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In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters look on as they listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images)
In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters look on as they listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghanistan: Taliban Chief Killed in U.S. Strike

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Paul McLeary
Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed fighters, stand on a pick up trucks mounted with machine guns during a military parade following battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli, on February 28, 2016. On February 19, a US air strike near Sabratha targeted a suspected IS training camp, killing 50 people. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed fighters, stand on a pick up trucks mounted with machine guns during a military parade following battles against the Islamic State (IS) group, in the city of Sabratha, west of the capital Tripoli, on February 28, 2016. On February 19, a US air strike near Sabratha targeted a suspected IS training camp, killing 50 people. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: EgyptAir Wreckage Found; NATO Debates Libya Ops

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
This picture taken on Septernber 12, 2015 shows the J-11B fighter aircraft from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force performing at the Dafangshen airport in Changchun, China's Jilin province during the bi-annual Changchun airshow. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
This picture taken on Septernber 12, 2015 shows the J-11B fighter aircraft from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force performing at the Dafangshen airport in Changchun, China's Jilin province during the bi-annual Changchun airshow. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Chinese Fighters Intercept U.S. Spy Plane; House hits Trump

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 11: People gather at the explosion site after a car bomb attack staged at Uraiba marketplace in Sadr District of Baghdad, Iraq on May 11, 2016. Several casualties reported. (Photo by Amir Saadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MAY 11: People gather at the explosion site after a car bomb attack staged at Uraiba marketplace in Sadr District of Baghdad, Iraq on May 11, 2016. Several casualties reported. (Photo by Amir Saadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

U.S. Worried ISIS Playing a New Game in Baghdad

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Paul McLeary
(FILES) A picture taken on October 5, 2005 shows Russian soldiers sitting on the launcher of a Tochka-M (Point-M), short range missile, which has a range of about 44 miles (70 kilometres) prior its launch at the military training ground outside Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Russia will place short-range missile systems on the EU's eastern border to counter planned US missile defence installations in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on November 5, 2008. Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave with a large military base that is wedged between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coastline. AFP PHOTO FILES (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) A picture taken on October 5, 2005 shows Russian soldiers sitting on the launcher of a Tochka-M (Point-M), short range missile, which has a range of about 44 miles (70 kilometres) prior its launch at the military training ground outside Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Russia will place short-range missile systems on the EU's eastern border to counter planned US missile defence installations in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on November 5, 2008. Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave with a large military base that is wedged between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coastline. AFP PHOTO FILES (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Fanning In As Army Secretary; Russian Missile Trains Are Back

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
UNITED STATES - JULY 8: A strong storm front passes over the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JULY 8: A strong storm front passes over the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

SitRep: White House Threatens Veto of Defense Bill

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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SitRep: China Blasts Pentagon Report; Ash Carter’s Tech Plan Rebooted

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 02: (CHINA OUT) A frigate fires a missile during live-fire drill on Yellow Sea on July 2, 2015 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. Naval vessels and soldiers mainly from China people's Liberation Army Navy North Sea Fleet and part of soldiers of China people's Liberation Army Navy East Sea Fleet, the Second Artillery Force of the PLA, Chinese PLA Shenyang Military Region and Chinese PLA Jinan Military Region attended the live-fire drill on Yellow Sea on Thursday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)
QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 02: (CHINA OUT) A frigate fires a missile during live-fire drill on Yellow Sea on July 2, 2015 in Qingdao, Shandong Province of China. Naval vessels and soldiers mainly from China people's Liberation Army Navy North Sea Fleet and part of soldiers of China people's Liberation Army Navy East Sea Fleet, the Second Artillery Force of the PLA, Chinese PLA Shenyang Military Region and Chinese PLA Jinan Military Region attended the live-fire drill on Yellow Sea on Thursday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Pentagon: Chinese Military Modernization Enters “New Phase”

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Paul McLeary
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo., observe a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior 2011, Cannon AFB, N.M., March 1. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (US Air Force photo by Tech Sgt DeNoris Mickle)(Released)
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo., observe a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior 2011, Cannon AFB, N.M., March 1. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (US Air Force photo by Tech Sgt DeNoris Mickle)(Released)

SitRep: U.S. Special Ops Expanding; McCain Drops $602B “Reform” Defense Bill

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
NINEVEH, IRAQ - MARCH 25: Iraqi soldiers attack Daesh positions as they begin first phase of Operation Conquest to retake Iraq's Mosul from the terrorist organization Daesh, at Carulla village of Al Makhmour town in Nineveh, Iraq on March 25, 2016. (Photo by Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NINEVEH, IRAQ - MARCH 25: Iraqi soldiers attack Daesh positions as they begin first phase of Operation Conquest to retake Iraq's Mosul from the terrorist organization Daesh, at Carulla village of Al Makhmour town in Nineveh, Iraq on March 25, 2016. (Photo by Yunus Keles/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SitRep: Can Iraq Keep it Together?; Ben Rhodes Making it Happen

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 13: A Kurdish flag at apeshmerga checkpoint is reflected in pools of oil with damaged oil pipeline infrastructure, as Iraqi Kurdish forces push the frontline forward against ISIS forces in the Tal al-Ward district 20 miles southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 13, 2015. These peshmerga units of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) faction have made significant gains against villages held by ISIS, in concert with an Iraqi government and Shiite militia attack further south to free Tikrit from ISIS control, with a joint aim of squeezing the jihadist militants from Iraq. Since ISIS swept from Syria in June, 2014, Kurdish forces in northern Iraq have expanded their control over oil-rich territories disputed with Baghdad such as Kirkuk and its oil and gas facilities. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
KIRKUK, IRAQ - MARCH 13: A Kurdish flag at apeshmerga checkpoint is reflected in pools of oil with damaged oil pipeline infrastructure, as Iraqi Kurdish forces push the frontline forward against ISIS forces in the Tal al-Ward district 20 miles southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, on March 13, 2015. These peshmerga units of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) faction have made significant gains against villages held by ISIS, in concert with an Iraqi government and Shiite militia attack further south to free Tikrit from ISIS control, with a joint aim of squeezing the jihadist militants from Iraq. Since ISIS swept from Syria in June, 2014, Kurdish forces in northern Iraq have expanded their control over oil-rich territories disputed with Baghdad such as Kirkuk and its oil and gas facilities. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Oil Politics: Iraqi Kurdish Official Calls for Country’s Split

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Paul McLeary
Spc. Christen Best VLC1 - M1A1 Abrams from 1-72nd Armor Regiment line up in preparation to assault a town during Warrior Focus, a training exercise involving the entire 1st HBCT, Feb. 10 at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex.
Spc. Christen Best VLC1 - M1A1 Abrams from 1-72nd Armor Regiment line up in preparation to assault a town during Warrior Focus, a training exercise involving the entire 1st HBCT, Feb. 10 at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex.

SitRep: U.S. Tanks in Putin’s Backyard; Stealth Planes to South China Sea

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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SitRep: U.S. Navy Buzzes Fake Chinese Island, Washington Readies Arms Sales to Vietnam

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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SitRep: Outside the Wire, Fighting ISIS

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
CEVIZCAN, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 3: Agroup of Taliban members are seen as they surrender to the authorities in Cevizcan, Afghanistan on May 3, 2016. 17 Taliban members laid their arms down and surrendered. (Photo by Farida Amini/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
CEVIZCAN, AFGHANISTAN - MAY 3: Agroup of Taliban members are seen as they surrender to the authorities in Cevizcan, Afghanistan on May 3, 2016. 17 Taliban members laid their arms down and surrendered. (Photo by Farida Amini/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

SitRep: Accused Navy Spy “Ambushed” by Feds, Taliban and AQ Together Again

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Paul McLeary, Adam Rawnsley
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