War_Conflict

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1-27 Infantry Battalion 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division soldiers low crawl during training at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Feb. 4, 2008. (U.S. Army)

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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks to troops at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The Obama administration is abandoning plans to cut the number of U.S. forces in Afghanistan to 5,500 by year’s end, bowing to military leaders who want to keep more troops, including many into the 2016 fighting season, U.S. officials say. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Elite soldiers fight off big bugs in the video game Helldivers. (Courtesy of Sony Computer Entertainment)

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National Edition News cover for March 14, 2015 - Latin Americans unite against U.S.: Sending a message: Venezuelans rallied for their government Thursday as President Nicolas Maduro responded to U.S. sanctions by asking legislators to expand his powers in the name of fighting imperialism. (Associated Press)

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People take part in a candlelight vigil Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Two police officers were shot early Thursday morning in front of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest following the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of a U.S. Justice Department report. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Protesters in Ferguson, Mo., gather across the street from the Ferguson Police Department following the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of a U.S. Justice Department report. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Officers from the St. Louis Police Department walk through a crowd of protesters outside the Ferguson Police Department, Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Two police officers were shot early Thursday morning in front of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest following the resignation of the city's police chief in the wake of a U.S. Justice Department report. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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National Edition News cover for March 13, 2015 - Iraqis battle Islamic State for strategic, symbolic Tikrit: An Iraqi Army armored vehicle prepares to attack Islamic State extremists in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Rockets and mortars echoed across Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Thursday as Iraqi security forces clashed with Islamic State militants a day after sweeping into the Sunni city north of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Ferguson County police officers went to work Thursday after the resignation of the department's chief and after two officers were injured by gunfire outside the station during a protest. New Police Chief Jon Belmar called the attack on the officers an "ambush." (Associated Press photographs)

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Paramedics were called to the scene early Thursday to take two police officers to a hospital for treatment of injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening. They were shot while standing guard in front of the Ferguson Police Station during a protest.

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Sending a message: Venezuelans rallied for their government Thursday as President Nicolas Maduro responded to U.S. sanctions by asking legislators to expand his powers in the name of fighting imperialism. (Associated Press)

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Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants in the Qadisiyah neighborhood of Tikrit on Thursday. Iraq's defense minister said the operation to retake Tikrit is "essential to opening a corridor" for Baghdad-aligned forces to move north toward Mosul. (Associated Press)

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People leave federal court to board a bus carrying Boston Marathon bombing survivors, family and friends after attending the federal death penalty trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Tsarnaev is charged with conspiring with his brother to place two bombs near the Boston Marathon finish line that killed three and injured more than 260 people in April 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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In this courtroom sketch, Dun Meng, far right, testifies with a translator at his side during the federal death penalty trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Boston, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins)

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In this photo taken Monday, March 9, 2015, Lt. Col. Joe Kramer, 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron commander, shows The Associated Press inside the B-1 bomber in the al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. Longer-range American aircraft like the swept-wing B-1 bombers are able to spend hours over the battlefield loaded with up to 24 tons of bombs that can be used in multiple airstrikes. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

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Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar is the regional nerve center for the air war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press/File)

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National Edition News cover for March 12, 2015 - Carter urges quick authorization of war as Islamic State ‘metastasizing’: UNITED STATES - MARCH 11: From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and Secretary of State John Kerry, appear before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled "The President's Request for Authorization to Use Force Against ISIS: Military and Diplomatic Efforts," March 11, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

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UNITED STATES - MARCH 11: From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and Secretary of State John Kerry, appear before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Dirksen Building titled "The President's Request for Authorization to Use Force Against ISIS: Military and Diplomatic Efforts," March 11, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)