US President Joe Biden speaks during a press conference on the eve of his first year in office, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 19, 2022. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
Ukrainian servicemen survey the impact areas from shells that landed close to their positions during the night on a front line outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (Photo: Vadim Ghirda/AP)
US Army Lt. Gen. Michael Kurilla was nominated to succeed Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie as head of Central Command (CENTCOM) in a Senate Committee hearing on Tuesday (Photo: Screengrab from hearing)
President Joe Biden has nominated Lt. Gen. Michael "Erik" Kurilla, commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, to head U.S. Central Command and be promoted to four-star general, according to multiple U.S. officials. (Photo: Spc. Andrea Notter/U.
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell pays his respects as the remains of former US President George H. W. Bush lie in state at the US Capitol rotunda in Washington, DC, Dec. 4, 2018. (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP)
US President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House to virtually address the Munich Security Conference in Germany on February 19, 2021. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP)
US forces assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/US Air Force)
The oil tanker Mercer Street, which came under attack last week off the coast of Oman, is seen moored off Fujairah, UAE. The UK navy warned of a “potential hijack” of another ship in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 3. (Photo: Jon Gambrell/AP)
