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Fire personnel gather at the base of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 20, 1995, the day after the bombing. (Associated Press)

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that despite Republican fears, those Syrian refugees hoping to enter the United States to escape the Islamic State are to be thoroughly vetted for any terrorist affiliations.

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This undated photo provided by the FBI shows Mohamed Abdullahi Hassan, who turned himself in to authorities in Africa, the U.S. State Department said Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. A former Minnesota resident, Hassan joined al-Shabab in Somalia more than seven years ago and more recently went online to urge others to carry out violence on behalf of the Islamic State group, authorities said. (FBI via AP)

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Republican presidential front-runner Donald J. Trump called for a total and complete ban on Muslims entering the United States, upping the ante of previous calls to profile Muslims and spy on mosques in the wake of the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California. (Associated Press)

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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul, R-Texas, delivers a "State of Homeland Security" address on the war with Islamic State, the rise of radicalism, and the terror threat to the U.S., at the National War College at Fort McNair, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. McCaul wants to create a national commission on security and technology to deal with the proliferation of encrypted technologies that allow terrorists to communicate without detection. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition lead a protest through the Loop in Chicago on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, in response to the Laquan McDonald shooting and continuing Chicago Police investigation. About 200 protesters are demonstrating following the release of documents showing that police officers' accounts of the 2014 killing of McDonald differed greatly from what was captured on dashcam video. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson speaks at a Defense One "leadership briefing" in Washington, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, on the agency's efforts to tackle growing terrorism threats in the U.S. and abroad. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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National Edition News cover for December 7, 2015 - Obama vows to defeat Islamic State: President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Sunday night, Dec. 6, 2016. The address comes as recent attacks in Paris and California have raised concerns that the U.S. and other countries aren’t doing enough to prevent terror attacks. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

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At 110, Frank Levingston is the oldest living World War II veteran, in the nation’s capital Monday to mark Pearl Harbor Day and visit the White House. (Image courtesy of KPLC TV)

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President Obama did not mention Russia's stepped-up military campaign when addressing efforts being made with "our closest allies" to destroy the Islamic State in Syria, also knows as ISIS and ISL, which he said include increased intelligence cooperation, disrupting the group's international funding system and pursuing a cease-fire and political settlement to the Syrian civil war. (Associated Press)

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"As commander-in-chief, I have no greater responsibility than the security of the American people," President Obama said. "The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it." (Associated Press)

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At 110, Frank Levingston is the oldest living World War II veteran, in the nation's capital Monday to mark Pearl Harbor Day and visit the White House. (Image courtesy of KPLC TV)

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"As commander-in-chief, I have no greater responsibility than the security of the American people," President Obama said. "The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it." (Associated Press)

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Illustration on Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and Nazi Germany's declaration of war against the United States in World War II by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this Nov. 23, 2009 file photo, Fuad Masum, then-head of the Kurdish parliamentary bloc, speaks to the press after an Iraqi Parliament session. President Masum said Saturday Nov. 5, 2015, that the presence of Turkish troops near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in northern Iraq is a "violation" of international law and it was contributing to increased tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

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A 'Tornado' aircraft ' of the German Air Force photographed in Jagel, Germany, Friday Dec. 4, 2015 . German lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly approved a broad noncombat mission to aid the fight against Islamic State militants, including sending reconnaissance jets and a frigate following a call from France for support following last month’s deadly attacks in Paris. ( Carsten Rehder/ dpa via AP)

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National Edition News cover for December 4, 2015 - Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik erased digital footprints day before San Bernardino attacks: In this image taken from video, armored vehicles surround an SUV following a shootout in San Bernardino, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. The scene followed a military-style attack that killed multiple people and wounded others at a California center that serves people with developmental disabilities, authorities said. (KTTV via AP)

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While ordering the U.S. military to open all combat jobs to women, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said there would be no lowering of standards between the genders in active service roles. (Associated Press)

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Nuclear Attack by Terrorists Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Authorities investigate the scene Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in San Bernardino, Calif., where a police shootout with suspects took place. A heavily armed man and woman opened fire Wednesday on a holiday banquet, killing multiple people and seriously wounding others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)