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Marine Corps Sgt. Richard Silva, an amputee veteran, accepts a three-wheel Can-Am Spyder donated by Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys in December 2016. VeteransCharityRide.org, a nationwide program using motorcycle therapy to help wounded combat veterans adjust to civilian life, and its fiscal sponsor, White Heart Foundation, enable industry giving to deserving vets. Jay Leno helped surprise Richard with the gift.

Russ Brown Motorcycle Attorneys: Helping wounded vets ride again

By Wendy Koro

UNICEF: Lives of 24 million children threatened by conflict

Associated Press

POW/MIA priorities: Accountability for the missing, suicide prevention

By Rolling Thunder Inc.

FILE- In this March 23, 2017, file photo, Robert Cole, a former Sallyport Global investigator, speaks in Columbus, Ga., during an interview with The Associated Press. Cole says he and another investigator were fired after uncovering wrongdoing at Balad Air Base, where the company had a security contract. A congressional panel is demanding documents and testimony from an embattled U.S. defense contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose human trafficking on a base in Iraq. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz, File)

Lawmakers probe US contractor in Iraq sex trafficking case

By DESMOND BUTLER and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

Illustration on Iran's threat to an independent Kurdistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kurdistan would serve as buffer against Iran

By Rachel Avraham

A man rushes his daughter to safety while fleeing the al-Rifai neighborhood as Iraqi special forces battle Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, May 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Airstrikes fuel Mosul gains as Iraq pushes for quick victory

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg talks with journalists as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign and defense ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Thursday May 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief, rules out troop deployments in support of Islamic State fight

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi upon his arrival to the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Thousands of U.S. forces may still be needed for post-ISIS Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 file photo, Civilians flee heavy fighting by Iraqi special forces to wrest the al-Tanek neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq. Iraq’s Sunni minority is pushing for a greater say in power once the Islamic State group is defeated, reflecting a growing sentiment that the country’s government must be more inclusive to prevent extremism from gaining ground once again. But so far, many Shiite politicians are wary, and the Sunni leadership is divided and disorganized. The danger is that Iraq will fall into the same sectarian cycle that has plagued it for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Sunnis seek greater say in post-IS Iraq but face resistance

By MUHANAD AL-SALEH and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Masrour Barzani, Chancellor of the Kurdish Region Security Council, speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. The Chancellor is in the capitol to discuss ongoing cooperation between the
Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States. (Laura Kelly)

High level Kurdish official says referendum on independence could happen by end of this year

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

President Trump has created a determined focus at the Homeland Security and State departments, which are both involved in speeding up deportations. (Associated Press/File)

Countries refusing U.S. deportees cut from 20 to 12

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

There are an estimated 7,000 overall U.S. military personnel in Iraq, including several hundred Special Forces fighters advising the Iraqi army in the siege of Mosul. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump faces Iraq SOFA after ISIS defeat

By Carlo Muñoz and Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Brett McGurk, center, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition against the Islamic State visits water treatment plant south of Mosul on Monday, May 15, 2017. The senior U.S. official says the fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group is approaching its &quot;final stages.&quot; (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

U.S. trumpets Mosul gains, but Iraq says more aid needed

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Top Texas official out over ‘unacceptable’ Iraq consulting

By PAUL J. WEBER - Associated Press

A damaged U.S. military vehicle is pictured at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 3, 2017. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) ** FILE **

NIH: Long-term negative health effects in U.S. servicemen demand innovative treatments

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

An Army carry team places a transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Cameron Thomas, 23, of Kettering, Ohio, into the transfer vehicle, Friday, April 28, 2017, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Thomas and Sgt. Joshua P. Rodgers, 22, of Bloomington, Ill, killed during a raid on an Islamic State compound in eastern Afghanistan, may have died as a result of friendly fire during the opening minutes of the fierce, three-hour firefight, the Pentagon said Friday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Abdul Hasib, head of ISIS in Afghanistan, killed by U.S., Afghan special forces

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this June 12, 2016, file photo, Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Islamic State urges jihadis to get into hostage-taking business, buy weapons at U.S. gun shows

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times