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Left, 1st Sgt. Dean Bissey, first sergeant for Company C "Dustoff", 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade hooks the hoist harness to Staff Sgt. Michael Hile and his military working dog "Rronnie" from 554th Military Police Company July 15 near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (US Army photo by Spc. Aubree Rundle)

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Yeager, an improvised explosive device detection dog, lies in front of a battlefield cross as Staff Sgt. Derick Clark, a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, and 26-year-old native of Hillsdale, Mich., and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Dale Reeves, a kennel officer in charge with 2nd Bn., 9th Marines and 41-year-old native of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., observe a moment of silence in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, a dog handler and mortarman who served with Weapons Company, 2nd Bn., 9th Marines, during a memorial service here, April 22, 2012. Tarwoe, who became Yeager's handler in July 2011, was killed in action during a dismounted patrol in support of combat operations in Helmand province's Marjah district, April 12. Tarwoe's fellow Marines remember him for his contagious laughter and smile, and his unfaltering courage on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez)

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ON POINT HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan -Cpl. Bryan Manthey, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, and a dog named Zzisko rest during a patrol near Garmsir, Afghanistan, July 5. Manthey and his military working dog were searching for improvised explosive devices.

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U.S. Army Spc. David Walls, of Warren, Mich., Mine Detection Dog Handler, 49th Engineer Detachment, oversees Sergeant Homer, a mine detection dog, as he performs a mine-proofing sweep at the Russian Grain Silo Combat Outpost, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The COP is the intended site of a 10 mega-watt power plant that will provide electricity to the western side of Kandahar. Walls and Homer are deployed to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. (ISAF photo by TSgt Samuel Padilla/released)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Frank Jones shakes Liz's paw during her retirement ceremony on Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Colonel Jones is the 437th Mission Support Group commander. Liz is a military working dog who has served in the 437th Security Forces Squadron for 10 years. She has been on a multitude of temporary duty assignments to locations such as Greece, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Liz also went on seven different Secret Service and Department of State missions to protect President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicholas Pilch)(released)

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This undated photo provided by the Wisconsin Historical Society shows First Lt. Alonzo H. Cushing. President Barack Obama is bestowing the nation's highest military honor on the Union Army officer who was killed more than 150 years ago in the Battle of Gettysburg. Cushing died in July 1863 while standing his ground against Pickett's Charge. Congress had to grant an exemption for Cushing, since recommendations for a Medal of Honor must be made within two years of an act of heroism. (Associated Press/Wisconsin Historical Society)

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Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas led insurrections against Republican leaders several times over the past two years and refused to say in a television interview Tuesday whom he would support, but he called Mr. McConnell to congratulate him on his re-election.

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President Obama listed three issues on which he wants to work with Congress immediately in the lame-duck session: a funding request to fight Ebola, a new authorization for military force against the Islamic State and a budget to complete the fiscal year. (Associated Press)

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Christian pilgrims hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire.

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A pro-democracy protester walks at a main road in the occupied area of the Causeway Bay district in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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The AH-64D Apache attack helicopter is used mostly by the Army, but it also is found in other countries' military aviation fleets. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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President Clinton speaks after the signing of the Balkan peace treaty at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Dec. 14, 1995. Clinton called it the day that turned the shattered country "from the horror of war to the promise of peace.'' (AP Photo/Michel Gangne/pool)

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A Marine with Company F, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, sprints to his next position during a live-fire exercise at the Army National Training Center Fort Irwin, California, July 13, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps)

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Turkish soldiers man the gate of a staging area where Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters were stationed, awaiting permission to help fellow Kurds besieged for weeks by Islamic State militants. About 150 peshmerga fighters crossed into Syria to reinforce Kurds defending the strategic city of Kobani. (Associated Press photographs)

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To the rescue: Iraqi peshmerga fighters have entered the northern Syrian town of Kobani to join the Kurdish resistance. The forces have coordinated attacks against Islamic State militants, who have been besieging the strategic city for weeks. (Associated Press)

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New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman (11) celebrates a touchdown catch from quarterback Tom Brady, far left, in the first half of an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in Foxborough, Mass. Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski, second from left, watches. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Members of the Montenegrin gay community hold a rainbow flag during a gay pride march in Podgorica, Montenegro, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014. Protected by hundreds of riot police, about two hundred gay activists marched peacefully in Montenegro, a staunchly conservative Balkan country seeking EU membership.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign event for Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., in downtown Wichita, Kan. Tea party groups and other Republican rebels that thrive on bedeviling the party establishment are minding their political manners in the run-up to Election Day, while Democrats are struggling. (AP Photo/The Wichita Eagle, Travis Heying)