, people observe a minute of silence in Westminster in London, after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left more than 20 people dead and many more injuredat the Manchester Arena. The jihadis' targets are depressingly repetitive: the Brussels metro (twice), Paris' Champs-Elysees (twice) and tourist-filled bridges in London (twice). And that's just the past few months. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
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FILE - In this April 5, 2017, file photo, injured U.S. tourist Melissa Cochran, whose husband, Kurt Cohran, was killed in the March 22 London terror attack, arrives for a "Service of Hope" at Westminster Abbey, two weeks after the attack, in London. The life of a Utah man who ran a recording studio at his home before he was killed in a high-profile attack London attack will be celebrated with the local music he loved on Saturday, June 24, 2017. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed four people and injured scores more, including his Melissa Cochran, of West Bountiful, Utah. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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U.S. Army runner Paul Chelimo salutes as he finishes first in the men's 5,000 meters at the U.S. Track and Field Championships, Friday, June 23, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCain and Sen. Jack Reed, D- R.I., are asking Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to investigate reports that U.S. military interrogators worked with forces from the United Arab Emirates accused of torturing detainees in Yemen. McCain and Reed, called the reports "deeply disturbing." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
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Protesters shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, during a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday.(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters display placards near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, in a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters shout slogans during a rally near the Presidential Palace in Manila in a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters tie black ribbons on a barbed wire barricade near the Presidential Palace in Manila in a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters burn a cutout depicting aerial bombings in Marawi during a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017 in Manila. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Protesters tie black ribbons on a barbed wire barricade near the Presidential Palace in Manila, a "Black Friday" protest to mark the first month of the declaration of Martial Law in the whole of Mindanao region in southern Philippines by President Rodrigo Duterte in the wake of the Muslim militant siege of Marawi city Friday, June 23, 2017. The siege by militants aligned with the Islamic State group continues as it enters its second month Friday. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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FILE - In this May 26, 2017, file photo, Philippine Armed Forces chief and administrator of Martial Law Gen. Eduardo Ano talks to reporters during his visit to a military camp on the outskirts of Iligan city in southern Philippines. The Philippine military chief said Friday, June 23, 2017, Malaysian militant Mahmud bin Ahma who helped lead and finance the siege in southern Marawi city has been killed in one of the setbacks to the uprising by locals aligned with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
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FILE - In this May 25, 2017, file photo, smoke billows from the heart of Marawi city as government troops battle with Muslim militants who lay siege in Marawi in southern Philippines. Philippine Armed Forces chief and administrator of Martial Law Gen. Eduardo Ano said Friday, June 23, 2017, Malaysian militant Mahmud bin Ahma who helped lead and finance the siege in southern Marawi city has been killed in one of the setbacks to the uprising by locals aligned with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
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This image taken from an undated video shown to The Associated Press by the Philippine military shows Malaysian militant Mahmud bin Ahmad who helped lead and finance the siege in southern Marawi city. Philippine Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano told The Associated Press on Friday, June 23, 2017, that Mahmud bin Ahmad died June 7, 2017, from wounds sustained in fighting with government troops in Marawi last month. (Philippine military via AP)
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This image taken from an undated video shown to The Associated Press by the Philippine military shows Malaysian militant Mahmud bin Ahmad, who helped lead and finance the siege in southern Marawi city. Philippine Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano told The Associated Press on Friday, June 23, 2017, that Mahmud bin Ahmad died June 7, 2017, from wounds sustained in fighting with government troops in Marawi last month. (Philippine military via AP)
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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2014, file photo, police wearing riot gear walk toward a man with his hands raised in Ferguson, Mo.,following the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb on Aug. 9. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice say Ferguson, Missouri, is making progress in the effort to end racial bias in police and court practices, but more transparency is needed. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry on Thursday, June 22, 2017, heard an update on a consent agreement reached in 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
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A traveler walks her bags up the roadway as a police officer guides traffic flow after Bishop International Airport reopens in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, June 21, 2017, after a police officer was stabbed at the airport. A Canadian man shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at the airport on Wednesday, and referenced people being killed overseas during the attack that's now being investigated as an act of terrorism, federal officials said. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
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In this file photo, Timothy Wiley, FBI public affairs specialist, holds a photo Amor Ftouhi after a news conference in Detroit, Thursday, June 22, 2017. Amor Ftouhi, a Canadian man, shouted in Arabic before stabbing a police officer in the neck at the Bishop International Airport in Flint, Mich., federal officials said. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) **FILE**
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A recently obtained pistol from the Civil War era is shown to members of the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum Board at a meeting on Thursday, June 22, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina. The board briefly discussed South Carolina's last Confederate flag, taken down in July 2015, which the museum has received no money from lawmakers to display and remains in a special box deep in the museum's storage. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
