War_Conflict

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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime critic Shadi Mawlawi (center), who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried May 22, 2012, on his friends' shoulders in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, as they celebrate his release from jail. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy (left) poses for a photo after protesters marched to President Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012, the final day of the NATO summit. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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From left, President Barack Obama, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari talk during a family picture of NATO leaders at the NATO Summit in Chicago, Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

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Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe, through a spokesperson, declined to discuss the action taken against Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan stands in front of his parents' home in Kensington. He said the shift change that followed his transfer is making it difficult for him to help care for his elderly parents. He plans to file a complaint challenging the transfer ordered by Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Battalion Fire Chief Kevin B. Sloan said he received no written explanation for his transfer to a desk job where he is in charge of overseeing use of supplies in fire stations. "It's not ethical, it's not moral. It's retaliatory action," he said. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit in Chicago on Monday, May 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Masked Sunni gunmen hold their weapons May 21, 2012, as they attend the funeral procession of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, at his hometown village of Beireh, Lebanon. (Associated Press)

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Participants in the Rolling Thunder annual motorcycle rally ride across Memorial Bridge 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 of the fact that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all past wars. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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The 21st Rolling Thunder takes place around 22nd Street and Constitution Avenue in NW Washington, D.C., Sunday, May 25, 2008. Thousands of motor cyclists, most of them war veterans, depart their gathering place at the Pentagon parking lot for the ride through Virginia and Washington, DC to the Vietnam VeteranÕs Memorial. Rolling Thunder is an annual motorcycle rally held in Washington, DC during the Memorial Day weekend. About 400,000 veterans roar across Washington, DC on their motorcycles as a tribute to American war heroes and to call for the government's recognition and protection of Prisoners of War (POWs) and those Missing in Action (MIAs). (Astrid Riecken/The Washington Times)