
In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007 file photo, Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa talks to journalists during a joint press conference with Italian Premier Romano Prodi at Chigi palace, in Rome. Syria's longtime vice president said the army cannot defeat the rebels fighting to topple the regime, the first admission by a top government official that a victory by President Bashar Assad is unlikely. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Investigator Desmond de Silva said members of the Northern Ireland police’s Special Branch and the army’s Force Research Unit recommended Pat Finucane as a target for assassins because he defended IRA suspects. (Associated Press)

Egyptian army soldiers stand on top of their tank as the sun sets outside the presidential palace, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military warned Saturday of 'disastrous consequences' if the crisis that sent tens of thousands of protesters back into the streets is not resolved, signaling the army's return to an increasingly polarized and violent political scene.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Egyptian army soldiers stand on top of their tank as the sun sets outside the presidential palace, background, in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Egypt's military warned Saturday of 'disastrous consequences' if the crisis that sent tens of thousands of protesters back into the streets is not resolved, signaling the army's return to an increasingly polarized and violent political scene.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

An Egyptian Army officer detains a man who was attacked by protesters gathering near the presidential palace in Cairo, while the army deploys to secure the site of overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi on Dec. 6, 2012. The Egyptian army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace in Cairo following clashes between supporters and opponents of Morsi that left several people dead and hundreds wounded. (Associated Press)

**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

**FILE** This undated photo shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. (Associated Press/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram)

Navy football player Bo Snelson speaks with reporters during a media luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Army and Navy NCAA college football game is scheduled to be played on Saturday, Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Jessica Kourkounis)

Navy football player Brye French, center, speaks with reporters during a media luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 in Philadelphia. The Army and Navy NCAA college football game is scheduled to be played on Saturday, Dec. 8. (AP Photo/Jessica Kourkounis)