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Shi'ite fighters, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State take part in field training in the desert in the province of Najaf, Sept. 16, 2014.

Smoke rises from a recent US air strike on Islamic State (IS) militant positions in Khazir, on the edge of Mosul, Sept. 16, 2014.

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops load rockets into a launcher during fighting with Islamic State militants in Khazir, Sept. 16, 2014.

Smoke billows after American air strikes in Khazir, Sept. 16, 2014.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the Republican party policy luncheon in the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testifies during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by the Islamic State on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 16, 2014.

An anti-war protester is escorted out of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing by a police officer in Washington, Sept. 16, 2014

Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee gather to hear from Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in Washington, Sept. 16, 2014.