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In this Friday, April 27, 2017 photo, a woman cycles out from the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base in Fussa in Tokyo's western suburbs. Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the frontline of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just several minutes to shelter from incoming missiles. (AP Photo/Koji Ueda)
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In this Friday, April 21, 2017, photo, Yoshio Takagi, 75, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Fussa in Tokyo's western suburbs. Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the frontline of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just several minutes to shelter from incoming missiles. Takagi has been looking more carefully at Yokota base when he bicycles past, though he hasn’t noticed any difference. "Tension has escalated and the situation has become more unpredictable under (President Donald) Trump," he said. "But Japan relies on the U.S. military and there is a base here. I think we just have to accept the consequences." (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
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In this Thursday, April 27, 2017, photo, taxi driver Seijiro Kurosawa, 58, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in front of Fussa Station in Fussa where the Yokota Air Base is located in Tokyo's western suburbs. Residents living near U.S. military bases in Japan are facing a fresh reality: Their neighborhoods are on the frontline of North Korea’s dispute with America and if Pyongyang were to attack they would have just several minutes to shelter from incoming missiles. "No way, it’s impossible. There is no way we can run away from it," said Kurosawa. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
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South Korean protesters stage a rally to oppose a plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2017. A North Korean mid-range ballistic missile apparently failed shortly after launch Saturday, South Korea and the United States said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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In this March 24, 2017 file photo, residents carry the body of several people killed in airstrikes during fighting between Iraq security forces and Islamic State on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. In a statement released Sunday, April 30, 2017, the Pentagon said investigations conducted during the month of March reveal that coalition airstrikes killed 45 civilians, mostly in and around the city of Mosul. The Pentagon said in each incident "all feasible precautions were taken," but the strikes still resulted in "unintentional" loss of civilian life. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, civil protection rescue teams work on the debris of a destroyed house to recover the body of people killed in an airstrike during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. In a statement released Sunday, April 30, 2017, the Pentagon said investigations conducted during the month of March reveal that coalition airstrikes killed 45 civilians, mostly in and around the city of Mosul. The Pentagon said in each incident "all feasible precautions were taken," but the strikes still resulted in "unintentional" loss of civilian life. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger interacts with his horse, Gus, before their morning workout in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger pauses behind an American flag hanging from his trailer in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger walks out of his trailer to train his horse in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger adjusts a saddle before taking his horse, Gus, for a workout in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger cleans a stall before taking his horse, Gus, for a workout in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger maintains a saddle before taking his horse for a morning workout in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger rides his horse, Gus, along the road in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from California to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this Wednesday, April 19, 2017 photo, Iraq war veteran Colt Romberger rides his horse, Gus, across a meadow in Santa Clarita, Calif. Romberger is training his horse for a ride from the Pacific Ocean to the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in hopes to raise money for veterans causes and tell the public about the devastating effects Agent Orange has had on the bodies of now-aging veterans of the Vietnam War. His father, a Vietnam War veteran, died of a brain disease associated with Agent Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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In this April 12, 2017 photo, World War II veteran Raymond Osborne holds his U.S. Army photo at his home in Jackson, Tenn. After seeing his uncle’s $21 check from the National Guard, 17-year-old Raymond Osborne wanted to leave his job as a farmer on his family’s farm in Jackson and join the Army National Guard in 1940. The only problem was, Osborne could not legally join the Guard until he was 18. (Kenneth Cummings/The Jackson Sun via AP)
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FILE - In this April 12, 2017 file photo, U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley address the Security Council after a vote on a resolution condemning Syria's use of chemical weapons failed, at U.N. headquarters. Haley didn’t wait to take office as America’s envoy to the United Nations to break with the Trump administration’s foreign policy stances. At her Senate confirmation hearing, Haley bluntly accused Russia of being complicit of war crimes in Syria _ going against the president-elect’s talk of warmer relations with Moscow.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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A South Korean protester holds up a card during a rally to oppose a plan to deploy the advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2017. A North Korean mid-range ballistic missile apparently failed shortly after launch Saturday, South Korea and the United States said. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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This Saturday, April. 29, 2017 still taken from video, shows an American soldier standing on an armored vehicle in the northern village of Darbasiyah, Syria. U.S. moved troops and armored vehicles through several Syrian cities and towns on Friday and Saturday in a show of force apparently intended to dissuade Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces from attacking each other. (AP Photo via APTV)
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This Saturday, April. 29, 2017 still taken from video, shows an American soldier looking out of an armored vehicle in the northern village of Darbasiyah, Syria. U.S. moved troops and armored vehicles through several Syrian cities and towns on Friday and Saturday in a show of force apparently intended to dissuade Turkey and Syrian Kurdish forces from attacking each other. (AP Photo via APTV)
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President Donald Trump greets members of the military as he arrives on Air Force One at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pa., Saturday, April, 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
