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A military report says an alert declaring all low-water crossings off-limits to vehicles was issued at Fort Hood hours before a truck carrying 12 soldiers was knocked over by floodwaters, killing nine.

President Donald Trump will use his first visit to the Middle East to call for unity in the fight against radicalism in the Muslim world, casting the challenge as a "battle between good and evil" and urging Arab leaders to "drive out the terrorists from your places of worship," according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Associated Press.

Dunford completes his first term at the end of September. He originally was picked for the job by President Barack Obama. Most chairmen serve two, two-year terms.

When the United States ferried Syrian anti-Islamic State forces behind enemy lines in a daring darkness-covered air assault in March to open a vital new battle front just out-side Raqqa, the operation did not require Pentagon approval, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday.

The Army announced Friday that a new commander will take the reins this summer in the fight against Islamic State, as the fall of Mosul in Iraq looms and focus increases on Raqqa in Syria.

A modified version of an anti-terrorism bill was passed by the Judicial Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on Friday with a majority vote by the Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Nippon Ishin no Kai.

The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued two Cuban fishermen who had been adrift for three days without food or water.

The Coast Guard says authorities have suspended the search for a small plane that apparently crashed into the ocean in the Bahamas with four people on board, including two children and a prominent New York businesswoman.

Though Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee remains an important, powerful symbol in the South, his reputation among scholars has evolved to the point that many either question or outright ridicule his stature as a battlefield savant.

It's like a supermarket for Navy SEALs. A grocery store for Green Berets. A Costco for commandoes.