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In this Sept. 8, 2016 photo, a U.S. Army soldier guards a position at Camp Swift, northern Iraq. U.S. troops will be engaged more closely than ever in fighting against Islamic State group militants as they back Iraqi forces in the long-anticipated assault on Mosul. The assault caps an increasing American role in Iraq over the past two years, with nearly 6,000 US troops on the ground, including special forces in combat on the front-lines. (AP Photo/Susannah George)
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In this Saturday Oct. 8, 2016 photo released by Kuwait Ministry of Interiors, a damaged garbage truck after it rammed into another truck carrying five U.S. soldiers in Kuwait. An Egyptian driving a garbage truck loaded with explosives and Islamic State papers rammed into a truck carrying five U.S. soldiers in Kuwait on Saturday, injuring only himself in the attack, authorities said. (Kuwait Ministry of Interiors via AP)
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FILE - In this file photo taken on Saturday, May 9, 2015, Iskander missile launchers are driven during the Victory Parade marking the 70th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, in Red Square in Moscow. Poland and Estonia expressed concerns Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, that Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander ballistic missiles into Kaliningrad, a Russian region on the Baltic Sea, with one official saying Russia appears eager to dominate that body of water. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)
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A cyclist raises his arm next to students camping to ask for peace at the main square in Bogota, Colombia, early Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, just days after Colombian voters narrowly rejected a peace deal he signed with rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2015 file photo, Syrian soldiers fire repelling an attack in Achan, Hama province, Syria. he battle for Aleppo has gripped the world, but it is hardly the only front in Syria: Opposition forces are on the offensive in the country’s center hoping to sever the road connection between Aleppo and the capital Damascus, which is itself a front; in the northwest, Turkish-backed opposition forces battle Islamic State militants; to the east, government forces weather an Islamic State siege of Deir El-Zour. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP, File)
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Suspected Muslim extremists, from left in front row, Wendel Apostol Facturan, Musali Mustapha and TJ Tagdaya Macabalang are presented to reporters at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. Philippine troops have captured the three suspects in the bombing of a night market that killed 15 people and seized a cellphone video of the blast from them that they apparently took for propaganda purposes, the defense chief said Friday. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Kaci Kullmann Five, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award committee, announces the laureate of Nobel Peace Prize 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, during a ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Friday Oct. 7, 2016. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a civil war that killed more than 200,000 Colombians. (Heiko Junge NTB scanpix via AP)
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In this Sept. 13, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center, poses with a fist bump with Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana, left, during his "Talk with the Airmen" on the anniversary of the 250th Presidential Airlift Wing, at the Philippine Air Force headquarters in suburban Pasay city, southeast of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
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Afghan security forces gather at the site of a suicide attack after clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul on June 22, 2015. (Associated Press)
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Members of "Dardanet", a Kosovo fan club, are escorted by police as they celebrate the group's arrival, before the World Cup Group I qualifying soccer match between Croatia and Kosovo in Shkoder, Albania, Thursday Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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A U.S. airman with 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron does synchronized pushups. (Instagram, U.S. Air Force)
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Two defaced busts dating back to the 2nd and 3rd century are displayed inside the Colosseum as part of an exhibit titled "Reborn from the Destructions" which will run from Oct. 7 to Dec. 11, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The two damaged busts were recovered by the functionaries of the Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums of Damascus in the Museum of Palmyra, after the liberation from the Islamic State group armed forces. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2015, file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, center, is greeted by Senior Military Assistant U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ron Lewis as they arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to travel to Afghanistan. A Pentagon investigation concluded that Lewis, Carter's former senior military aide, used his government credit card at strip clubs or gentlemen's clubs in Rome and Seoul, drank in excess and had "improper interactions" with women, The Associated Press has learned. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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In this Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 photo, humanitarian aid delivered from Russia in a warehouse is stored in a "Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center" near an airport in the town of Nis, Serbia. Some Western NGOs and military analysts say the Russians have created a thinly disguised military base that is eavesdropping on American military interests in the Balkans. While Serbia is still close to Russia, its neighbors are increasingly distrustful of Moscow’s intentions and presence, especially ex-Soviet bloc states like Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, which suffered under iron fist communist rule for decades after World War II. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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FILE - In this April 21, 2016 file photo, attorney and former FBI Director Robert Mueller, right, arrives for a court hearing at the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco. Mueller has been overseeing settlement talks with Volkswagen, the U.S. government and private lawyers. Mueller is being honored with an award from West Point. The U.S. Military Academy’s Association of Graduates will present the Thayer Award to Mueller on Thursday evening, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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Illustration on the decreasing U.S. armed forces by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Iraqi and U.S. forces say the joint military campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State terror group is all but imminent. (Associated Press)
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Police officers investigate the scene where a man stabbed two police officers, in the Schaerbeek neighborhood in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)
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Farmer Jeremy Cannon checks his combine as he gets ready to rush the harvest of his soybean crop on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at his farm in Turbeville, S.C. Cannon and other farmers are worried Hurricane Matthew could flood fields and knock down crops. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
