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A news videographer works to tape the graffiti on the World War II Memorial, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Washington. U.S. Park Police spokeswoman Sgt. Anna Rose said that the messages written in permanent marker were discovered over the holiday weekend at the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument and the World War II Memorial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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This cover image released by Grove Press shows "The Refugees," by Viet Thanh Nguyen. (Grove Press via AP)
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Iraqi security forces advance on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Saad)
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Iraqi security forces advance on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Saad)
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Iraqi security forces advance on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Saad)
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A civilian plants a white flag in a berm as he arrives at the defense line of Iraqi federal police forces in the town of Abu Saif after escaping Islamic State territory, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian plants a white flag in the berm as he arrives at the defense line of Iraqi federal police forces in the town of Abu Saif after escaping Islamic State territory, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian plants a white flag in the berm as he arrives at the defense line of Iraqi federal police forces in the town of Abu Saif after escaping Islamic State territory, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Federal police officers look towards Islamic State group territory as civilians flee the area, in the town of Abu Saif, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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An Iraqi federal police officers looks through binoculars from the town of Abu Saif as civilians flee Islamic State group territory, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman said Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian who fled Islamic State militant territory shows his ID papers to a police officer in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Civilians fled across front lines south of Mosul after Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State group fighters from the village. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian who fled across front lines south of Mosul holds white flags after arriving in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Civilians fled across front lines south of Mosul after Iraqi forces pushed Islamic State group fighters from the village on the southern edge of Mosul's western half. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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An Iraqi federal police office helps a man who just escaped Islamic State militant territory over the berm in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iraq's federal police forces retook the village south of Mosul from IS one day earlier. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian who escaped Islamic State militant territory phones his family he left behind, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 in Abu Saif, Iraq. Iraqi forces advanced Monday into the southern outskirts of Mosul on the second day of a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian who escaped Islamic State territory phones his family he left behind, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 in Abu Saif, Iraq. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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A civilian kisses a federal police officer after escaping Islamic State territory in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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FILE- In this July 28, 2013 file photo, Bahraini lawmakers participate in a special session of parliament to discuss how to handle the uprising in the Gulf island kingdom, convened in Manama, Bahrain. Lawmakers in Bahrain have backed changing the constitution in a way that would allow civilians to be tried by military courts amid a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent. The 40-seat Council of Representatives, the elected lower house of the tiny Gulf nation's National Assembly, voted to back the proposal, which now heads to the 40-member Consultative Council, a body appointed by the king. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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The resignation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has opened up a vicious fight over the integrity of the intelligence community. (Associated Press)
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Secretary of Defense James Mattis broke from President Trump, who publicly said during his campaign that the U.S. would take over Iraq's oil. He also stood by the press, who lately have been under fire from the president. (U.S. Air Force)
