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France surprised Chad made Trump travel restrictions list

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FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo a protester holds a sign at San Francisco International Airport during a demonstration to denounce President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The Trump administration announced new restrictions after spending months hashing out the details determined to avoid a repeat of the chaos of Trump’s first travel ban. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Trump’s new travel ban: Third time the charm?

By JILL COLVIN and MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon his return to the White House in Washington, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Citizens of eight countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by Trump on Sunday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The Latest: Trump’s new travel ban: Third time the charm?

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 file photo, a man is comforted by others as he mourns over Egyptian Coptic Christians who were captured in Libya and killed by militants affiliated with the Islamic State group, outside of the Virgin Mary church in the village of el-Aour, near Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt. Military victories over extremist groups along Libya’s Mediterranean coastline has forced hundreds of militants, including Islamic State fighters, to seek refuge in the vast deserts of the North African nation, already home to militias, criminal gangs and mercenaries. The area provides a sanctuary for militants to reorganize, recruit and plot a potential comeback as the Islamic State group loses ground. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Militants find sanctuary in Libya’s wild south

By RAMI MUSA and HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Chadian soldiers stand at a checkpoint in front of a Boko Haram flag in the Nigerian city of Damasak, Nigeria, Wednesday March 18, 2015. Damasak was flushed of Boko Haram militants last week, and is now controlled by a joint Chadian and Nigerien force. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) ** FILE **

5 suicide bombings target Chad, killing at least 36 people

By Mbang-Odjim and Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

Women and children rescued by Nigerian soldiers from Boko Haram extremists at Sambisa Forest wait for treatment at at a refugee camp in Yola, Nigeria Monday, May 4, 2015. Even with the crackle of gunfire signaling rescuers were near, the horrors did not end: Boko Haram fighters stoned captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Boko Haram fight must to deal with region’s economic needs

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

In this photo made available by the Nigerian Military taken Wednesday, April 29, 2015, a Nigerian soldier speaks to woman and children that were allegedly rescued by the Nigerian Military after being taken by Islamic extremists in Sambisa Forest, Nigeria. Scores more women and children have been rescued from Islamic extremists in the remote Sambisa Forest, Nigeria's military said amid reports that some of the women fought their rescuers fiercely. (Nigerian Military via AP)

Nigerian troops who fled Boko Haram now have them on the run

By MICHELLE FAUL - Associated Press

Chadian troops participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N'djamena, Chad, Monday March 9, 2015. The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct this training annually and set up plans long before Boko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue said Monday that his soldiers alongside troops from Niger had entered Nigeria but he declined to give further details about the ongoing operation. Ngobongue described Boko Haram fighters as &#8220;bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion.&#8221; (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nigeria seeks better intel on Boko Haram from West

By Hannah Crites - The Washington Times

People take part in a march to show their support for the Cameroon army fighting against Boko Haram militants in the city of Yaounde, Cameroon, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Boko Haram staged an overnight assault on a border town in Niger, residents said Sunday, the second time the West African nation has come under attack by the Nigeria-based extremists since Friday. (AP Photo/Joel Kouam)

Boko Haram terrorists attack Chad, kill several, burn village

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

People stand with their belongings as they leave there homes traveling by bus after recent fighting between Nigerian government forces and Boko Haram militants in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Nigeria's electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram, an official close to the commission told The Associated Press on Saturday. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola)

Nigeria elections postponed following Boko Haram violence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama delivers remarks during a meeting with people that wrote him letters explaining how they benefited from the Affordable Care Act in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, in Washington. Obama also condemned the execution of Jordanian Air Force pilot First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh by the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama, U.S. blind to Islamic State Libya threat, top official warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Children stand near the scene of an explosion in a mobile phone market in Potiskum, Nigeria, Monday Jan. 12, 2015. Two female suicide bombers targeted the busy marketplace on Sunday. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)

Boko Haram aftermath: Survivors of Nigeria attack describe killings

By Haruna Umar and Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

80 US Air Force personnel now in Chad to aid search for kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls

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80 US Air Force personnel on ground in Chad

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Deborah Peter, center, holds up a sign, flanked by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif. right, and the committee's ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y. during a pre-hearing medial availability on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Peter, is a sole survivor of a Dec. 11, 2011, Boko Haram attack on her household, where her father and brother were killed for not renouncing their Christian faith. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Royce presses for stronger push against Boko Haram

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., listens to reporters' question during a news conference with Deborah Peter, left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Peter, is a sole survivor of a Dec. 11, 2011, Boko Haram attack on her household in Nigeria, where her father and brother were killed for not renouncing their Christian faith. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ** FILE **

Obama: 80 US troops in Chad seeking abducted girls

By JIM KUHNHENN and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, May 18, 2014, some of the mothers of the kidnapped school girls sit in Chibok, Nigeria. More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a school in Chibok in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno on April 14. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the act. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Obama sends 80 military personnel to help find Nigerian schoolgirls

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

C. African Republic violence hits clinic, convoy

By KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press

Chad soldiers begin leaving C. African Republic

By HIPPOLYTE MARBOUA and KRISTA LARSON - Associated Press