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FILE - In this June 13, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mattis said Wednesday, June 14, 2017, he can now set U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan after receiving the authority from President Donald Trump. It’s a break from past practice that Mattis said will enable him to more effectively manage the war effort. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Officers who were part of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's security detail were hailed as heroes, taking on a man with a rifle while armed only with handguns and averting what those on the field said would have been a certain massacre. (Associated Press)
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Police block a street near a subway station in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. Munich police said in a tweet that the policewoman's injuries were serious. The suspect was also injured and is in custody. The shooting occurred during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring subway station, Munich police spokesman Michael Riehlein said. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
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Police block a street near a subway station in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. Munich police said in a tweet that the policewoman's injuries were serious. The suspect was also injured and is in custody. The shooting occurred during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring subway station, Munich police spokesman Michael Riehlein said. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)
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Special police guard outside a subway station in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Several people were injured, including a police officer, in a shooting early Tuesday at a Munich subway station, police said. Munich police said in a tweet that the policewoman's injuries were serious. The suspect was also injured and is in custody. The shooting occurred during a morning police check at the Unterfoehring subway station, Munich police spokesman Michael Riehlein said. (Andreas Prott/dpa via AP)
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Illustration on Qatar's funding of terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Fire engulfs Tyler Welder Supply in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday June 13, 2017. A fire ignited tank after tank of acetylene gas at the East Texas welders supply lot, firing tanks and shrapnel high into the air but injuring no one. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2016 file photo, rebel leaders Rodrigo Londono, center, Ivan Marquez, right, and Pastor Alape, left, attend the closing event of the 10th conference of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, in Yari Plains, Colombia. As Colombia’s leftist rebel movement begins making its transition to a political party, chief prosecutor Nestor Martinez rocked the nation on June 2017, by saying he has compiled evidence that the FARC is sitting on an illegal fortune worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a political war chest that outstrips the coffers of traditional parties. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, in South Haven, Mich., former Army medic James McCloughan shows photos of himself and fellow soldiers in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, in South Haven, Mich., former Army medic James McCloughan shows where he fought in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, in South Haven, Mich., former Army medic James McCloughan shows photos of himself and fellow soldiers in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, former Army medic James McCloughan is interviewed in South Haven, Mich. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, former Army medic James McCloughan kneels next to a statue presented to him by a fellow soldier in South Haven, Mich. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In a photo from Friday, June 9, 2017, former Army medic James McCloughan is interviewed in South Haven, Mich. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan, the former Army medic stands on a bunker in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13, 2017 that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of James McCloughan via AP)
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This 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan shows him with the former Army medic, right, with a platoon interpreter in Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. An Army spokeswoman said Tuesday, June 13, 2017, that McCloughan, who saved the lives of 10 soldiers during the Battle of Nui Yon Hill in May 1969 in Vietnam, will become the first person to be awarded the nation's highest military honor by President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of James McCloughan via AP)
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Franko Simatovic appears in court for his retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague The Netherlands on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Franko Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic the two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial for the second time on charges of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s Balkan wars. (Michael Kooren/Pool via AP)
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Jovica Stanisic waves as he appears in court for his retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague The Netherlands on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Franko Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic the two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial for the second time on charges of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s Balkan wars. (Michael Kooren/Pool via AP)
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Franko Simatovic appears in court for their retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague The Netherlands on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Franko Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic the two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial for the second time on charges of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s Balkan wars. (Michael Kooren/Pool via AP)
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Jovica Stanisic appears in court for his retrial at the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague The Netherlands on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Franko Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic the two former allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial for the second time on charges of setting up and arming notorious Serb paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1990s Balkan wars. (Michael Kooren/Pool via AP)
