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Amal Khan holds her one-year-old daughter Razan Sofia Bashir at San Francisco International Airport as she protests President Donald Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The Latest: Somali refugee won’t be reunited with girl, 4

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The Latest: Republican Gallagher critical of Trump ban

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Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. Countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Correction: Trump-Refugees-The Latest story

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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Official says ruling will not affect travel ban

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Capable manpower appears to be the biggest hurdle to President Trump's goals for a strong military. Only 17 percent of all military-age Americans would be deemed physically "qualified military available" for service, according to an assessment. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s hopes to rebuild military threatened by manpower shortage

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter holds a Marine Corps Ka-Bar fighting knife while being interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. The knife was given to him earlier in the day by his Senior Miltary Assistant Marine Brig. Gen. Eric Smith and was carried by Smith on all of his deployments. Sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State group would push U.S. allies to the exits, create more anti-U.S. resistance and give up the U.S. military’s key advantages, Carter said in an Associated Press interview. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Carter tells AP more US troops will not fix Iraq or Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, the Commander of the Joint Military Operation Commander, Army Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, speaks with the media in the town of Khazer, Iraq. The top Iraqi commander says the operation to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group could be complete in three months or less. Shaghati warns it is difficult to give an accurate estimate of how long the operation will take because it is not a conventional fight. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Top Iraqi commander: Mosul could be liberated in 3 months

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, JAN. 9 - In this Dec. 28, 2016 photo, Zaid Alibadi and his wife, Marwah Khamas speak in Columbia. S.C. The couple were able to relocate to the United States from Iraq where Alibadi worked at the American Embassy. They are fearful for family members still in Iraq. (Tracy Glantz/The State via AP)

Man worries Trump’s refugee policy will endanger his family

By BRISTOW MARCHANT - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 7, 2017 file photo, George Piro, special agent in charge of the FBI's Miami Division speaks during a news conference at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Terminal, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Piro was the FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader's capture, is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting rampage blamed on an Iraq war veteran. (Roberto Koltun/Miami Herald via AP, File)

FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Fort Hood therapy helps soldiers deal with stress disorders

By JEREMY SCHWARTZ - Associated Press

Law enforcement officers stand guard at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area at the airport Friday, killing several people and wounding others before being taken into custody in an attack that sent panicked passengers running out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, authorities said. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Correction: Airport gunman charged, U.S. seeks death penalty

By Kelli Kennedy and Curt Anderson - Associated Press

A Union City Police walks inside a police barrier on 20th Street in Union City, N.J., after attention was brought to a home believed to be inhabited by possible family members of the suspect in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Brother of airport shooting suspect says US gov’t failed him

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

A Union City Police walks inside a police barrier on 20th Street in Union City, N.J., after attention was brought to a home believed to be inhabited by possible family members of the suspect in the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Family: Shooting suspect ‘lost his mind’ after tour in Iraq

By JASON DEAREN - Associated Press

In this still image from video provided by NBC TV Local10, people stand on the tarmac after shots were fired at the international airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Local10 and other news media outlets reported Friday that multiple people were shot. (NBC TV Local10 via AP)

US veteran arrested in airport shooting; 5 dead, 8 wounded

By DAVID FISCHER - Associated Press

1st British soldier dies in Iraq since 2009, cause unknown

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Brig. Gen. Rick Uribe listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. In the interview Uribe, a senior U.S. military commander in Iraq, expressed confidence in Iraqi forces fighting to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. Uribe said he agrees with the forecast given by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that it would take another three months to liberate Mosul, the last Iraqi urban center still in the hands of the extremist group. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. general praises Iraqi forces fighting in Mosul

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Iraqi army and special forces commanders gather to discuss battle plans in the eastern section of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Iraqi troops backed by U.S.-led airstrikes pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)

Iraqi troops resume Mosul fight after 2-week lull

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Virginia man charged with trying to aid Islamic State group

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