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Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell leaves after speaking at the Justice Department's Health Care Fraud Training Conference at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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Gen. Ray Odierno, Commanding General, Multi-National Forces-Iraq, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph McGee, Commander of 2-327 Infantry Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, walk through the streets of Samarra to visit the locals, on Oct. 29, 2008. (U.S. Army) ** FILE **

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110214-A-WO967-004 U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Bush with Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment directs U.S. soldiers out of the landing zone as a UH-60 Black Hawk lands prior to Iraqi army live fire exercise on Tealeaf Island near Basra, Iraq, on Feb. 14, 2011. Iraqi forces conducted live fire exercises while U.S. soldiers assigned to 36th Infantry Division and 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 4th Infantry Division were on hand to provide assistance. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel, U.S. Army. (Released)

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National Edition News cover for September 11, 2014 - Obama will need ground troops in Iraq: U.S. service members stand guard during a ceremony on the thirteenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in front of the World Trade Center Memorial at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in an Iraqi security forces armored vehicle. Experts say defeating the group is more akin to what was required to beat al Qaeda in Iraq, which was founded in 2004 by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and subsequently led by the group's current chief, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an Iraqi cleric. (Associated Press)

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Oman's Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah (left) and Secretary of State John F. Kerry at met with Mideast allies and asked what support they can to give to the U.S. plan to combat the Islamic State group. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains after both towers were destroyed in New York. Whether they survived the attacks by fleeing the buildings, worked at the site after the attacks or simply lived near-by, people are still dealing with the emotion effects of the attacks 13 years later. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File)

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Mike Bernardo with the D.C. Fire Department walks the grounds of National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by himself on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. Bernardo decided to become a firefighter because of the 9/11 attacks and has been coming to the memorial on the anniversary of 9/11 for two years as a way to reenergize himself. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Bernardo with the D.C. Fire Department walks the grounds of National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by himself on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. Bernardo decided to become a firefighter because of the 9/11 attacks and has been coming to the memorial on the anniversary of 9/11 for two years as a way to reenergize himself. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Bernardo with the D.C. Fire Department walks the grounds of National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by himself on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. Bernardo decided to become a firefighter because of the 9/11 attacks and has been coming to the memorial on the anniversary of 9/11 for two years as a way to reenergize himself. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Bernardo with the D.C. Fire Department walks the grounds of National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by himself on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. Bernardo decided to become a firefighter because of the 9/11 attacks and has been coming to the memorial on the anniversary of 9/11 for two years as a way to reenergize himself. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mike Bernardo with the D.C. Fire Department walks the grounds of National Pentagon 9/11 Memorial by himself on the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Arlington, Va., Thursday, September 11, 2014. Bernardo decided to become a firefighter because of the 9/11 attacks and has been coming to the memorial on the anniversary of 9/11 for two years as a way to reenergize himself. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Gen. John Allen gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this July 22, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)

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Members of Western Michigan University's ROTC Army and Air Force salute as the American flag hoisted to fly at half-staff during a remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Mark Bugnaski) ** FILE **

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Bretagne, a 15-year-old golden retriever that is believed to be the last surviving search dog from Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has returned to New York City as a nominee for a hero dog award. (Today.com)

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Thousands of bikers assembled in Fort Washington for a ride into the District in remembrance of the Sept. 11 terror attacks (Photo courtesy of Prince George's County Police Department)

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Cub Scouts, from left, William Wright, 9, David Simon, 10, Jack Munn, 10, salute during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. The three are from Kent City Cub Scout Pack 3322. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Morse) ALL LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION INTERNET OUT

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National Edition News cover for September 11, 2014 - Obama renews war on terror: President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. In a major reversal, Obama ordered the United States into a broad military campaign to “degrade and ultimately destroy” militants in two volatile Middle East nations, authorizing airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, as well as an expansion of strikes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)

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President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Cross Hall in the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. In a major reversal, Obama ordered the United States into a broad military campaign to “degrade and ultimately destroy” militants in two volatile Middle East nations, authorizing airstrikes inside Syria for the first time, as well as an expansion of strikes in Iraq. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)