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A protester prepares to launch a fire cracker using a pipe, at security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Anti-government demonstrators clashed with security forces as they marched to the National Electoral Council after President Nicolas Maduro announced the rules to select delegates to his proposed assembly to rewrite the constitution. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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An injured protester is removed as security forces block an opposition march from reaching the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Demonstrators contend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is quickly becoming a full-fledged authoritarian regime, and that his call to rewrite the constitution is one more attempt to consolidate his power. They are also decrying Venezuela's triple-digit inflation, soaring crime and vast food shortages. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Anti-government protesters take over a cargo truck as they clash with security forces blocking their mach from reaching the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Demonstrators contend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is quickly becoming a full-fledged authoritarian regime, and that his call to rewrite the constitution is one more attempt to consolidate his power. They are also decrying Venezuela's triple-digit inflation, soaring crime and vast food shortages. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Anti-government protesters clash with security forces blocking their march with tear gas from reaching the National Electoral Council headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Demonstrators contend Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is quickly becoming a full-fledged authoritarian regime, and that his call to rewrite the constitution is one more attempt to consolidate his power. They are also decrying Venezuela's triple-digit inflation, soaring crime and vast food shortages. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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People gather to honor the memory of those who died at a concert in Manchester, Britain, on Monday night. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May raised the terror threat level to "critical" hours after the attack, deploying British soldiers to Manchester.
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Britons will find armed troops at vital locations Wednesday after the official threat level was raised to its highest point following a suicide bombing on Monday that killed 22. (Associated Press)
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President Trump meets with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, right, at the Royal Palace on Wednesday in Brussels. The surge in Taliban violence and attacks by the Islamic State in Afghanistan will be Mr. Trump's focus when he visits NATO headquarters. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the need for Arab states to deal with Islamist terror by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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At left, Paul Kocic, who served in the U.S. Army from 1973-1998, bows his head during a moment of silence for fallen troops at the Rolling Thunder program near the National Mall during the Memorial Day weekend, in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 29, 2011. The Rolling Thunder organization's mission is to bring awareness to the POW-MIA issue and to educate the public about how many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)
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A man role-plays the part of a POW in a cage as he is pulled by a motorcycle, during the Rolling Thunder XXII Ride for Freedom along Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 24, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)
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Vice President Mike Pence has long supported Rolling Thunder, Inc. Last May, as Indiana's governor, Mr. Pence joined with chapter members of Indiana's Rolling Thunder and tweeted, "Honored to lead the first leg of Rolling Thunder's 'Ride for Freedom' from Indy to DC in support of our POWs & MIAs."
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Army 1st Lt. George A. Buirkle, Mr. Weber's grandfather, served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, known as the "Purple Heart Battalion" for the heavy fighting and casualties it endured during World War II in Germany. The combat team was made up almost entirely of soldiers of Japanese descent. Photo courtesy of David G. Weber.
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Sky News on Wednesday aired two screengrabs of footage that police believe shows the Manchester bomber. British officials said a suspected U.S. leak jeopardized the police investigation. (Associated Press)
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Police stand outside a block of flats in Blackley, north Manchester, Wednesday May 24, 2017, where a woman has been arrested in connection with the Manchester arena bombing. Additional arrests were made both in Britain and in Libya in the bombing that killed 22 people and wounded scores more. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
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Women cry after placing flowers in a square in central Manchester, Britain, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, after the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert that left more than 20 people dead and many more injured, as it ended on Monday night at the Manchester Arena. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Lawrence Sullivan, who was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, and charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Police say the self-described "tattoo model" was pointing a gun at moving vehicles. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)
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This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Lawrence Sullivan, who was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, and charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Police say the self-described "tattoo model" was pointing a gun at moving vehicles. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)
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In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, who was then-U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, walks with Lt. Col. Joy Boston, 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron commander at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Oct. 5, 2016. U.S. military phone calls with Russia have increased as the two countries work to avoid aircraft mishaps in the increasingly crowded skies over Syria, a senior American Air Force commander said May 24, 2017. Harrigian, who is in charge of U.S. air operations in the Middle East, also told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has been setting up temporary "deconfliction" zones around Syria. (Korey Fratini/U.S. Air Force via AP)
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In this Wednesday, May 24, 2017 photo, Hashim Ramadan Abedi appears inside the Tripoli-based Special Deterrent anti-terrorism force unit after his arrest on Tuesday for alleged links to the Islamic State extremist group. Abedi is the brother of Salman Abedi, who has been identified as the man behind the bombing that killed 22 people and wounded scores at an Ariana Grande concert Monday night in Manchester. The Special Deterrent Force says that Hashim confessed both he and his brother were a part of the Islamic State group and that Hashim had been aware of the details of the attack. (Ahmed Bin Salman, Special Deterrent Force via AP)
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A plaque, displayed on a monument between the 15th and 16th holes at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., commemorates a Civil War battle that, according to some historians, never happened. The Senior PGA Championship is being played at Trump National this week, the first time a major golf tournament has been played at a course owned by a sitting president. The course has been targeted by vandals since Trump took office, and protests are expected this weekend. AP Photo/Ben Nuckols
