ASSOCIATED PRESS A soldier pauses to gaze heavenward during a mass re-enlistment ceremony Friday at Camp Victory in Baghdad, where 1,215 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines saluted Independence Day by extending their active-duty service in the U.S. armed forces.
** FILE ** Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade during an exercise in the Golan Heights, Monday, May 6, 2013. Israel’s weekend airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital of Damascus killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, a group of anti-regime activists said Monday, citing information from military hospitals. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
** FILE ** Israeli soldiers of the Golani brigade during an exercise in the Golan Heights, Monday, May 6, 2013. Israel’s weekend airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital of Damascus killed dozens of Syrian soldiers, a group of anti-regime activists said Monday, citing information from military hospitals. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota at the State Department in Washington Monday, May 20, 2013. Kerry is heading back to the Middle East this week to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
**FILE** Libyans watch a Sept. 21, 2012, protest in Benghazi, Libya, against Ansar al-Shariah Brigades and other Islamic militias. (Associated Press)
The Georgia-based Tea Party Patriots represents some 3,200 local tea party groups. (Tea Party Patriots)
Egyptian border policemen shout at the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the abduction of their colleagues last Thursday, in Rafah, Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper)
Egyptian border policemen shout at the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip to protest the abduction of their colleagues last Thursday, in Rafah, Sinai, Egypt, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. (AP Photo/Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper)
Police officers stand guard in a street during a riot in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday, May 20, 2013. Gangs of youth apparently angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb, forcing the evacuation of an apartment block. (AP Photo Johan Nilsson)
