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FILE -- In this Dec.18, 2016 file photo, Jordanian security forces stand next to their armored vehicle at the scene next to Karak Castle, during an ongoing attack, in the central town of Karak, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the capital Amman, Jordan. The recent Islamic State shooting rampage at Karak Castle, a popular tourism site in Jordan, could signal a more aggressive campaign by the extremist group to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom. A senior security official says members of the Karak cell, who were killed during the attack, had planned New Year’s Eve attacks in Jordan, using five explosives belts. Jordan’s government tries to allay concerns, saying its security forces can contain any threat. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 photo, Karak resident Jamal Saoub points to damage in the Shehab Restaurant where four Jordanian supporters of Islamic State sprayed automatic fire on Dec. 18, 2016, before continuing their rampage inside nearby Karak Castle, Jordan. The recent Islamic State shooting at Karak Castle, a popular tourism site in Jordan, could signal a more aggressive campaign by the extremist group to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom. A senior security official says members of the Karak cell, who were killed during the attack, had planned New Year’s Eve attacks in Jordan, using five explosives belts. Jordan’s government tries to allay concerns, saying its security forces can contain any threat. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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FILE -- In this Dec. 19, 2016 file photo, Jordanian security forces patrol in front of Karak Castle, where 10 people were killed on Dec. 18, 2016, in the central town of Karak, about 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of the capital Amman, Jordan. The recent Islamic State shooting rampage at Karak Castle, a popular tourism site in Jordan, could signal a more aggressive campaign by the extremist group to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom. A senior security official says members of the Karak cell, who were killed during the attack, had planned New Year’s Eve attacks in Jordan, using five explosives belts. Jordan’s government tries to allay concerns, saying its security forces can contain any threat. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
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1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment of Fort Hood, Texas will be among the 8,000 participants in President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural parade on Jan. 20. (U.S. Army)
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FILE - In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles. (Li Tang/Xinhua via AP, File)
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Rep. Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in the House, defended his earmark for $1.6 million earmark for technology that would allow troops in his home state of Alaska, by asking: "Essentially what you are saying is that countless Alaskan lives (and the lives of our military in general) are not worth $1.6 million?"
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FILE- In this Jan. 7, 2017 file photo, George Piro, special agent in charge of the FBI's Miami Division speaks during a news conference at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Terminal, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Piro was the FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader's capture, is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting rampage blamed on an Iraq war veteran. (Roberto Koltun/Miami Herald via AP, File)
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President Obama, stands with, from left, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, Vice President Joe Biden, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, as they listen to the National Anthem during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review for the president, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Israel female soldier is escorted from the scene of an attack in Jerusalem Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 15 others, Israeli police and rescue services said, in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yearlong campaign of violence. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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This frame grab from video, shows an Israeli emergency services personnel at scene of a truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem that killed at least four people and wounded several others in Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017. Israeli police and rescue services said a Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yearlong campaign of violence. Security camera footage shows the truck barreling at a high speed off the road and into the crowd of people in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood. (AP Photo)
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Air Force One arrives at Jacksonville International Airport on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
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FILE-In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, Ivory Coast troops provide security during an election rally of Ivory Coast incumbent President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some unidentified soldiers have launched mutinies in three cities across this West African country on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, demanding higher pay and bringing the threat of unrest back to Africa's fastest-growing economy, authorities said. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 photo, people sit in a coffee shop in Istanbul's Eminonu district by the Golden Horn. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including this week’s nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 photo, a shop owner holds cups of tea outside his shop in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including the nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 photo, people walk at the Arasta Bazaar in the historic Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, one of the city's main tourist attractions. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including the nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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In this Wednesday Jan. 4, 2017 photo a Turkish police officer patrols the area by the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions, in Istanbul. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including this week’s nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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A woman takes pictures on a boat crossing the Bosporus in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including this week’s nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 photo, a vendor waits for customers in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including this week’s nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017 photo, a tram is driven past as a Turkish police officer secures central Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue, the main shopping road of Istanbul. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including the nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. (AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
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People walk over the Golden Horn Bridge in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including the nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)
