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Volume 78, No. 172 ©SS 2019 CONTINGENCY EDITION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2019 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas Judiciary panel VETERANS debates Trump impeachment; vote approaches

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK AND LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee argued through a marathon session Thursday ahead of voting on ar- ticles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the lat- est big step as the politically split panel prepares to send the charg- es to the full House. Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounded Michael McDonald-Low poses confident Democrats will have March 9, 2012, the day he led the votes to impeach the presi- a Joint POW/MIA Accounting dent next week but said it is up Command mission to the site to individual lawmakers to weigh where Spc. Clifford Van Artsdalen the evidence and decide for was killed May 11, 1968, in what themselves. Republicans seem was then South Vietnam. unwavering in their opposition to expelling Trump. Defense Department “The fact is we take an oath to protect and defend the Constitu- tion of the United States,” Pelosi told reporters. “No one is above the law; the president will be held accountable for his abuse of power and his obstruction of Congress.” Trump, apparently watching the live proceedings on televi- sion, tweeted his criticism of two Democratic women on the panel, Reps. Veronica Escobar and Shei- la Jackson Lee, both of Texas. He UNACCOUNTABLE called their comments about his actions inaccurate. SEE JUDICIARY ON PAGE 11 A Vietnam veteran’s 10-year quest to bring his soldier home

BY WYATT OLSON dalen, had never been recovered. America’s lost warfighters. Stars and Stripes That fateful trek was etched like a grave- McDonald-Low was confident that this stone inscription in his mind as he retraced was the exact location where Van Artsdalen ushing through dense foliage his steps during this mission on March 9, was killed, he told Stars and Stripes during toward the site of the bygone 2012, to pinpoint the exact location of Van a series of interviews about his search. With ambush, Michael McDonald- Artsdalen’s death so that his remains could the location pinpointed — the government Low felt like he was floating for years had been working with an errone- through time. be found and returned home. He pressed on to find the split in the trail ous place and date of his death — the way He had longed for this day, was finally clear to find and repatriate the Pplanning thoroughly for the time he would where he had sent Van Artsdalen and two soldier’s remains. ANDREW HARNIK/AP other soldiers ahead to secure the route. return to this hillside in Vietnam’s Que Son Seven years later, nothing has changed. Soon after finding it, McDonald-Low Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Valley where many of his infantry company McDonald-Low’s quest to bring him home was joined by the other 11 members of the listens during a House Judiciary were wounded or killed by a hail of North is no further along than it was then. Committee markup of the Vietnamese gunfire on May 11, 1968. The mission team from the Joint POW/MIA Ac- And there is little time left. articles of impeachment against body of one of those soldiers in the platoon counting Agency, the U.S. Defense Depart- President Donald Trump on he commanded, Spc. Clifford Van Arts- ment body tasked at that time with finding SEE UNACCOUNTABLE ON PAGE 8 Thursday in Washington. PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9848 Firm gives $10M in bonuses to 198 employees Euro costs (Dec. 13) ...... $1.1431 Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.18 Dollar buys (Dec. 13) ...... €0.8748 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7710 British pound (Dec. 13) ...... $1.35 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those tenure. The average bonus was of developing 20 million square Japanese yen (Dec. 13) ...... 106.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Dec. 13) ...... 1,161.00 $50,000, but some employees will feet of office space, retail and Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance BALTIMORE — A commer- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 get upward of $250,000. warehouses. That real estate is Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For cial real estate developer is hand- British pound ...... $1.3148 One man, a maintenance tech- nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., spread out over eight states. Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3181 ing out a total of $10 million in purchasing British pounds in Germany), nician who started at the com- China (Yuan) ...... 7.0213 Edward St. John said that he check with your local military banking bonuses to its 198 employees. Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7183 pany in 1981, received more than facility. Commercial rates are interbank is “thankful for every one of our Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.1298 News radio station WTOP rates provided for reference when buying $200,000. Euro ...... $1.1124/0.8990 employees for their hard work currency. All figures are foreign currencies reported Monday that Balti- “I was in shock,” Stanley Ches Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8046 and dedication. I couldn’t think of Hungary (Forint) ...... 296.34 to one dollar, except for the British pound, more-based St. John Properties told the “Today” show. “I’m still which is represented in dollars-to-pound, a better way to show it.” Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4815 announced the bonuses at the in shock. Everybody was shaking Japan (Yen) ...... 108.96 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) company’s holiday party. me down and giving me hugs.” The company was founded in Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3035 INTEREST RATES Edward St. John, the founder 1971. It has retail and warehouse Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0948 The company has employees Philippines (Peso)...... 50.65 Prime rate ...... 4.75 and chairman of the company, throughout Maryland and north- space in Maryland, Virginia, Col- Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.85 Discount rate ...... 2.25 orado, Louisiana, Nevada, Penn- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7502 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.55 said the amount of money that ern Virginia. The bonuses cele- Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3563 3-month bill ...... 1.52 each employee gets is based on brate the company’s achievement sylvania, Utah and Wisconsin. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,182.64 30-year bond ...... 2.22 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY J.P. LAWRENCE The hospital, which was being Stars and Stripes rebuilt for use by locals, is on the boundary line of the base and has KABUL, Afghanistan — A a gate leading into it, said Moham- pair of Taliban bombs detonated mad Mahfooz Alizada, Parwan’s by suicide attackers at a nearby police chief. hospital shattered windows and Sporadic shooting continued damaged buildings at Bagram throughout the day as some Airfield, spurring cleanup efforts armed fighters hid within the after Wednesday’s failed attempt medical facility, leading one en- by the insurgents to breach the gineer to pause and chamber a base. round in his pistol upon hearing Pictures released by the Air nearby gunfire, the caption of an Force on Thursday showed air- Air Force photo said. men walking through dust and Five service members from the debris as they repaired parts of nation of Georgia received minor the passenger terminal, one of injuries during the assault, the the base’s busiest locations. Air- Georgian Defense Ministry said men cleared away broken metal in a statement. and ceiling tiles during cleanup The insurgents never entered operations elsewhere on base the base, and the daylong fight Wednesday and Thursday. ended with a series of U.S. air- The attack began at 6 a.m. strikes killing the holdout attack- Wednesday, when Taliban suicide ers, NATO officials said. bombers blasted the under-con- Orange flames amid billowing smoke filled the skyline Wednes- struction hospital in a bid to storm day evening as the clash drew to the base. The blasts destroyed a close. several houses outside the base and left at least two Afghan civil- Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report. ians dead and 80 injured, Afghan [email protected] officials said. Twitter: @jplawrence3

PHOTOS BY BRANDON CRIBELAR/U.S. Air Force Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron remove damaged metal and ceiling tiles Thursday in the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan .

BRIGITTE N. BRANTLEY/U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Schell, a U.S. Central Command Materiel Senior Airman Mytchell Collingridge helps with recovery operations Recovery Element technician, Wednesday before the “all clear’’ is given at Bagram Airfield. clean s up. Air Force airmen clear debris from Bagram’s passenger terminal. DOD keeps Afghan food supplier despite fraud charges

BY AARON GREGG false claims. ties with the U.S. government. However, three, records show. The Washington Post The settlement highlights how the U.S. the suspension was soon lifted because the The Defense Logistics Agency has put military effort in Afghanistan, which has Defense Logistics Agency entered into an the contract out for new bids, hoping to find WASHINGTON — The Defense Depart- stretched for nearly two decades and cost “administrative agreement” that allowed a way forward. Anham, however, remains ment is allowing its primary supplier of taxpayers at least $1 trillion, has consis- the company to continue its work, provid- eligible and is one of the bidders on the new food and water for troops in Afghanistan to tently created opportunities for fraud. ing food and water to 13,000 troops sta- contract, according to court documents. continue doing business with the U.S. mili- Three executives associated with tioned in Afghanistan. An award date has not been determined. tary even though fraud charges against Anham, including longtime chief execu- In a lengthy statement on its website, The settlement is the latest example of three former executives resulted in a $45 million settlement. tive Abul Huda Farouki, were indicted by Anham said it has agreed to “review and a private company using the war in Af- Dubai-based logistics company Anham the Justice Department last year. They continue to strengthen” its internal com- ghanistan to earn excessive profits at U.S. is at least the third supplier to be involved were accused of setting up a fake con- pliance programs and cooperate with fu- taxpayers’ expense. The supplier before in massive fraud allegations for the De- struction scene to overstate progress on ture investigations. Anham, a Swiss company called Supreme fense Logistics Agency’s primary Afghan a warehouse, jacking up prices for basic Farouki, his brother Mazen and anoth- Foodservice GmbH, pleaded guilty to troop supply contract. Anham’s former items sold to deployed military units and er executive named Salah Maarouf were similar charges and paid $288 million in Virginia-based subsidiary, Unitrans In- illegally shipping products through Iran. charged with counts including fraud and criminal fines. The supplier before that, ternational, agreed to pay the settlement In January, Anham was suspended in conspiracy. The charges were dismissed a Kuwaiti company called Agility Public last week to resolve federal criminal and relation to the fraud charges and barred Dec. 3 after federal prosecutors entered Warehousing, spent $95 million to resolve civil complaints of obstruction and making from applying for any future opportuni- into a nonprosecution agreement with the civil fraud charges of its own. PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 MILITARY USMC: Release of pollutant on Okinawa poses little risk

BY MATTHEW M. BURKE No injuries or property damage that the foam contained perfluo- AND AYA ICHIHASHI were reported. rooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS, a Stars and Stripes “Approximately 99 percent of synthetic, organic acid known to the … firefighting foam, and con- cause tumors, increases in body CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa taminated water has been con- and organ weight and death in /Stars and Stripes — The inadvertent release of a tained and cleaned up,” Hayes animals. CARLOS VAZQUEZ banned pollutant in firefighting said in the email. PFOS and its sister acid, per- Firefighting foam from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, seen foam at Marine Corps Air Station “The environmental team on fluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, are above, was reported to have had “minimal to no impact” on the Futenma created “minimal to no site has determined that the en- found in firefighting foam, air- environment in Okinawa. impact” on the environment, Ma- vironmental impact to the area craft grease, water-repell ent ma- rine officials said this week. firefighting foam on U.S. military from the facility and they did The incident occurred Dec. is minimal to no impact, and terials and fluorine chemicals. installations in Okinawa but are not see anything that spilled or 5 when an auxiliary power unit there is no safety concern to the Japan has no guidelines on public,” he said. “Proper proce- safe levels of either chemical, but being phased out, U.S. military leaked off base,” a bureau spokes- in an aircraft hangar was inad- man said Wednesday. “Marine vertently switched on, activating dures to prevent recurrence has health advisories in the United officials have said. been briefed to all military and States are issued for drinking The Okinawa Defense Bureau, officials said there is no concerns a fire suppression system, Ma- for the environment and they will rine Corps Installations Pacific civilian personnel regarding the water at levels of 0.07 micrograms which represents the Defense use of the auxiliary power unit per liter and above. Their manu- Ministry, said it was waiting for retrain their people so that this spokesman 1st Lt. Tim Hayes won’t happen again.” wrote Wednesday in an email to and other equipment in confined facture and importation have further details on the incident. Stars and Stripes. The system spaces.” been prohibited in Japan since “Marine officials informed us [email protected] Twitter: @MatthewMBurke1 released an unknown amount of Japanese Defense Minister 2010. that they cleaned the majority of [email protected] firefighting foam. Taro Kono told reporters Tuesday The chemicals are still in use in the firefighting chemical foam Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Ex-USAF employee in Germany pleads guilty to lying about theft

BY ROSE L. THAYER has not been set. Court records 2016, Burris generated and trans- Swedish armed forces, the Ger- after receiving the deposits, he Stars and Stripes indicate he faces between 12 and mitted six invoices to foreign mil- man Ministry of Defense, the wire-transferred the funds to a 18 months in prison and a fine of itaries for money owed to the U.S. Spanish air force and the Danish Defense Department account in A former civilian employee of up to $55,000. government for expenses related armed forces. person at the local branch of his the U.S. Air Force in Germany Burris worked between 2013 to Polygone-sponsored train- The court could order Bur- bank in Germany, according to pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying and 2016 as a resource adviser ing exercises and directed those ris to repay the money to the the news release. to federal investigators about assigned to a multinational elec- militaries to transmit payment of government, according to court Burris had actually used the stealing more than $144,000 in tronic warfare training facility, the invoices to Burris’ personal documents. entirety of the funds to pay for government funds, according to known as the Polygone, in Bann, checking account held jointly The Air Force Office of Spe- personal expenses. a news release from the Justice Germany, near Ramstein Air with his wife at a German bank, cial Investigations began looking Department. Base. His responsibilities includ- rather than the authorized De- into the missing funds in Feb- [email protected] Gregory Burris, 48, of Miesau, ed generating and transmitting fense Department bank account, ruary 2018, according to court Twitter: @Rose_Lori Germany, pleaded guilty to one invoices and payment instructions according to the news release. documents. count of making false statements to foreign militaries for their use More than $144,950 landed in When agents interviewed Bur- before U.S. Magistrate Judge of the NATO training facilities, ac- Burris’ bank account from the ris on Aug. 29, 2018, at Kirtland Karen B. Molzen of the District cording to the news release. foreign militaries, including the Air Force Base near Albuquer- of New Mexico. A sentencing date Between early 2015 and early Royal Netherlands Air Force, the que, N.M., he falsely stated that Australia’s $715M in upgrades will benefit US ships

BY SETH ROBSON rebalance of U.S. military forces trol vessels being introduced into growth for the next 25 years, the Stars and Stripes to the Pacific, begun under the the Royal Australian Navy over department said. Obama administration and seen the next decade, the department “Beyond these projects, there Upgrades worth $715 million as a reaction to China’s rapidly said. are no plans for further invest- to naval facilities in Australia’s growing military. The Marine “Around $220 million of pro- ment in new naval basing capabil- Northern Territory will mean Corps, which deployed a rotation- posed works includes dredging ities in the Northern Territory,” more support for visiting U.S. al force there for the first time the inner basin, upgrades to the the department said. warships, according to an Aus- in 2012, sent an air-ground task existing wharves to accommo- However, Babbage predicted tralian defense expert. force of 2,500 Marines to Darwin date the significantly larger new there will be ongoing develop- The improvements are being for six months this past summer. vessels,” the department said. ment of naval facilities in the made to an Australian naval base, Air bases in the Northern Ter- The funding will also pay for Northern Territory. HMAS Coonawarra, and the Lar- ritory are also being upgraded. At “The details are still being rakeyah Defence Precinct in logistics, maintenance and other the Royal Australian Air Force sorted out, but you will see quite a Darwin, the Australian Depart- work areas, with construction due base at Darwin, for example, bit more in the next three to four ment of Defence said in a Dec. 11 for completion by mid-2026. An- email. $88.65 million worth of projects other $223 million will upgrade years,” he said. The enhancements are de- have been awarded to build fuel infrastructure at the Larrakeyah [email protected] signed to support new Australian tanks, expand the airfield and Defence Precinct to support Twitter: @SethRobson1 vessels used for border protection, erect maintenance facilities. Up- but they will also be useful for vis- grades at nearby Tindal air base iting Navy ships, former Austra- are also planned. lian A ssistant Defense S ecretary Australia’s Defence Depart- Ross Babbage said Wednesday in ment, in an earlier email, said a telephone interview. the naval upgrades at Darwin in- A number of American war- clude $272 million for a new outer ships have called on Darwin this wharf to support major surface year, including the destroyer USS combatant ships, with associated Stockdale, the mine countermea- fuel storage and refueling facili- sures ship USS Patriot and the ties by 2023. submarine tender USS Emory S. Upgrades of the inner harbor Land, U.S. 7th Fleet news releas- at Coonawarra will support the es show. home-porting of six out of 12 The port has been a focus of a new Arafura-class offshore pa- Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY House approves $738B defense policy bill

BY PAUL SONNE $22 billion more to defense than The president’s daughter and border barrier construction have and noted that the bill brings paid AND KAROUN DEMIRJIAN last year, plus another $5.3 billion adviser Ivanka Trump has made been deferred to appropriators family leave to millions of federal The Washington Post for disaster recovery on military pushing for paid family leave a still negotiating a budget deal. workers and repeals the “widow’s installations. central part of her formal duties The bill expresses a “sense tax,” two measures he said Re- WASHINGTON — The House Known as the National Defense at the White House. of Congress” that supports the publicans fought during the talks. passed a $738 billion defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, the The Republican-led Senate’s people of Hong Kong in defend- He called the legislation the policy bill Wednesday, a step annual bill sets out priorities for version of the bill didn’t include a ing their rights and autonomy “most progressive defense bill we toward establishing the Space the Pentagon and funding targets provision on paid parental leave against China. It would authorize have passed in decades.” Force and introducing parental for programs. Congressional ap- for federal workers. The provi- another $4.5 billion to continue Still, Democratic lawmakers leave for federal workers, as doz- propriators ultimately will de- sion grew out of legislation led by long-running U.S. efforts to build had included many provisions in ens of liberals signaled their dis- cide how much federal money the Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., up Afghanistan’s national secu- the House version of the bill that satisfaction with compromises Pentagon receives for those pri- chairwoman of the House Over- rity forces in their fight against didn’t make it into the compro- Democratic lawmakers reached orities in budget legislation. The sight Committee, which was then the Taliban, even though U.S. mise legislation. by voting against the legislation. compromise bill, having passed tacked onto the House version officials described that effort in Among them were Democratic President Donald Trump said in the House, will face a Senate of the defense policy bill. Demo- confidential government inter- initiatives to overturn restrictions he would sign the bill after strik- ing a deal with House Democrats vote slated for next week. cratic lawmakers then fought for views released this week by The on transgender troops serving in that permits the creation of the In a tweet Wednesday before its inclusion in the compromise Washington Post as a long-run- the military, prohibit the deploy- Space Force as a sixth branch of the House vote, Trump said he version of the defense policy bill ning calamity. ment of new low-yield nuclear the military, one of his top priori- would sign the bill when it reach- with the Senate. The legislation also would weapons, restrict Trump from ties at the Pentagon, in exchange es his desk and appeared to take The bill would authorize a 3.1% give the secretary of defense the waging war against Iran without for extending 12 weeks of paid credit for its provision on paid pa- pay raise for service members and power to pay personal injury or congressional sign-off, and end parental leave to more than 2 mil- rental leave, even though Demo- would repeal what’s known as the death claims by service mem- the Pentagon’s backing for Saudi lion federal workers, a victory for cratic lawmakers pushed for that “widow’s tax,” or regulations that bers owing to medical malprac- Arabia’s war against Houthi reb- Democratic lawmakers. Federal measure as a trade for the Space penalize military spouses col- tice at military facilities — but els in Yemen. workers at the moment don’t have Force, facing down Republican lecting benefits from the govern- stops short of repealing a judicial Some lawmakers also had guaranteed access to paid family opposition to the expansion of ment owing to the death of their precedent known as the Feres hoped to see more extensive re- leave. federal worker benefits. partner. It also authorizes sanc- doctrine that has long prevented quirements for the Pentagon The bill passed in the House in “Wow! All of our priorities have tions aimed at pipe-laying ships active-duty personnel injured to deal with polyfluoroalkyl, or a 377-48 vote. Those who voted made it into the final NDAA: Pay involved in Russia’s construction during military service from PFAS, contamination of ground- against it were primarily liberal Raise for our Troops, Rebuild- of a new gas pipeline to Europe suing the government. water and drinking water on mili- Democrats who felt the compro- ing our Military, Paid Parental under the Baltic Sea. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., tary installations. The bill would mise version of the legislation Leave, Border Security, and Space Questions about whether Con- chairman of the House Armed phase out the use of PFAS, a hammered out with the Repub- Force!” Trump wrote. “Congress gress will agree to “backfill” $3.6 Services Committee, rejected group of man-made chemicals, in lican-led Senate offered up too — don’t delay this anymore! I will billion the Trump administration criticism from within his own firefighting foams. The Pentagon many concessions, including a sign this historic defense legisla- took from the Pentagon budget party that the Democrats gave up is still conducting a health impact top-line authorization that gives tion immediately!” under emergency authorities for too much during the negotiations study on the chemicals. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 MILITARY DOD watchdog probes contract for border wall BY COLLEEN LONG mileage. Fisher had made a num- Associated Press ber of appearances on Trump’s favorite cable news channel WASHINGTON — The Defense — Fox News — talking about his Department’s internal watchdog desire to win a contract. His firm, is investigating a $400 million though, has little experience with border wall contract awarded to such construction and a previous a firm that used multiple appear- proposal was rejected. ances on Fox News to push for the Fisher said his company could job. do the work for $13 million a mile. The Pentagon’s inspector gen- He said the next closest bid was eral sent a letter Thursday to $20 million a mile. /Stars and Stripes House Homeland Committee A letter from the Army Corps PHOTOS BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON Chairman Bennie Thompson tell- when Fisher was awarded the ing him the contract awarded to Maj. Jason Byers, the chaplain with the 41st Field Artillery Brigade, carries his son, Lincoln, to the end contract said the company’s pro- of a march at Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Thursday. North Dakota-based firm Fisher posal was both technically ac- Sand and Gravel Co. would be au- ceptable and the best priced. dited. Thompson, D-Miss., asked Two administration officials for the review last week, in part familiar with the matter told The US soldiers, Santa collect gifts for over concerns the proposals did Associated Press this year that not meet operational require- Trump aggressively pushed the ments and prototypes came in Fisher firm’s bid with the heads kids after march at Grafenwoehr late and over budget. of Homeland Security and the Tommy Fisher, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers, which BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON family business, said Thursday Stars and Stripes there would be “nothing to find” manages wall contracts. The in- terference in federal contracting in an audit. GRAFENWOEHR, Germany by a president concerned some “We were told we were the — American soldiers marched overseeing the process but, the lowest price and the best value,“ 3 miles from the drop zone at he said. “We look forward to officials said, Trump insisted Grafenwoehr Training Area to working with the Army Corps of Fisher could get the wall up faster Tower Barracks on Thursday Engineers.” and cheaper than other bidders. carrying assault packs filled with The border wall is one of Thompson had said one of his toys to be delivered to local chil- President Donald Trump’s top concerns was that officials from dren in need. priorities. He campaigned on a Homeland Security, the depart- “This is about giving back to promise to build a “big beauti- ment managing border security, the kids and community, and ful wall” between the U.S. and had toured a private barrier built building those bonds with the Mexico, said Mexico would pay by the company shortly before surrounding areas,” said Staff for it, and promised to build 450 the contract was awarded. Sgt. Peyton Baker, a target acqui- to 500 miles by the end of 2020. The Pentagon watchdog said sition platoon sergeant with the Mexico is not paying for the wall it was assessing how to complete 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artil- and, as of Nov. 1, Trump had built the audit and would formally an- lery Regiment, who was dressed 78 miles. nounce it soon. up as Santa Claus. Trump’s effort to push through Thompson said he was pleased. American children who also funding, using money from the “The company had never been took part in the march received Pentagon after Congress refused awarded a construction contract goodie bags containing candy Soldiers march in a toy delivery event at Grafenwoehr . The to fund the wall, has been met before and their wall prototype and small toys. Some 600 addi- soldiers will provide toys to children living at Haus St. Elisabeth in with resistance and lawsuits. A was late and over budget,” he said tional toys, backpacks and school Windischeschenbach, Germany. federal judge this week blocked in a statement. “Given the Pres- supplies that were collected were the administration from spend- ident’s multiple endorsements wrapped up and will be distrib- This is the first year the regi- tended the event were supposed ing some Defense Department of this company and the amount uted to children at the Haus ment has distributed toys to local to parachute from CH-47 Chinook money on the barrier. of taxpayer money at stake, I re- St. Elisabeth children’s home children. helicopters to deliver the gifts, The company was awarded a main concerned about the possi- in Windischeschenbach and to “It’s is a small way to … be but inclement weather caused the contract Dec. 2 to build 31 miles bility of inappropriate influence American military families who good neighbors,” said Capt. Mike jump to be canceled. of wall in Arizona, part of a series on the Army Corps’ contracting are financially strapped over the Kayle, chaplain for the regiment. [email protected] of contracts to push out increased decision.” holidays. German paratroopers who at- Twitter: Manny_Stripes Fire hits Russia’s only aircraft carrier

Associated Press 10 of them were hospitalized in intensive care. The Admiral Kuznetsov has been plagued by MOSCOW — Russia’s only aircraft carrier suf- breakdowns and setbacks since its launch in 1985. fered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew In October 2018, A 70-ton crane crashed onto its member, injured another 11 people and significantly deck when a mammoth floating dock holding the damaged the ill-fated ship that has been haunted by ship sank. The crane left a 215-square-foot hole, and incidents throughout its service. the loss of the dock significantly slowed repairs on The fire on the Admiral Kuznetsov broke out dur- the carrier since the navy lacked another of compa- ing welding work at a shipyard in the Arctic port of rable size. Murmansk and spread quickly through the carrier’s Thursday’s fire will delay work to fit the ship with internal compartments. The ship’s crew and emer- modern control systems and new weapons. gency teams spent the day battling the blaze. The With its turbines belching black smoke, the Ad- AP Defense Ministry said the fire was localized. miral Kuznetsov looks outdated compared with The military said one crew member died while the nuclear-powered carriers of the United States. Smoke billows from the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier during a fire in battling the fire and another one is missing. Author- However, the Kremlin has used it to project military Murmansk, Russia, on Thursday . ities in Murmansk said 11 people were injured and might far from Russia’s shores. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY Troxell leaves GIs with call to know all conflict arenas

BY CHAD GARLAND while embracing new technolo- Stars and Stripes gies, allowing them to compete with “great power” adversaries America’s future enlisted lead- like Russia and China around the ers will need to couple the ability globe and in the cyber and space to bring violence to bear on the domains . country’s enemies with a range of In addition to bringing more new skills, such as diplomacy and technological know-how, non- countering disinformation cam- commissioned officers also will paigns, the Pentagon’s outgoing be expected to do more of what top enlisted adviser said. looks like diplomacy in leading IMMANUEL JOHNSON/Stars and Stripes The forces of the future will and influencing foreign partners, have to maintain a “shoot ’em in Troxell said. Sgt. 1st Class Rocky Johnson, left, communicates with a command center before the 2nd Cavalry the face, beat ’em to death with There’s also a current need for Regiment conducts a live-fire exercise in Vilseck, Germany, on Thursday. an entrenching tool attitude,” NCOs to better police their own, Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne he said. He cautioned against tak- Troxell said in a wide-ranging ing personal beefs with peers to a interview with Stars and Stripes third-party to “weaponize” them, 2nd Cavalry’s Bulldog Battery learns earlier this year. “But we also and instead called for dealing with have to be savvy enough to un- such issues person-to-person. derstand all-domain conflict, es- Good conduct and leadership how to fire, then avoid being tracked pecially when it comes to cyber, produce enlisted personnel who information operations and things thrive, he said, citing his own ex- BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON Class James Deese, a digital mas- The basic qualification allows like that.” perience of 14 years in the 82nd Stars and Stripes ter gunner with the 2nd Cavalry. platoons to continue on to ad- The third senior enlisted ad- Airborne Division as contribut- Soldiers need to be aware of vanced training, said 1st Lt. Jack viser to the chairman of the Joint ing to his success. GRAFENWOEHR, Germany how many rounds they fire, with Baisley, a squadron adjutant with Chiefs of Staff, Troxell retires “Culture is driven by leader- — The blasts of howitzers rang the assumption that they’re being the Field Artillery Squadron. Friday after nearly 38 years in ship,” he said. “How the leaders across the snow-covered land- tracked by the enemy, Deese With temperatures below freez- the Army, including four years act and how the leaders perform, scape of Vilseck as soldiers from said. ing, the exercise also gave the sol- advising the chairman and the the culture will adjust to how the the 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s Bull- “The more we shoot, the more diers, some of whom will deploy defense secretary on issues that leaders are doing.” dog Battery learned how to fire they can pinpoint where we are,” to Poland at the end of January, affect the enlisted force. During Troxell’s tenure as and move during a qualification Deese said. “Once six rounds are a feel for the weather expected His comments echo remarks SEAC, he traveled to nearly 60 exercise Thursday. fired, the radar knows where we there. he made in Iraq and Afghanistan countries, often advising his “We try to make this as real as are — we move the platoon after [email protected] two years ago during a USO tour, counterparts or gathering infor- possible for them,” said Sgt. 1st that.” Twitter: @Manny_Stripes in which he said Islamic State mation to advocate on behalf of faced the choice to surrender, or U.S. enlisted troops. die — by bomb, gunshot or blud- “How do you follow a guy like geoning with an e-tool, a type of this with all the accomplishments shovel. The comments circulated he had over the past four years?” widely and he’s since signed hun- Colon-Lopez, his successor, asked dreds of e-tools sent to him by Pentagon reporters Monday. fans of his statement. “The answer is pretty simple: Troxell sat down with Stars We can never do enough for our and Stripes during a conference troops compared to what they do in Germany organized by his suc- for us.” cessor, U.S. Africa Command se- A career special operations air- nior enlisted leader Chief Master man, who earned a Bronze Star Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, which with combat “V” for valor and the focused on enlisted professional Air Force Combat Action Medal development among U.S. partner for actions in Afghanistan, Colon- militaries in Africa. Lopez will be the first airman to Troxell believes future enlist- hold the position. ed leaders will need to focus on [email protected] maintaining low-tech capabilities Twitter: @chadgarland

DANIELLE O’DONNELL/U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shows the memento presented to him during his last visit to the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence in El Paso, Texas, last month. Troxell retires Friday. PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 VETERANS Unaccountable: US still pursuing cases of more than 1,100 MIA from Vietnam War The toughest cases The boyish-faced Clifford Van Artsdalen repre- grenadier sents one of the toughest types of First Lt. Michael McDonald- cases to resolve in the search for Low arrived by ship to Vietnam the still-missing 1,600 soldiers, for his first combat tour in De- Marines, airmen and sailors cember 1967 after graduating two from the Vietnam War: ground- years earlier from Officer Candi- loss cases. date School in Fort Knox, Ky., and The Defense POW/MIA Ac- then training in Hawaii. counting Agency, the body now Within a couple of months, his overseeing the U.S. government’s company was patrolling South effort to repatriate the country’s Vietnam’s countryside on search missing troops, is still actively and destroy missions for 10 to 12 pursuing the cases of 1,102 ser- days at a time, he said. vice members missing from the Among the men in his platoon Vietnam War. was Clifford Van Artsdalen, an Van Artsdalen is one of the 257 18-year-old boyish-faced grena- lost infantrymen and Marines not dier who stood barely 5 feet tall. associated with large metal ob- Growing up, “Cliffy” had a jects such as helicopters and air- passion for baseball, said Garth planes. The enemy often stripped Garges, a boyhood friend, now the American dead bare of even 70, who still lives in the tiny town their metal dog tags before a of Perkasie, Pa., where they both hasty burial. grew up. During summers in Progress in retrieving these their early teens, the pair played ground losses has been achingly sandlot baseball almost every slow, with the DPAA identifying day, he said. only seven such cases since the “He didn’t have a mean bone beginning of 2015. At such a rate, in his body,” Garges said. “He al- it would take almost two centu- ways had some funny little quip.” ries to recover them. He lost track of him after Van Many of the remains rest in the Artsdalen dropped out of high school during the 11th grade. The harsh, acidic jungle soil of South- Gary Sanner east Asia, dissolving over the two had talked frequently about half-century since the U.S. ended the Vietnam War, and neither had Spc. Clifford Van Artsdalen, left, plays cards with his fellow platoon members on May 5, 1968, as they combat operations there in 1973. any desire to go fight it, Garges await a helicopter shuttle to Hill 352 on Nui Hoac Ridge, South Vietnam. Van Artsdalen was killed in an “Time is not our ally,” Rear said. ambush six days later, and his body was never recovered. Adm. Jon Kreitz, then DPAA dep- But Van Artsdalen found him- uty director, said in June at the self in the thick of it as an infan- where they could be treated or annual conference of the Nation- tryman in Vietnam, where danger evacuated. al League of POW/MIA Families. and death lurked everywhere, CHINA After days of intense battle, “One of the biggest reasons when from sprained ankles, jungle rot NORTH Delta Company was badly deplet- it comes to the Vietnam War is and diseases to firefights big and VIETNAM ed of men and rest, and on May because remains are degrading small with the enemy. 11 they were ordered to leave He was among hundreds of at a very fast rate. It makes iden- Hanoi Hill 352 and make haste to Land- tifying individuals from their re- soldiers killed or wounded in ing Zone Center for refitting and mains more challenging all the Que Son Valley, about 30 miles LAOS replenishment. time.” southwest of Danang, in the early McDonald-Low was tasked McDonald-Low’s efforts on part of May 1968, when the North with leading the company from Vietnamese Army launched at- the Van Artsdalen case illus- SOUTH CHINA Hill 352 across the valley and tacks marking the start of their trate many of the obstacles that SEA up the roughly 1,200 feet to LZ have stood — indeed, still stand second Tet Offensive. Mekong River On May 5, McDonald-Low’s Center. — in the way of DPAA recovering When McDonald-Low reached ground troops still missing in ac- Delta Company, 1st Battalion, DMZ 20th Infantry, 11th Light Infantry a split in the trail on a nearby tion, or MIA. THAILAND summit, with one path leading up For the past decade, the deco- Brigade was choppered into a val- Da Nang ley below Landing Zone Center, a to LZ Center, the other heading rated Vietnam War veteran has Hoi An down into the next valley, he sent shepherded Van Artsdalen’s case hilltop U.S. firebase. Together with Bravo Company, 1st Bat- Van Artsdalen and two other men through the government bureau- up trail 30 yards and three men cracy, tracked down and inter- talion, 6th Infantry, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, the soldiers Que Son Valley down trail the same distance to viewed eyewitness veterans, dug swept through the nearby hill- secure each location. up official after-action reports sides where two U.S. helicopters It was the simple kind of com- and pushed back on erroneous as- CAMBODIA had been shot down. mand he’d given countless times sumptions and information held McDonald-Low SOUTH in recent months, but the moment within the official case file. led his men on VIETNAM was locked in his memory. “The grim reality is that there’s Que Son Valley assaults over Site of Van “Some guys just stick out in no sense of urgency or priority at Artsdalen’s death five days on the Saigon your mind,” McDonald-Low said DPAA to recover the remaining top of Hill 352, of the many men who died under unaccounted-for soldiers of the a North Viet- LZ Center his command. “I remember look- Vietnam War, although they are namese Army ing at Van Artsdalen and sending keenly aware that the window for stronghold, him up that trail. I’ll never forget their recovery is rapidly closing,” each time Hill 352 it.” said McDonald-Low, who lives in being driven Van Artsdalen and two other Portland, Ore. back, each time soldiers were ambushed and The DPAA said in a written re- dragging the dead ANDREA VILLARI/Stars and Stripes killed moments later. sponse to Stars and Stripes that and wounded The date of Van Artsdalen’s the Vietnam War missing are its down the death remains seared into Mc- “primary operational priority” Capt. Michael McDonald-Low poses in December 1968 slope Donald-Low’s memory because and that it is increasing the pace after completing his combat tours in Vietnam. to that same day, May 11, 1968, he and scope of operations, spend- Spc. Clifford Van Artsdalen was one of was wounded in the head, right ing, for example, more than $50 the men in McDonald-Low’s platoon. million in the last two years in Michael McDonald-Low shoulder and arm and evacuated investigative and excavation mis- for weeks of hospital recovery. sions in Southeast Asia. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 9 VETERANS

FROM PAGE 8 Two months later he returned to the battlefield as a newly mint- ed captain in command of Delta Company. Leaving Vietnam behind McDonald-Low left the Army when his four-year stint was up in July 1969, taking with him a Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Bronze Star with “V” device for valor, Bronze Star for Meritori- ous Service and Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters. “I left Vietnam behind me,” he said. “I put it in the back of my mind for many, many years. Never admitted I was a Vietnam vet.” He said he never forgot the bedlam, uncertainty and loss he experienced in infantry combat; it flooded upward through night- mares and mood swings. An extreme-sports enthusiast, he made a career out of writ- ing and publishing magazines on windsurfing, snowboarding and wakeboarding as he raised a family. When he retired in early 2009, he began for the first time reflect- ing in depth about the Vietnam War experiences he had pushed into a dark corner. He found the website for his old unit, the 11th Light Infantry Brigade, which listed those in the unit who died in action. He was stunned when he reached the entry about Van Arts- dalen: He was listed as missing in action, body never recovered. Above: A member of a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command field lost in that same area is virtually He had no idea that one of his mission searches on March 9, 2012, for evidence of the remains zero.” soldiers remained unfound in of Army Spc. Clifford Van Artsdalen, who was killed on the spot DPAA spokesman Lt. Col. Ken- Vietnam. in Vietnam on May 11, 1968. Right: On the same date decades The website listed Van Arts- neth Hoffman, in a written re- later, Michael McDonald-Low leads a JPAC team up the same trail in sponse to a query by Stars and dalen’s death on the wrong date Vietnam that he had led soldiers up 44 years earlier. — two days before McDonald- Stripes, said the agency routinely Low had looked the soldier in Defense Department photos takes U.S. and foreign veterans the eye and sent him up the trail and civilians back to battlefields — and in the wrong location. provided JPAC with a map show- that there was a 10-year window to help locate burial sites. ing the exact location where Van to retrieve bones before the acid- He said he was aghast to learn “Many of these individuals, to Artsdalen died. ic soil dissolved them. that the Hawaii-based Joint POW/ include Mr. McDonald-Low, were Three months later he received “Research has shown that re- MIA Accounting Command, or not able to confirm precise loca- JPAC, was using the same flawed an email from a JPAC analyst mains can be lost within 10 years telling him that Seketa’s infor- in very acidic soils,” Moore, who tions based on their recollection data — even sending search of events that occurred decades teams several times to the wrong mation “is obviously incorrect,” retired from JPAC in 2015, told ago in the fog of war,” Hoffman location in Vietnam. and invited McDonald-Low to Stars and Stripes in an email. In The information JPAC and its head the next investigative field less acidic soils they may last “up said. “Mr. McDonald-Low was sister agency, the Defense Pris- team to the location just below LZ to 40 years plus,” he said. able to point out the general area oner of War/Missing Personnel Center. where he last saw SP4 Van Arts- Office on the East Coast, had on Under JPAC protocol, no ex- ‘Fog of war’ dalen but could provide no infor- Van Artsdalen’s death was large- cavation was done during that mation on where he was killed or ly based on statements made by investigatory field mission in Two years after standing on buried.” Capt. Charles Seketa, Delta’s March 2012. that Vietnamese trail with Moore, McDonald-Low dismisses that McDonald-Low had grown frus- company commander, during a McDonald-Low said the mis- characterization. trated that no excavation mission board of inquiry May 20, 1968 — sion’s forensic anthropologist, El- “I wasn’t in a fog of war,” he had gone to the site. nine days after the deadly battle liot Moore, indicated that the most said. “I knew the exact map coor- near Landing Zone Center. likely spot the North Vietnamese In May 2014, he was contacted by Alisa Stack, a senior Defense dinates. I provided precise infor- After discovering Van Arts- would have buried Van Artsdalen mation on where he was killed.” dalen was still missing, McDon- was in a nearby small gully cov- Department civilian heading the ald-Low tracked down Seketa ered with dense overbrush and Personnel Accounting Consolida- and met with him in the summer tion Task Force, or PACT, which Illogical conclusions had been formed by Defense De- of 2009, about six months before Stack invited McDonald-Low he died. partment Secretary Chuck Hagel to become a member of the PACT “He was very cordial, and we to oversee the overhaul of the task force, and he was sent to Ha- sat down with a map,” McDonald- department’s accounting after Low said. “But Chuck couldn’t a series of scandals. She invited waii for a week to assess JPAC’s read a map if his life depended on McDonald-Low’s feedback on the operations and procedures. it. He admitted to me, ‘You know, agency’s performance. It was during these interviews you couldn’t really rely on me for In an email, he complained that the chasm between JPAC in those kinds of things.’ about the slow progress in find- Hawaii and DPMO on the East “In the board of inquiry, all he ing his soldier, whom JPAC had “In 1968 there were few vil- Coast became clear: “There was was trying to do was put names officially designated MIA 1165. lagers who dared travel near LZ not just miscommunication, but “The reason I have been given to dates, nine days after he’d lost Read our series of features Center in the remote, mountain- also a self-serving willingness some 45 men,” McDonald-Low [for the delay] is that JPAC needs ous, hostile area of the Que Son to guard information — an un- said. “For a company command- that add context and confirmation by a Vietnamese understanding to the Valley where 1165 was killed. The willingness to share, which was er to do that even with as few villager or a former soldier who affecting their ability to work as history of the Vietnam War remembers the date and location chance of any villager being alive men as we had left would be very a team and accomplish the mis- difficult to do under the best of of 1165’s loss,” he wrote. “This is after 44 years, let alone remem- sion,” he said. circumstances.” stripes.com/vietnam50 in my opinion an unreasonable bering a single U.S. soldier killed In June 2010, McDonald-Low burden of proof being demanded. there when there were hundreds SEE UNACCOUNTABLE, PAGE 10 PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 VETERANS Unaccountable: Vietnam vet feels frustration, sense of urgency

FROM PAGE 9 In his final report, McDonald- Low wrote that burden-of-proof protocols for infantry ground- loss cases, like Van Artsdalen’s, should be changed to improve the chances for success in these “toughest remaining cases.” A few months later, in August 2014, McDonald-Low was ap- pointed as the first-ever South- east Asia veteran liaison for JPAC/DPMO. He underwent a background security check, was issued an official Defense De- partment ID card and worked as an unpaid contractor reviewing unresolved ground-loss cases. As he worked the cases, it be- came clear to him that too many JPAC investigators were unfa- miliar with basic Vietnam War- era infantry combat tactics and weapons, as well as the types of wounds and damage they could inflict, he said. “In one case, an investigator said a soldier had an 81-mm mor- tar land at his feet, and his body was vaporized,” he said. “Hence, there was no further remains we could identify and recover, as had been reported by the soldiers on the ground. “It’s impossible for a human being to be disintegrated by that mortar size,” he said. Gary Sanner He saw that ignorance surface in Van Artsdalen’s case, which First Lt. Michael McDonald-Low awaits the arrival of a helicopter on May 5, 1968, to take him and other soldiers to Hill 352, Nui Hoac he reviewed in early 2015. In it, Ridge, South Vietnam. More than 50 years after one of his soldiers was killed in the Que Son Valley, McDonald-Low is still fighting a JPAC analyst speculated on the frustration and Father Time in an effort to locate that soldier’s remains. possibility Van Artsdalen “was wounded and perhaps left the im- he said of the book, which depict- mission to Vietnam. McKeague being that of Van Artsdalen. collecting official after-action re- mediate vicinity of the battle.” ed the government accounting ef- became DPAA’s first deputy di- Confident that the new state- ports and tracking down veterans That notion entirely ignored fort in a generally positive light. rector when it was created in ment would move the case for- with eyewitness accounts. He led after-action reports McDonald- “I wanted to memorialize his ser- 2015. He became its director in ward, McDonald-Low submitted an accounting agency mission Low had delivered to JPAC. vice, his loss and my experience 2017 after retiring from active an updated report to the DPAA to Vietnam in 2012 to verify the Those reports detail a search going through it.” duty. in November 2018. In the follow- exact location where Van Arts- for the bodies up the trail about To this day, he does not know ing months he queried the agency dalen had died — after JPAC had three hours after the initial fire- why the casework ended. ‘With rigor and urgency’ about the status of the updated re- sent missions to Vietnam numer- fight. They recovered the bodies “I only had one goal, which was port with the radio operator’s in- ous times to the wrong place, of two but could not recover the to be honest and give them my McKeague touted DPAA’s new formation but received no reply. costing hundreds of thousands of third body they saw, Van Arts- opinion based on my knowledge review and evaluation processes The radio operator died Feb. dollars. dalen, because of subsequent and experience,” he said. “I had — which now includes writing 2, 2019. No DPAA interview was To be so casually dismissed heavy enemy fire. no ax to grind. I just wanted to see an overall case narrative — as a ever done. from the case he’d built and shep- “For the JPAC case analyst to the mission fulfilled, streamlined means of speeding approvals of “So the man who gave me this herded — in the death of a soldier imply that 1165 lay at that loca- and improved.” investigation and excavation field new information dies before he led and fought beside — epito- missions. tion for three hours until [Alpha His official credentials giving DPAA even bothers to interview mizes all he finds self-defeating He concluded, “The pledge that Company] arrived and then [he] him access to certain DPAA da- him and verify what I put in that within the Defense Department’s I make to families of the missing departed after their firefight is il- tabases ended in November 2017. report,” he said. “They dragged MIA accounting effort. and veterans whose comrades-in- logical,” he wrote. The lapse left him ever more re- their feet.” “The bottom line is that Van arms are unaccounted-for is that moved from the Van Artsdalen Artsdalen represents every other DPAA will diligently and dutiful- Waning casework case. Still lost poor, forgotten soul — particular- ly pursue this noble humanitar- ly infantrymen and Marines — By the end of 2016, he said the Frustrated, he wrote a lengthy ian effort, and sacred obligation, With a heightened sense of ur- still lost from the war,” he said. flow of cases from the Defense letter in early 2018 to Presi- with rigor and urgency, employ- gency in the wake of the death, McDonald-Low’s entreaties to POW/MIA Accounting Agency dent Donald Trump, which he ing best practices as well as em- McDonald-Low wrote to the had dried to a trickle. copied and distributed to veter- bracing new methodologies.” DPAA a few days later request- DPAA officials, including McK- His numerous inquiries about ans’ groups and members of the While the letter addressed some ing to review Van Artsdalen’s eague, have gone unanswered. cases he had worked on and media. In it, he highlighted the of McDonald-Low’s general con- case narrative, if one had been A request by Stars and Stripes requests for new cases went shortcomings in the DPAA’s pro- cerns about DPAA, it did nothing written. to interview McKeague was not unanswered. cedures for locating and excavat- to advance Van Artsdalen’s case. About two weeks later, he re- granted. As someone who speaks his ing remains for ground-loss cases Although sidelined from offi- ceived a reply from Navy Cmdr. McDonald-Low talks often mind, he is cognizant he may such as Van Artsdalen. cial access to DPAA databases, Jason Menarchik, chief of a sub- about the letter McKeague sent have rubbed somebody the wrong Months later, in September McDonald-Low continued to regional team at the DPAA’s Ha- him a year ago — and the vow he way. 2018, he finally received a let- work the case on his own. waii lab, which said the agency made in it to pursue cases with “Certainly I’m an abrasive per- ter from DPAA Director Kelly In October 2018, he tracked was conducting an “in-depth re- “rigor and urgency.” sonality,” he said. If he judged McKeague, who wrote that he down and interviewed a radio view of your report.” “I am still waiting to see Direc- something in an analyst’s report was responding on behalf of the operator who was among a group “To clarify,” concluded the tor McKeague’s promises fulfilled to be “ridiculous,” he did not hesi- president. of soldiers from Alpha Company, short email sent Feb. 27, “since for the many MIAs remaining tate to point it out, he said. McDonald-Low was familiar 1-6 Infantry, sent out on May 16, you are not the Primary Next of unaccounted,” McDonald-Low But he also suspects he might with the director because McK- 1968, to recover the body of a dif- Kin for SP4 Van Artsdalen, nor said. “I am deeply worried about have ruffled feathers with a book eague’s professional involvement ferent soldier left on the trail lead- have on-record any authoriza- when the last Vietnam veteran he self-published in 2016, titled with the MIA accounting effort ing to Landing Zone Center. That tion, we cannot provide sensitive dies — the last man to see a fellow “Unaccounted,” which chron- mirrored his own. was five days after Van Artsdalen details on this particular case, soldier alive, a man like me who icled the battle that led to Van As an Air Force major gen- was killed. such as the Case Narrative, that gave him an order to go up that Artsdalen’s death and the mission eral, McKeague took command His recollections provided clar- you requested at this time.” trail — who will be left to carry McDonald-Low led in Vietnam in of JPAC at Joint Base Pearl Har- ification over reports by search- McDonald-Low said he still on the mission?” 2012. bor-Hickam, Hawaii, in 2012, the ers that had confused sightings seethes over the denial. [email protected] “I wrote it for 1165 and myself,” same year McDonald-Low led the of the body of another soldier as He had spent the last decade Twitter: @WyattWOlson Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Judiciary: Clashes between Republicans, Democrats mark Trump impeachment hearing

FROM FRONT PAGE argued there was “overwhelm- “Very sad,” Trump tweeted. ing evidence“ that the president, As the hearing began, lawmak- in pushing Ukraine to investigate ers dug in for the second day of rival Biden, was engaged in an the Judiciary session, only the abuse of power “to corrupt Amer- fourth time in U.S. history a pres- ican elections.” ident is facing impeachment, to Debate on that one amendment consider the two articles brought lasted for hours with no vote yet by Democrats. They charge called. Trump with abuse of power for Thursday’s hearing picked up asking Ukraine to investigate where Wednesday’s late night Joe Biden while withholding aid session left off. as leverage and with obstruction Into the night, Democrats and of Congress for stonewalling the Republicans delivered sharp, House’s investigation. poignant and, at times, personal Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D- arguments for and against im- MATT MCCLAIN, POOL/AP N.Y., immediately asked for a full peachment. Both sides appealed to Americans’ sense of history House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-NY., speaks during a committee markup of the reading of the nine-page resolu- articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill on Thursday . tion, airing the two articles of im- — Democrats describing a strong sense of duty to stop what one peachment against the president that while impeachment was not should consider whether the evi- Collins argued that Democrats called the president’s “constitu- for the live TV cameras. It was why she came to Washington, dence shows that Trump com- are impeaching the president be- tional crime spree” and Republi- expected to be a long day of fights she wants to “fight for an Amer- mitted the acts he’s accused of, cause they think they can’t beat over amendments, primarily by cans decrying the “hot garbage” ica that my son Jordan would be whether they rise to the level of him in the 2020 election. Republicans trying to stop the impeachment and what it means proud of.” impeachable high crimes and “That’s the wrong reason to im- impeachment. They were likely for the future of the country. But Rep. Jordan insisted Dem- misdemeanors and what the con- peach somebody, and the Ameri- to be rejected by Democrats along Cicilline asked Republicans ocrats were impeaching because sequences will be if Congress can people are seeing through party lines. standing with Trump to “wake “they don’t like us,” and he read fails to act. this,” Collins said. “But at the end The top Republican, Rep. Doug up” and honor their oath of office. out a long list claiming Trump’s “When his time has passed, of the day, my heart breaks for a Collins, of Georgia, called the Republican Rep. Mike Johnson, accomplishments. when his grip on our politics is proceedings a “farce” and said of Louisiana, responded with his committee that has trashed this For all the debate, the articles gone, when our country returns, institution.” they should be halted until his own request to “put your country weren’t likely to be changed. as surely it will, to calmer times The House is expected to vote side was provided a chance for over party.” Rep. Lou Correa, D- Democrats were unlikely to ac- and stronger leadership, history on the articles next week, in the its own hearing. The request was Calif., shared his views in English cept any amendments proposed will look back on our actions here days before Christmas. That denied, with the chairman saying and Spanish. by Republicans unified against today,” Nadler said. “How would the process was in line with the One Democrat, Rep. Val Dem- Trump’s impeachment. you be remembered?“ would send them to the Senate for impeachment hearings of Rich- ings, of Florida, told the panel that, Democrats are also unified. Republicans are also mes- a 2020 trial. ard Nixon and Bill Clinton. as a descendant of slaves and now They have agreed to the articles’ saging to the American people Senate Majority Leader Mitch First up was an amendment a member of Congress, she has language, which says that Trump — and to Trump himself — as McConnell said Tuesday that from GOP Rep. Jim Jordan, of faith in America because it is the acted “corruptly” and “betrayed they argue that the articles show he would be “totally surprised” Ohio, who tried to delete the first “government of the people” and the nation.“ Hamstrung in the Democrats are out to get the pres- if there were the necessary 67 charge against Trump. “This in this country “nobody is above minority, Republicans wouldn’t ident. Most Republicans contend, votes in the chamber to convict amendment strikes article 1 be- the law.” Freshman Democratic have the votes to make changes as Trump does, that he has done Trump, and signaled options for cause article 1 ignores the truth,” Rep. Lucy McBath, of Georgia, without support from at least nothing wrong, and all of them a swift trial. He said no decision he declared. emotionally talked about losing some Democrats. are expected to vote against the had been made about whether to Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., her son to gun violence and said Nadler said the committee articles. call witnesses. Pelosi drug bill reflects Trump idea but he isn’t on board

BY RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR helped write the Pelosi bill, said two major pieces of legislation Associated Press ‘ We were sent to Washington with Republicans predicting the drug before lawmakers. But Pelosi’s pipeline will dry up are using measure goes farther with sev- WASHINGTON — As a White a mandate to bring down the cost of scare tactics. eral unique features, including: House candidate, Donald Trump prescription drugs. “Any drug that’s out there,  Medicare would be au- said he could save Medicare bil- ’ we’re going to have access to,” he thorized to negotiate prices for lions of dollars by negotiating Rep. Haley Stevens said. “The U.S. would still be the costly medications, using a for- prescription drug prices. D-Mich. biggest market.” mula based on lower prices paid Legislation expected to pass The pharmaceutical industry in other economically advanced the Democratic-controlled House is strongly opposed to the bill. countries. on Thursday would deliver that use about $360 billion of its pro- licans means it would never clear Among the groups backing it is  Drugmakers who refuse to and much more. jected 10-year savings from lower the Senate. AARP. negotiate would be hit with steep But Trump’s not on board, the drug costs to create Medicare Republican lawmakers pre- High prescription drug prices sales taxes for the medication at White House is threatening a coverage for dental care, hearing dict Pelosi’s bill would stifle in- consistently register in polls as issue. Republicans say proposed veto and Republicans who run and vision, filling major gaps for novation and they urged House the public’s top health care con- taxes as high as 95% are uncon- the Senate say they will ignore seniors. Democrats to seek a bipartisan cern. But it’s unclear in a capital stitutional. The budget office the bill by House Speaker Nancy “We were sent to Washington compromise. divided over Trump’s impeach- projects that most pharmaceuti- Pelosi, D-Calif., because they say with a mandate to bring down the “Drugs that save lives will ment that any major legisla- cal companies would opt to accept the government shouldn’t negoti- cost of prescription drugs and to not be around,” said Rep. Greg tion will pass before next year’s lower prices from Medicare. ate drug prices. deliver for the American people Walden, R-Ore. “Innovation goes elections.  Private health insurance That’s not stopping Democrats — this will untie the hands of the on the rocks; lives will be lost.” There’s a bipartisan Senate bill plans would be able to receive from savoring the moment. They federal government to negotiate A major concern about the that would also cap seniors’ out- Medicare’s discounted prices. contend Trump’s disapproval prices,” said Rep. Haley Stevens, legislation is that it will result in of-pocket costs at $3,100 a year  Congressional budget ex- shows a lack of conviction behind D-Mich., as debate got underway. fewer drugs coming to market. and require drugmakers to pay perts estimate the price nego- some of his populist pitches. She is a member of the freshman But there’s debate about the ex- Medicare rebates if companies tiations provisions of Pelosi’s bill They’re also betting that Pelo- class that enabled Democrats to tent. The nonpartisan Congres- raise prices above inflation. The would save $456 billion over 10 si’s plan will prove popular with regain control of the House in sional Budget Office estimates plan has Trump’s support but years. After subtracting for new 2020 voters, helping elect Demo- 2018 . about 3% to 10% fewer new drugs, Senate Majority Leader Mitch Medicare dental, hearing and crats who will eventually be in a White House officials say Pe- while the White House Council of McConnell, R-Ky., hasn’t said if vision coverage, that still leaves position to pass something like it. losi’s bill is unworkable and that Economic Advisers says it could or when he’ll bring it to the floor. money to increase spending on The bill would cap drug copays Trump wants something that can be much higher, up to one-third of Inflation rebates are included medical research, community and deductibles at $2,000 a year pass now. Near unanimous oppo- new medications. in Pelosi’s bill as well, so there is health centers and countering the for Medicare recipients. It would sition from congressional Repub- Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., who considerable overlap between the opioid epidemic. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 NATION 2 killers in NJ attack tied to fringe group

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK Anderson ber of a unit devoted to taking il- AND DAVID PORTER used a rifle legal weapons off the street, was Associated Press in the gro- gunned down by the assailants, cery attack. authorities said. They then drove JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The The attor- the van about a mile to the kosher two killers who stormed a ko- ney general market. sher market in Jersey City had wouldn’t The drawn-out gunbattle with apparently been followers of the confirm if police filled the streets with the Black Hebrew Israelites — a Graham also sound of high-powered rifle fire fringe group whose members had a weap- as SWAT officers in full tactical have been known to rail against on when gear swarmed the neighborhood. white people and Jews — and one Anderson she followed During the shootout, police used of them had made anti-Semitic Anderson an armored vehicle to ram the posts online, according to a law into the market. Several weapons store entrance. enforcement official briefed on were recovered from the store. The prospect of attacks against the investigation. The victims killed in the store Jews weighed heavily on the more were Mindel Ferencz, 31, who The findings stoked suspicions than 300 people who attended a with her husband owned the that the rampage Tuesday that vigil Wednesday night at a syna- grocery; Moshe Deutsch, 24, a left the killers and four victims gogue about a mile from where rabbinical student from Brook- dead was not a random crime but the shootings took place. /AP lyn who was shopping there; and an anti-Semitic attack, even as SETH WENIG store employee Douglas Miguel In the deadliest attack on Jews state and federal authorities cau- Workmen on Thursday replace a window that was broken by gunfire Rodriguez, 49. in U.S. history, 11 people were tioned that the motive was still at the Sacred Heart school during a gunbattle in Jersey City, N.J. Members of New York’s ultra- killed in an October 2018 shoot- under investigation. Orthodox Jewish community ing at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The FBI on Wednesday investigating,” New Jersey Attor- Jewish market, slowly and delib- gathered Wednesday night for fu- Last April, a gunman opened fire searched the Harlem headquar- ney General Grewal said Wednes- erately driving up to the grocery nerals for Ferencz and Deutsch. at a synagogue near San Diego, ters of the Israelite Church of day, adding that authorities are in a stolen rental van and imme- Thousands of people, mostly men, killing a woman and wounding a God in Jesus Christ, which is the trying to determine whether any- diately opening fire. followed Ferencz’s casket through rabbi and two others. formal name of the Black Hebrew one else was involved. The attackers were identified as the streets of Brooklyn, hugging The kosher grocery is a central group, according to the official, Others, including Jersey City David N. Anderson, 47, and Fran- and crying. fixture in a growing community who was not authorized to discuss Mayor Steve Fulop, pronounced cine Graham, 50 — both of them The bloodshed in the city of of Orthodox Jews who have been the case publicly and spoke on the bloodshed a hate crime also prime suspects in the slaying 270,000 people across the Hudson moving to Jersey City in recent condition of anonymity. against Jews, with Fulop saying of a livery driver found dead in a River from New York City began years and settling in what was “The why and the ideology and surveillance video made it clear car trunk in nearby Bayonne over at a graveyard, where Detective a mostly black section of Jersey the motivation — that’s what we’re that the attackers targeted the the weekend, Grewal said. Joseph Seals, a 40-year-old mem- City, causing some resentment. Deceased Korean War vet awarded accrued VA benefits

BY KIM GAMEL Nielson was award- more than 95,000 appeals decisions, a re- in Tucson, Ariz., but Gang continued his Stars and Stripes ed $663,000 for 20 cord high,” spokeswoman Christina Man- claim by adding Nielson’s widow as the years of back pay, dreucci said in an email. substitute claimant. SEOUL, South Korea — Thomas Niel- and his wife received Nielson turned to Gang, whose firm The Board of Veterans Appeals ruled in son joined the Air Force when he was 17 $57,000 in widow’s specializes in disability appeals for mili- Nielson’s favor in April 2017, but the check and was promptly deployed to South Korea benefits. tary veterans, in 2012 after exhausting didn’t appear. where the war against the communist- “It’s the largest all administrative appeal remedies at the “We wait. A year goes by. We don’t hear backed North was just getting underway. award I have ever VA. The earlier claims of malnutrition anything. Two or three years go by,” Gang He served on the peninsula in 1950-54. seen,” Gang said. were denied, but doctors had determined said. “Total radio silence from the VA.” However, Nielson’s real fight began after “What a difference he suffered from an autoimmune disease He finally reached a VA official who he returned home and filed for military it would have made that began manifesting itself during his informed him that the department wasn’t medical benefits for health problems that had the VA granted Nielson service. going to implement the board’s decision he believed stemmed from severe dental is- because Mrs. Nielson forgot to sign a form the benefits way back when he first got Gang was armed with journal entries sues and malnutrition during his service. in which then-Airman 1st Class Nielson in the right place. Gang filed a writ of man- this process started, and what a difference Five years after he died in 2014 at age complains about not being able to eat and damus in federal appeals court, which it would have made to him to have seen 81, his family finally received more than weight loss while in South Korea. compelled the agency to pay. the VA grant his claim while he was still $720,000 in retroactive benefits after the “Boy am I in misery,” Nielson wrote Gang, who is an outspoken advocate for a Department of Veterans Affairs ruled in alive.” in neat, cursive handwriting on Sept. 25, massive overhaul of the VA, said he under- his favor. The VA declined to comment on Niel- 1952. “I had 6 teeth pulled this morning,” stands why officials dismissed his client’s His lawyer, Eric Gang, expressed frus- son’s case, saying it can’t publicly discuss he said, adding that he had gone into shock claims about malnutrition, but he believes tration that Nielson didn’t receive the its interactions with individual veterans after the dentist pulled four of them with- the agency had a responsibility to help de- money before he died, but said the fam- due to privacy concerns. out Novocain. termine the actual cause of his problems. ily is “very, very grateful” because it can But a spokeswoman said the agency has Medical experts hired by Gang also ex- “But the thing that’s most egregious in use it to care for Nielson’s widow, who has “modernized the process for appealing dis- amined Nielson’s service records and were my opinion is their actions once we had fi- Alzheimer’s disease and is in a nursing ability claims to provide more timely and able to prove the problems he described nally been vindicated — to just be vindic- home. consistent decisions” under the Veterans were symptoms of an autoimmune disease tive and not want to pay the claim. That’s “It’s costing a lot of money to keep her Appeals Improvement and Modernization that hindered his ability to work and sup- just unacceptable,” he said. in the nursing home,” he told Stars and Act of 2017. port his family. [email protected] Stripes by telephone Wednesday. “In the last fiscal year, VA completed Nielson died on Oct. 6, 2014, at home Twitter: @kimgamel IG: DOD official sexually harassed female staff

Associated Press assistant defense secretary for erts’ physical interaction with the said that at least one of the women nuclear programs, made “deliber- women caused them to fear that told him on several occasions that WASHINGTON — A Pentagon report has found that a senior De- ate, unwelcomed physical contact they would be fired if they com- his behavior was not welcome. fense Department official sexual- of a sexual nature by hugging, plained or rejected his behavior. “We concluded that he knew ly harassed several women on his kissing or touching” three female According to the report, Rob- or should have known, based on staff, touching them and making employees and created a hostile erts said it was not his intent to his experience and training, that /Stars and Stripes inappropriate comments. work environment. sexually harass the women and the physical contact and sexually JOE GROMELSKI The department’s inspector The complaint was filed in Feb- that they didn’t tell him his be- suggestive comments were com- Then- Assistant Defense general said in a report Thurs- ruary and Roberts resigned in havior was inappropriate. pletely inappropriate,” the report Secretary Guy Roberts listens at day that Guy Roberts, the former early April. The report said Rob- However, the inspector general said. a Senate hearing in 2017. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 NATION Fewer kids report sex abuse in US detention centers

BY REBECCA BOONE of children in juvenile facilities Associated Press reported being sexually vic- timized during the previous 12 BOISE, Idaho — A new fed- months, the report said. That’s a TIM REVELL, THE COLUMBUS (OHIO) DISPATCH/AP eral study has found the number drop compared with the last time of kids who say they have been the survey was done in 2012 when An inmate walks at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility outside Circleville, Ohio, on May 18, sexually victimized in juvenile 9.5% of youth reported being 2014. A new report says the number of kids who say they’ve been sexually victimized in juvenile detention centers has dropped victimized. detention centers has dropped but high rates persist in 12 facilities. across the U.S. compared with “Today’s report shows that past years. But remarkably high the juvenile detention system is Georgia, Ohio and New Jersey, of youths reported being sexu- The report’s findings raise con- rates of sexual abuse persist in 12 making long-overdue strides in according to the report. ally victimized within the last 12 cerns about states’ level of over- facilities stretching from Oregon At the Liberty Juvenile Unit months. Roughly 500 miles north preventing sexual abuse,” Lo- sight of each problematic facility to Florida, according to the Bu- for Specialized Treatment in in a Lewiston, Idaho, juvenile visa Stannow, executive director and whether enough is being done reau of Justice Statistics report Florida, just over 26% of youth re- correctional center, no incidents to uncover and respond to sexual released Wednesday. of Just Detention International, ported being sexually victimized of sexual victimization were an organization seeking to end abuse, said Marsha Levick, chief The report analyzed data col- in the past 12 months. Similarly reported. legal officer for the Juvenile Law lected during more than 6,000 sexual abuse in detention, said in high rates — about 22% and 21% Idaho Department of Juvenile Center, a rights organization anonymous interviews last year a statement. “But even one sexual — were reported at the Hastings Corrections Director Monty Prow within the child welfare and jus- at nearly 330 juvenile detention assault is too many and, as the Comprehensive Mental Health said he was surprised to learn the tice system. facilities. report makes clear, this violence Treatment Program and Gulf St. Anthony facility had a high Young people were asked about remains commonplace in youth Academy, both in Florida. rate of victimization. Calling chil- “They need to step it up, quite any forced or coerced sexual con- facilities across the U.S.” Florida officials did not imme- dren’s safety the “primary task,“ frankly,” she said. “The fact that tact they experienced, whether Twelve facilities had dra- diately respond to a request for he said his department would dig we see such variability across and by staffers or other kids, ranging matically higher rates of sexual comment from The Associated into the data. within states, of course, heightens from rape to unwanted touching victimization, including three Press. “If the kids don’t feel safe, the need to ensure that we’re ask- to being shown sexual pictures or juvenile residential centers in At the Juvenile Correctional they won’t move to the treatment ing every child so we really un- movies. Florida, three in Texas and one Center in the small eastern Idaho aspects of what we’re trying to derstand what the victimization Nationwide, an estimated 7.1% each in Oregon, Arkansas, Idaho, town of St. Anthony, nearly 13% offer,” he said. looks like.”

Report: More are dying at NY seeks to home instead of in hospital retain ban

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE Va., in 2009, six weeks after learn- on flavored Associated Press ing he had lung cancer. “I made him exactly what e-cigarettes For the first time since the he wanted to eat, whenever he early 1900s, more Americans are wanted it. He had a scotch every Associated Press dying at home rather than in hos- night. pitals, a trend that reflects more “He had a very high quality of ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s hospice care and progress toward life. If he woke up at 2 o’clock in ban on flavored e-cigarettes is the kind of end that most people the morning and wanted to have THOMAS MARRINSON/AP still held up in court but the state say they want. coffee and pie, that’s what we may try to keep it alive and ex- Deaths in nursing homes also Allison Beach holds the hand of her ailing mother, Kathryne Beach, did,” she said. pand it to include menthol. have declined, according to in 2016 at her home in Hinesburg, Vt., where the elder Beach died , The state’s Public Health and Wednesday’s report in the New Warraich and Duke Univer- reflecting a growing national trend. sity graduate student Sarah Cross Health Planning Council is set to England Journal of Medicine. vote Thursday to keep the emer- used government health statistics researchers had no way to tell. cial training in end-of-life care, “It’s a good thing. Death has gency ban on the books for an- become overly medicalized over on deaths from natural causes, Allison Beach and her husband hoping to help others in such other 90 days. the last century” and this shows rather than accidents or homi- struggled to figure out how to get circumstances. a turn away from that, said the cides, from 2003 through 2017. help for her mother, Kathryne The rise of home hospice ser- The council had approved the lead author, Dr. Haider Warraich The portion that occurred in hos- Beach, who lived with them for vices has helped more people ban in September but a state ap- of the Veterans Affairs Boston pitals fell from 40% to 30% over three years before dying at their spend their last days at home, peals court blocked the state from Healthcare System. that period and in nursing homes home in Hinesburg, V t., in 2016. Warraich said. enforcing it. Betsy McNair, a tour guide who from 24% to 21%. She had lost her vision, had suf- “I have met many patients who Health officials issued the reg- now lives in Mexico, is proud of Deaths in homes rose, from fered a fall and then succumbed just want to spend one day at ulations in response to worries the ending she helped give her fa- 24% to 31%. to heart failure at 91. home, around their dog, in their that vaping may cause illnesses ther. Robert McNair was 83 when Some assisted living centers The experience led Beach, bed, able to eat home food,” he and that its use is growing among he died at home in Belle Haven, may have been counted as homes; who was a nurse, to seek spe- said. teenagers. Harvey Weinstein reaches tentative $25M deal with his accusers

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER and some lawyers but criticized In a statement, she said the recovery and can move forward this settlement is a punitive pro- Associated Press by others who say those who opt lawsuit was intended as “a wake- without Harvey’s damaging lock vision designed to force victims out are punished. up call for all companies that they on their careers,” Geiss said. to settle,” Giuffra said in a state- NEW YORK — A tentative Louisette Geiss, a plaintiff in will be held accountable if they Attorney Thomas Giuffra said ment . “Shockingly, any funds $25 million settlement revealed a Manhattan federal court class- protect predators in their midst.” the agreement was the same deal that would have been allocated Wednesday to end nearly every action lawsuit, said the settlement “Now that The Weinstein Com- announced several months ago to claims from the settlement sexual misconduct lawsuit was “our way to hold all women pany is in bankruptcy and Har- but with more punitive provisions fund for non-settling claimants brought against Harvey Wein- up. We are trying to create a new vey is about to stand to trial, this aimed at forcing holdouts to ac- would be turned over to Harvey stein and his former film studio’s reality where this type of behav- settlement will ensure that all cept it. and Robert Weinstein to defend board was praised by a plaintiff ior is not accepted.” survivors have the chance for “The most troubling aspect of against their claims in court.” PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 NATION Biden unveils his immigration policy

Associated Press lum law by reversing the Trump administration’s moves that have LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden has made claiming asylum extremely joined his top Democratic presi- difficult, while ending the na- dential rivals in pledging to end tional emergency that Trump for-profit migrant detention cen- has declared to divert Pentagon ters that existed while he was appropriations to the construc- vice president. He also acknowl- tion of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico edged through his campaign border. the “pain” caused by deporta- As a counter to Trump’s wall tions carried out by the Obama and asylum limits, Biden calls administration. for increasing the annual cap on Those moves, which come refugees from 18,000 to 125,000. amid skepticism about Biden He emphasized a proposal to from some immigrant rights ac- spend $4 billion in four years tivists, are part of a comprehen- aimed at stabilizing Central sive immigration policy released American governments and econ- Wednesday by the former vice omies. The idea, Biden explained president. The wide-ranging plan in Nevada, is to address the root positions Biden as a stark con- causes of mass migration and re- trast to President Donald Trump lieve pressure at the U.S. border, but not as far to the left as some where the scene of migrant de- ANDY BARRON, THE RENO (NEV.) GAZETTE-JOURNAL/AP of his rivals for the Democratic tention facilities has drawn inter- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gives a speech at Truckee Meadow nomination are. national attention. Community College in Reno, Nev., on Tuesday. “It’s all about families. It’s all “We should be engaging and about families to me,” Biden said offering our help to organize this at a Las Vegas union hall filled hemisphere right now,” Biden with casino workers, including said. “I’m going to spend, literal- many immigrants. ly, a billion dollars a year to build Warren ‘wealth tax’ estimates Position papers released earlier up those countries so there’s no Wednesday went further, with an reason to leave in the beginning.” explicit nod to the criticism Biden Biden joins progressive Sens. too optimistic, analysis says has gotten for immigration policy Elizabeth Warren and Bernie under President Barack Obama. Sanders, along with Mayor Pete Associated Press “Joe Biden understands the Buttigieg, as Democratic White ysis was of a “different and worse” plan than what the senator is proposing. pain felt by every family across House hopefuls promising to end WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren’s signature the U.S. that has had a loved one the for-profit detention centers. The Penn model says the proposed wealth tax will “wealth tax” would bring in at least $1 trillion less raise between $2.3 trillion and $2.7 trillion over 10 removed from the country, in- The U.S. government con- in new government revenue than the Democratic cluding under the Obama-Biden tracted for such facilities under years, or as much as $1.4 trillion less than Warren’s presidential candidate estimates while ultimately campaign estimates. It also concludes that the new administration,” the campaign Obama, drawing criticism from shrinking the economy over the next 30 years, ac- wrote. civil rights groups at the time. taxes would cause the economy to contract between cording to a new academic analysis. 0.9% and 2.1% by 2050 — depending on how the new Biden and his campaign out- But the practice has gained new The Massachusetts senator wants a 2% tax on for- lined priorities that include end- revenue is spent. scrutiny under Trump’s hard- tunes worth $50 million-plus and a levy three times ing family separations at the The model says the new tax would reduce “pri- line approach to immigration, that on anyone who has a net worth of more than $1 border, rolling back Trump’s vate capital formation” enough to drive the U.S. especially his administration’s billion. travel limits on citizens from cer- economy’s average wage down between 0.9% and practice of separating families in She has pledged to use those to dramatically re- tain Muslim-majority countries the facilities. 2.3%, even affecting households not rich enough to make government, offering universal child care and providing a citizenship path The Republican president has qualify for the tax. and free tuition at public universities while wiping for about 11 million people in defended his policies as neces- The findings are important because Warren’s pro- out most student debt for 42 million Americans and the U.S. illegally, including im- sary to protect U.S. security and posal has been among the most popular — and most helping to finance a “Medicare for All” plan provid- mediately shielding from depor- American workers’ economic in- scrutinized — of her campaign. It’s given the sena- tation the immigrants who were terests, and he’s made clear that ing government-sponsored health care nationwide. tor an economic populist edge that helped vault her brought to the country illegally as he will emphasize the issue again But the piggy bank that Warren wants to use to among the Democratic primary’s front-runners. children. in 2020, just as he did to energize accomplish her sweeping policy promises won’t be The race’s other top progressive candidate, Sen. The former vice president also his white conservative base in nearly as flush with cash as she believes, the Univer- Bernie Sanders of Vermont, has proposed an even pledged to enforce existing asy- 2016. sity of Pennsylvania’s Penn Wharton Budget Model, higher tax on top fortunes — but it’s such a part which provides nonpartisan analysis of public policy of Warren rallies that her crowds often break into proposals, found Thursday. chants of “2 cents!” in a rallying cry for her wealth Warren’s campaign pushed back, saying the anal- tax. Trump criticizes Thunberg after Time magazine honor Bloomberg pledges a ‘war on poverty’ Associated Press Trump said, “Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, Associated Press expand affordable housing. He spent at least $60 million on tele- WASHINGTON — President outlined them after a community vision advertisements, though then go to a good old fashioned STOCKTON, Calif. — Michael Donald Trump lashed out at 16- discussion with Stockton Mayor his spokesman wouldn’t say how movie with a friend!” Bloomberg took his Democratic year-old climate activist Greta He added: “Chill Greta, Chill!” Michael Tubbs, who endorsed much he’s spent in California spe- presidential campaign to Cali- Thunberg on Thursday, a day Thunberg responded Thursday Bloomberg and said he had the cifically. He said the campaign fornia on Wednesday, pledging to after she was named by Time as by changing her Twitter profile “record, resources and relation- has hired three staff members in launch a “war on poverty” at an its Person of the Year, calling her bio to read: “A teenager work- ships” to defeat President Donald California. selection “ridiculous.” ing on her anger management event in a city once known as the Trump. Bloomberg said he thinks his The Swedish teen has become a problem. Currently chilling and nation’s foreclosure capital. The trip marked Bloomberg’s pragmatic message will resonate symbol of a growing movement of watching a good old fashioned “As president, my job will be first to California since launching with Californians, nearly 15 mil- young climate activists after lead- movie with a friend.” to move all Americans ahead, his 2020 White House bid. Since lion of whom will be eligible to ing weekly school strikes in Swe- It’s not the first time Trump and that includes committing our he’s bypassing the four early vot- vote in the 2020 Democratic pres- den that inspired similar actions has lashed out after not being rec- country to new and innovative ing states, Bloomberg — a for- idential primary. in about 100 cities worldwide. She ognized for his influence. In 2015, ways to combat poverty. There mer New York City mayor — is “Californians understand noth- has drawn large crowds with her Trump attacked German Chan- has to be a war on poverty,” the hanging his campaign success on ing’s simple — you have to have fiery appearances at protests and cellor Angela Merkel for “ruining New York billionaire said while states such as California, which real solutions,” he said. “And conferences over the past year Germany” after she was named campaigning in Stockton. votes on Super Tuesday and of- you have to have the evolution- and a half. Person of the Year, when he was His plan includes initiatives fers the biggest delegate haul in ary rather than revolutionary In a Thursday morning tweet, listed as a runner-up. to raise the minimum wage and the primary contest. He’s already change.” Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 NATION Trump deserts New sanctions plan to ax OPM

The Washington Post on Iran target WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has abandoned his administration’s faltering effort to dissolve a key federal agency, a transportation major setback in his three-year bat- tle to keep his campaign promise to Associated Press make government leaner and more efficient. WASHINGTON — The Trump adminis- The Office of Personnel Man- tration on Wednesday hit Iran with new sanc- agement will remain the human tions that target several transportation firms resources manager of the civilian as it continues its “maximum pressure cam- workforce of 2.1 million employees paign” against the Islamic Republic over its and its functions will not — for the nuclear and ballistic missile programs. foreseeable future at least — be par- The sanctions target Iran’s state shipping celed out to the White House and the line and a China-based company that has ALEX BRANDON/AP General Services Administration. been involved in delivering missile parts to The White House hoped that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced more sanctions on Iran on Wednesday. At the Iran. They also add a layer of new penalties shuttering the agency of 5,500 em- same time, he added that he hopes for more opportunities to talk with Iran about returning ployees could serve as a blueprint to a previously sanctioned Iranian airline, American prisoners. Mahan Air, which is accused of sending for eliminating other federal offices weapons to Iranian proxies in Lebanon and as Trump tries to contain the size dinary Iranians’ livelihood, but they will not tunity to continue that effort,” he said. and scope of a bureaucracy he tar- Yemen, and three of its sales agents. be cowed by pressures by any foreign power. U.S. authorities say Iran is holding one geted as duplicative and inefficient The moves were announced by the Trea- And another step in the US’ #economicter- American national and five dual U.S.-Ira- — and rein in a workforce he views sury and the State Department and will sub- rorism against Iranians, who are never fooled nian nationals. They include Navy veteran with skepticism. ject foreign firms and governments that do by the US’s crocodile tears.” Michael White, who is serving a 10-year es- An 18-month effort by a top Of- business with the targeted entities to sanc- Pompeo announced the sanctions even as pionage sentence, as well as environmentalist fice of Management and Budget of- tions themselves, including a freeze on any he expressed hope that a weekend prisoner Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian with U.S. and Brit- ficial to eliminate the government assets they may have in U.S. jurisdictions. swap with Iran could lead to a dialogue be- ish citizenship also initially sentenced to 10 personnel office left the plan on life “Today’s designations put the world on no- tween Washington and Tehran over prison- years in prison, and Iranian-American father support, despite a bipartisan con- tice that those who engage in illicit transac- ers. He called Saturday’s release of Princeton and son Siamak and Baquer Namazi. Former sensus that the operation is deeply tions with these companies will risk exposure graduate student Xiyue Wang in exchange for FBI agent Robert Levinson has been missing troubled. Congressional Democrats and sanctions themselves,” Secretary of State an Iranian jailed in the U.S. a “happier note” for 13 years since disappearing in Iran. and Republicans whose support was Mike Pompeo said. that could yield progress. Iran says American authorities are holding essential to disbanding the agency Alireza Miryousefi, a spokesman for Iran’s “I do hope the exchange that took place will about 20 Iranian nationals in jail and on Mon- dismissed the plan as ill-conceived U.N. Mission, tweeted later Wednesday: lead to a broader discussion on consular af- day said it was ready for more prisoner swaps and unlikely to save money or “These sanctions are directly targeting or- fairs. We are working to use this as an oppor- with the U.S. shrink the federal workforce. PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 WORLD UK votes in bid to resolve Brexit stalemate

Associated Press more than two years ahead of panied by his dog, Dilyn. Cor- companies. One of the focal points his deal with the EU. LONDON — Britons who have schedule. byn was greeted by supporters of the ugly campaign was the Na- Opinion polls have consistently endured three years of wrangling At a fish market in the eastern and an activist dressed as Elmo tional Health Service, a deeply shown the Conservative Party over their country’s messy di- port of Grimsby, seafood compa- from “Sesame Street” as he ar- respected institution that has in the lead, but recent surveys vorce from the European Union ny owner Nathan Godley summed rived to vote in his north London struggled to meet rising demand suggest the margin may have up the hopes of many people that constituency. after nine years of austerity under cast ballots Thursday in an elec- narrowed in the final days of — one way or another — the elec- With so much at stake, political Conservative-led governments. tion billed as a way out of the campaigning. tion would provide a pathway to a parties have pushed the bound- The prime minister called While Labour is unlikely to Brexit stalemate . resolution of Brexit. aries of truth, transparency early elections in hopes of break- win an outright majority, smaller The contest pits Prime Minis- “I think we all got a bit weary and reality during five weeks of ing a logjam in Parliament that ter Boris Johnson, who says he of the politicians over the last few campaigning. stalled approval of his Brexit opposition parties hope to win will take Britain out of the EU by years really and I think having Johnson’s Conservative Party agreement in October. Johnson enough seats so they can team up Jan. 31, against opposition leader a government with a majority to was criticized for using mislead- didn’t have a majority in the last to block Johnson’s Brexit plans. Jeremy Corbyn, who promises give them the clout to actually do ing tactics on social media, while Parliament and was stymied once All of the parties are nervous another referendum on Brexit. what they want is a good thing,” Corbyn’s Labour Party promised he lost the support of the Demo- about the verdict of voters who All 650 seats in the House of he said. to tax the rich, boost government cratic Unionist Party because of are more willing to abandon long- Commons are up for grabs in Johnson voted at Methodist spending and nationalize indus- concerns about how Northern held party loyalties after three the election, which is being held Central Hall in London, accom- tries such as railroads and water Ireland would be treated under years of wrangling over Brexit. Outdated and dangerous childbirth practices persist in parts of Europe

BY MARIA CHENG practices rise to the level of a laws on informed consent and Associated Press human rights violation,” said to create specific reporting and Mindy Roseman, director of a complaint mechanisms, includ- BARCELONA — When Clara global justice and women’s rights ing sanctions for mistreatment. Massons was in labor with her program at Yale Law School. Dr. Ligita Jokubkiene, of Swe- son, a midwife climbed onto her “Not obtaining consent from den, said she thinks it is still used bed and pushed down on Massons’ women for medical procedures, because many doctors and mid- EMILIO MORENATTI/AP belly, explaining that she was not providing pain relief or doing wives aren’t aware of the dan- helping to deliver her baby. For something that’s not scientifically gers. She learned it in medical Clara Massons holds her 2-year-old son, Jaume, at her home in the next few hours, the midwife justified, that is simply not the school but no longer performs it Barcelona, Spain, on June 19. Massons said a midwife and a doctor and a doctor took turns pressing standard of care and it’s troubling herself. used an outdated and dangerous practice during Jaume ’s birth. down during contractions, using wherever that occurs.” an old, now controversial tech- Last year, Croatian lawmaker nique for troubled deliveries. Ivana Nincevic Lesandric drew Masson said her pleas to stop attention to the anesthesia issue were ignored at the Barcelona when she complained to Parlia- hospital where she delivered two ment she did not receive any for years ago, and she later com- an emergency procedure after a plained to authorities. miscarriage. The hospital said doctors took “I don’t think I’ve ever been in “appropriate measures” during (a) much more painful situation her delivery. in my life,” Lesandric said. “I thought I was going to die,” In response, the speaker of the she said. “For one month after, House chastised Lesandric for my belly was blue and purple.” speaking over her allotted time The technique is known as the and for publicly sharing such inti- Kristeller maneuver and was mate details, saying it put him in first described in an 1867 Ger- an awkward position. man textbook. It is sometimes The Ministry of Health, while used during the second stage of not directly commenting on her labor to assist delivery and avoid case, said doctors typically use a cesarean section when compli- a local anesthetic for such proce- cations arise. dures. Officials suggested there But many doctors in developed may have been a “misunder- countries say they have stopped standing” on Lesandric’s part using it because of the potential regarding the type of anesthesia for broken bones, organ damage she received. and other complications. The Dr. Frederick Mercier, chair World Health Organization does of obstetrics for the European not recommend the technique. Society of Anesthesiology, said Yet the procedure is still com- general anesthesia is “most often monly performed in many Eu- used” in procedures like the one ropean countries, highlighting Lesandric had. He said local an- how once-accepted practices can esthesia isn’t used because “it is persist even long after they’re less effective.” considered to be unnecessary or In submissions for a U.N. report even dangerous. presented in October, several Eu- Europe has some of the world’s ropean countries or government- lowest maternal and infant death appointed experts acknowledged rates, and assertions of mistreat- lapses in how informed consent ment during childbirth are more from women during childbirth common in Africa, Asia and was obtained. The Czech Repub- Latin America. But the Kristeller lic wrote that women were some- maneuver and some other medi- times given documents to sign cal practices related to childbirth “without any explanation or in- have come under increasing formation on the nature or reason scrutiny in Europe, including for the procedure.” complaints about inadequate an- In October, the Council of esthesia, surgical incisions dur- Europe passed a resolution on ing vaginal births and failure to “obstetrical and gynecological seek patient consent for certain violence.” Among other recom- procedures. mendations, it called on European “Depending on the act, these member countries to implement Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 FACES Kardashian West sues over ‘Vampire Facial’ Reynolds picks up Reality TV star and business- woman Kim Kardashian West is suing an Alabama doctor over claims he wrongly used her image to promote a medical procedure called a “Vampire Facial.” picked-on Peloton West filed suit Tuesday in Los Angeles against Dr. Charles Runels of coastal Fairhope, Ala. The suit claims Runels misused West’s image in promotional ma- terials after she posted a photo of actress for gin ad herself on social media showing the results of a “Vampire Facial.” West, a reality TV star and suc- BY JOHN CARUCCI cessful businesswoman who has Associated Press a number of beauty and lifestyle enterprises and millions of fol- Ryan Reynolds says he relates to the social media criticism heaped on the lowers on social media, asked a Peloton ad actress. In fact, that feeling led him to hire her for a commercial federal judge to bar Runels from promoting his gin company. using her name or photo and to Reynolds spoke Tuesday about the uproar while promoting his new action make him and any other doctors flick, the Michael Bay-directed “6 Underground.” who benefited pay her profits. In the Peloton commercial, Monica Ruiz portrays a wife who receives an ex- Runels, 59, said in a telephone ercise bike as a Christmas present, and chronicles her yearlong journey to get interview Wednesday that West in shape. The commercial ends with the wife thanking her husband for the gift. wrongly used his trademarked After the spot aired, the character was mocked for several reasons: Some noted name for a medical procedure she was already thin, others mocked her for having a “nervous” expression, to promote herself. He called the and others were angry her husband gave her an lawsuit “disappointing.” exercise gift, as if she needed to lose weight. “We’re trying to do good medi- Reynolds thought the viral negativity was cine. The last thing we want to do unfair, and said it’s “a situation that I’ve been is spend millions of dollars argu- in many times before” as an actor. ing with a celebrity,” he said. “You put it out there, and it doesn’t quite The cosmetic procedure in- work, and you feel a little alienated and stuff. volves drawing a patient’s blood, So, I had tremendous empathy for her in that spinning it in a centrifuge and moment,” Reynolds said at the premiere of then injecting small amounts his new action flick, “6 Underground.” under the skin using multiple “Doing the Aviation Gin ad sort of gave small needles, Runels’ website her some authorship over some of this TNS says, and blood also is applied conversation, which I loved,” he said. topically on the skin. Monica Ruiz, in a television “And she’s, she’s the best. She’s really advertisement for Peloton funny, really smart.” In “6 Underground,” which is now Women in Entertainment streaming on Netflix, Reynolds stars as the leader of a group of six war- gala honors Witherspoon riors, each with their own special set of skills. After faking their own deaths, they take on a number for their names, ranging from One to Reese Witherspoon remem- Six, and go underground to take down a dictator. Reynolds plays One. bered when she met with several The movie also stars French actress Melanie Laurent, Manuel Gar- film production studios in 2011 to cia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Adria Arjona, Dave Franco and Israeli actor ask them how many movies were Lior Raz. being developed for women. It was directed by Michael Bay, who is known for the big-screen The studios’ responses nearly action movies like “Armageddon,” “The Rock” and “Transformers” floored her. series. But he says it worked for him to pair with Netflix. “Of all the major seven studios, “Here’s the thing: I love big cinema. But Netflix is a new voice. It is the answer was one,” Wither- a big, it’s a big name out here right now. And it’s doing a lot of interest- spoon said after she received the ing content. And it gives it — it’s all over the world, you know, access prestigious Sherry Lansing Lead- to almost 250 million people,” Bay said. ership Award at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertain- Ryan Reynolds: Actor, gin producer, friend to misunderstood actresses. ment breakfast gala Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Oscar- and CHARLES SYKES, INVISION/AP Emmy-winning actress said she was grateful to receive the award named after Lansing, the former A$AP Rocky performs in Sweden Paramount Pictures CEO who was the first woman to head a Hol- months after conviction for brawl lywood studio. The award honors those excelling in film and mak- Associated Press “spread love and have fun.” ing philanthropic contributions. However, the performance Witherspoon said the moment A$AP Rocky is back in Swe- was peppered with references helped empower her to start her den. The American rapper per- to his time in a Swedish prison, own production company, Hello formed Wednesday evening, including a simulated arrest. Sunshine, which has produced four months after he was con- The rapper joked he felt like “an Oscar-nominated films “Gone victed of assault for a violent honoree Swede at this point.” Girl,” “Wild” and the HBO drama street brawl. Following a visit to a school series “Big Little Lies” with an The curtain raised at Stock- in the suburbs of the Swedish all-female leading cast. holm’s Ericsson Globe arena to capital earlier in the day, May- the sight of a stage-wide metal ers posted an open invitation to Other news cage enclosing male dancers. his concert on Instagram. They attempted to break free as  The rapper known as Saucy “Whoever’s from the hood, Santana soon as the rapper began to per- they get in for free,” he said in said he was one of three form, a not-so-subtle reference a video that went viral on so- people shot and wounded during to his nearly monthlong incar- cial media and has led to lines a drive-by shooting near Miami ceration this summer pending of youngsters making their way early Wednesday morning. At his trial. into the capital. least six shots were fired, striking But A$AP Rocky, whose real Concert promoter Live Na- all three of the occupants of the name is Rakim Mayers, said tion said last month that May- vehicle in which Santana and his he wasn’t there to talk about friends were riding. No arrests JESSICA GOW, TT/AP ers scheduled the show “after his treatment in the hands of tremendous support from the were immediately reported. Rapper A$AP Rocky performs Dec. 11 in Stockholm. the Swedish authorities but to Swedish fans.” From The Associated Press PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 WORLD Officials say gunman hanged by angry mob in Baghdad square

Associated Press In recent days, abductions and assassinations of high-profile civil BAGHDAD — An angry mob activists have stoked paranoia killed a 16-year-old and strung among demonstrators. Protesters up the corpse by its feet from a largely blame Iran-backed mi- traffic pole after the teen shot litias for the attacks and see the and killed six people Thursday, violence as a campaign to instill including four anti-government fear and weaken their peaceful protesters, Iraqi officials said. movement. Dozens of people pointed their Thursday’s bloodshed began cellphones at the body dangling when the young gunman opened high above them in a central fire in Baghdad’s Wathba Square, Baghdad square. Videos circulat- killing two shop owners and four ing on social media showed the protesters. Security officials said young man being beaten and the teen was wanted by police on dragged across the street. drug-related charges and was The violence underscored the running from security forces. growing fears and suspicions An enraged mob beat the young swirling around the 8-week-old man to death, security and health protest movement, which en- officials said. The officials spoke gulfed Iraq on Oct. 1 when thou- on condition of anonymity. At sands took to the streets to decry least eight people were wounded, government corruption, poor ser- the officials said. vices and scarcity of jobs. Influential Shiite cleric Muqta- A string of mysterious acts of da al-Sadr called those who killed bloodshed by unknown groups the teen “terrorists” and warned has put anti-government protest- that if they were not identified ers on edge and eroded their faith within 48 hours, he would order in the ability of state security his militia to leave the square. forces to protect them. Members of Saraya Salam, or On Dec. 6, 25 protesters were Peace Brigades, are deployed in killed when gunmen in pickup the square to protect protesters. trucks opened fire in Baghdad’s The killing of the teenager was Khilani Square. That same week, condemned by the wider pro- mysterious knife attacks targeted test movement in Tahrir Square, more than a dozen anti-govern- which said in a statement that ment protesters in Tahrir Square, the perpetrators were not part of the hub of the protest movement. their peaceful demonstrations. Defense of Myanmar army is blasted in genocide case

Associated Press to take “all measures within its power to prevent all acts that THE HAGUE, Netherlands amount to or contribute to the — Lawyers seeking to halt what crime of genocide.” they allege is ongoing genocide in The U.N. court proceedings in Myanmar have slammed leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s defense of her The Hague produced the spectacle country’s armed forces, saying Wednesday of Suu Kyi, who was Thursday that the Nobel Peace awarded the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner and former pro- Prize for championing democracy democracy icon chose to ignore and rights under Myanmar’s then- “unspeakable” crimes targeting ruling junta, defending the army Muslim civilians. that kept her under house arrest The United Nation’s top court is for some 15 years. conducting emergency legal pro- “We heard nothing about sex- ceedings to determine if military ual violence from Myanmar yes- personnel committed genocide terday, not a single word about against Myanmar’s Rohingya it,” lawyer Paul Reicher told the minority in 2017. The African na- world court Thursday as Suu Kyi tion of Gambia, acting on behalf watched impassively. “Because it of a large group of Muslim coun- is undeniable and unspeakable, tries, requested the International they chose to ignore it completely. Court of Justice hearings and al- I can’t really blame them. I would leges that human rights violations hate having to be the one to de- against the Rohingya continue. fend it.” With maps, satellite imagery Suu Kyi testified Wednesday and graphic photos, Myanmar’s the exodus of Rohyinga was a accusers have detailed what they tragic consequence of hostilities say is a deliberate campaign of initiated by insurgents. The al- ethnic cleansing and genocide legations of genocide and other — including the killing of civil- crimes by the army stemmed ians, raping of women and torch- from “an internal armed conflict ing of houses — that forced more started by coordinated and com- than 700,000 Rohingya to flee to prehensive armed attacks … to neighboring Bangladesh. which Myanmar’s defense ser- Gambia wants the U.N. court vices responded,” she said. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 19 PAGE 20 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police pay off layaways at Walmart store

DADE CITY — A Flor- FL ida police department gave back this holiday season by paying off all the layaways at a Walmart store, allowing 26 customers to pick up their purchases. The Dade City Police Depart- ment said in a Facebook post that Chief James Walters and his staff walked into the store to pay off 26 layaway accounts totaling more than $4,300. The money came from anony- mous donors and the Dade City Police Foundation. The buyers were surprised when they re- ceived the good news on a phone call from the police chief. Man rescued after falling into abandoned well

VENTURA — Fire- CA fighters rescued an 87- year-old man who received minor injuries when he fell into an aban- doned well in a southern Califor- nia neighborhood. The Ventura County Star re- ported that the man was appar- ently mowing the lawn at his home near Simi Valley when he fell into a hole previously covered for more than a decade. A woman in the area said she was in her car when she kept hearing a sound before following the voice, discovering the man and calling 911. Ventura County Fire officials said the man was alert and able to communicate with firefight- ers when they arrived to find him about 25 feet below the surface. ALAN CAMPBELL, ROCKY MOUNT (N.C.) TELEGRAM/AP Man charged with theft in $10K bingo win Give us a kiss Shelby Wagnon receives a nuzzle from Wizard, a 5-year-old alpaca, on Tuesday at Alpaca Bella Fina Ranch in Whitakers, N.C. MONROE — The luck ran out for a Louisiana LA a 14-year-old runaway who had Federal officials said the nene man allegedly caught rigging THE CENSUS “camped out” at the store over- has been brought back from the bingo games to win more than night after leaving home, Green- $10,000. The number of days a former housekeeper at a hotel was sen- brink of extinction through a ville police spokeswoman Kristen John Cook, 43, was booked into tenced to for stealing a guest’s $35,000 diamond ring. Chrystal breeding program and habitat Hunter said. the Ouachita Correctional Facil- Monique Gregory, 28, pleaded guilty to grand larceny in August. restoration, Hawaii Public Radio ity on a felony theft charge and 30 Prosecutors said she used an employee key to break into a couple’s reported. two counts for failing to appear Scientist: Rodent suite at The Cavalier hotel. Once inside, she entered a master code The nene is native to the Ha- multiple times following his June complaints led to firing to open a safe where the victims left the 2½-carat diamond engagement ring. The waiian Islands. In the 1950s the 29 arrest, according to a Monroe ring was never recovered, prosecutor’s office spokeswoman Macie Allen said. number of nenes fell to about 30 Police warrant obtained by news SOCORRO — A New birds in the wild, but long-term outlets. Mexico scientist said efforts restored the population to NM teorologists said some pop-up ment and into thick forest and Police said Cook was recorded she was fired from a New Mexico about 3,000 statewide, wildlife of- thunderstorms dropped hail in undergrowth , the girls unbuckled on video at a bingo parlor manip- Tech lab job after complaining ficials said. some sections of north Phoenix themselves from their booster ulating a “Bonanza Bingo” game about a rodent infestation. by handpicking the balls he want- Chemical engineer Glenanne and other areas recently. seats, realized their dad wasn’t Man arrested after ed to play and then hiding the Johnson was terminated from her It wasn’t as widespread as Nov. talking and climbed out a broken winner until he was ready to end position as a lab manager at the 21 when hail fell in parts of Phoe- rear window. ride on mule deer the game. The warrant said Cook Energetic Materials Research nix and the suburbs of Goodyear, They made it back up to the did that four times and won thou- and Testing Center following her Avondale, Tempe, Mesa and road, where they were spotted by RILEY — Police said sands for three people, including complaints about mouse drop- Apache Junction — an unusual a woman who happened to drive OR a young man was ar- his sister. pings and dead rodents, KOB-TV sight in the desert. by. rested after he was caught on reported. Johnson said the work Last week, hail blanketed some The girls’ mother, Esther Crid- video riding on the back of a mule Teen runaway found environment made her sick and north Phoenix freeways and made er, told The Seattle Times they deer that was trapped in a fenced she later tested positive for han- it look like a winter wonderland are “independent,” but she was area in rural eastern Oregon. ‘camping’ inside store tavirus — an infectious disease for a while until rain and warmer astonished by what they did. Oregon State Police sa id Jacob spread by rodents. temperatures took over. The crash, on Whidbey Island, Belcher, 18, of Riley was arrested GREENVILLE — Em- The university would not com- killed Corey Simmons, 47, of Dec. 6 and charged with wildlife NC ployees at a Bed, Bath & ment on why she is no longer Mom surprised at how Langley. He was not wearing a harassment and animal abuse . Beyond in North Carolina discov- employed. twin daughters survived seat belt, authorities said. Police said someone sent the ered an uninvited sleepover guest state police’s Fish and Wildlife di- hiding in the store when they State bird’s status vision a video of Belcher climbing opened up Monday morning. Hail drops on city for LANGLEY — The onto the young mule deer buck The Greenville employees 2nd time in 18 days WA mother of twin 4-year- changed to threatened and riding the animal, which ap- called local police around 8:30 old girls who survived a car crash a.m. and officers responded to a PHOENIX — For the that killed their dad north of Se- HONOLULU — The fed- pears exhausted. “breaking and entering in prog- AZ second time in 18 days, attle said she’s astonished at what HI eral government changed Troopers said the deer makes ress,” according to The News & large hail coated the desert in they did. the protection status of Hawaii’s grunting or bleating sounds Observer. parts of the Phoenix metro area. Authorities said that after the state bird from endangered to throughout the video. The intruder turned out to be National Weather Service me- car plunged down an embank- threatened, officials said. From wire reports Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Ruling on gun case would be unnecessary Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY GREG WEINER The court’s unwillingness The framers of the Constitution were a Special to The Washington Post diverse group, but it is fair to characterize EDITORIAL to philosophize about the them broadly as believing legislatures and Terry Leonard, Editor he Supreme Court’s newly rein- Constitution in the abstract executives should deliberate on constitu- [email protected] forced conservative majority is tional questions. The reason was that the facing a test. It could use a case is one of the most important Senior Managing Editor people could not simply outsource consti- Robert H. Reid, before the court as an opportunity [email protected] T limits on its power. tutional questions to the courts. All of us to expand the scope of Second Amendment have a responsibility to consider them be- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content protections. Or it could pursue the correct cause the Constitution is the property of [email protected] conservative approach: decline the temp- citizens. Leaving such issues solely in the Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation tation to intervene. principle. The court’s unwillingness to hands of the judiciary would risk a moral [email protected] This is a tension as old as the republic. In philosophize about the Constitution in the hazard by which the elected branches of 1793, the Washington administration asked abstract is one of the most important limits government feel free to ignore constitu- Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital the Supreme Court to advise it about the on its power. tional questions on the grounds that the [email protected] interpretation of treaties. The court, under What was alarming about the oral argu- judiciary will resolve them. Chief Justice John Jay, demurred. That set ments was the seeming willingness of two The underlying controversy involves BUREAU STAFF a precedent against the court issuing hy- conservative justices, Samuel Alito and a debate between originalists who seek pothetical opinions, rather than limiting Neil Gorsuch, to ignore this fundamental a more limited judiciary on the model of Europe/Mideast itself to the actual “cases and controver- principle. Alito, for example, suggested the Robert Bork’s and the increasingly as- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief sies” over which the Constitution gives it [email protected] case was not moot because the plaintiffs cendant libertarian view of originalism, +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 jurisdiction. did not get “a declaration that the old law known as “judicial engagement,” that calls Last week, the court heard arguments in was unconstitutional, period.” But that is on jurists to lean aggressively into the pro- Pacific a case involving a New York City rule that exactly why the case is moot: The old rule tection of rights. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief restricted the ability of law-abiding gun [email protected] no longer exists. Gorsuch wondered wheth- Yet the Constitution does not belong to +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 owners to transport their weapons. Many er allowing the plaintiffs to seek damages the courts alone. 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Jay might see that eagerness to decide the case less cil and state legislature — where citizens reply that they should be more concerned as an opportunity to expand the Second are more immediately represented — are CIRCULATION about the Supreme Court defining its own Amendment than as a troubling precedent exactly where constitutional questions Mideast power broadly. for expanding the power of the court. That belong. Conservatives may disagree with Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager The problem is that the case is moot. it would occur just as conservatives have those bodies’ conclusions, but the constitu- [email protected] New York City repealed the rule at issue solidified a majority on the court would in- tional design assumes legislatures are the [email protected] after the Supreme Court agreed to hear vite cynicism, as well. primary forum for constitutional disputes. 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Constitutional conservatives should science at Assumption College and a visiting Washington provide in 1793. But it implicates the same welcome, not ignore, that development. scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 Reader letters [email protected] Honesty about Afghanistan would be a life-saver Additional contacts stripes.com/contactus BY JAY AMBROSE the al-Qaida conspirators in the neighbor- after story of the missteps, the failures, the Tribune News Service hood. The Taliban said no, and we invaded, negative consequences, the pointlessness OMBUDSMAN pushed the Taliban aside and shredded al- of so much that has been tried. t’s no small thing when grotesque Qaida as its terror-struck terrorists fled I myself recently heard such a story at Ernie Gates mistakes and lies about them cost into Pakistan. We should have then said a gathering spoken to by a brave if tear- 2,300 lives and a trillion dollars, but goodbye with a promise to visit again if ful soldier who had served as a medic in The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow that’s what we got from U.S. officials necessary. Afghanistan for four years. He showed us of news and information, reporting any attempts by the I who have kept us at war in Afghanistan for military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s Instead, our military hung around with videos of bloody U.S. soldiers being car- independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns 18 years. A chief culprit is the Pentagon, no idea of what our mission was or what ried into helicopters. He showed pictures and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- of course, but also presidents, Congress strategies would work in a land where we of soldiers who were killed in combat. He ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman and the State Department. And the over- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted understood nothing about the culture. We told of awful incidents. He told of watching all picture is powerfully sustained by a by email at [email protected], or by phone at weren’t going to try nation building, but horrifying drone attacks on long-distance 202.886.0003. Washington Post expos e that comes at us we did, leading to confusion and unspeak- monitors. He said everyone in Afghani- at a time when so much else in our republic able corruption. We were going to stop the stan knew at least one person killed by the seems a mess. opium trade, but saw it blossom. We were United States. At the same time, and to my Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- After all, we right now have House days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday going to train the Afghan army, but it’s surprise, he did not want total withdrawal. Democrats atrociously and deceptively through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and still untrained. We were going to crush al- He clearly loved the Afghan people and Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals abusing their power in an impeachment ef- Qaida, but what was left was gone. We were postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send thought the Taliban would return to excru- fort doing more to toss principles out the going to sink the Taliban but it was big and address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, ciating power if we left. I have no choice APO AP 96301-5002. window than a legitimately elected if fault- entrenched and we should have negotiated but to respect his view even if I now feel This newspaper is authorized by the Department of filled president who will be saved by the instead of just watching it rise again. We Defense for members of the military services overseas. differently. 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But we should quit sacrificing religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical after an initial attack following the 9/11 hundreds of interviews and its report handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor tragedy at the hands of al-Qaida. We need- was hidden away. For several years now, American lives over and meanwhile de- of the purchaser, user or patron. ed to strike back if we were going to pre- The Post has tried to get access to it, not mand truth from people who are suppos- © Stars and Stripes 2019 vent future terrorism on our shores, and through leaks but through the Freedom of edly our public servants. we asked the Taliban, then pretty much Information Act, and has lately been suc- Jay Ambrose is an op-ed columnist for Tribune stripes.com in charge of Afghanistan, to let us punish cessful. What it has come up with is story News Service. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 OPINION

ignored information that the FBI’s own What newspapers Crossfire Hurricane team had later gath- ered that cast doubt on the Steele claims. The omissions include the stunner that are saying at home Page had been working as an “operational contact” for what Horowitz calls another The following editorial excerpts are se- U.S. agency from 2008 to 2013. Page has lected from a cross section of newspapers said that is the CI A, which Horowitz doesn’t throughout the United States. The editori- confirm, though he does say that Page was als are provided by The Associated Press reporting on his Russian contacts, which and other stateside syndicates. the agency deemed credible. In other words, the FBI was using Page’s Ban is toothless if Russia’s Russian contacts as evidence against him to the FISA court even as the other agency athletes can still compete considered his reports on those Russians Chicago Tribune to be helpful to the U.S. Horowitz says the International anti-doping regulators say FBI never disclosed that information to the they’ve had it with Russian cheating and FISA judges . have banned the country from internation- Democrats and the press are making al competition for four years. That includes much of Horowitz’s conclusion that he the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and “did not find documentary or testimonial the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. What evidence that political bias or improper does that ban really mean? motivation” influenced FBI decisions. But Well, imagine the Russian volleyball his report does show that political bias team wins gold. The team takes the po- was conveyed to the FISA court from the dium. But because of the ban, the athletes MATIAS J. OCNER, MIAMI HERALD/AP Clinton campaign via the Steele dossier aren’t wearing Russian uniforms. Instead, through the FBI. It was conveyed by Bruce they don whatever drab, understated garb Family and friends gather at Vista Memorial Gardens cemetery in Miami Lakes, Fla., Ohr, a senior Justice Department official signifies being neutrals from nowhere on Tuesday for the burial service of Frank Ordonez, a UPS driver who was taken hos- whose wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fu- in particular. No Russian flag goes up tage by armed robbers and killed during a shootout with police on Dec. 5. sion GPS. Horowitz may not have found a the flagpole, no Russian anthem fills the memo with the words “let’s get Trump,” arena. Not a word from Trump about the threat tarians, pass this off as no big deal? The but his evidence shows that getting Trump Back in Moscow, what do you think Rus- of terrorism, or a shred of curiosity about absolution is supposedly that Horowitz was the goal of Steele and Fusion GPS. Ohr sian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction motives and whether the Saudi officer was concludes that the FBI decision to open met 13 times with the FBI to discuss the would be? Our guess is a wide, beaming radicalized and by whom, or a thought a counterintelligence probe against the Steele findings. smile and a celebratory swig of the best about what Saudi Arabia could do to help Trump campaign in July 2016 “was suffi- Even if you buy the “no bias” line, all of vodka rubles can buy. Russians still will investigate the shooter, or perhaps a lament cient to predicate the investigation” under this had major political consequences. Fu- have won gold, and for a country bent on that a pilot, a guest of the United States, current FBI rules. Yet Horowitz also notes sion GPS used its media contacts to spread a scam-at-any-cost approach to winning, would carry out such a horrific assault on that these rules amount to a “low threshold word of the Steele dossier’s accusations, bringing home the gold is all that matters. his hosts, or even a worry about where the for predication.” John Durham, the U.S. at- and news of the FBI’s use of that dossier In issuing its verdict Monday, the World 21-year-old officer got the weapon. Trump torney investigating these matters for At- became a media hook to suggest the ac- Anti-Doping Agency said that, even after quickly pivoted to say there were a lot of torney General William Barr, said Monday cusations were credible. This became Russia was exposed as a systematic cheat- countries participating in the aviator train- he disagrees with Horowitz’s conclusions another part of the false Russia collusion er at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014 ing program. He often performs this pivot, on predication, albeit without elaboration narrative played up by the press . and a long list of other international com- a telltale dodge . for now. The Horowitz report should not be the petitions, Russian officials persisted in Trump has an inexplicable blind spot Horowitz confirms what the FBI had al- end of this tawdry tale. Whether or not their chicanery. They did so most recently for Saudi Arabia. He has no trouble insult- ready leaked to friendly reporters, which there are prosecutions, Barr and Durham by manipulating a database containing test ing people from other Muslim countries. is that the bureau’s alarm in July 2016 was should release the entire FISA record to results for Russian athletes. ... After a terrorist attack in London, he triggered by a conversation that former the public. The GOP Senate also needs The agency could have slapped an out- tweeted, “These animals are crazy and Trump aide George Papadopoulos had to call the FISA judges to tell their story right ban on Russia that barred every Rus- must be dealt with through toughness and with Australian Alexander Downer. But under oath . sian athlete from Tokyo, Beijing, the World strength!” But when a Saudi carries out an we learn for the first time that the FBI Cup and all other international competi- attack on a U.S. military base, Trump be- immediately ramped up its counterintel- Thieves to blame for deaths, tions for four years. Instead, the WADA comes a spokesman and apologist for the ligence probe to include four Trump cam- flinched. king. paign officials: Page and Papadopoulos, but shootout is troubling Athletes around the world who rely only King Salman has assured Trump, ac- then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, Miami Herald on grit, passion and commitment to strive cording to an embassy news release, that and former head of the Defense Intelli- A police pursuit of two suspected Coral for Olympic glory have every right to feel he has “directed Saudi security services gence Agency Michael Flynn. Gables, Fla., jewelry store robbers ended let down. With stronger action against to cooperate with the relevant American The bureau quickly moved to a full-scale in shocking violence on Dec. 5 on live Russia, the international sports commu- agencies to uncover information that will investigation it called Crossfire Hurri- TV: four dead; a jewelry store employee nity could have sent a message that cheat- help determine the cause of this horrific cane. The FBI’s justification, as related to wounded. ing is, and will always be, a one-way road attack.” Perhaps Trump thinks Americans Horowitz, is that the risk of Russian dis- The dead included a hostage and an in- to disgrace. have forgotten that when Washington Post ruption of the 2016 election was too great nocent bystander — people you never want The halfway ban issued by the WADA contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi to ignore. to see die in a police operation. reinforces the cynicism that much of the was dismembered in the Saudi Consulate Yet the bureau never told anyone in the For anyone watching on television as the world increasingly feels about the Olym- in Istanbul, Trump and members of his ad- Trump campaign, or even Donald Trump, afternoon rush hour chase of the hijacked pics. In the lead-up to the 2018 Winter ministration vowed, as Secretary of State whom or what it was investigating so he UPS truck and its driver stretched from Olympics in South Korea, there was hope Mike Pompeo put it, to pursue “a thorough, could reduce the danger or distance him- Miami-Dade to Broward County, the cul- that banning the Russian flag and anthem transparent and timely investigation, in- self from those advisers. The FBI was in- mination was surreal and jarring — a sud- would be the cudgel that scared Rus- cluding accountability for those responsi- vestigating the campaign but wouldn’t tell den gunbattle between the suspects and sia straight. Clearly that measure wasn’t ble for the killing.” That promise remains the candidate who would soon be elected. police, surrounded by drivers trapped at enough. Why would international sports unfulfilled . The FBI abuses escalated when it was a traffic light. The most tragic scene hap- officials think it would be enough now? presented with the Steele dossier. Steele pened next. The UPS driver, who found Only one course of action would get the Real crime is what fed FBI’s was hired by Glenn Simpson and Fusion himself in the middle of a barrage of bul- Kremlin to sit up and take notice — an out- GPS, the oppo-research outfit hired by a lets, tried to jump out of the truck, only to right ban on Russian athletes competing. conduct on FISA warrants law firm for the Clinton campaign. Horow- be fatally wounded, as we watched live. The Wall Street Journal itz confirms that the FBI then used the To their credit, South Florida television Trump served Saudis’ interests The press corps is portraying Monday’s Steele dossier to trigger its application to stations quickly pulled back or cut the feed report by Justice Department Inspector the FISA court to spy on Page. to spare the audience of such front seat to after naval base attack General Michael Horowitz as absolution “We determined that the Crossfire Hur- violence. But we sadly watched a young The Washington Post for the FBI, but don’t believe it. The report ricane team’s receipt of Steele’s election man fight for his life, and fail. President Donald Trump’s reaction to relates a trail of terrible judgment and vio- reporting on September 19, 2016 played a It was heartbreaking. the murderous rampage in Pensacola, lations of process that should shock Ameri- central and essential role in the FBI’s and The bullets kept coming, more than 100 Fla., on Dec. 6 by an officer of the Royal cans who thought better of their premier Department’s decision to seek the FISA rounds, killing an unsuspecting motorist Air Force of Saudi Arabia was insensitive law enforcement agency. order,” Horowitz says. This confirms what and also the two armed robbers. Nearly 20 and grossly insufficient. Three American Readers can look at the detailed execu- Rep. Devin Nunes and House Republicans officers opened fire. service members lost their lives and eight tive summary and decide for themselves. first disclosed in February 2018, which was Now many more questions must be an- were wounded by a Saudi wielding a 9 mm But our own initial reading confirms the denied by Rep. Adam Schiff and sneered at swered by the FBI. Could the hostage and Glock 45 pistol in a killing rampage that the worst of what we feared about the bureau by the press at the time. the bystander have been better protected? FBI says is being investigated as terror- when it was run by James Comey. The FBI Horowitz also finds that the FBI told the Whose bullets killed the victims? Should ism. What does the president say? He finds corrupted the secret court process for ob- FISA court that Steele was credible with- officers have approached the truck know- it “shocking” and conveys the condolences taining warrants to spy on former Donald out having tried to confirm the details or ing the suspects were armed and firing? of “very, very devastated” King Salman of Trump aide Carter Page. And it did so by verify his sources. Horowitz found seven Clearly, the blame lies with the brazen Saudi Arabia and his son, Crown Prince supplying the court with false information key “errors or omissions” in the FBI’s and reckless thieves who sparked this trag- Mohammed bin Salman, and adds that the produced by Christopher Steele , an agent original FISA application and 10 more in edy . But such a tragic loss of life warrants kingdom will “help out the families very of the Hillary Clinton campaign. the three subsequent applications. The lat- a careful examination of what went wrong, greatly.” How can anyone, most of all civil liber- ter were especially egregious because they and how we can do better. PAGE 24 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 SCOREBOARD

Sports College football Pro football College basketball pher Hubbard (knee), WR Jarvis Landry Schedule NFL (hip), S Eric Murray (knee), TE David Wednesday’s men’s scores on AFN Saturday’s games AMERICAN CONFERENCE Njoku (knee), DE Olivier Vernon (knee). EAST EAST East FULL: TE Demetrius Harris (shoulder), RB Colgate 66, Cornell 58 Army (5-7) vs. Navy (9-2) at Philadelphia W L T Pct PF PA Dontrell Hilliard (knee), CB Denzel Ward Dartmouth 77, Maine 44 New England 10 3 0 .769 338 168 (ankle), CB Greedy Williams (shoulder). Marshall 86, Bluefield St. 50 Go to the American Forces Buffalo 9 4 0 .692 274 212 CARDINALS: DNP: S Budda Baker (ham- Mass.-Lowell 72, NJIT 66 NCAA FCS playoffs N.Y. Jets 5 8 0 .385 226 301 string), C Mason Cole (knee), WR Larry Merrimack 69, Army 60 Network website for the most Second Round Miami 3 10 0 .231 221 399 Fitzgerald (not injury related), DT Corey Rutgers 72, Wisconsin 65 up-to-date TV schedules. Saturday, Dec. 7 South Peters (not injury related), G Justin Pugh St. Peter’s 86, Fairleigh Dickinson 70 James Madison 66, Monmouth (NJ) 21 Houston 8 5 0 .615 317 309 (back), LB Terrell Suggs (back, illness), Yale 83, UMass 80, OT myafn.net Northern Iowa 13, South Dakota State 10 Tennessee 8 5 0 .615 318 255 G J.R. Sweezy (illness). LIMITED: WR SOUTH Weber State 26, Kennesaw State 20 Indianapolis 6 7 0 .462 296 295 Andy Isabella (shoulder), WR Christian Belmont 105, Carson-Newman 56 Montana State 47, Albany (NY) 21 Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 230 337 Kirk (ankle), CB Byron Murphy (calf), CB Furman 90, North Greenville 65 Illinois State 24, Central Arkansas 14 North Kevin Peterson (shoulder), LB Joe Walker NC Central 109, Christendom 28 North Dakota State 37, Nicholls 17 x-Baltimore 11 2 0 .846 430 236 (ribs). SC State 90, UNC Asheville 85, OT Deals Montana 73, Southeastern Louisiana 28 Pittsburgh 8 5 0 .615 259 242 NEW ENGLAND at CINCINNATI — PA- Troy 60, Jacksonville St. 55 Austin Peay 42, Sacramento State 28 Cleveland 6 7 0 .462 273 291 TRIOTS: DNP: Julian Edelman (knee/ VMI 78, Ferrum 60 Quarterfinals Cincinnati 1 12 0 .077 198 325 shoulder). LIMITED: LB Ja’Whaun Bentley Virginia Tech 63, Chattanooga 58 Wednesday’s transactions Friday, Dec. 13 West (knee), DL Byron Cowart (concussion), MIDWEST Northern Iowa (10-4) at James Madi- y-Kansas City 9 4 0 .692 371 281 OL Ted Karras (knee), CB Jason McCour- Illinois 71, Michigan 62 BASEBALL ty (groin), WR Mohamed Sanu (ankle), MLB — Named Buck Martinez presi- son (12-1) Oakland 6 7 0 .462 258 366 Kansas St. 86, Alabama St. 41 Austin Peay (11-3) at Montana State Denver 5 8 0 .385 236 261 DL Danny Shelton (shoulder). FULL: QB Missouri St. 75, Arkansas St. 53 dent of the Baseball Assistance Team. Tom Brady (right elbow), WR N’Keal Har- American League (10-3) L.A. Chargers 5 8 0 .385 289 251 SOUTHWEST Montana (10-3) at Weber State (10-3) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ry (hip). BENGALS: No report. Houston 71, Texas-Arlington 63 TEXAS RANGERS — Traded OF Nomar MIAMI at N.Y. GIANTS — DOLPHINS: Mazara to the Chicago White Sox for OF Saturday, Dec. 14 East Lamar 73, Southern NO 56 Illinois State (10-4) at North Dakota W L T Pct PF PA DNP: WR Allen Hurns (ankle/knee), DT TCU 70, Winthrop 60 Steele Walker and assigned Walker to Gerald Willis (hip). LIMITED: FB Chandler Frisco (TL). State (13-0) Dallas 6 7 0 .462 334 267 Tulsa 69, Boise St. 56 Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 297 301 Cox (shoulder), CB Nik Needham (groin), FAR WEST National League WR DeVante Parker (concussion), WR Arizona 99, Omaha 49 COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to Washington 3 10 0 .231 188 310 NCAA Division II playoffs N.Y. Giants 2 11 0 .154 247 362 Albert Wilson (concussion). FULL: LB Arizona St. 88, Prairie View 79 terms with RHP Scott Oberg on a three- Jerome Baker (chest/jaw), QB Ryan Fitz- Quarterfinals South California 69, Fresno St. 63 year contract. patrick (shoulder), RB Patrick Laird (hip). N. Dakota St. 71, CS Northridge 62 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to Saturday, Dec. 7 y-New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 344 296 Slippery Rock 65, Notre Dame (Ohio) 59 Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 378 381 GIANTS: DNP: CB Janoris Jenkins (ankle), San Diego 66, Cal St.-Fullerton 54 terms with LHP Chris Lee on a minor G Kevin Zeitler (ankle/wrist). LIMITED: TE EXHIBITION league contract. West Florida 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 38 Carolina 5 8 0 .385 300 360 Rhett Ellison (concussion-non contact), Ferris St. 25, Northwest Missouri State 3 Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 300 343 Nicholls 118, Carver 44 SAN FRANCSICO GIANTS — Named TE Evan Engram (foot), QB Daniel Jones Craig Albernaz bullpen/catching coach, Minnesota State 42, Texas A&M-Com- North (ankle), WR Golden Tate (foot). FULL: CB merce 21 Green Bay 10 3 0 .769 309 270 Corey Ballentine (concussion). Andrew Bailey pitching coach, Brian Minnesota 9 4 0 .692 339 249 AP Men’s Top 25 schedule Bannister pitching director, Kai Correa Semifinals DENVER BRONCOS at KANSAS CITY Saturday, Dec. 14 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 243 232 CHIEFS — BRONCOS: No report. CHIEFS: Friday’s game bench coach, infield/baserunning in- Detroit 3 9 1 .269 287 335 No. 24 Colorado at Colorado State structor, Donnie Ecker major league hit- West Florida (11-2) at Slippery Rock No Report. (13-0) West HOUSTON TEXANS at TENNESSEE TI- Saturday’s games ting coach, Ethan Katz assistant pitching San Francisco 11 2 0 .846 397 229 No. 1 Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky coach, Dustin Lind director of hitting/ Minnesota State (13-0) at Ferris State TANS — TEXANS: No report. TITANS: (12-0) Seattle 10 3 0 .769 341 321 DNP: LB Daren Bates (shoulder), RB No. 2 Kansas vs. UMKC at the Sprint major league assistant hitting coach L.A. Rams 8 5 0 .615 311 262 Center, Kansas City, Mo. and Justin Viele major league hitting Championship Derrick Henry (hamstring), WR Adam Saturday, Dec. 21 Arizona 3 9 1 .269 272 374 Humphries (ankle), CB Adoree’ Jackson No. 5 Michigan vs. No. 10 Oregon coach. WASHINGTON NATIONALS x-clinched playoff spot No. 6 Gonzaga at No. 15 Arizona — Named bench coach Tim Bogar, first At McKinney, Texas (foot). LIMITED: DT Jurrell Casey (knee), Semifinal winners y-clinched division No. 8 Kentucky vs. Georgia Tech base coach Bob Henley, third base coach C Ben Jones (thumb), CB LeShaun Sims Thursday’s game (ankle), S Kenny Vaccaro (concussion). No. 12 Auburn vs. Saint Louis at Lega- Chip Hale, pitching coach Paul Menhart, N.Y. Jets at Baltimore cy Arena at the BJCC, Birmingham, Ala. hitting coach Kevin Long, assistant hit- NCAA Division III playoffs JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at OAKLAND Sunday’s games RAIDERS — JAGUARS: DNP: DE Calais No. 13 Memphis at No. 19 Tennessee ting coach Pat Roessler, bullpen coach Denver at Kansas City No. 14 Dayton vs. Drake Henry Blanco. Quarterfinals Campbell (back), WR D.J. Chark (ankle), Saturday, Dec. 7 Tampa Bay at Detroit No. 16 Michigan State vs. Oakland at BASKETBALL C Brandon Linder (knee). LIMITED: CB Tre Muhlenberg 24, Salisbury 8 Houston at Tennessee Herndon (shoulder), WR Dede Westbrook Little Caesars Arena, Detroit National Basketball Association North Central (Ill.) 31, Delaware Val- Miami at N.Y. Giants No. 18 Butler vs. Southern GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Recalled (neck, shoulder), LB Quincy Williams ley 14 Seattle at Carolina (hand). FULL: CB A.J. Bouye (calf), TE Seth No. 20 Villanova vs. Delaware at the F Alen Smailagic from Santa Cruz (NBA- Wisconsin-Whitewater 26, Mary Har- Chicago at Green Bay Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. GL). DeValve (oblique), S Ronnie Harrison din-Baylor 7 New England at Cincinnati (concussion). RAIDERS: DNP: T Trenton No. 22 Seton Hall at Rutgers SACRAMENTO KINGS — Recalled F We- Saint John’s (Minn.) 34, Wheaton (Ill.) 33 Philadelphia at Washington Brown (pectoral), LB Marquel Lee (toe), No. 23 Xavier at Wake Forest nyen Gabriel from Stockton (NBAGL). Semifinals Cleveland at Arizona WR Hunter Renfrow (rib), LB Kyle Wilber Sunday’s games FOOTBALL Saturday, Dec. 14 Jacksonville at Oakland (ankle), CB Daryl Worley (neck). LIMITED: No. 3 Ohio State at Minnesota National Football League North Central (Ill.) (12-1) at Muhlen- Minnesota at L.A. Chargers C Rodney Hudson (ankle), G Gabe Jack- No. 17 North Carolina vs. Wofford at ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed DL Ja- berg (13-0) Atlanta at San Francisco son (knee), RB Josh Jacobs (shoulder), S Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, N.C. vier Edwards to the practice squad. Saint John’s (Minn.) (12-1) at Wiscon- L.A. Rams at Dallas Lamarcus Joyner (hamstring). CHICAGO BEARS — Released RB Jer- sin-Whitewater (12-1) Buffalo at Pittsburgh LOS ANGELES RAMS at DALLAS COW- emy McNichols from the practice squad. Championship Monday’s games BOYS — RAMS: DNP: TE Gerald Everett Wednesday’s women’s scores Signed WR Reggie Davis to the practice Friday, Dec. 20 Indianapolis at New Orleans (knee). LIMITED: WR Nsimba Webster EAST squad. At Shenandoah, Texas Saturday, Dec. 21 (hip). FULL: T Rob Havenstein (knee). NYU 55, Hunter 49 DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed WR Ced- Semifinal winners Houston at Tampa Bay COWBOYS: DNP: LB Sean Lee (pectoral, UMass 58, Boston U. 45 rick Wilson on IR. Signed OT Mitch Hyatt Buffalo at New England thigh), LB Leighton Vander Esch (neck). SOUTH from the practice squad and WR Cyril NAIA playoffs L.A. Rams at San Francisco LIMITED: DE Michael Bennett (foot), T Belmont 69, Lipscomb 68 Grayson to the practice squad. Sunday, Dec. 22 La’el Collins (knee), S Jeff Heath (shoul- Kentucky 91, Winthrop 36 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed WR Semifinals N.Y. Giants at Washington der, shoulder), CB Byron Jones (hip), P Tennessee 79, Colorado St. 41 Dontrelle Inman. Saturday, Dec. 7 Cincinnati at Miami Chris Jones (abdomen), G Zack Martin Troy 79, ETSU 61 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed OL Marian (Ind.) 34, Lindsey Wilson 24 New Orleans at Tennessee (elbow, ankle), RB Tony Pollard (ankle), MIDWEST Brandon Thomas, LB Quincy Williams Morningside 21, Grand View 16 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets DT Antwaun Woods (knee). FULL: WR DePaul 105, Notre Dame 94 and LB Jake Ryan on IR. Signed OL Tyler Championship Baltimore at Cleveland Amari Cooper (knee), QB Dak Prescott IUPUI 103, Indiana-Northwest 45 Gauthier and LB Dakota Allen. Claimed Saturday, Dec. 21 Carolina at Indianapolis (right hand, left hand), T Tyron Smith Indiana 64, Butler 43 LB Preston Brown off waivers from Oak- At Ruston, La. Jacksonville at Atlanta (achilles), S Darian Thompson (biceps). Iowa 75, Iowa St. 69 land. Morningside (13-0) vs. Marian (Ind.) Oakland at L.A. Chargers MINNESOTA VIKINGS at LOS ANGELES S. Dakota St. 71, Chattanooga 56 MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB Tony (12-0) Detroit at Denver CHARGERS — VIKINGS: DNP: RB Alexan- South Dakota 110, Mount Marty 39 Brooks-James to the practice squad. Arizona at Seattle der Mattison (ankle). LIMITED: CB Mike Wright St. 64, Marian (Ind.) 60 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed K Dallas at Philadelphia Hughes (hip), DT Linval Joseph (knee), SOUTHWEST Josh Gable, DL Eric Lee and DB Adarius Kansas City at Chicago CB Xavier Rhodes (ankle), WR Adam Arkansas 91, Tulsa 41 Pickett to the practice squad. Boxing Monday, Dec. 23 Thielen (hamstring). FULL: RB Dalvin Texas A&M 70, TCU 68 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed DL Green Bay at Minnesota Cook (chest), CB Holton Hill (shoul- FAR WEST Sheldon Rankins and DL Marcus Daven- der), DT Jaleel Johnson (ankle), TE Kyle Boise St. 66, BYU 55 port on IR. Signed DE Noah Spence and Fight schedule Rudolph (groin), DT Shamar Stephen CS Bakersfield 100, Westcliff 44 DT T.Y. McGill. NFL injury report (knee). CHARGERS: No Report. San Diego 70, San Diego St. 47 OAKLAND RAIDERS — Released TE Dec. 14 NEW YORK — The National Football PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at WASH- Cole Wick from the practice squad. At Madison Square Garden, New York, League injury report, as provided by the INGTON REDSKINS — EAGLES: DNP: WR Signed DL Olsen Pierre and TE Eric Tom- Terence Crawford vs. Egis Kavaliauskas, league (OUT - definitely will not play; Nelson Agholor (knee), DE Derek Bar- AP Women’s Top 25 schedule 12, for Crawford’s WBO welterweight linson. Signed CB Nick Nelson from the DNP - did not practice; LIMITED - limited nett (ankle), WR Alshon Jeffery (foot), Friday’s games practice squad and TE Paul Butler, LB title; Richard Commey vs. Teofim Lopez, participation in practice; FULL - full par- T Lane Johnson (ankle). LIMITED: RB 12, for Commey’s IBF lightweight title; No games scheduled Te’von Coney and OL Kyle Kalis to the ticipation in practice): Jordan Howard (shoulder), CB Jalen Saturday’s games practice squad. Michael Conlan vs. Valdimir Nikitin, 10, Sunday Mills (elbow). FULL: LB Kamu Grugier- featherweights. No. 3 Oregon at Long Beach State PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released DT ATLANTA FALCONS at SAN FRANCISCO Hill (concussion). REDSKINS: DNP: CB No. 4 Oregon State vs. Utah State Kevin Wilkins from the practice squad Dec. 20 49ERS — FALCONS: DNP: DE Allen Bailey Quinton Dunbar (hamstring), LB Ryan At Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoe- No. 16 DePaul vs. Alabama State at and DT Albert Huggins to the practice (not injury related), LB De’Vondre Camp- Kerrigan (calf). LIMITED: LB Ryan Ander- Wintrust Arena, Chicago squad. nix, Daniel Jacobs vs. Julio Cesar Chavez bell (calf), G James Carpenter (con- son (shoulder), CB Fabian Moreau (ham- Jr., 12, super middleweights; Julio Cesar No. 17 Gonzaga vs. Texas Southern SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed OL cussion), DE Adrian Clayborn (back), string), T Morgan Moses (toe), T Donald No. 24 Michigan vs. Appalachian Weston Richburg on IR. Signed CB Don- Martinez vs. Cristofer Rosales, 12, for RB Devonta Freeman (knee), CB Isaiah Penn (knee, back), WR Trey Quinn (con- vacant WBC World flyweight title; Mau- cussion), WR Paul Richardson (ham- State tae Johnson and WR Jordan Matthews to Oliver (shoulder), T Ty Sambrailo (ham- Sunday’s games rice Hooker vs. Pedro Campa, 10, welter- string). LIMITED: WR Julio Jones (shoul- string), G Brandon Scherff (elbow, shoul- one-year contracts and OL Kofi Amichia weights; Daniyar Yeleussinov vs. Alan No. 1 Stanford vs. Ohio State and CB Jermaine Kelly to the practice der), S Sharrod Neasman (shoulder), G der). FULL: QB Dwayne Haskins (ankle), Sanchez, 10, welterweights. LB Cole Holcomb (thumb), RB Adrian No. 5 South Carolina vs. Purdue squad. Wes Schweitzer (shoulder). 49ERS: No No. 7 Louisville at No. 14 Kentucky Dec. 21 Report. Peterson (toe). TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed At Toyota Arena, Ontario, Calif., Tony SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at CAROLINA No. 8 Florida State vs. St. John’s RB T.J. Logan on IR. Signed WR Ishmael BUFFALO BILLS at PITTSBURGH STEEL- No. 9 N.C. State vs. Elon Harrison vs. Jermell Charlo, 12, for Har- ERS — BILLS: DNP: LB Lorenzo Alexander PANTHERS — SEAHAWKS: No Report. Hyman from the practice squad and rison’s WBC World super welterweight PANTHERS: DNP: LB Mario Addison No. 10 UCLA vs. Pacific WR Trevion Thompson to the practice (not injury related -- resting veteran), DE No. 11 Texas A&M vs. Houston title; Jhack Tepora vs. Oscar Escandon, Jerry Hughes (not injury related -- rest- (chest), LB Marquis Haynes (knee), T squad. 10, featherweights; Hugo Centeno Jr. vs. Greg Little (ankle), RB Christian Mc- No. 12 Indiana vs. Youngstown State HOCKEY ing veteran), DT Corey Liuget (knee), T No. 19 Michigan State vs. Morehead Juan Macias Montiel, 10, middleweights; Ty Nsekhe (ankle). STEELERS: DNP: LB Caffrey (not injury related), DT Gerald National Hockey League Efe Ajagba vs. Iago Kiladze, 10, heavy- McCoy (knee), G Trai Turner (not injury State DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Mark Barron (not injury related), G David No. 20 Missouri State vs. Missouri weights; Andre Dirrell vs. Juan Ubaldo DeCastro (not injury related), TE Vance related). LIMITED: TE Greg Olsen (con- Filip Zadina and D Dennis Cholowski and Cabrera, 10, super middleweights. cussion). FULL: S Eric Reid (shoulder), LB No. 21 Arkansas vs. Northwestern Dylan McIlrath to Grand Rapids (AHL). McDonald (concussion), C Maurkice State Dec. 23 Pouncey (not injury related), RB Jaylen Shaq Thompson (ankle). NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned F At Yokohoma, Japan, Ryota Murata TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at DETROIT No. 22 West Virginia vs. Norfolk State Ryan Gropp from Maine (ECHL) to Hart- Samuels (groin), T Alejandro Villanueva at Charleston (W.Va.) Civic Center vs Steve Butler, 12, for Murata’s WBA (not injury related). FULL: RB James Con- LIONS — BUCCANEERS: DNP: T Demar ford (AHL). World middleweight title; Ken Shiro vs. ner (shoulder), WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Dotson (not injury related), WR Mike SOCCER Randy Petalcorin, 12, for Shiro’s WBC (knee). Evans (hamstring), LB Jason Pierre-Paul Major League Soccer and Alvarado’s IBF junior flyweight titles; CHICAGO BEARS at GREEN BAY PACK- (knee), T Donovan Smith (ankle, knee). Pro baseball LA GALAXY — Signed M Sacha Kljes- Moruti Mhtalane vs. Akira Yaegashi, 12, ERS — BEARS: DNP: TE Ben Braunecker LIMITED: G Alex Cappa (elbow), WR Scott tan. for Mhtalane’s IBF flyweight title. (concussion), WR Taylor Gabriel (con- Miller (hamstring), LB Anthony Nelson SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Acquired Dec. 28 cussion), T Bobby Massie (ankle), DT (hamstring), QB Jameis Winston (right M Cristian Espinoza from Villarreal (La At Marseille, France, Arsen Roy Robertson-Harris (foot), LB Danny thumb, knee). LIONS: No Report. MLB calendar Liga-Spain) and signed him to a multi- Goulamirian vs. Constantin Bejenaru, Trevathan (elbow), WR Javon Wims Monday year contract. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at NEW ORLEANS Jan. 10 — Salary arbitration figures 12, for Goulamirian’s WBA Super World (knee). FULL: CB Prince Amukamara exchanged. TENNIS cruiserweight title. (hamstring). Y PACKERS: LIMITED: WR SAINTS — COLTS: No Report. SAINTS: No ATP — Named Massimo Calvelli CEO. Report. Jan. 21 — Baseball Writers’ Associa- At State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Ger- Geronimo Allison (knee), T Bryan Bulaga tion of America Hall of Fame voting re- COLLEGE vonta Davis vs. Yuriorkis Gamboa, 12, (not injury related), TE Jimmy Graham sults announced. ARIZONA STATE — Junior RB Eno Ben- for the vacant WBA World lightweight (wrist), CB Kevin King (shoulder), TE NFL calendar Feb. 3-21 — Salary arbitration hear- jamin declared for the NFL draft. title; Jean Pascal vs. Badou Jack, 12, for Marcedes Lewis (not injury related), G ings, Phoenix. COLORADO STATE — Named Steve Pascal’s WBA World light heavyweight Billy Turner (knee), RB Dan Vitale (calf), Jan. 4-5 — Wild-card playoffs. Feb. 4-6 — Owners meetings, Orlando, Addazio football coach. title; Angelo Leo vs. Cesar Juarez, 12, CB Tramon Williams (not injury related). Jan. 11—12 — Divisional playoffs. Fla. FLORIDA ATLANTIC — Named Willie supoer bantamweights; Petros Ananyan FULL: WR Davante Adams (toe), CB Tony Jan. 19 — AFC, NFC championship Feb. 11 — Voluntary reporting date for Taggart football coach. vs. Juan Heraldez, 10, super lightweights; Brown (heel), LB Blake Martinez (hand). games. pitchers, catchers and injured players. NORTHWESTERN — Named Mike Baja- Jose Uzcategui vs. Lionell Thompson, 10, CLEVELAND BROWNS at ARIZONA Jan. 26 — Pro Bowl. Feb. 16 — Voluntary reporting date for kian offensive coordinator/quarterbacks super middleweights; Malik Hawkins CARDINALS — BROWNS: DNP: LB Sione Feb. 2 — Super Bowl, Miami Gardens, other players. coach. vs. Darwin Price, 10, super lightweights; Takitaki (illness), C J.C. Tretter (knee). Fla. Feb. 21 — Mandatory reporting date. UNLV — Named Marcus Arroyo foot- Ahmed Elbiali vs. Brian Vera, 10, light LIMITED: WR Odell Beckham (groin), WR Feb. 24-March 2 — NFL scouting com- March 26 — Opening day, active ros- ball coach. heavyweights. Khadarel Hodge (achilles), T Christo- bine, Indianapolis. ters reduced to 26 players. PAGE 26 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 NBA Knicks nip Warriors in OT to end slump

Marcus Morris puts up season-high 36 points

BY JOE STIGLICH Scoreboard Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Warriors coach Steve Kerr liked the come- Eastern Conference back attempt he saw Wednesday Atlantic Division night from his young Golden W L Pct GB Boston 17 6 .739 — State team. Philadelphia 18 7 .720 — Toronto 16 8 .667 1A That sort of effort just isn’t pay- Brooklyn 13 11 .542 4A ing off in the win column. New York 5 20 .200 13 Southeast Division Marcus Morris scored a sea- Miami 18 6 .750 — son-high 36 points and the New Orlando 11 13 .458 7 Charlotte 11 16 .407 8A York Knicks held off Golden State Washington 7 16 .304 10A Atlanta 6 19 .240 12A 124-122 in overtime to snap a 10- Central Division game losing streak. Milwaukee 22 3 .880 — Indiana 16 9 .640 6 Golden State (5-21) trailed Detroit 10 14 .417 11A NATHAN DENETTE/The Canadian Press/AP by 21 in the second quarter but Chicago 9 17 .346 13A Cleveland 5 19 .208 16A roared back with a second-half Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard stretches for the ball as Toronto Raptors forward OG rally. The Warriors still lost for Western Conference Anunoby, right, looks on during the Clippers’ 112-92 win Wednesday in Toronto. the sixth time in seven games and Southwest Division W L Pct GB fell behind the Knicks (5-20) for Dallas 16 7 .696 — Roundup the NBA’s worst record. Houston 16 8 .667 A San Antonio 9 14 .391 7 “At halftime we were down Memphis 8 16 .333 8A 18, and we were sort of lifeless,” New Orleans 6 19 .240 11 Northwest Division Kerr said. “We got back in the Denver 14 8 .636 — Leonard leads Clippers past Utah 14 11 .560 1A game pretty quickly in the third Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 4 quarter. That’s a good lesson for Minnesota 10 14 .417 5 Portland 10 15 .400 5A young players in this league. It’s a Pacific Division L.A. Lakers 22 3 .880 — Raptors in return to Toronto really long game and you have to L.A. Clippers 19 7 .731 3A stay with it.” Phoenix 11 13 .458 10A Sacramento 11 13 .458 10A The Warriors returned from Golden State 5 21 .192 17A a five-game road trip with opti- Wednesday’s games Associated Press quarter to help host Indiana rally 22 and host Chicago snapped a mism, seeing a favorable stretch Houston 116, Cleveland 110 past Boston. three-game losing streak with a Indiana 122, Boston 117 TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard of schedule ahead that offered L.A. Clippers 112, Toronto 92 The Pacers trailed 94-84 after victory over road-weary Atlanta. L.A. Lakers 96, Orlando 87 scored 23 points in his return to three quarters but took the lead LaVine, who sat out the final seemingly winnable games at Charlotte 113, Brooklyn 108 Toronto, Lou Williams had 18 home. Chicago 136, Atlanta 102 for good on the first of Holiday’s 14 minutes, was 12-for-15 from Utah 127, Minnesota 116 and the Clippers won their third two three-pointers with 4:16 left. the field, including 7-for-7 from Over the past three nights, Memphis 115, Phoenix 108 straight game Wednesday, beat- Milwaukee 127, New Orleans 112 Kemba Walker scored a sea- three-point range. however, they’ve dropped games Sacramento 94, Oklahoma City 93 ing the slumping Raptors 112-92. New York 124, Golden State 122, OT Grizzlies 115, Suns 108: to the Knicks and Memphis Griz- Maurice Harkless scored 14 son-high 44 points and had seven Dil- Thursday’s games assists — not enough to extend lon Brooks scored 27 points, Jaren zlies, who own a combined record Philadelphia at Boston points and Paul George had 13 as of 13-36. Cleveland at San Antonio the Celtics’ four-game winning Jackson Jr. added 24 and Mem- Dallas vs. Detroit at Mexico City the Clippers evened their road re- Julius Randle had 24 points Portland at Denver cord at 6-6. streak. phis earned a win at Phoenix. Friday’s games Indiana snapped a seven-game The Grizzlies won two games and 13 rebounds, and rookie RJ Houston at Orlando Before the game, Leonard re- Barrett scored 22 for New York, L.A. Lakers at Miami ceived his championship ring losing streak in the series — in- in a row for the first time in near- New Orleans at Philadelphia cluding Boston’s first-round play- ly a month. Jackson shot 10-for-18 which fought off the Warriors’ Indiana at Atlanta from the 2018-19 season, when he comeback bid and gave Mike Charlotte at Chicago helped Toronto beat Golden State off sweep last season. from the field, including 3-for-7 Milwaukee at Memphis Rockets 116, Cavaliers 110: from three-point range, and the Miller his first win as interim Golden State at Utah in six games for the franchise’s L.A. Clippers at Minnesota James Harden scored 55 points Grizzlies improved to 6-0 when coach. New York at Sacramento first NBA title. “We had to bounce back again Saturday’s games Clippers guard Patrick Bever- — 20 in the fourth quarter — and Brooks scores at least 20 points. San Antonio vs. Phoenix at Mexico City Russell Westbrook added 23 Bucks 127, Pelicans 112: and again and again,” Miller said. Brooklyn at Toronto ley scored 11 points in 19 minutes “(The Warriors) continued to L.A. Clippers at Chicago before leaving in the third quar- points as Houston withstood an Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out Washington at Memphis unexpected scare at Cleveland. but host Milwaukee kept on roll- make plays, continued to stretch Cleveland at Milwaukee ter because of a concussion. Bev- the game out. We had a lot of guys Miami at Dallas erley collided with Marc Gasol’s The free-falling Cavaliers have ing, getting 29 points from Eric Detroit at Houston lost eight straight and 14 of 15. Bledsoe in a rout of New Orleans contribute and play well tonight.” Oklahoma City at Denver shoulder as the Raptors center was setting a screen. Harden matched Kyrie Ir- that extended the team’s winning Pascal Siakam scored 24 points, ving’s arena record for points in streak to 16 games. Norman Powell had 22 and OG a game . The Bucks (22-3) tied the sec- Anunoby 13 as the Raptors lost Hornets 113, Nets 108: ond-longest winning streak in for the fourth time in five games Devonte’ Graham scored a ca- franchise history and moved and dropped their third straight reer-high 40 points, and Charlotte closer to the franchise record of at home. Toronto set a franchise rallied from a 20-point deficit to 20, set during the team’s 1970-71 record with nine straight home win at Brooklyn. championship season. victories to begin the season. Graham had 27 points in the Kings 94, Thunder 93: Bogdan Lakers 96, Magic 87: LeBron second half in the Hornets’ sec- Bogdanovic made a three-pointer James had 25 points, 10 assists ond straight victory. Miles Bridg- with 13.4 seconds remaining, and and 11 rebounds to help Los An- es added 14 points. host Sacramento overcame an 11- geles win at Orlando. Jazz 127, Timberwolves 116: point deficit in the fourth quarter Anthony Davis had 16 points Donovan Mitchell had 30 points to beat Oklahoma City. and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, and six assists, Joe Ingles pitched Both teams committed turn- who have won 13 of 14. Kenta- in a season-high 23 points and overs with the game tied in the vious Caldwell-Pope added 15 visiting Utah dealt Minnesota its final minute before Shai Gil- points for Los Angeles. sixth straight loss. geous-Alexander hit two free Jonathan Isaac led the Magic Rudy Gobert added 20 points throws to put the Thunder up 93- with 19 points. Evan Fournier had and 16 rebounds for the Jazz, who 91 with 31.6 seconds left. 18 and Aaron Gordon finished won for just the third time in nine Bogdanovic got the ball outside games by taking over with a 38-24 the arc as Oklahoma City defend- BEN MARGOT/AP with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Pacers 122, Celtics 117: advantage in the third quarter. er Dennis Schroder went flying The New York Knicks’ Julius Randle, right, shoots against Golden Malcolm Brogdon scored 29 Bulls 136, Hawks 102: Zach past him trying for a block. Bog- State Warriors defender Kevon Looney during the Knicks’ 124-122 points and Aaron Holiday scored LaVine scored 35 points in three danovic then hit a 28-foot jumper overtime victory Wednesday in San Francisco. 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarters, Lauri Markkanen added to give Sacramento the lead. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 27 COLLEGE BASKETBALL/NHL/GOLF College basketball roundup Cockburn, Illinois upset No. 5 Michigan

Associated Press No. 15 Arizona 99, Nebras- ka-Omaha 49: Josh Green and CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kofi Chase Jeter had 15 points each, Cockburn had 19 points, 10 re- helping the host Wildcats bounce bounds and four blocks to help Il- back from their first loss of the linois upset No. 5 Michigan 71-62 season. on Wednesday night. The 7-foot freshman from Ja- Arizona (10-1) returned to maica dominated from the open- McKale Center for the first time ing tip, making two dunks that in 17 days with a dominating per- brought the crowd to its feet. formance, jumping on the Mav- Ayo Dosunmu added 14 points, ericks with a big opening run Adres Feliz had 13 and Giorgi Be- and keeping its foot on the gas. zhanishvili 12 for Illinois (7-3, 1-1 Arizona shot 58%, had 25 assists Big Ten). on 38 field goals and had a 44-20 Jon Teske scored 16 points for advantage in the paint. Michigan (8-3, 1-1). Eli Brooks Merrimack 69, Army 60: Ju- and Isaiah Livers each scored 12 varis Hayes registered 14 points, points. eight assists and six rebounds With about four minutes left in as the host Warriors topped the the game, Cockburn hit a basket Black Knights. and was fouled. While celebrat- Mikey Watkins had 17 points ing, he inadvertently hit referee for Merrimack (6-5). Devin Jen- ANDY BROWNBILL/AP Lewis Garrison in the head and sen added 14 points. Jaleel Lord U.S. team player Justin Thomas plays from a bunker on No. 2 Thursday during a Presidents Cup fourball knocked him unconscious. Illi- had eight rebounds for the hosts. match at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. nois spokesman Derrick Burson Tommy Funk had 18 points said Garrison was cleared on site for the Black Knights (4-5). Matt by doctors and taken to a hospital Wilson added 18 points and 11 as a precaution. rebounds. Down, down under: US NHL roundup NHL scoreboard

Eastern Conference trails International team Caps retain Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 32 20 6 6 46 109 81 Montreal 32 15 11 6 36 104 105 dominance Buffalo 32 15 11 6 36 101 97 Florida 30 15 10 5 35 106 101 Americans in a rare spot – behind big in Presidents Cup Toronto 32 15 13 4 34 104 104 Tampa Bay 29 15 11 3 33 105 93 of Bruins Ottawa 32 13 17 2 28 86 100 BY DOUG FERGUSON their first time playing togeth- Detroit 32 7 22 3 17 67 129 Metropolitan Division Associated Press er, Thomas replied, “Tiger was By the numbers Associated Press Washington 33 23 5 5 51 120 95 working well.” N.Y. Islanders 29 20 7 2 42 86 69 MELBOURNE, Australia — WASHINGTON — T.J. Oshie Carolina 31 19 11 1 39 103 85 Little else did for the Ameri- Philadelphia 31 17 9 5 39 97 88 Tiger Woods looked good as ever scored twice in under four min- Pittsburgh 31 17 10 4 38 104 85 cans, but that was more a product playing in the Presidents Cup. utes and John Carlson got the N.Y. Rangers 30 15 12 3 33 94 94 of great play by the International Columbus 30 12 14 4 28 76 93 As captain, his American team go-ahead goal to extend the New Jersey 30 9 16 5 23 74 111 team that Ernie Els assembled to found itself in foreign territory try to win the Presidents Cup for 4-1 Washington Capitals’ long-stand- Western Conference — trailing for the first time in 14 ing domination of the Boston Bru- the first time since 1998, its only Central Division years. victory. The score in favor of the ins with a 3-2 victory Wednesday GP W L OT Pts GF GA An inspired International team night in a showdown between the Colorado 31 20 8 3 43 114 85 The International team walked International team after St. Louis 32 18 8 6 42 94 88 shook off an opening fourballs off the course with arms around NHL’s two best teams. Winnipeg 31 19 10 2 40 92 83 loss to Woods and Justin Thomas Thursday’s fourballs play in The Capitals have won 16 of Dallas 32 18 11 3 39 84 76 shoulders, a most happy occasion Nashville 29 14 10 5 33 98 93 by getting big shots and key putts after having lost seven in a row the Presidents Cup. their past 17 games against the Minnesota 31 14 12 5 33 92 101 from rookies and veterans alike. since the tie in South Africa in Bruins, who have lost four in a Chicago 31 12 13 6 30 84 98 Pacific Division It won the other four matches 2003. row. Edmonton 33 18 11 4 40 100 99 Arizona 33 18 11 4 40 91 80 Thursday, never trailing in three Even the normally stoic Hide- Carlson’s blast past Jaroslav Calgary 33 17 12 4 38 91 98 of them, and wound up with the ki Matsuyama showed just how Halak in the third period fired up Vegas 33 16 12 5 37 98 94 Vancouver 31 15 12 4 34 104 95 start it needed in a bid to win for much this week means, fist- 2005 a crowd quieted by Sean Kuraly’s San Jose 33 15 16 2 32 89 114 the first time since 1998. pumping his way to victory. Mat- deflection goal minutes earlier. Anaheim 31 13 14 4 30 82 92 Los Angeles 32 12 18 2 26 80 103 The International won the suyama holed a 25-foot birdie on Earlier, fans in Capitals red and Note: Two points for a win, one point The last time the for overtime loss. Top three teams in opening session 4-1, its best start the 17th for a 1-up lead with C.T. Bruins black and gold got into it each division and two wild cards per ever and the first time it led after Pan, leading to the final victory of International squad led when Boston captain Zdeno Chara conference advance to playoffs. Wednesday’s games any session since 2005. the session over Patrick Reed and the event, then after the and Washington forward Tom Washington 3, Boston 2 “This is the start we needed,” Webb Simpson. second session. Wilson threw down the gloves in Montreal 3, Ottawa 2, OT Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1 Adam Scott said after he recov- “We’ll celebrate this little ses- a heavyweight fight in the first. Thursday’s games ered from his own nerves in Aus- sion victory and then we’ve got a Boston at Tampa Bay Canadiens 3, Senators 2 (OT): Nashville at Buffalo tralia. “We haven’t seen this for a couple more to go,” Els said. Ben Chiarot scored in overtime N.Y. Islanders at Florida while. We’ve got to try to keep this Columbus at Pittsburgh Next up is foursomes matches, and Cayden Primeau made 35 Winnipeg at Detroit lead now as long as possible, and a U.S. strength in the Presidents Vegas at St. Louis 6 saves for his first NHL victory in Edmonton at Minnesota hopefully the week runs out.” Cup. host Montreal’s decision over Ot- Toronto at Calgary Woods showed off an exquisite “We have to earn the cup,” tawa. Chiarot scored 1:11 into the Chicago at Arizona Birdies by Tiger Woods Los Angeles at Anaheim short game, building a 2-up lead Woods said, perhaps a reminder extra period on a 2-on-1 with Max Carolina at Vancouver after two holes with pitch-and- that history only goes so far in- in the only match of the Domi. N.Y. Rangers at San Jose Friday’s games run shots that set up easy bird- side the ropes. “It’s a long week. day the U.S. team won on Avalanche 3, Flyers 1: Mikko Vegas at Dallas ies. He chipped in for birdie on We’re not out of it yet.” Thursday, 4 and 3, with Rantanen had two goals and Pavel New Jersey at Colorado the par-5 fifth, and closed out the Woods is the first playing cap- Woods and Justin Thomas Francouz made 32 saves to lead Calendar match with an 8-foot birdie on the tain since the first Presidents host Colorado over Philadelphia. Dec. 19-27 — Holiday roster freeze. par-5 15th, his sixth birdie in the Cup in 1994, and it was his first defeating Marc Leishman Francouz, the 29-year-old first- Dec. 24-26 — Holiday break 15 holes he and Thomas needed time playing since 2013. It was Dec. 26-Jan. 5 — World Junior Cham- and Joaquin Niemann. year player, did most of his work pionship, Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Re- to beat Marc Leishman and Joa- his 25th victory in the Presidents after the first period, stopping 27 public. Jan. 1 — Winter Classic, Nashville at quin Niemann. Cup, one short of the record held shots in the final 40 minutes. Dallas (Cotton Bowl). Asked what worked well in by Phil Mickelson. SOURCE: Associated Press PAGE 28 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 MLB Source: Rendon, Angels agree on $245M Third baseman gets seven-year contract

BY RONALD BLUM Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Third baseman An- thony Rendon and the Los Angeles An- gels agreed to a $245 million, seven-year contract Wednesday, a person with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of ano- nymity because the agreement had not been announced and was subject to a suc- cessful physical. Rendon gets a $4 million signing bonus payable by Dec. 31 and salaries of $25.5 million next season, $27.5 million in 2021, $36 million in 2022 and $38 million each year from 2023-26. He would receive a $250,000 bonus for World Series MVP, $150,000 for League Championship Series MVP, $125,000 for election as an All-Star starter and $100,000 for selection as a reserve. Rendon is the third prized free agent to strike a big-money deal at this week’s base- ball winter meetings. He’ll join three-time MVPs Mike Trout and Albert Pujols on a team that’s made just one postseason ap- pearance in the past decade. The Angels had missed out on free agent right-hander Gerrit Cole, who agreed to DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP a record $324 million, nine-year contract Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon throws out the Houston Astros’ George Springer during the third inning of with the New York Yankees on Tuesday Game 6 of the World Series. Rendon and the Los Angeles Angels agreed to a $245 million, seven-year contract Wednesday. night, a person familiar with the deal told the AP. first World Series championship this year. tively want to be near and then we just take last March. The Nationals had remained “With our flexibility, if we miss a big His 19.9 Wins Above Replacement, per those opportunities to Arte and see if he’ll in contact with the 29-year-old Rendon’s player, there (are) still very talented play- FanGraphs, over the past four seasons grant us the permission to do those things,” representatives Wednesday, according to ers that are accessible in the free-agent trails only Trout, Boston’s Mookie Betts Eppler said. “There (are) good players out general manager Mike Rizzo. and trade market right now,” Angels gen- and Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich among there and players that warrant some size- “The third-base market specifically is eral manager Billy Eppler said earlier position players. able contracts. I know the players that he an active market,” Rizzo said. “There are Wednesday. Rendon is the latest big signing by owner likes.” several teams that are in the market for Rendon, who has played all seven of his Arte Moreno, following Pujols, Shohei Rendon follows Bryce Harper as a home- that particular position. I think it will move major league seasons with Washington, Ohtani, Josh Hamilton and C.J. Wilson. grown star in Washington to leave via free fairly rapidly, not only in the free-agent drove in a career-best 126 runs while help- “We’re within some structure of a bud- agency — Harper signed a $330 million, market but in the trade market I think ing the Nationals capture the franchise’s get and a payroll forecast that you rela- 13-year deal with the Philadelphia Phillies we’ll see some activity.” Ohtani’s throwing program at top of franchise’s agenda

BY JANIE MCCAULEY cal personnel and come up with a “If he can do that, then that Associated Press plan,” Eppler said. “He’s throw- would be the usage plan,” Eppler ing now at this time of year at said. “I don’t want to take addi- SAN DIEGO — Once Shohei more intensity than other pitch- tional risk on a guy who is right Ohtani completes the final phase ers are and other starters. back from a UCL reconstruction. of his recovery from Tommy John “So my question that I’m going I don’t want to introduce addi- surgery later this month, the Los to ask is going to be: ‘What’s best tional risk, clearly at the outset of Angeles Angels will confer with for Shohei? Is it to just continue the season. I don’t think that’s a surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache and throwing, is it to continue throw- mindful thing to do.” the team’s medical staff to de- ing on a mound, continue throw- The 25-year-old Ohtani had termine how to proceed with the ing flat ground? Stop, rest, start surgery on his left kneecap in Japanese two-way star’s throw- back up?’ So I’m going to explore September, but the reconstructed ing program. that, but I’m going to wait until elbow is most concerning for the Ohtani threw another bull- we get through this and then I’ll Angels. pen session Wednesday and has know a little bit more about how Ohtani got back on the mound worked up to about 50 pitches, to utilize him.” last week and pitched a bullpen general manager Billy Eppler Ohtani is throwing at 85%, and session in front of new pitching said. The team may decide to keep the A ngels would like him to reach coach Mickey Callaway in Ana- pushing him from the mound or about 90%. Eppler said some heim on Monday. flat ground, but he may also take pitchers on the staff will have The 2018 AL Rookie of the Year time off before ramping up again their innings monitored — Ohtani finished his second major league for spring training. likely one of them — without of- season batting .286 with 18 hom- DAVID BANKS, GETTY IMAGES/TNS “The first step is going to be fering specifics at this stage. He ers and 62 RBIs in 106 games as The Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani is greeted by teammates get through what he needs to does plan to keep Ohtani pitching the Angels’ designated hitter. after hitting a three-run home run against the Chicago White Sox on get through and then talk to Dr. once a week and hitting four days AP baseball writer Ronald Blum con- Sept. 7. Ohtani is recovering from Tommy John surgery. ElAttrache and talk to our medi- a week if all goes well. tributed to this report. Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Leader: Perry has undergone dramatic evolution

FROM BACK PAGE Fast forward five years later and Jasper marvels at the Mal- colm Perry he sees on the Navy football sideline. There is Perry exhorting teammates to stop wor- rying about what went wrong on the previous possession and focus on improving the next. Here is Perry telling Jasper what the defense is doing and suggesting some plays that might work. “Seeing how far Malcolm has come, both as a player and a per- son, has been very rewarding for me personally,” Jasper said. “Malcolm is so much more com- /AP MARCO GARCIA manding on the sideline. He’s Army quarterback Kelvin Hopkins Jr. looks to pass against Hawaii provided a strong leadership last month in Honolulu. presence and really taken con- trol of the offense. Malcolm has gone from a kid who didn’t say much to one that speaks up and is Legacy: Hopkins won over assertive.” Watching from the stands at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial West Point with personality Stadium, Bonny Perry has seen the dramatic evolution as well. “I see Malcolm on the sideline FROM BACK PAGE Hopkins said he doesn’t dis- hyping people up and I almost All these years later, Hopkins criminate, even when it comes can’t believe it. He has never been has memorized one of the most to his music preference. “Drake, like that before,” Bonny Perry complex offensive playbooks in Florence and the Machine, Mag- said of her youngest son. “I re- college football. He is most re- gie Rogers, Pusha T. All that. I member a game this season when nowned in West Point for being love it all.” Malcolm scored a touchdown, the first quarterback in program He also loves talking about food. then flipped the ball to the refer- history to rush and pass for 1,000 Hopkins conducted his first inter- ee. He’s never done anything like yards apiece. Among his team- view after spring practice with that before. I agree with Coach mates, though, he may be better a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats Jasper, Malcolm has grown and known for his genial disposition in hand. He spent a day during changed a lot.” and winsome smile. a bye week driving uninitiated Malcolm Perry has always “He’s funny,” said wide receiv- teammates more than 100 miles been a fierce competitor who er Camden Harrison, whose con- to introduce them to the glory of tried to lead by example, but mo- nection with Hopkins on the field Waffle House. It was an adven- tivating teammates verbally was this season has been constant. ture, much like the one Hopkins never his style. “He’s fun to be around, and you has been on as a cadet. “Malcolm has been playing can always count on him to have Fullback Connor Slomka sur- football since the age of 8 and your back.” mises that Hopkins was a sixth- all his coaches have wanted him If last year was proof that hard string quarterback when he to be more vocal, and he just work pays off, this season for arrived in West Point, typical just wouldn’t do it,” Bonny said. “Mal- Hopkins has been a lesson that by the sheer number of athletes colm knew the other kids weren’t ERIC CHRISTIAN SMITH/AP sometimes plans don’t work out on Army’s roster. What’s atypical as motivated, weren’t as seri- Navy quarterback Malcolm Perry runs against Houston last month. as expected. He’s been knocked is Hopkins’ gradual rise through ous as he was. Malcolm knew he out of multiple games with inju- the ranks, from afterthought to couldn’t instill those traits with Perry currently ranks third all-time at Navy with 3,842 career ries, missed several contests and program-altering star. words, so he just tried to show the rushing yards, trailing record-setting quarterback Keenan Reynolds fallen short on last-minute game- “He’s been a lot of things,” way.” (4,559, 2012-2015) and Napoleon McCallum (4,179, 1981-85). tying drives. “It’s been a chal- Slomka said, referring to the Malcolm Xiomar Perry is the lenge for me,” Hopkins said. quarterback’s uplifting personal- youngest of six children born to string quarterback Zach Abey cord-setting quarterback Keenan If he is healthy enough to start ity as well as his versatility as a parents who were both career had been suspended due to a vio- Reynolds (4,559, 2012-2015) in Philadelphia on Saturday when passer in a run-based offense. United States Army. Malcolm lation of team rules. Jasper sent and Napoleon McCallum (4,179, Army tries to four-peat against Slomka calls it “a cinematic Maurice Perry met his future word down from the press box for 1981-85). a superior Navy squad, it will be story. He’s worked his way up.” wife because they both worked in a member of the equipment staff “Coming here and hearing one final opportunity to leave a Much like Hopkins’ favorite logistics at Fort Campbell, which to “find Malcolm” and get him about all the legends of Navy foot- lasting legacy on an Army pro- movie, “The Sixth Sense,” the straddles the Kentucky-Tennes- suited up. ball like Joe Bellino, Roger Stau- gram that reached new heights quarterback, if healthy, has the see border. Perry marched into the stadium bach, Napoleon McCallum and with Hopkins under center. And potential to shock the audience Maurice Perry worked in re- that early September day along Keenan Reynolds... to be put in despite a senior year that has been with a season finale few may see fueling operations for 21 years, with the Brigade of Midshipmen the same conversation with any far less remarkable than the one coming, considering the strug- while Bonny handled repair parts and was sitting in the stands in of them is a tremendous honor before, Hopkins’ value as a leader gles Army has endured all year. and supply for 19 years. They his dress whites. He wound up and very humbling,” Perry said. and mentor has only grown. He may not start — said head were both deployed during the getting into the game and direct- About the only item missing As a child, Hopkins was the kid coach Jeff Monken on Tuesday of Gulf War and have lived in other ing a touchdown drive . from Perry’s impressive résumé who spoke up when something his quarterbacks, “We’re going to locales, evidenced by the fact two “ It was a pretty amazing way to is a victory over archrival Army. needed to be said, but otherwise have the guys available that are children were born in North Car- get my first college playing expe- He was dressed and stood on the tried to avoid the spotlight. available” — but if he does, he’ll olina and one in Germany. rience,” he admitted. sidelines as a plebe when the “I flip-flop a lot,” he confessed. be in a unique position leading “I was very comfortable around Perry has been the catalyst of Black Knights snapped the his- “I like to be social, but sometimes the underdog Black Knights (5-7) the military and knew first-hand an offense that leads the nation in toric 14-game winning streak the I like to be by myself off to the against a Midshipmen program what it could do for your future,” rushing average (360.8 yards per Midshipmen had in the series. side, in the corner, in the back- that has coasted to a 9-2 record. Perry said. “I saw some of the cool game) and ranks ninth in scoring Perry started at quarterback ground sometimes, too.” This week, Hopkins seems un- things you can do in the military (39.3 points). He is only the fifth in 2017 when Navy lost a 14-13 Hopkins takes pride in the fact fazed by all of it. The pressure. and the way you could provide for quarterback in Navy history to heartbreaker, then led the team that Charlotte is “a big melting pot The expectations. A lesser man your family.” rush and pass for more than 1,000 in rushing from the slotback posi- of people. All types of races. All might wince and mope through a Perry will forever be part of yards in a single season. tion in an equally crushing 17-10 types of classes.” He said growing final collegiate season marred by Navy football folklore because of Perry has accounted for 2,527 defeat in 2018. up in an area with a wide range of injury and defeat. Not Hopkins. the bizarre circumstances of his yards and 25 touchdowns from “I really can’t put into words life experiences prepared him to He sees a bigger picture, the one collegiate debut. Starting quar- scrimmage . He needs 88 yards to how huge that would be for the se- thrive in a place like West Point, that began with a kid who never terback Tago Smith suffered a break the season record for rush- niors, the entire football team and where he’s in classes with stu- dreamed he could make it here. season-ending injury during the ing (1,587 yards), which was set the Naval Academy as a whole,” dents from places like Honduras “If you would’ve asked me in 2016 opener against Fordham way back in 1983 by legendary Perry said of ending a three-game and Japan. It’s also helped him second grade where I thought I and backup Will Worth took over. tailback Napoleon McCallum. losing streak to Army. “It could relate to a football team com- would be,” Hopkins said, “defi- Unbeknownst to anyone else in Perry currently ranks third change the way I think about my posed of a diverse pool of athletes nitely wouldn’t have been at a attendance at Navy-Marine Corps all-time at Navy with 3,842 ca- entire career here at the Naval from all over the country. place like West Point.” Memorial Stadium that day, third reer rushing yards, trailing re- Academy.” PAGE 30 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, December 13, 2019 NFL League executive: Interference rules have caused ‘angst’

BY SCHUYLER DIXON Commissioner Roger Goodell Associated Press said “consistency is the number one thing we’re always trying to IRVING, Texas — Amid the achieve. concern and controversy over “And we every year have en- coaches’ challenges and video gaged in changes that have been reviews of pass interference, the designed to make us more con- NFL plans a hard look at the rules sistent and better,” Goodell said. adjustment instituted this season. “Obviously, the standard keeps The change was for the 2019 getting higher as we add new el- season only and the 32 team own- ers would have to ratify it again ements. But I think what people — on a temporary or permanent see nowadays with technology is basis — for it to be continued. much greater than it was even Thus far, inconsistencies in how five years ago. the penalties are being called and “I think our officials do an outstanding job, but we always with decisions made after video D. ROSS CAMERON/AP reviews have plagued the system. seek to improve and we will en- “There’s no question there’s gage in that. We have engaged in Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill, top, celebrates with teammates after throwing a been angst,” Rich McKay, presi- that. And I promise you that will touchdown pass to wide receiver A.J. Brown against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. dent of the Atlanta Falcons and continue.” head of the NFL’s powerful com- Vincent emphasized that his petition committee said Wednes- job is to evaluate all officiating day at the league meetings. “I’ve matters. Tipping point: Titans’ Tannehill felt the angst. I felt the angst with “My role is to gather all the in- our team, feel the angst of oth- formation and evaluate it, myself ers. But it’s a new rule. It’s a big included,” he said. triggers an offensive turnaround change. It’s something we haven’t In other topics: done before. So I don’t want to  Goodell said the league BY TERESA M. WALKER prejudge what the outcome could wouldn’t make any judgments By the numbers “We’re all feeding off each other,” Brown said. “Special be.” until the invstigation is complete Associated Press teams is feeding off defense, and McKay and league football op- into the New England Patriots NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ryan the defense is feeding off the erations chief Troy Vincent said inappropriately filming the Cin- the subject will be “a point of dis- Tannehill has done exactly what offense .” cinnati sideline during Sunday’s the Tennessee Titans hoped he The biggest difference for Ten- cussion” in the offseason. game in Cleveland. “I think from the committee’s would when they made him their 31.4 nessee in this scoring outburst in The club has acknowledged standpoint, what we typically do starting quarterback. recent weeks has been due to the that a three-person crew produc- is we’ll go back and we’ll look at They have scored at least 30 offense. The Titans had scored ing a web series titled “Do Your every single review and we will points in four straight games, the Points per game the only one touchdown in 10 quar- look at it from the standpoint as Job” didn’t properly inform the franchise’s longest streak since last eight weeks for the ters when Tennessee benched a committee, ‘Would we have re- Browns. The Patriots said they 2003. And though the Titans are Titans, second only to the Marcus Mariota for Tannehill versed that? Would we not have re- turned over all the footage to the coming off a game where they av- looking for an offensive spark. versed that?’ ” McKay explained. league after being confronted. eraged more yards per play than Baltimore Ravens over the The difference in the offense “After you do that, which is what New England plays at the Ben- any other NFL game this season, same period. was immediate. The Titans have we did last year with use of helmet gals on Sunday. they still see plenty of room for scored 27 touchdowns in seven — I think we looked at 120 use of  Goodell said owners dis- improvement. games with Tannehill . helmet plays. You get a good sense cussed the ongoing negotiations “There’s definitely things we “I don’t think it’s like a se- of, ‘Can we do this better? Does for a new labor agreement for can clean up some games more cret formula or anything like than others,” Tannehill said 4 this have a path to get better and about an hour but didn’t have that,”Titans safety Kevin Byard more efficient and more effective much else to report. The collec- Wednesday. “You go back and said. “I think guys are just exe- and more predictable? And what tive bargaining agreement ex- look at the tape, there’s always Consecutive games cuting a lot better than they were are the challenges?’ ” pires in March 2021. things we can be better at, plays before.” that we missed. Conversions that Tennessee has scored 31 Tannehill not only is second in we should’ve had, maybe a block or more points this season. the NFL completing 73.4% of his on the backside of a run or a passes, he leads the league with throw location could’ve been bet- a 118.5 passer rating. Derrick ter, a route could’ve been better.” Henry ranks second with 1,243 Some might say they’re nitpick- 118.5 yards rushing, and he’s averaging ing, but the Titans (8-5) are work- 5 yards a carry to give Tennessee ing to fix those mistakes — which a serious threat on play-action. concern Tannehill. Ryan Tannehill’s league- Rookie wide receiver A.J. Brown “The same mistake next game leading passer rating. leads the team with 39 catches for could hurt us,” he said, “so we 779 yards and six touchdown s. definitely want to clean those Trying to slow down or stop the things up.” SOURCE: Associated Press Titans has kept the Texans’ coach- Only the Baltimore Ravens ing staff busy the past couple (35.1) have scored more points in down three times this season, the days. Houston coach Bill O’Brien the NFL over the past eight weeks last with linebacker Jayon Brown says the Titans are doing a great than the Titans — who are aver- picking up a fumble and running job with the offense and the de- aging 31.4 points per game in that 46 yards for the clinching TD in sign with Tannehill executing. span. All the scoring has helped last week’s 42-21 victory in Oak- “He’s a good football player,” Tennessee win four straight and land. Linebacker Rashaan Evans O’Brien said. “He’s accurate, very six of its last seven and turn Sun- returned a fumble Nov. 10 in a accurate. He’s been accurate his day’s game with Houston (8-5) win over Kansas City. whole career. He’s making really ELISE AMENDOLA/AP into a showdown for the top of the Brown returned a fumble good decisions with the ball, he’s Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller, left, breaks up a pass AFC South. forced by Tye Smith, who re- getting them into the right play, intended for New England Patriots wide receiver Phillip Dorsett. Everyone on the Titans’ roster turned a blocked field goal for a out of a bad play, he can run, he’s League officials said the intereference rules will be a point of is getting into the scoring act, too. touchdown in a win in Indianapo- very athletic. He’s playing really discussion in the offseason. The defense has scored a touch- lis on Dec. 1. well.” Friday, December 13, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 31 NFL SACK HUNTER Vikings’ relentless defensive end has blossomed into one of the league’s premier pass rushers

BY DAVE CAMPBELL (127) and John Randle (114) have the first three Associated Press spots. Hunter is already 24th among active play- ers in the league, with Terrell Suggs (138) leading EAGAN, Minn. the list. fter the Minnesota Vikings knocked Drafted by the Vikings in 2015 in the third down passes on Detroit’s first two plays, round out of LSU after an unremarkable col- Danielle Hunter crouched down in his lege career, Hunter has more than affirmed A three-point stance on third-and-10 with the team’s projections that an ideal frame, a tight end lined up to try to block him. proven work ethic and humble attitude The Lions could hardly have found a faster would translate to NFL success for the track to punt. Jesse James had little hope of fend- 6-foot-5, 252-pound physical marvel. ing off Hunter long enough for quarterback David “Did we know he was going to Blough to escape harm, and Hunter brought have 50 sacks at 25 or something?” down the rookie for a said Zimmer. “No, but we felt like ‘ 6-yard loss. On the next we could improve him as a pass Did we know one of his three sacks in rusher.” he was going the first half on Sunday, Not many players are blessed to have 50 tight end Logan Thomas with his combination of size, speed was the initial blocker and strength, but the preparation sacks at 25 before right tackle Rick and dedication are what has set or something? Wagner took a turn fu- Hunter apart in the eyes of his tilely attempting to pre- appreciative teammates. No, but we felt vent the takedown. “That guy’s a workhorse,” like we could “It’s been happen- backup defensive end If- improve him. ing a lot this year, but if eadi Odenigbo said . “He’s ’ you get that, you’ve got truly a professional. The Mike Zimmer to win,” the fifth-year team would be a lot bet- Vikings coach defensive end said after ter if there was more Minnesota’s 20-7 vic- Danielle Hunters tory over Detroit that was fueled by a resurgence around.” by the defense. With 12 ½ sacks this season, Hunter is tied for fourth in the league, and he leads the league in quarterback pressures. Hunter, at 25 years and 40 days old, became on Sunday the youngest player in NFL history to reach 50 sacks, doing so 127 days ahead of Robert Quinn’s arrival at that milestone in 2015 for the Rams. Hunter has 52 ½ sacks, already halfway to third place on the fran- chise’s career list. Carl Eller (130), Jim Marshall

25-year-old Vikings DE Danielle Hunter is the youngest player in NFL history to reach 50 sacks, doing so 127 days ahead of Robert Quinn’s arrival at that milestone in 2015 for the Rams. AP photos

San Francisco Mostert earns lead RB role for Niners 49ers RB Raheem Mostert BY GRANT COHN By the numbers He’s given us no choice. I’m happy for BRETT DUKE/AP Associated Press him. He’s been extremely impressive.” Mostert played college football at SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When the Purdue, where he carried the ball only 49ers’ Raheem Mostert started his NFL 136 times in four years. He primarily career, he was a running back in name was a kick returner and a sprinter on only. 7.4 the track team. In 2014, he won gold He made the final roster primarily medals at the Big Ten Indoor Track to play special teams. He had never Average yards per carry over and Field Championships with a 6.63- been a starting running back, even second time in the 60-yard dash and in college. the last three games for a 20.73-second time in the 200-meter Now Mostert is the lead running San Francisco 49ers RB dash. He also ran a 4.32 40-yard dash back on the NFL’s second-ranked Raheem Mostert. at his pro day. rushing offense. However, no team drafted Mostert. But his self-image hasn’t changed. He He signed with the Philadelphia Eagles SOURCE: Associated Press always saw himself as a running back as an undrafted free agent in 2015, and by nature. “You can’t look at it as any- bounced around the league until he ankle injury. thing other than your position,” Mostert So the 49ers turned to Mostert. And landed with the 49ers in 2016. said. the past three games, he has rushed 35 “Raheem always has had an impact Mostert is an excellent special teams times for 260 yards, averaged 7.4 yards on special teams,” said Atlanta Falcons player, and until recently the 49ers per carry and scored four touchdowns. coach Dan Quinn, who will face the didn’t need him to run the ball. But He has become one of their most potent 49ers on Sunday. “But now, out on the starting running back Tevin Coleman playmakers. perimeter when he gets the ball in his has averaged just 2.1 yards per carry “Raheem has earned it these last few hands, he’s a real factor. Sometimes, the past four games, and backup Matt weeks,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “We you need the opportunity, and he defi- Breida missed three weeks with an need to give him more opportunities. nitely has taken advantage of his.” S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, December 13, 2019 Big-time deal Angels land prized free-agent SPORTS third baseman Rendon » Page 28

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Leaving a mark Record-setting runner Perry matured into commanding leader for Navy

BY BILL WAGNER The Capital (Annapolis, Md.) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As an offensive coordinator and quar- terbacks coach, Ivin Jasper has thoroughly enjoyed watching Malcolm Perry run wild on the football field. Perry has provided three straight seasons of spectacular highlights, running his way into the Navy football record book in breakaway style. As a teacher and mentor, Jasper’s heart has been filled with joy about witnessing Perry’s transformation from a boy into a man. “It’s been really neat to watch Malcolm mature. He’s grown up so much since we first met at the prep school,” Jasper said this week. That meeting took place at the Naval Academy Prep School when Jasper traveled to Newport, R.I., to spend some time and get to know his future protégé. Perry was shy, reticent and a young- ster of very few words in the summer of 2015.

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Army’s Hopkins could get one final chance to enhance renowned legacy

BY JUSTIN FEDICH The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, N.Y.) WEST POINT — The broad-shouldered quarterback who runs through 250-pound linebackers on Saturdays still has a copy of “The Big Friendly Giant” in his closet. When Kelvin Hopkins was a second-grader at Trinity Episco- pal School in Charlotte, N.C., his imagination didn’t take him to West Point. He just wanted to understand what he was reading. It was challenging, frustrating even. Hopkins had the drive, but he lacked the natural ability to comprehend his schoolwork. His teacher that year gifted him a copy of the same book that remains in his house in Charlotte, with a note: “You can do it. Put in the time and effort.” Navy Those words stuck with Hopkins. He learned that though he quarterback might not be the most book smart in his class, though he might Malcolm Perry, not be the biggest, tallest football player on his team, it wasn’t an above, and Army’s excuse. It was a chance to prove himself. Kelvin Hopkins Jr., right AP, TNS photos SEE LEGACY ON PAGE 29

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