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Iraqi Federal police deploy after regaining control of the town of Abu Saif, west of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The battle for Mosul, backed by the U.S.-led coalition, has already driven the militants from the eastern half of the city, which is divided roughly in half by the Tigris River. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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A sniper with the Iraqi federal police aims at an Islamic State position from the rooftop of a house in the town of Abu Saif, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2017. The battle for Mosul, backed by the U.S.-led coalition, has already driven the militants from the eastern half of the city, which is divided roughly in half by the Tigris River. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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Iraqi Federal police deploy after regaining control of the town of Abu Saif, west of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Iraq's government-sanctioned paramilitary forces, made up mainly of Shiite militiamen, have launched a new push to capture villages west of the city of Mosul from Islamic State militants.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Smoke rises from the western side of Mosul following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike, in Abu Saif, outside the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

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A fire on a building at a camp that has been home to demonstrators against the Dakota Access pipeline is seen after protesters set fire in Cannon Ball, N.D., in the early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Most of the pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. Earlier in the day, some of the last remnants of the camp went up in flames when occupants set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving ceremony. (Mike Mccleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Jasper Spillman, of Lawrence, Kan., leaves the protest camp as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D. Most of the pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Smoke from fires set by protesters goes up as they leave their protest camp on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers property in southern Morton County, near Cannon Ball, N.D., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Most of the Dakota Access pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. Earlier in the day, some of the last remnants of the camp went up in flames when occupants set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving ceremony. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Tribune Tori Ramos, left, and Riley Cogburn, both of Albany, N.Y., leave as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D. Most of the pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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A fire set by protesters burns in the background as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D. Most of the pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad celebrated a government military victory in Aleppo last month. A common enemy, the Islamic State terrorist group, has created a delicate coalition of U.S., Turkish, Russian and Iranian-backed forces, as well as moderate Sunni Muslim Arab rebels and Kurdish paramilitaries. (Associated Press)

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A fire on a building at a camp that has been home to demonstrators against the Dakota Access pipeline is seen after protesters set fire in Cannon Ball, N.D., in the early morning of Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Most of the pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities moved to arrest some who defied the order in a final show of dissent. Earlier in the day, some of the last remnants of the camp went up in flames when occupants set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving ceremony. (Mike Mccleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

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Former U.S. Congresswoman and mass shooting survivor Gabrielle Giffords enters the Statehouse on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Santa Fe, N.M. Giffords and her national gun-safety advocacy group Americans for Responsible Solutions are trying to build support for bills that would expand background checks on private firearms sales in New Mexico and remove guns from domestic violence situations where a restraining order has bee issued. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2006 file photo, Massachusetts State Police on patrol with automatic weapons stand by a passenger at Logan International Airport in Boston in response to an announced terrorist threat. Two planes departing Boston on Sept. 11, 2001, were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. A breach that allowed 11 people to walk through an unattended security checkpoint lane at New York's JFK International Airport Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 has some questioning how it could happen after the battery of security measures put in place after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2010 file photo, a TSA employee checks documents for passengers in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston. Two planes departing Boston on Sept. 11, 2001, were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. A breach that allowed 11 people to walk through an unattended security checkpoint lane at New York's JFK International Airport Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 has some questioning how it could happen after the battery of security measures put in place after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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In this Jan. 6, 2010, file photo, a TSA employee being trained in behavioral pattern recognition watches passengers in line at a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)

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A couple embraces as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D., as authorities were preparing to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. The Army Corps of Engineers ordered the camp closed at 2 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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People push belongings up a hill at the Dakota Access pipeline opponents' main protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, as authorities prepared to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. (AP Photo/Blake Nicholson)

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A fire burns in the background as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D., as authorities were preparing to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. The Army Corps of Engineers ordered the camp closed at 2 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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A structure is seen at the Dakota Access pipeline main protest camp in southern North Dakota near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, as authorities prepare to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)

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A couple embraces as opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline leave their main protest camp Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, near Cannon Ball, N.D., as authorities were preparing to shut down the camp in advance of spring flooding season. The Army Corps of Engineers ordered the camp closed at 2 p.m. Wednesday. (AP Photo/James MacPherson)