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The body of an alleged Palestinian attacker is removed from the scene in Jerusalem Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said a 16-year-old Palestinian drew a knife on officers when they approached him in Jerusalem and asked for identification Saturday. She said the officers opened fire and killed him. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Benjamin Wagner, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California, displays one of the guns seized in an undercover operation, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., on Oct. 15, 2015. Wagner announced a federal grand jury indicted 8 men on a variety of firearm charges including the manufacturing and dealing in firearms without a license. At left is Jill A. Snyder, Special Agent in Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama announced that he will keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A 9mm case is ejected from the chamber of a Beretta M9 during a qualifying exercise for the 139th Military Police Company, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Fort Stewart, Ga. The Army wants to replace its M9, a 9mm semi-automatic handgun adopted during the Cold War. The new gun also will replace the smaller M11. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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A 9mm case is ejected from the chamber of a Beretta M9 during a qualifying exercise for the 139th Military Police Company, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Fort Stewart, Ga. The Army wants to replace its M9, a 9mm semi-automatic handgun adopted during the Cold War. The new gun also will replace the smaller M11. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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President Barack Obama returns a salute prior to boarding Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Oct. 9, 2015. Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A Palestinian man pray in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Wadi Joz near Jerusalem's Old City during Friday prayers, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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National Edition News cover for October 16, 2015 - Obama gives generals half of requested Afghanistan force: President Barack Obama, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, left, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks about Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Obama announced that he will keep U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye reviews the troops during a full military honors parade to welcome her, Thursday at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)
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President Obama will maintain a force of 5,500 troops in Afghanistan beyond when his presidency ends in 2017, which is less than half the six of what top military commanders recommend for the long-embattled country. (Associated Press)
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Lawmakers try to move a tear gas canister thrown by opposition lawmakers in Kosovo, disrupting Parliament's session, in the capital Pristina, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. The opposition protested over the government's recent EU-sponsored deal with Serbia giving the country's Serb-majority areas greater powers. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Kosovo lawmakers empty the chamber of Parliament as smoke billows from a tear gas canister thrown by opposition lawmakers in Kosovo disrupting Parliament's session, in the capital Pristina, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. The opposition protested over the government's recent EU-sponsored deal with Serbia giving the country's Serb-majority areas greater powers. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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Police stand near vans holding protesters early Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in Baltimore. The Baltimore Uprising coalition had occupied City Council chambers at city hall to pretest a council subcommittee's vote in favor of making the interim police commissioner permanent. Police led protesters to vans and other vehicles. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)
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Israeli border police check Palestinian man ID next to newly placed concrete blocks in east Jerusalem neighborhood, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. Israel erected checkpoints and deployed several hundred soldiers in the Palestinian areas of the city Wednesday as it stepped up security following a series of attacks in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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In this Jan. 30, 2015, file photo, a Syrian Kurdish sniper looks at the rubble in the Syrian city of Ain al-Arab, also known as Kobani. The Kurds of Syria and Iraq have become a major part of the war against the Islamic State group, with Kurdish populations in both countries threatened by the militants' advance. (AP Photo, File)
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, attends the 67th Armed Forces Day at Gyeryongdae, South Korea's main compound in Gyeryong City, South Korea, Oct. 1, 2015. (Kim Hee-chul/Pool Photo via AP)
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U.S. Army armored vehicles are parked for an exercise during annual military drills with South Korea in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. The prospect of a North Korean missile launch is "considerably high," South Korea's foreign minister told lawmakers Wednesday as Pyongyang prepared to mark the April 15 birthday of its founder, historically a time when it seeks to draw the world's attention with dramatic displays of military power. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Yong Soo Lee, of South Korea speaks to reporters on the West Lawn of Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015, Yong Soo Lee is one of dozens of surviving "comfort women" from Korea other Asian countries that were forced into sexual servitude by Japanese troops. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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South Sudan Flawed Accord Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times