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In this file image made from video posted online on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 by Qasioun News Agency, Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces, one carrying a Turkish flag, patrol in Dabiq, Syria. Turkey’s military incursion in northern Syria succeeded in gaining it a foothold and driving Islamic State group militants away from its border — but its determination to also push back the Kurds is causing it trouble. (Qasioun News Agency via AP, File)
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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo, left, smiles as he talks with pitching coach Mack Jenkins after Arroyo pitched two scoreless innings of a spring training baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Sunday, March 12, 2017, in Goodyear, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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In this Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, file photo, Kush Patel, right, carries out bags of merchandise while helping his uncle Andy Patel, rear, clean up the looting damage from Monday's riots at his store, Ferguson Market and Liquor, in Ferguson, Mo. The store is disputing a new documentary’s claims that surveillance video suggests Michael Brown didn’t rob the store before he was fatally shot by police in Ferguson. One of the filmmakers said he believes the footage shows Brown trading marijuana for a bag of cigarillos early on Aug. 9, 2014, and that Brown intended to come back later for the cigarillos. Store officials said no drug transaction took place and Brown stole the cigarillos while at the store later that day. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer holds up photos of anti-terrorism airport security dogs as he criticizes President Donald Trump Sunday, March 12, 2017, over proposed cuts to the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard that the New York Democrat says would put New York at risk, at Schumer's office in New York. The Democrat accused Trump's administration of seeking to slash important funding to free up money to fund a wall at the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Julie Walker)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic inspects arms at the Batajnica military airport outside Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia's defense minister Zoran Djordjevic said Sunday, March 12, 2017, that the country is expecting Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval for the delivery of fighter jets, which could worsen tensions with neighboring states. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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In this photo taken Wednesday, April 6, 2016, a pilot stands by a MiG 29 fighter jet at the Batajnica military airport outside Belgrade, Serbia. Serbia's defense minister Zoran Djordjevic said Sunday, March 12, 2017, that the country is expecting Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval for the delivery of fighter jets, which could worsen tensions with neighboring states. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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This March 8, 2017 photo provided by Forensic Examination Service shows firearms expert David Townshend. Townshend is urging a fresh look at evidence in a 1992 Detroit murder. Townshend said bullets that he examined before the trial of Desmond Ricks 25 years ago don't match bullets now in police storage. (David Townshend via AP)
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File-This Aug. 29, 2013, file photo shows the Grove, a historical mansion that once belonged to former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins in Tallahassee, Fla. Calling it a reflection of the "larger American experience," the home that has been witness to slavery, the Civil War and the civil rights era has been opened to the public in Tallahassee. State officials on Saturday, March 11, 2017, swung open the doors to the Grove, a state-owned mansion that was once the residence to Gov. LeRoy Collins. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)
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Four Michigan high school students were suspended after demonstrating against a pro-immigration banner on campus by holding up their own handmade "Trump" and "Build the Wall" signs, which eventually led to a heated, yet nonviolent, argument among students. (WZZM)
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FILE - In this Sunday, July 26, 2015 file photo, an African Union (AU) soldier walks past the scene of destruction following a suicide car bomb attack outside a well-known hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) Francisco Caetano Madeira is seeking a surge in troops to help the country's security forces control areas won back from the extremist group al-Shabab. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
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This Nov. 21, 2016 photo shows World War II veteran Marvin Strombo, right, talks to a Japanese Culture and Civilization class at the University of Montana in Missoula, Mont., about his experiences as a young Marine fighting in the Pacific during World War II. Strombo, 93, also brought a Japanese flag, on the desk in front of him, that he took from a slain Japanese officer in the Battle of Sapian that he's hoping can be returned to the man's family. (Tom Bauer/The Missoulian via AP)
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This Nov. 11, 2016 photo shows Marvin Strombo of Dixon, Mont. holds a flag that he took from a Japanese officer who died during the Battle of Saipan in 1944. He hopes it will be returned to the family of the soldier. A University of Montana assistant professor identified the soldier as Yasue Sadao. ( Kira Veracruyssen/Missoulian via AP)
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FILE - This frame grab from a video provided by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), shows fighters from the SDF opening fire on an Islamic State group's position, in Raqqa's eastern countryside, Syria, Monday, March 6, 2017. The main U.S.-backed force fighting the Islamic State group in Syria has enough fighters to capture the extremists' de facto capital of Raqqa north of the country at a time when U.S. troops are playing a bigger role on the ground in the battle to conquer the city, a spokeswoman for the force said Friday, March 10, 2017. (Syria Democratic Forces, via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016 file photo, members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces walk upon arrival as part of a first batch who have a broader mandate to use force at the airport in Juba as Japanese peacekeepers landed in South Sudan in the first such deployment of the country's troops overseas with those expanded powers in nearly 70 years. The Japanese government has decided to end its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan after five years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, March 10, 2017, that Japan will not renew the mission after the current rotation returns in May. The 350-person infrastructure team was focused on road construction. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2016 file photo, members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces arrive as part of a first batch who have a broader mandate to use force at the airport in Juba as Japanese peacekeepers landed in South Sudan in the first such deployment of the country's troops overseas with those expanded powers in nearly 70 years. The Japanese government has decided to end its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan after five years. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, March 10, 2017, that Japan will not renew the mission after the current rotation returns in May. The 350-person infrastructure team was focused on road construction. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch, File)
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media at the Prime Minister's official residence in Tokyo Friday, March 10, 2017. Abe says Japan is ending its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan after 5 years, with work finished. (Junko Ozaki/Kyodo News via AP)
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This Tuesday, March 7, 2017 frame grab from video provided by Arab 24 network, shows fighters from the Syrian Democratic forces standing near U.S military vehicles on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. Syrian government forces backed by Russia also operate in the area. The U.S. military's new mission, "reassure and deter," is designed to prevent the Syria conflict from escalating through confrontation between the Turkish troops and the rival Syrian Kurdish forces. (Arab 24 network, via AP)
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This Tuesday, March 7, 2017 frame grab from video provided by Arab 24 network, shows U.S. forces take up positions on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. Syrian government forces backed by Russia also operate in the area. The U.S. military's new mission, "reassure and deter," is designed to prevent the Syria conflict from escalating through confrontation between the Turkish troops and the rival Syrian Kurdish forces. (Arab 24 network, via AP)
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In this Tuesday, March 7, 2017 frame grab from video provided by Arab 24 network, shows U.S. forces take up positions on the outskirts of the Syrian town, Manbij, a flashpoint between Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters, in al-Asaliyah village, Aleppo province, Syria. Syrian government forces backed by Russia also operate in the area. The U.S. military's new mission, "reassure and deter," is designed to prevent the Syria conflict from escalating through confrontation between the Turkish troops and the rival Syrian Kurdish forces. (Arab 24 network, via AP)
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Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, left, address a United Nations human rights meeting called "The Fight against Impunity for Atrocities: Bringing Da'esh [ISIS] to Justice," Thursday, March 9, 2017 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
