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Weighing the future US reaffirms vow to withdraw troops in Iraq talks

BY LOUISA LOVELUCK under pressure to satisfy that demand with- The Washington Post out risking security gaps that Islamic State fighters might exploit. The United States intends to continue “The two countries recognized that in light withdrawing troops from Iraq, it said in a of significant progress towards eliminating statement late Thursday, after the two coun- the ISIS threat, over the coming months the tries began talks on the future of their stra- U.S. would continue reducing forces from tegic relationship. Iraq,” both nations said in a joint communi- Seventeen years after the U.S.-led in- que. U.S. officials stressed that they did not vasion of Iraq, the talks, which began SEE TALKS ON PAGE 5 Thursday, focus on a wide range of issues. Thorniest among them is the question of U.S. Army Spc. Caleb Poninski reloads his foreign troop presence: Iraq’s parliament weapon during a live-fire training exercise has urged the U.S.-led coalition to leave, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on April 30. and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is DEREK MUSTARD/U.S. Army

Afghanistan to release more Taliban prisoners, setting stage for talks

BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN in February calls for up to 5,000 Taliban clarity regarding the fate of those that are need to be worked out, Thursday’s devel- Stars and Stripes prisoners and 1,000 government prisoners with them and assurance that the last per- opments were “all very positive,” said U.S. to be set free. son remaining with them is released.” envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who led the U.S. KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan “My colleagues and I have made the de- Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen discussion with the Taliban last year. will soon complete a prisoner release that cision to release an additional 2,000 pris- called Ghani’s words a “positive step” “We are closer to the goal of [peace the Taliban have demanded before start- oners within a short period,” Ghani said. and said once all 5,000 prisoners were re- talks] than ever before,” Khalilzad said on ing peace talks to end nearly two decades “Next week we should be able to inform leased, the group would be willing to start Twitter. of war, the country’s president said. the world of the next step.” peace talks within a week. Under the U.S.-Taliban deal signed Feb. Some 3,000 Taliban prisoners have al- It’s still unclear how many government Nearly 50 imprisoned Afghan policemen 29, all U.S. troops could withdraw from Af- ready been released, President Ashraf prisoners the Taliban is holding, Ghani were released Thursday, bringing the total ghanistan within 14 months if certain con- Ghani said in an online discussion with said. number of government prisoners released ditions are met. They include the start of the Atlantic Council on Thursday. A peace “The number keeps shifting,” he told the so far to 500, Shaheen said. intra-Afghan peace talks and the Taliban deal signed by the U.S. and the Taliban Washington-based think tank. “We need While many practical details need still SEE PRISONERS ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES

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BY IMMANUEL JOHNSON 42,000 acres and regularly take Stars and Stripes part in exercises with forces from other NATO member states. BEMOWO PISKIE TRAIN- But besides training, there isn’t ING AREA, Poland — One of the a lot to do in the area. So some first things Sgt. Tyler Ithier and of the soldiers take Polish les- 1st Lt. Kyle Jackson did when sons, learning both informal ex- they came to this town in north- pressions and some they can use eastern Poland to support a U.S.- professionally. led NATO battle group was learn “For military purposes, our a few phrases in Polish. teacher has taught us phrases They quickly mastered greet- that can help us communicate on ings like “’Shema,’ which means how to get back to base,” Jackson ‘what’s up,’” said Jackson, using said. an English phonetic version of Classes were put on hold in “Jak sie masz” — Polish for “How March because of the corona- are you?” virus, but recently resumed. Expressions like “Masz piekne On Tuesday, Ithier and Jackson oczy,” which means “You have joined two other Americans in beautiful eyes,” now trip off their the classroom. tongues. Ithier, who’s single and Attendance is usually higher, from Florida, said it’s useful but many troops were in the field “when you’re talking to a woman for exercises in early June, and you like.” social distancing measures have Ithier, with the 2nd Caval- to be followed in the classroom, ry Regiment’s Field Artillery said Staff Sgt. Kulani Lakanaria, Squadron, was on his 3rd rotation a spokesman for the battle group. to Poland this year. Poles seem to appreciate that Jackson, who is with the 444th the troops are trying to learn Pol- Human Resources Company, was ish, Ithier and Jackson said. With PHOTOS BY JUSTIN W. STAFFORD/U.S. Army in the country for the first time. its seven noun and verb cases and U.S. Army 1st Lt. Kyle Jackson, assigned to 444th Human Resources Company, pantomimes for a They are among thousands of an “extremely complicated gen- vocabulary game during a Polish language class at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, on Tuesday. American troops who have de- der system,” it’s the 10th most dif- ployed to Bemowo Piskie on six- ficult tongue to master, according phrase in Polish “goes a long month rotations since 2017 to lead to unBabel, a company that com- A Polish way,” Ithier concurred. one of four NATO Enhanced For- bines human and artificial intel- teacher “It gives the locals a good feel- ward Presence battle groups on ligence to overcome language points to ing about the soldiers being here,” a phrase the alliance’s eastern flank. The barriers. Arabic, Japanese and he said. that means other three EFPs are in the Bal- Korean — all languages that U.S. The “beautiful eyes” line has “Where do tic states of Estonia, Latvia and service members may hear while worked several times for him, you work” Lithuania. deployed overseas — are in the Ithier added. during a The roughly 1,200-strong battle top five of unBabel’s list. But the phrase that he’s truly language group would be called on to hold “The locals go crazy when mastered is “nie rozumiem,” or class for off a Russian attack, if there were I speak Polish,” Jackson said. “I don’t understand.” soldiers on one, until NATO could mobilize a “Like ‘oh my God, you speak Pol- Tuesday. larger response. ish.’ They see you’re making an Stripes reporter Karin Zeitvogel con- tributed to this report. Troops live in barracks inside a effort.” [email protected] fenced-off training area of around Being able to say even a simple Twitter: Manny_Stripes Senate panel OKs boost in pay, troop numbers

BY COREY DICKSTEIN committed to maintaining the bipartisan on-post housing, where reports of mold, in- berry of Texas, outlined his own similar Stars and Stripes integrity of the committee,” he said. festations, unresponsive management and plan in April for a counter-China initiative. Much of that debate centered around other problems have been documented at Thornberry called for $6 billion of fund- WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed issues outside of the typical scope of the dozens of American installations. The bill ing for the initiative in 2021, in legislation Services Committee on Thursday sent its annual policy bill, Senate aides said. prohibits the leasing of any “substandard likely to be included in some form in the version of the 2021 National Defense Au- Those issues include some funding mea- family housing” on military installations House Armed Services Committee’s ver- thorization Act to the full Senate, approv- sures aimed at the coronavirus pandemic and provides the military new “direct hir- sion of the NDAA, which is expected to be ing a pay boost for troops, an increase to — including some $44 million for vaccine ing authority” for contractors responsible considered by that committee July 1. the military’s end strength and funding a and biotechnology research — and topics for privatized military housing projects. It The new effort in the Pacific is meant new initiative aimed at checking China’s raised in recent days amid an ongoing na- also would require a Defense Department to “send a strong signal to the Chinese military power. tional conversation on racial injustice. Inspector General audit of the medical Communist Party that America is deeply The $740.5 billion bill, which directs The bill, for example, includes a measure conditions of service members and their committed to defending our interests in how the Pentagon and some other agen- that would bar the use of military funding families who have lived in “unsafe or un- the Indo-Pacific,” the Senate committee’s cies spend money on national security, was or troops “against Americans exercising healthy” privatized housing facilities. NDAA summary reads. “PDI will enhance passed by the panel Thursday in a 25-2 their First Amendment rights.” It also An executive summary of the legisla- budgetary transparency and oversight, vote. The committee’s top Republican and would direct the founding of a three-year tion published Thursday emphasized it focus resources on key military capabil- Democrat touted it as a bipartisan policy- commission charged with determining how was a step toward full implementation of ity gaps, reassure U.S. allies and partners, making effort that should set an example to change the names of Army bases named the 2018 National Defense Strategy, which and bolster the credibility of American de- for other Capitol Hill work. for Confederates from the Civil War. placed potential conflict with power rivals terrence in the Indo-Pacific.” Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman For military troops, the proposed NDAA China and Russia above all other national of the committee, said the bill repre- would provide a 3% pay raise, which the security issues. Senate aides said Thursday that they did sented equal input from Republicans and White House recommended. The bill instructs the Pentagon to begin not know precisely when the full contents Democrats. The bill also supports White House ef- a new deterrence operation in the western of the bill would be published or when it “There isn’t too much Congress does forts to grow the military force. It would Pacific focused on China, modeled after would be considered by the full Senate. The anymore on a bipartisan basis … but we expand the active-duty Army by 5,000 sol- the Defense Department’s efforts to coun- NDAA must be passed by Sept. 30 — the all agree that supporting our troops and diers to a force of 485,000. The Navy would ter Russian aggression in Europe. The end of the fiscal year — to provide the Pen- defending our nation are two of our most see 6,200 new sailors, bringing its force to committee’s NDAA would provide $1.4 tagon with an on-time budget. The 2020 important priorities,” he said. 346,730. The Air Force would increase by billion in fiscal year 2021 to jump start the NDAA was not approved until December Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the 675 to 333,475 active-duty airmen. Pacific Deterrence Initiative and $5.5 bil- as lawmakers wrestled over the inclusion committee’s top Democrat, said the com- The Marine Corps, however, would lion in fiscal year 2022. of Pentagon money to fund construction of mittee’s latest version of the NDAA was shrink by 6,200 Marines to 180,000. The Senate’s inclusion of a PDI comes new wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. the product of “vigorous debate.” The bill includes provisions to protect after the House Armed Services Com- [email protected] “We may disagree on issues, but we service members living in privately run, mittee’s top Republican, Rep. Mac Thorn- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM No claim made in fatal Kabul mosque bombing

BY TAMEEM AKHGAR The IS group, which reviles Shi- Associated Press ites as heretics, has declared war on the country’s minority Shiite KABUL, Afghanistan — A Muslims, but has also attacked bomb exploded Friday inside a Sunni mosques. The mosque tar- mosque in western Kabul, kill- geted on Friday is Sunni. ing at least four people, including The IS affiliate also took re- the prayer leader, and wounding sponsibility for an attack on a eight, an Afghan government of- bus carrying journalists in Kabul ficial said. on May 30, killing two. It also Interior Ministry spokesman claimed credit for an attack on Tariq Arian said the bomb had the funeral of a warlord loyal to been placed inside the mosque the government last month that but had no additional details. killed 35 people. Police cordoned off the area and Washington’s peace envoy Zal- helped move the wounded to am- may Khalilzad was in the region bulances and nearby hospitals. earlier this week, trying to re- No one took immediate respon- suscitate a U.S. peace deal with sibility but a mosque attack ear- the Taliban, who are expected to lier this month was claimed by eventually be enlisted in the fight the Islamic State group’s affiliate. against the IS affiliate. The Taliban issued a statement The peace deal signed in Feb- condemning the attack and call- ruary to allow U.S. and NATO ing the death of the prayer leader troops to leave Afghanistan in- a “great crime.” Azizullah Mofleh cludes a commitment by the Tal- Frotan was among the city’s more iban to fight other militant groups prominent prayer leaders. and a vow that Afghanistan’s ter- Violence has spiked in recent ritory would not be used to attack weeks in Afghanistan, with most the United States or its allies. RAHMAT GUL/AP of the attacks claimed by the IS Washington has previously affiliate, headquartered in the Police block off a road near the site of a bomb attack Friday in Kabul, Afghanistan. A bomb exploded said that the Taliban have been eastern Nangarhar province. inside a mosque in west Kabul causing deaths and injuries, an Afghan government official said. instrumental — along with Af- Earlier this month, IS planted ghanistan’s National Security explosives at a mosque in Kabul’s there and wounding eight others. last month on a maternity hospi- new mothers. The hospital was and Defense Forces and U.S. air posh Wazir Akbar Khan neigh- The United States blamed the tal in Kabul that killed 24 people, located in the city’s Shiite-domi- strikes — in reducing the IS’s borhood, killing the prayer leader IS affiliate for a horrific attack including two infants and several nated area of Dasht-e-Barchi. strength in eastern Afghanistan. International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions of staff

Associated Press of States Parties, also criticized investigation into alleged war the U.S. measures. crimes in Afghanistan. The judg- THE HAGUE, Netherlands “They undermine our common es initially rejected the request, — The International Criminal endeavor to fight impunity and to she appealed and the court autho- Court has condemned the Trump ensure accountability for mass rized the investigation in March. administration’s decision to au- atrocities,” he said in a statement. Dutch Foreign Minister Stef thorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “an “I deeply regret measures target- Blok said in a tweet Friday he was unacceptable attempt to inter- ing Court officials, staff and their “very disturbed by the United fere with the rule of law and the families.” States’ measures” and called on Court’s judicial proceedings.” The Hague-based court was Washington not to sanction ICC /Stars and Stripes PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN An executive order by U.S. created in 2002 to prosecute war staff. crimes and crimes of human- Senior U.N. and EU offi- Afghan security forces escort a recently freed Taliban prisoner President Donald Trump an- ity and genocide in places where cials also spoke out against the to a bus that will take him away from Bagram prison on May 26. nounced Thursday authorizes perpetrators might not otherwise decision. Afghanistan will soon complete a prisoner release in a bid to sanctions against ICC staff in- face justice. The U.S. has never EU foreign policy chief Josep advance the peace process, President Ashraf Ghani said Thursday. vestigating American troops and intelligence officials and those of been an ICC member. Borrell said Trump’s order “is a allied nations, including Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Mike matter of serious concern ,” and for possible war crimes in Af- Pompeo on Thursday denounced he described EU members as PRISONERS: Release ghanistan and elsewhere. the tribunal as a “kangaroo “steadfast supporters” of the tri- Trump’s order would block the court” that has been unsuccess- bunal. Borrell said “it is a key fac- financial assets of court employ- ful and inefficient in prosecuting tor in bringing justice and peace,” to precede peace talks ees and bar them and their imme- war crimes. He said that the U.S. and that “it must be respected and diate relatives from entering the would punish the ICC employees supported by all nations.” United States. for any investigation or prosecu- The United Nations has “taken FROM FRONT PAGE The Taliban have yet to cut The court, which has 123 mem- tion of Americans in Afghanistan note with concern” about reports severing ties with groups like al- ties with al-Qaida and may have ber states, said in a statement re- and added that they could also of Trump’s order, said Stephane Qaida, as well as preventing such strengthened them over the past leased early Friday that it “stands be banned for prosecuting Is- Dujarric, spokesman for Secre- groups from using Afghanistan to year, a United Nations report re- firmly by its staff and officials raelis for alleged abuses against tary-General Antonio Guterres. attack the U.S. and its allies. leased last week said. and remains unwavering in its Palestinians. The American Civil Liberties On Wednesday, U.S. Central Terrorist groups have contin- commitment to discharging, in- “It gives us no joy to punish Union suggested it might seek Command’s Gen. Kenneth F. ued to launch attacks in various dependently and impartially, the them,” Pompeo said. “But we legal recourse and said the order McKenzie said “those conditions parts of the country. On Friday, mandate” laid down in its found- cannot allow ICC officials and was “a dangerous display of his have not been fully met,” during at least four people were killed ing treaty, the Rome Statute. their families to come to the Unit- contempt for human rights and a video conference hosted by the and several others injured when It said an attack on the Hague- ed States to shop and travel and those working to uphold them.” Middle East Institute, a Washing- otherwise enjoy American free- Israel’s prime minister, Benja- a bomb exploded at a Kabul based court also constitutes “an ton-based think tank. attack against the interests of vic- doms as these same officials seek min Netanyahu, however , backed mosque, a statement by the Af- “The threat to the United States tims of atrocity crimes, for many to prosecute the defender of those the U.S. action, accusing the is not the Taliban ; it’s never been ghan Interior Ministry said. No of whom the Court represents the very freedoms.” court of fabricating “outland- the Taliban; it’s the entities they group immediately claimed re- last hope for justice.” Last year, Pompeo revoked ish charges” against his country, allow to live in Afghanistan,” sponsibility for the blast. O-Gon Kwon, president of the the visa of the court’s chief pros- and praising the U.S. for standing McKenzie said, referring primar- [email protected] court’s management and over- ecutor, Fatou Bensouda, after up for what he called truth and ily to al-Qaida. Twitter: @pwwellman sight mechanism, the Assembly she asked ICC judges to open an justice. Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Iran struggles to maintain sway over Iraq militias

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA is an absence of an anchor around AND SAMYA KULLAB which (PMF) politics revolves,” Associated Press said Fanar Haddad, an Iraq researcher. BAGHDAD — Iraqi militia  Reduced funds and clout: factions expected the usual cash Among Iraq’s Shiite political and handout when the new head of militia factions, Soleimani, a chief Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force architect of Iran’s proxy groups made his first visit to Baghdad across the region, held almost earlier this year, succeeding the legendary status. NASSER NASSER/AP slain Gen. Qassim Soleimani. In- Charismatic and a fluent Ara- stead, to their disappointment, bic speaker, his rapport with Iraqi militiamen march and chant anti U.S. slogans during the funeral of Iran’s top general Qassem Esmail Ghaani brought them sil- Iraqi officials was unmatched. Soleimani and top militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad, Iraq, in January. ver rings. He slipped in and out of Iraq reg- For his ularly to plan, mediate and give second visit, and receive extras from Iran, from the powerful Kataib Hez- remain unfinished, said three out cash assistance. One surprise Ghaani had roughly $3-9 million, two Iraqi bollah, which the U.S. accused in militia commanders on a recent visit by him was sufficient to bro- to apply for officials close to the militias said. previous attacks. visit to Mosul. ker agreement between rival fac- a visa, some-  Growing fractures: The Recently, four militias affiliat- Under al-Muhandis, the PMF tions, officials said. thing un- PMF was created in 2014 as a ed with the shrines connected to began referring to its units by bri- heard of in Since his death, Shiite factions framework to organize and pay al-Sistani said they would take or- gade numbers rather than faction Soleimani’s have shown discord, arguing the thousands who volunteered to ders directly from Iraq’s premier, names and made moves toward time — a over a premier candidate twice fight Islamic State after a fatwa bypassing the PMF leadership. imposing military rank struc- bold step by before they settled on Mustafa by Iraq’s top cleric, Grand Ayatol- A senior official from Kataib tures and disciplinary courts. He Baghdad’s al-Kadhimi. lah Ali al-Sistani. Since then, its Hezbollah said the move has oversaw the creation of engineer- new govern- Ghanni Soleimani’s successor as Quds political and military might has weakened the PMF and its legiti- ing units providing services such ment effectively curtailing Iran’s Force commander, Ghaani, is less soared. Under the staunchly pro- macy among the public. For many as roadworks. freedom of movement inside familiar with Iraqi militia lead- Iranian al-Muhandis, it became a Iraqis, the group’s credibility is He held immense influence over Iraq. ers and speaks to them through channel for Tehran’s influence. derived from al-Sistani’s fatwa. militias and their supporters. The episodes, relayed to The an interpreter. Meetings in Iraq His death opened the door for The fissure was plain to see When protesters attacked the Associated Press by several Iraqi have increasingly been handled factions opposed to that influence when, weeks into his leadership, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on officials, illustrate Iran’s strug- by Iranian Ambassador Iraj Mas- — particularly ones associated Prime Minister al-Kadhimi vis- Dec. 31 in response to American gles to maintain sway over Iraqi jedi, himself a former Quds Force with al-Sistani — to break from ited the PMF headquarters. To strikes on Kataib Hezbollah tar- militias six months after America member. the PMF leadership. Militias com- his right, sat figures friendly with gets, it was al-Muhandis and not assassinated Soleimani and top Ghaani’s gift of silver rings — plain that Iran-friendly groups Tehran, to his left, those affiliated Iraqi security forces who was ul- militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Mu- symbolically important in Shiite receive preferential treatment. with al-Sistani. timately called upon to have them handis in a drone strike. Iran at Islam — rather than cash came The man seen as al-Muhandis’ It marks a “major wrench” by pull back, according to two Iraqi the same time is grappling with during a meeting in April with likely successor, Abdulaziz al- the Shiite establishment led by al- officials. the economic fallout from U.S. leaders of several militia factions, Mohammadawi, known as Abu Sistani into Iran’s broader plans, “Hajj Abu Mahdi made us an sanctions and the coronavirus according to three officials. They Fadak, met opposition from fac- said Randa Slim, director of the official group, it’s the most im- outbreak. spoke on condition of anonymity tions who saw him as the Iranian- Conflict Resolution and Track II portant thing he did,” said Mo- Without imposing figures like because they were not authorized backed choice. He has not been Dialogues Program at the Middle hammed al-Mousawi, a PMF Soleimani and al-Muhandis to to talk to the press. officially recognized by the prime East Institute. commander. For the years ahead, unify disparate factions, divisions Ghaani told them that, for the minister, though he has assumed “They are basically saying we he had planned greater train- have emerged in the Popular Mo- moment, they would have to rely some administrative duties, ac- do not want an organ that takes its ing for fighters, academies and bilization Forces, the umbrella on Iraqi state funding, they said, a cording to officials. orders from Iran,” she said. recruitment to improve manage- group of mainly Shiite forces. sign of Iran’s economic crisis. Some of the most Iran-friend-  Uncertain future: A larger ment, al-Mousawi said. Their deaths also disrupted a The PMF are paid primarily ly militias under the PMF have question looms over the future of Iran appears to be taking a back trajectory to institutionalize the through the state — $2 billion in shown signs of splintering. the PMF. foot in Iraq. But, experts said, this militias, which al-Muhandis had the 2019 budget — but the funds Attacks against U.S. forces in Al-Muhandis had been direct- is likely be short-lived. been meticulously planning with are not dispersed equally. Small- March were claimed by a pur- ing plans to transform a band of “Iran has proved that it learns Soleimani’s blessing. er Iranian-backed groups rely on ported new group, Usbat al-Thai- independent militias into a more and evolves,” said Slim. “Now it’s “With al-Muhandis gone, there other informal means of revenue ren, believed to have emerged professional force. Those plans in the learning phase.” Talks: Official says timeline for withdrawal of troops was not discussed

FROM FRONT PAGE act sparked a firestorm of criticism in Iraq a timeline,” David Schenker, assistant sec- lockdown damaging the livelihoods of mil- seek any form of permanent military pres- and abroad, eroding trust between the two retary of state for Near Eastern affairs,told lions of Iraqis who depend wholly on day ence in Iraq, the statement said. militaries and piling pressure on the coali- reporters. labor outside the formal economy to make The United States has some 5,200 troops tion to leave. Addressing reporters in Baghdad, Kad- a living. stationed in Iraq as part of an international Departures began in recent months, himi said the U.S.-Iraqi talks were about Thursday’s talks also focused on Iraq’s coalition fighting the Islamic State. The although it remains unclear how many wresting back political autonomy, a veiled “enormous economic challenges” and militant group still poses a threat in Iraq, troops have relocated outside Iraq. In re- reference to the duel that Washington and how Washington might help it unlock in- although one that is much reduced from the taliation for the death of Soleimani and Tehran have long fought over Iraq. “We ternational financial assistance. The joint period between 2014 and 2017 when it was one of his closest Iraqi allies, militia leader want to safeguard our sovereignty and en- statement said that U.S. economic advisers building and then fighting for a sweeping Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iranian-backed sure that Iraq does not become a zone for would help advance Iraqi efforts to imple- landmass it described as its “caliphate.” militia groups have also accelerated the settling scores,” the new prime minister ment reforms and attract support from The U.S.-Iraqi talks cap a period in withdrawal of coalition troops from a said. global monetary organizations. which bilateral relations have been steadi- handful of smaller Iraqi bases, following Kadhimi has inherited crises on several “The two sides reaffirmed the impor- ly improving, after they plunged in Janu- a campaign of rocket attacks on facilities fronts. The economy is teetering on the tance of the strategic relationship and their ary to their lowest ebb in years following where U.S. troops were stationed. edge of disaster after plunging global oil determination to take appropriate steps to President Donald Trump’s decision to There was no word Friday on when or prices left Iraq unable to pay public sec- enhance it in the interest of both countries order the killing of renowned Iranian gen- how another round of troop withdrawals tor salaries. In addition, coronavirus cases and to achieve security, stability, and pros- eral Qasem Soleimani on Iraqi soil. That might occur. “There was no discussion of are spiking, with a government-enforced perity in the region,” the statement said. PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 MILITARY N. Korea vows to build up military 2 years after talk

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG In their 2018 summit in Sin- Associated Press gapore, the first-ever meeting between active leaders of the SEOUL, South Korea — North two countries, Kim and Trump Korea on Friday again vowed agreed to improve bilateral rela- to build up its military force to tions and issued a vague state- counter what it perceives as U.S. ment on a nuclear-free Korean threats and said there would be Peninsula without describing little reason for a personal rela- when and how it would occur. tionship between leader Kim Jong But negotiations faltered after U.S. Army Un and President Donald Trump the United States rejected North A new uniform modeled after the World War II-era “pinks and greens” was presented at the Association if Washington persists with sanc- Korean demands for broad sanc- tions and pressure. of the United States Army’s 2018 exposition in Washington, D.C. tions relief in exchange for a On the two-year anniversary of partial surrender of the North’s the leaders’ first summit, North nuclear capabilities at Kim’s sec- Korean Foreign Minister Ri Son ond summit with Trump in Viet- WWII-era inspired Army uniforms Gwon said the North would never nam in February 2019. again gift Trump with high-pro- Trump and Kim met for a third file meetings and concessions to be issued to new soldiers in 2021 he could boast as foreign policy time last June at the inter-Korean achievements unless it gets some- border, but a subsequent work- ing-level meeting broke down BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ be fielded to soldiers reporting Band, recruiters and the Old thing substantial in return. Stars and Stripes to their first units beginning this Guard for their feedback on the “The question is whether there over what the North Koreans de- scribed as the Americans’ “old summer. retro-style uniform. The service will be a need to keep holding Modeled in the image of the Allen said recruiters and drill greens will become the official hands shaken in Singapore, as we stance and attitude.” Army’s iconic World War II-era sergeants will receive their service uniform of the Army, see that there is nothing of fac- Kim, who unilaterally suspend- “pinks and greens,” the Army new uniforms in the final three replacing the Army Service Uni- tual improvement to be made in ed nuclear and intercontinen- Service Green Uniform is set to months of this year. Troops al- form, or ASU, which will remain the DPRK-U.S. relations simply tal ballistic missile tests during be a part of every new soldier’s ready in the service have until an option for soldiers on formal by maintaining personal rela- talks with Washington and Seoul, wardrobe in 2021. Oct. 1, 2027, to acquire their own occasions. tions between our supreme lead- entered the new year vowing to Starting with the new year, Army Reserves Staff Sgt. Jo- ership and the U.S. President,” bolster his nuclear deterrent. The troops completing basic training service greens. seph Williams, in an email to Ri said in a statement carried by North in recent months conduct- will be issued the new uniforms “The Army is currently the state media, referring to North ed short-range missile tests while with pinkish-brown trousers and only service that does not have Stars and Stripes on June 1., said Korea by its formal name, the also dialing up pressure on South dark olive jackets, Lt. Col. Jona- a uniform for everyday business his grandfather during World War Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. than Allen, product manager for environments,” he said. The ser- II wore the uniform that inspired Korea. Ri said the past two years of soldier clothing and individual vice green uniform “sets a more the contemporary version. “Never again will we provide diplomacy has only revealed equipment, told Stars and Stripes appropriate standard for profes- “I look forward to the change to the U.S. chief executive with that the United States contin- via email Thursday. sionalism in an office setting than the Pinks and Greens,” Williams another package to be used for ues to pursue “regime change” The uniform, which officials the [Army Service Uniform] or said. “The history of the uniform (political) achievements without in Pyongyang and threatens the said would be “cost-neutral” to the Army Combat Uniform.” is a source of great personal receiving any returns. Nothing is North with the prospects of a pre- enlisted soldiers and would not The Army has already issued pride.” more hypocritical than an empty emptive nuclear strike and “isola- come at an added cost to taxpay- 850 service green uniforms to [email protected] promise.” tion and suffocation.” ers, was originally expected to select senior leaders, the Army Twitter: @Clopez_Stripes Head of Navy aviation school command, pilot killed in plane crash

BY CHAD GARLAND Coast Guard and international roles at maritime patrol and re- ‘live a life according to the call- served with the Joint Staff over- Stars and Stripes students annually in air crew, connaissance units in Rota, Spain, ing [he had] received.’” seeing planning for Pacific and aviator, survival or commanding Whidbey Island, Wash., Misawa, Segars’ father and brother were Northern commands. Two seasoned Naval aviators officer programs. Japan and Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, both Baptist pastors, a family He was assigned to the Naval were killed in a civilian plane “I am overcome with grief!!!” a Navy biography states. friend said in another Facebook Aviation Schools Command at the crash in Alabama this week while said Baron Reinhold, a retired He clocked more than 4,300 post. time of his death, said an official heading back to Pensacola, Fla., Navy aviator, flight hours Fuller, a native of Orlando, Fla., biography provided by Cmdr. where they were both based. in a Face- and earned earned his gold aviator wings in James Stockman, a spokesman Capt. Vincent Segars and book post the De- 2001 and had logged more than with Naval Education & Training Cmdr. Joshua Fuller were travel- on Thurs- fense Supe- 2,100 flight hours, including 360 Command. Fuller’s awards and ing from Jasper, Ala., when their day after rior Service carrier landings, the Navy said decorations included a Defense Piper PA-32 crashed near an air- he said he Medal, in a statement last November Meritorious Service Medal, Mer- field outside Selma, local authori- was notified two Legion when he relinquished command itorious Service Medal and an Air ties said Thursday. of Segars’ of Merit of Naval Air Station Pensacola’s Medal for a strike or flight. The plane, owned by Fuller, death. “My awards, the Training Squadron 86. The National Transportation went down just before 5 p.m. retirement Bronze Star, “This was by far the most re- Safety Board is investigating Wednesday after the pilot radioed speaker, three Meri- warding tour of my career,” he the crash, but is not traveling to for an emergency landing, the dearest torious Ser- was quoted as saying at the time. Selma Times-Journal reported. friend, and Segars Fuller vice Medals “As I make my final approach to- the scene of the accident, it said The Navy and Dallas County Dis- the best and an Air Medal for individual ward the end of my career, I am Thursday on Twitter. trict Attorney Michael Jackson naval officer that I’ve ever known action and four for strikes or honored to have helped shape the The deaths come six months both confirmed their deaths to … was lost in a plane crash yes- flights, among other awards and future of Naval Aviation and that’s after three sailors assigned to the Stars and Stripes on Friday. terday evening.” decorations. something I will treasure.” schools command were gunned Segars, a native of Valdosta, Before taking command in “Everyone that knew Vince He previously served with down at NAS Pensacola on Dec. Ga., took command of the Pen- Pensacola, Segars served as the respected him,” Reinhold’s post several electronic attack and 6 by a Saudi student who authori- sacola-based Naval Aviation Navy’s top officer and enlisted said. “He was a man of conviction strike fighter squadrons and de- ties have said had ties to al-Qai- Schools Command a year ago in community manager. Over his and lived with a sense of purpose. ployed with Carrier Air Wing 3 da’s Yemen branch. May. The unit trains more than 30-year career, he had flown with He loved his Savior with all of his as the electronic warfare officer [email protected] 12,000 Navy, Marine, Air Force, or served in leadership and staff heart and it brought him joy to in 2010, the Navy said. He also Twitter: @chadgarland Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY West Point grads worry of military being politicized Stars and Stripes ‘ In a letter published Thursday, We are concerned hundreds of West Point alumni that fellow raised concerns about fellow graduates they say are politiciz- graduates... are ing the military and tarnishing failing to uphold... the oaths they have all taken, urg- ing the Class of 2020 to lead with their commitment character. “This oath has no expiration to Duty, Honor, date,” says the letter, published Country. BRIAN WITTE/AP on Medium.com just days before ’ President Donald Trump is slat- West Point alumni The Buchanan House is the residence of the superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, letter to class of 2020 ed to speak to the current gradu- Md. It was named for the academy’s first superintendent, who left to join the Confederate Navy at the ating class on Saturday. “Oaths start of the Civil War. are solemn, public promises with significant meaning and moral uate, served as a senior adviser to gravity. When they are broken, Trump’s presidential campaign, the nation suffers.” and the president nominated Naval Academy board chair calls The post has been signed by another 1986 classmate, Mark over 350 graduates calling them- Green, as Army Secretary in selves Concerned Members of 2017. for removal of Confederate names the Long Gray Line, represent- The concerned graduates also ing nearly 50 classes from 1964 pointed to military leaders who BY BRIAN WITTE hold slavery and promote white in Congress to require the acad- to 2017. Their service spans sev- have participated in “politically Associated Press supremacy.” emy to rename the two buildings. eral presidential administrations. charged events.” Their letter The academy superintendent’s “We are working hard to at- came as Chairman of the Joint ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The The group writes that its concern residence is named after Frank- tract minority applicants to our Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Mil- names of two members of the is about principle, not party, but lin Buchanan, the academy’s first service academies and all of our it is clear rebuke of West Point ley — not a West Point gradu- Confederacy should be removed superintendent who left to join service branches,” Ruppersberg- alumni serving in the Trump ate — apologized for walking in from buildings at the U.S. Naval the Confederate Navy at the start er said. “We must send a strong administration. uniform with Trump to a church Academy, the chairman of the of the Civil War. The academy’s and unequivocal message to all “We are concerned that fellow where police had violently cleared academy’s Board of Visitors said Weapons and Systems Engineer- potential minority applicants that graduates serving in senior-level, peaceful protestors last week. Thursday. ing division is house in Maury we stand united in opposing the public positions are failing to up- The letter rejected the proposed Rep. C.A Dutch Ruppersberger, Hall. It’s named after Matthew glorification of leaders who de- hold their oath of office and their use of military forces against a Maryland Democrat, said the Fontaine Maury, who was a leader fended slavery.” commitment to Duty, Honor, those protesting racism and po- Pentagon should consider remov- in the fields of naval meteorology President Donald Trump on Country,” it says. “Their actions lice brutality throughout the U.S. ing Confederate names from all and navigation. He headed the Wednesday said his adminis- threaten the credibility of an apo- after the killing of George Floyd military bases as people across coast, harbor and river defenses tration will “not even consider” litical military. We ask you to join in Minneapolis late last month. the country protest against racial for the Confederate Navy. changing the name of any of the us in working to right the wrongs It urged the Class of 2020 to up- inequality and police brutality. “This isn’t about erasing his- 10 Army bases that are named and to hold each other account- hold democratic principles and “There has been discussion of tory,” Ruppersberger said. “We for Confederate Army officers. able to the ideals instilled by our invoked the words of the Cadet renaming these buildings since simply shouldn’t lift up traitors Two days earlier, Defense Sec- alma mater and affirmed by each Prayer to “choose the harder at least 2017,” Ruppersberger who fought against American val- retary Mark Esper indicated he of us at graduation.” right” and “never be content with said in a statement. “As the new ues like equality and tolerance.” was open to a broad discussion of Prominent West Point gradu- a half-truth.” Chairman, the time for discus- The congressman said he such changes. ates serving in the Trump ad- “These are difficult times, but sion is over. It’s time for action. would bring up the issue at the Supporters of disassociating ministration include Defense we are confident you will rise to Midshipmen who have earned board’s next meeting. The board military bases from Confederate Secretary Mark Esper, Secretary the challenge and do your part the privilege to study in one of is similar to a board of trustees Army officers argue they repre- of State Mike Pompeo, and se- as leaders in our Army,” the post our nation’s most prestigious in- at a civilian college and includes sent the racism and divisiveness nior advisers Brian Bulatao and said. It said repeatedly: “America stitutions should not have to walk members of Congress. He also of the Civil War era and glorify Ulrich Brechbuhl — all Class of needs your leadership.” around campus and see buildings said he would offer an amend- men who fought against the Unit- 1986. [email protected] named for men who fought to up- ment to appropriations measures ed States. David Urban, also a 1986 grad- Twitter: @starsandstripes Esper orders review of National Guard’s actions during protests

BY WYATT OLSON American, in Minneapolis on May 25. He execute their First Amendment rights, The assault on the generally peaceful Stars and Stripes died after a police officer kneeled on his and that they and others would not suffer group of demonstrators provoked national neck for nearly nine minutes, a scene cap- from violence against themselves and their outrage, and the escort by Esper and Mil- Defense Secretary Mark Esper on tured on video that went viral and sparked property.” ley was viewed by some as their tacit ap- Thursday ordered an evaluation of the outrage, protests and, at times, riots and National Guard troops joined officers National Guard’s role during nationwide proval of using overwhelming military looting. from other law enforcement agencies in protests following the killing by police of a force on public demonstrations. Esper tasked Secretary of the Army forcefully pushing back protesters gath- black man in Minneapolis. Milley, in a prerecorded video address- The after-action report will focus on a Ryan McCarthy with completing the re- ered outside the White House June 1 to ing graduates of National Defense Univer- port by the end of July. clear the way for President Donald Trump wide range of subjects, including training, sity on Thursday, said he regretted being “In recent weeks, the National Guard to walk to a nearby church for a photo op. equipping, organizing, manning, deploy- present. has performed professionally and capa- Police used flash bangs and tossed tear gas ment, and employment of National Guard “I should not have been there,” he said. forces, the Defense Department said in a bly in support of law enforcement in cities into the crowd. NBC News reported Thursday that statement Thursday. across the United States,” Esper said in Trump was accompanied across the National Guard forces were activated the statement. “I have the greatest respect street by Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, Milley had discussed resigning over the in more than a dozen states and the Dis- for, and am deeply proud of, our Soldiers chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who matter. trict of Columbia in the wake of protests and Airmen who served during this period was dressed in Army fatigues, among other [email protected] over the death of George Floyd, an African to ensure that peaceful protestors could White House officials. Twitter: @WyattWOlson PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 NATION Experts: Police undertrained in use of force

BY MARTHA BELLISLE training once they’re on the job. Associated Press Often, follow-up training is on- line, not hands-on. BURIEN, Wash. — Seattle of- “There’s no profession that ficers hold down a protester, and trains so little but expects so one repeatedly punches him in the much,” Lewinski said. face. In another run-in, officers But not all officers can be handcuff a looting suspect on the taught, he acknowledged. When ground, one pressing a knee into it came to Derek Chauvin, the his neck — the same tactic used officer charged in Floyd’s death, on George Floyd. “I’m not sure that training would The officers were captured on have made a difference,” Lewin- videos appearing to violate poli- ski said. “What he did was defi- cies on how to use force just days nitely criminal.” after Floyd died at the hands of Protesters are demanding Minneapolis police, setting off reforms ranging from cutting nationwide protests. funding to banning chokeholds. With calls for police reforms There’s been success in some across the U.S., instructors and states, such as California, where researchers say officers lack suf- the governor ordered the police ficient training on how and when training program to stop teaching to use force, leaving them unpre- a neck hold that blocks blood flow pared to handle tense situations. to the brain. Better training can’t fix all the A measure introduced this issues facing the nation’s police week in Congress would limit departments, but experts believe legal protections for police, cre- it would have a big impact. ate a national database of exces- “The skills are not taught well sive-force incidents and address enough to be retained and now training. the officer is scrambling to find PHOTOS BY TED S. WARREN/AP “A profession where you have something that works,” said Wil- the power to kill should be a pro- liam Lewinski, executive direc- Law enforcement officers at the Washington state Criminal Justice Training Commission training facility in fession where you have highly tor at Minnesota-based Force Burien, Wash., take part in a class, June 4, on the use of batons as part of the more than 700 hours of trained officers that are account- Science Institute, which provides training police and other officers are required to to through in the state of Washington. able to the public,” U.S. Rep. research, training and consulting Karen Bass, a California Demo- to law enforcement agencies. swinging a baton, hitting low on crat and chairwoman of the Con- Its two-year study of three large the legs. gressional Black Caucus, told U.S. police academies says skills They also learn to arrest some- reporters. like using a baton or taking down one who’s fighting back. An in- Most academies bombard of- an aggressive offender deteriorate structor plays the suspect, with ficers with one subject, like com- dramatically within two weeks. one officer bear-hugging his munication, and then move to the A recent Associated Press in- legs and another wrapping his next topic, like use of force, with- vestigation found that a lack of arms around him to take him to out integrating those skills, mak- firearms training has resulted the ground. That officer presses ing them easy to forget, Force in unintentional shootings by law against him chest to chest until Science studies say. enforcement. It’s the same prob- he “wears himself out,” instruc- An example of successfully lem with use-of-force techniques, tor Rich Lee said. using training can be seen in a Lewinski said. Then they flip him over, still video of a security guard who took “Police officers across the holding his legs, with an officer’s two stolen AR-15’s from some country are woefully under- knee in the center of his back as young men during the Seattle trained,” said Sean Hendrick- they handcuff him. protests. The guard with military son, an instructor at Washington Police in the Seattle videos training hired to protect several state’s police academy in subur- didn’t use those techniques. No journalists secured one gun and ban Seattle. Brandon Wilson, upper right, an instructor at the Washington one held the suspects’ legs and then calmly walked up to the sec- The AP was invited to the facil- state Criminal Justice Training Commission facility, restrains fellow one officer had his knee on a ond suspect, took the firearm out ity to see use-of-force training, instructor Ben Jia, lower right, with the help of instructor Gabriel suspect’s neck until his partner of his hands and unloaded it. a component of a 2012 federal Stinson, left, during a demonstration. pushed it off. “His movements were very de- agreement to reform the Seattle In Washington state, cadets liberate, even under those stress- Police Department after officers on the streets. offender and others try to deesca- must complete 720 hours of train- ful circumstances,” Hendrickson were found to routinely use ex- There’s classroom work, and late tensions, take away his weap- ing, “but those skills start to de- said. “When you’ve done it enough cessive force. The academy is cadets learn to combine skills by on and put him in handcuffs. grade immediately,” Hendrickson times, that’s going to dictate how considered one of the more pro- play-acting scenarios. In an old In a parking lot, officers pair said. Some states only require 400 smooth you’re able to take con- gressive in the country for trying building decorated to look like an off. One wears padding on their to 500 hours of academy training trol. He didn’t have to think about to mirror what officers will face apartment, one officer plays the shins and the other practices and require 24 hours or less of those skills.” Trump rally on Juneteenth in Tulsa called ‘slap in the face’

Associated Press ris and Tulsa civic officials were a slap in the face to even happen,” concern over police abuse of Afri- The Trump campaign was among the black leaders who said said Sherry Gamble Smith, presi- can Americans after the killing of aware in advance that the date OKLAHOMA CITY — Black it was offensive for Trump to pick dent of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street George Floyd in Minneapolis. for the president’s return to ral- community and political leaders are calling on President Donald that day — June 19 — and that Chamber of Commerce, an orga- Trump campaign officials de- lies was Juneteenth, according to Trump to at least change the date place — Tulsa, an Oklahoma city nization named after the prosper- fended the rally. two campaign officials, who were of an Oklahoma rally kick-start- that in 1921 was the site of a fiery ous black community that white “As the party of Lincoln, Re- not authorized to speak publicly ing his return to public campaign- and orchestrated white-on-black Oklahomans burned down in the publicans are proud of the history about internal discussions and ing, saying that holding the event attack. 1921 attack. of Juneteenth,” said Katrina Pier- spoke on condition of anonymity. on Juneteenth, the day that marks “This isn’t just a wink to white At a minimum, Gamble Smith son, senior adviser to the Trump When the date was discussed, the end of slavery in America, is a supremacists — he’s throwing said, the campaign should campaign. “President Trump has it was noted that Biden had held “slap in the face.” them a welcome home party,” “change it to Saturday the 20th if built a record of success for Black a fundraiser a year ago on June- Trump campaign officials dis- Harris, a leading contender to they’re going to have it.” Americans, including unprec- teenth. Although choosing June cussed in advance the possible be Democratic presidential can- Trump announced the rally edented low unemployment prior 19 was not meant to be incen- reaction to the Juneteenth date, didate Joe Biden’s running mate, plan Wednesday afternoon. It to the global pandemic, all-time diary, some blowback was ex- but there are no plans to change tweeted of Trump’s rally plans. comes as his harsh law-and-order high funding for Historically pected, the officials said. But the it despite fierce blowback. “To choose the date, to come to stance appears to fall increas- Black Colleges and Universities, campaign was caught off guard California Sen. Kamala Har- Tulsa, is totally disrespectful and ingly out of sync with a growing and criminal justice reform.” by the intensity . Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Researchers test whether plasma can prevent virus

Associated Press fusions every so often. “They’re a paramedic; they’re Survivors of COVID-19 are a police officer; they’re a poultry donating their blood plasma in industry worker; they’re a sub- droves in hopes it helps other pa- marine naval officer,” Shoham tients recover from the coronavi- ticked off. “Can we blanket pro- rus. And while the jury’s still out, tect them?” now scientists are testing if the donations might also prevent in- The historical evidence is fection in the first place. sketchy, but convalescent plas- /AP SETH WENIG Thousands of coronavirus pa- ma’s most famous use was during tients in hospitals around the the 1918 flu pandemic, and re- Family reunion world have been treated with so- ports suggest that recipients were called convalescent plasma — in- less likely to die. Doctors still cluding more than 20,000 in the dust off the approach to tackle Gloria DeSoto, 92, visits with her family, whose car is reflected in a window of the Hebrew Home at surprise outbreaks, like SARS, a Riverdale, where she lives, in New York, Thursday . Her family was able to talk into a speaker while they U.S. — with little solid evidence so far that it makes a difference. cousin of COVID-19, in 2002 and stayed in their car and DeSoto stayed behind the glass of an entryway. They had not been able to visit the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West since March 10, when many nursing homes began to shut down visitations for fear of spreading the One recent study from China was Africa, but even those recent uses coronavirus. unclear while another from New York offered a hint of benefit. lacked rigorous research. With more rigorous testing of Convalescent plasma seems plasma treatment underway, Dr. safe to use, Dr. Michael Joyner Shmuel Shoham of Johns Hop- of the Mayo Clinic reported last Aid groups: Front-line response kins University is launching a month. His team tracked the first nationwide study asking the next 5,000 plasma recipients in a Food logical question: Could giving and Drug Administration-spon- survivors plasma right after a sored program and found few se- constrained by USAID delays high-risk exposure to the virus rious side effects. stave off illness? Does it help recovery? A clue Associated Press and says the window is closing for plemental Appropriations Act, To tell, researchers at Hop- comes from the first 39 patients the U.S. to help mitigate the worst the letter from aid groups says. JOHANNESBURG — More kins and 15 other sites will re- treated at New York’s Mount Sinai impacts of the pandemic around “The long delays in COVID-19 than two dozen international aid cruit health workers, spouses of Hospital. People who received organizations have told the U.S. the world. awards — and as a result, U.S. the sick and residents of nursing plasma before needing a venti- government they are “increas- The letter to U.S. Agency for response to a dynamic global homes where someone just fell ill lator were less likely to die than ingly alarmed” that “little to no International Development act- emergency — stands in stark con- and “they’re trying to nip it in the non-plasma recipients, said Dr. U.S. humanitarian assistance has ing administrator John Barsa is trast to our experience in crises bud,” Shoham said. Sean Liu, the study’s lead author. reached those on the front lines” dated June 4 — the same day that where (the Office of U.S. Foreign It’s a strict study: The 150 But results of the first strictly of the coronavirus pandemic, as other USAID officials were tout- Disaster Assistance) is known to volunteers will be randomly as- controlled study were disappoint- the number of new cases picks up ing the U.S. government’s “global turn around funding in a matter signed to get either plasma from ing. Hospitals in the hard-hit speed in some of the world’s most leadership” in the face of the of weeks, if not days,” the letter COVID-19 survivors that con- Chinese city of Wuhan were com- fragile regions. COVID-19 pandemic. says. tains coronavirus-fighting anti- paring severely ill patients ran- The letter obtained by The “To date, we have commit- Other aid organizations sign- bodies or regular plasma, like is domly assigned to receive plasma Associated Press and signed by ted more than $1 billion to ben- ing the letter include CARE USA, used daily in hospitals, that was or regular care, but ran out of new groups including Save the Chil- efit the global COVID response,” the Norwegian Refugee Council frozen prior to the pandemic. Sci- patients when the virus waned. dren, Mercy Corps, World Vision Kenneth Staley, the leader of the USA, American Jewish World entists will track if there’s a dif- With only half of the 200 planned and others says that “in spite of USAID COVID-19 task force, told Service, WaterAid and Physicians ference in who gets sick. patients enrolled, more plasma months of promising conversa- reporters covering Africa. for Peace. It if works, survivor plasma recipients survived but research- tions with USAID field staff, few But much of that aid has been The letter makes clear the aid could have important ramifi- ers couldn’t tell if it was a real dif- organizations have received an tied up in “uncharacteristic de- problem is a global one, pointing cations until a vaccine arrives ference or coincidence, according executed award for COVID-19 lays” nearly three months after out the exponential rise in cases — raising the prospect of possibly to a report in the Journal of the humanitarian assistance.” the passage of the Coronavirus in Pakistan, and saying “the time protecting high-risk people with American Medical Association It calls the delays “devastating” Preparedness and Response Sup- to move is now.” temporary immune-boosting in- last week. Appeals court: OSHA emergency standard not necessary

Associated Press ing to compel it to issue an emer- temporary standard, or ETS, if it which backed its contention that plants, prisons, nursing homes gency temporary standard on the determines that “employees are existing rules and regulations and other workplaces deemed es- WASHINGTON — The Trump coronavirus. exposed to grave danger” from a are protecting America’s workers sential during the pandemic. administration does not have to The AFL-CIO said in filing new hazard in the workplace, and and that an emergency tempo- AFL-CIO President Richard issue an emergency rule requir- the suit that tens of thousands of that an emergency rule is needed rary standard is not needed. ing employers to protect workers Trumka said in a statement he workers have been infected on to protect them from that danger. “OSHA will continue to en- was disappointed that the three from the coronavirus, a federal the job through exposure to in- “In light of the unprecedented force the law and offer guidance appeals court ruled Thursday. federal judges “did not deem the fected patients, co-workers and nature of the COVID-19 pan- to employers and employees to lives of America’s workers wor- The unanimous ruling by a unscreened members of the pub- demic, as well as the regulatory keep America’s workplaces safe,” thy of holding an argument or is- three-judge panel of the U.S. lic. As the economy reopens and tools that the OSHA has at its said the statement Instead of an suing a full opinion.” Court of Appeals for the District people return to work, person-to- disposal to ensure that employ- emergency standard, OSHA has of Columbia Circuit declared that person contact will increase and ers are maintaining hazard-free relied on voluntary guidance that Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., chair- the Labor Department’s work- an already “shocking number work environments, OSHA rea- recommends companies erect man of the House Education and place safety arm “reasonably de- of infections and deaths among sonably determined that an ETS physical barriers, enforce so- Labor Committee, said the ruling termined” that an emergency rule workers will rise,” the union is not necessary at this time,” the cial distancing and install more reinforces the need for the Senate “is not necessary at this time.” said. ruling said. hand-sanitizing stations, among to approve a House-passed bill A top labor union sued the Oc- In its two-page ruling, the ap- The Labor Department said other steps. But the guidance is that includes a provision requir- cupational Health and Safety peals court said OSHA is au- in a statement Thursday that of- not mandatory, and COVID-19 ing OSHA to issue an emergency Administration last month seek- thorized to issue an emergency ficials were pleased at the ruling, cases have spiked at meatpacking temporary standard . PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 NATION Fears grow about patchwork election system

BY STEVE PEOPLES of complicated ballot-access laws, adopted AND CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY by the party in power at the statehouse and Associated Press implemented by local governments with little to no federal oversight. ATLANTA — The chaos that plagued Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Georgia’s primary this week is raising a Republican, said he’s working to en- concerns about a potential broader failure sure Ohio has adequate poll workers. He’s of the nation’s patchwork election system tweaking a program allowing high school that could undermine the November presi- seniors to be poll workers, encouraging dential contest, political leaders and elec- companies to give workers a paid day off tions experts say. and advocating state agencies that don’t al- With less than five months to go, fears ready offer days off for poll workers to do are mounting that several battleground so. states are not prepared to administer prob- LaRose condemned those in both parties lem-free elections during the pandemic. who have warned of voting challenges. The increasingly urgent concerns are “What worries me is when someone with both complex and simple: long lines dis- bad intentions can take a story about elec- proportionately affecting voters of color tions problems and then use it intentionally in places like Atlanta with a history of to try to cause people to self-disenfran- voter suppression; a severe shortage of chise, which is about the ugliest thing I can poll workers scared away by coronavirus imagine,“ he said. concerns; and an emerging consensus that In Michigan, absentee voting surged in it could take several days after polls close the March presidential primary following on Election Day to determine a winner as JOHN BAZEMORE/AP a 2018 constitutional amendment that ex- battleground states struggle with an explo- Kelsey Luker reads as she waits in line to vote Tuesday in Atlanta. panded the option. Secretary of State Joc- sion of mail voting. elyn Benson, a Democrat, recently drew “We want a democracy in the United Trump’s ire by announcing that all 7.3 States we can showcase for the world, and system, particularly across states where Some Atlanta voters brought lawn chairs million registered voters would be mailed right now it’s broken and on full display,” federal protections that ensured minority to wait in lines that exceeded five hours. absentee ballot applications in the August said Kristen Clarke, president and execu- voters weren’t disenfranchised have been Wait times of two hours or more were and November elections. Michigan saw tive director of the Lawyers’ Committee swept away. reported in recent weeks across Philadel- record turnout for local elections in May for Civil Rights Under Law. “You’re almost back to the Confederates phia, Milwaukee and Washington, D.C. after a similar move. Officials across the political spectrum against the Union,” Sharpton said. Beyond lines, the mail voting boom has Benson said there were no plans to con- have raised concerns, but there is a con- He offered a simple message to people of caused unprecedented reporting delays. solidate polling locations in November, but trast in the level of urgency by party, and color and those who run elections this fall: Pennsylvania officials were still count- she noted that polling sites may only be even by race. “If you do not vote and protect the vote, ing mail ballots from the state’s June 2 able to handle half their regular volume Democrats want to send billions of dol- then you are helping to keep the knee on election on June 11. Because of a court because of social distancing and safety lars to overburdened state and local elec- our necks.” order, Wisconsin didn’t begin to release requirements. Social distancing rules in tion systems and expand in-person early Election officials are expressing opti- results of its April 7 primary until six days metro Atlanta limited the number of peo- voting and universal no-excuse mail bal- mism as they scramble to address glaring after polls closed. ple who could be in a polling place at one loting. Republicans, reluctant to inject the problems. Amid continued pandemic con- Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, time, contributing to long lines. federal government into state elections, cerns, many don’t have enough poll work- a Republican, said he’s confident in the The state has reached out to large em- have resisted such efforts and instead call ers to staff voting sites, the capacity to state’s voting system and blames any is- ployers, colleges and sports teams for ad- on local elections officials, who in urban train new workers in states featuring new sues on the “incompetence” of municipal ditional poll workers. areas are often Democrats, to fix the prob- equipment or the ability to efficiently pro- election officials. The criticism was in line In Pennsylvania, Secretary of State lems themselves. cess the surge in mail ballots. with that of Georgia’s chief elections of- Kathy Boockvar, a Democrat, called on President Donald Trump is also fighting The challenges have led to extraordi- ficer, a Republican who blamed the elec- state officials to change rules that block states’ plans to expand voting by mail, rais- narily long lines, particularly in urban tion leaders of two Democratic-controlled them from beginning to count mail ballots ing repeated concerns with no evidence areas. counties for most of the problems in Tues- before 7 a.m. on Election Day. about voter fraud. The final Las Vegas voter wasn’t able to day’s primary. She could not promise that Pennsylvania Civil rights activist Al Sharpton said he cast a ballot until 3 a.m. Wednesday, eight That highlights a complicated reality would post its final results the night of the has lost confidence in the nation’s voting hours after polls were supposed to close. across America. Each state has its own set election: “Close races can take a while.” Authorities: Suspect in ambush Jacksonville selected for of California deputy shot dead Trump convention speech Associated Press path to victory in 2020. We look forward to bringing this great Associated Press The manhunt for Lira began at dawn Wednesday, TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jack- celebration and economic boon when authorities said he opened fire on the Paso sonville, Fla., has been selected LOS ANGELES — A gunman believed to have to the Sunshine State in just a few Robles police station. Two sheriff’s deputies heard shot a Central California sheriff’s deputy and tar- to host the celebration marking short months.” gunshots and responded but didn’t see the attacker geted others in a series of attacks was shot dead President Donald Trump’s accep- McDaniel said the event would until they were outside their patrol car and under Thursday after confrontations tance of his party’s nomination be held at the VyStar Veterans fire. that wounded three other law for reelection, the Republican Memorial Arena, which holds enforcement members, author- Deputy Nicholas Dreyfus, 28, was hit in the face. National Committee chairwoman 15,000 people. She said more ities said. His partner fired back and dragged Dreyfus behind said Thursday. details would be released in the Mason James Lira, 26, was a police car. Dreyfus, who was able to radio that he’d Ronna McDaniel made the an- coming weeks. killed after he emerged from been shot, underwent surgery Thursday and was in nouncement a day after saying The party’s more mundane a brushy riverbed in Paso Ro- guarded condition. that Jacksonville was a front-run- business, including discussions bles, climbed a steep hillside While scores of officers searched for Lira, they ner to hold the event. The gover- over the platform, will still be and ran toward a vineyard, au- received a report of a body near a train station and nor of North Carolina, the official held in Charlotte because of con- thorities said. found a 58-year-old man shot to death on the tracks. host of this summer’s Republican tractual obligations. He had two stolen handguns He appeared to be a transient who was camping out National Convention, had balked The RNC had spent the last overnight. Police believe Lira was responsible for at promising Trump a full-blown and investigators found a box Lira week scouting locations after of ammunition, Paso Robles the killing. convention in Charlotte free from North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper Police Chief Ty Lewis said. Lira’s father told The Associated Press he thinks social distancing measures dur- rejected Trump’s demand that He clearly had been planning attacks on law en- the shooting at the police station might have been a ing the coronavirus pandemic. the convention be allowed to take forcement, possibly for days, the chief said. suicide attempt. “We are thrilled to celebrate place Aug. 24-27 without social Over the course of about 36 hours, Lira opened Jose Lira said his son had been diagnosed with this momentous occasion in distancing measures. fire in an ambush and managed to evade hundreds schizophrenia, Asperger’s syndrome and attention the great city of Jacksonville,” The Jacksonville area is one of of law enforcement officers, authorities said. deficit hyperactivity disorder. He said his son has McDaniel said. “Not only does the state’s most populous, with 1.5 “Every time that law enforcement got near to been in and out of jail and treatment centers, didn’t Florida hold a special place in million residents, but it doesn’t him, he engaged them in gunfire,” Lewis said at an take his medication and often thinks he is a special President Trump’s heart as his have the glitz of Miami or the fa- evening news conference. agent or a soldier. home state, but it is crucial in the miliarity of Orlando. Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 BOOKS ‘Sandblast’ crafts engaging special ops mission

BY ROBERT H. REID — to infi ltrate the Taliban and gan’s Heroes,” but Pessin makes it real through attention Stars and Stripes stop Ibn Jihad by any means to detail and skillful storytelling. necessary. His narrative slides effortlessly from the bureaucratic n the new military thriller “Sandblast,” the A young Pentagon covert op- battles faced by Davenport to keep the mission alive and secretary of defense is assassinated when terror- erations offi cer, Bridget Daven- fend off skeptics in rival agencies to the emotional toll on ist bombers blow his plane out of the skies. The port, fi nds an Afghan-American Lt. Abdallah as he befriends men he may later have to Iattack is claimed by a charismatic Taliban leader in Army lieutenant, Faraz Abdal- kill. As Hamed the village youth, he must carry out or- Afghanistan known only as Ibn Jihad. lah, to attempt the mission. The ders that weigh heavily on the conscience of his alter ego. With the SecDef, his wife and much of his staff dead, only child of Afghan immigrant Pessin is at his best when he describes the complex the White House is in full panic mode, eager for revenge parents, Lt. Abdallah is fl uent relationship between Lt. Abdallah and his Taliban com- and terrifi ed that Ibn Jihad is planning an even bigger in the Pashto language and pos- rades, including his boss, Commander al-Souri, a Syrian terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11. sesses the physical and mental jihadi who has fought in Afghanistan for decades. Veteran broadcast journalist Al Pessin, whose nearly skills necessary for such a high- “He knew al-Souri was a terrorist, a ruthless murderer four-decade career took him from confl ict zones in Iraq risk assignment. of foreigners and Afghans alike, a man who would stop at and Afghanistan to the Pentagon and the White House, Abdallah must shed his nothing, including making him into a suicide bomber, in has crafted a page-turner about the world of spooks, California upbringing — the pursuit of his apocalyptic vision. At the same time, Faraz special ops and jihad. Army even tells his parents he had to acknowledge that al-Souri was a soldier/scholar His characters, ranging from D.C. bureaucrats to was killed in a training accident — the kind of wise, committed leader the U.S. military Afghan dirt farmers, are believable, even to readers who — and convince the Taliban that he is a simple Afghan tried to build in its ranks,” Pessin writes. have brushed shoulders with such people in the fl esh. village youth named Hamed who is willing to serve as a As the story reaches its climax, Pessin builds the In wake of the SecDef’s murder and with jihadi chatter terrorist while remaining focused on his high-risk mis- suspense to an ending which — like the Afghan War itself pointing to a new attack, the Defense Intelligence Agency sion. — is on one level a success, but on another, incomplete. dusts off a once-rejected plan — Operation Sandblast The basic plot line might seem as far-fetched as “Ho- That’s a good jumping-off point for a sequel.

The Vanishing Half All My Mother’s Lovers Hideaway The Other Bennet Sister American Sherlock Brit Bennett Ilana Masad Nora Roberts Janice Hadlow Kate WInkler Dawson A new novel explores the “All My Mother’s Lovers” is a Roberts’ latest thriller pulls Jane Austen was most un- Dawson’s latest nonfi ction construct of race in the diverging story of queerness, love and fam- you in from the fi rst page, and generous to Mary Bennet. The page-turner is really two books, lives of light-skinned black twins, ily like you’ve never seen it be- keeps you curled up with it dur- middle of fi ve sisters Austen cre- one of which is great. Dawson one of whom transitions into a fore. After the unexpected death ing any moment of free time you ated for “Pride and Prejudice” — whose riveting “Death in the life as a white woman. of her mother, Iris, 27-year-old have until the very last page. was confi ned to tedious speeches Air” tracked a deadly fog that The older, wilder twin, De- Maggie discovers fi ve letters Drama was in Caitlyn Sulli- from Fordyce’s Sermons and cloaked London in 1952 — looks siree, has little patience for their tucked into Iris’ will. The letters van’s veins. She was born into the mortifying piano solos. at Edward Oscar Heinrich, the townspeople’s obsession with are addressed to fi ve men that legendary Sullivan family, which In “The Other Bennet Sister,” Californian who pioneered crime lightness. “Her father had been Maggie has never once heard churned out generation after Hadlow gives Mary a starring investigation techniques that so light that, on a cold morning, Iris mention. generation of stars. role, a spirited character and police still use today. she could turn his arm over to Desperate to fi nd out who During a family gathering a story sure to please a market Blood spatter patterns, fi n- see the blue of his veins. But these men could possibly be, at her grandfather’s sprawling hungry for all things Austen. gerprinting, stomach content none of that mattered when the Maggie leaves behind her griev- home in California’s Big Sur, Hadlow’s debut novel opens analysis, specifi cs of decomposi- white men came for him, so how ing father and brother (as well Caitlyn played a game of hide much like the original . She fol- tion — Heinrich seems to have could she care about lightness as her new girlfriend with whom and seek that was supposed to be lows Austen’s story at a respect- been at the forefront of all of it, after that?” she is falling madly in love) forgetful, but wound up changing ful distance until the happy which Dawson demonstrates in Even as Stella, the twin who and embarks on a quest to hand her life. The perfect hiding place ending, then strikes out on her case studies that focus on his transitions after leaving their deliver each letter. was actually a trap. own. Life at Longbourn takes a splashier work, including failed hometown, sheds some of the Along her journey, Maggie Caitlyn’s kidnapping is a rivet- turn that sends Mary shifting efforts to nail comic actor Fatty burdens of being seen as black, learns she knew far less about ing and suspenseful ordeal. But among family households like Arbuckle for the death of a star- she gets in its place the psycho- both her mother and her father its aftermath and the long-term other unmarried women of the let. (The journalism professor logical toll of passing as white, of than she ever thought possible. hold it has on her life impacts era. Rescue comes with her Aunt gets credit for acknowledging the lying to those closest to her. Maggie’s relationship with Iris everything: what family means Gardiner in London. times Heinrich fell short.) “At fi rst, passing seemed so had always been strained, in part to her and her relationship with There, she begins to blossom, Less successful are the bio- simple, she couldn’t understand due to Iris’ inability to accept her loved ones, where she lives, then meets the earnest Tom graphical details Dawson uses why her parents hadn’t done it,” Maggie’s sexuality. The men her career, who she loves. Hayward and the insouciant Will in an attempt to explain why Bennett writes. “But she was Maggie meets challenge her to Reading “Hideaway” is like a Ryder, young men who seem Heinrich was driven to bring young then. She hadn’t real- see Iris not only as her fl awed mini vacation, as Roberts trans- eager for her attention. But are criminals to justice. As too ized how long it takes to become mother, but also as a human ports you from the sun-drenched they really? many stories pile up about, for someone else, or how lonely being fi lled with her own com- mountains of Big Sur to the roll- Austen fans have long been instance, Heinrich’s spendthrift it can be living in a world not plex emotions and desires. ing hills of Ireland to the bustling happy to reap the benefi ts of such son, one can almost hear Daw- meant for you.” “All My Mother’s Lovers” is streets of New York City. misunderstandings, and Hadlow son’s students at the University Issues of privilege, inter-gen- a wholly unique exploration of The romance-suspense hybrid, proves adept at delivering plot of Texas parroting her advice: erational trauma, the random- identity, sexuality and the all- one of Roberts’ specialities, will twists and social commentary . Edit, edit, edit. ness and unfairness of it all, are consuming power of love. Masad make you think hard about the The echoes of beloved passages — Chris Hewitt teased apart in all their com- is a masterful storyteller who small and big moments that gives the reader the pleasure of Star Tribune (Minneapolis) plexity, within a story that also offers complex, dynamic charac- make a person’s life zig or zag. rereading an old favorite along touches on universal themes of ters that continue to surprise us And how some things are just with the discovery of a new one. love, identity and belonging. until the very end. meant to be. — Maureen McCarthy — Rasha Madkour/AP — Molly Sprayregen/AP — Sophia Rosenbaum/AP Star Tribune (Minneapolis) PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 HEALTH & FITNESS

Other tips  No days off: While it’s sometimes easy to think you “deserve a break,” keep in mind that a break day can disrupt your healthy habits and routine. Obviously, some workouts and practices do require breaks — for example, I’ll run every other day or every third day because I feel this time is needed for my recovery. That being said, living an active and healthy lifestyle is much easier if you try to view that as simply “how it is” instead of viewing it as a chore. Living healthy is an investment.  Do things you enjoy: It’s hard to stick to a workout you hate. Try a few differ- ent things and fi nd some- thing that works for you.  Cut bad habits: Things like excessive drinking, unhealthy eating, and smoking can set you back from seeing improvement. Try to limit these things in your daily life. Cold turkey is one method, but even moderation can lead to benefi ts.  Track your success: Keep a notebook that tracks your pushups, use an application like Strava to compete with yourself when running, stand in front of the mirror and fl ex iStock your muscles — do what- ever you can to remind yourself that the hard work you’re putting in is work- Set bigger exercise Add a simple exercise Carefully pick vitamins ing. You’re getting health- 5 simple ways goals, stick to them to your day, every day and actually take them ier, stronger and faster — remind yourself so that to improve your My personal goal has been I’ve never been one for a I’ve tried taking vitamins in you can stay motivated. to run 100 miles a month. That traditional or long workout the past. I’d get a bottle, pop  Don’t let diet hold you might sound like a lot, but con- routine; however, by focusing them for a day or two, and then back: I’m by no means a health in a world sistency has been the biggest on something easy and simple, forget about them. ‘healthy eater,’ but I am contributor for me success- I’ve found that 10-15 minutes By adding vitamins to my conscious of a few things fully reaching that benchmark can make a big difference. quarantine routine, taking that I need to get every each month. I’ve never been a of coronavirus I do at least 100 pushups a them right after my 10-minute day. One thing I focus on runner and I’ve got some minor day and have found that the daily workout with a protein- is protein for the sake of knee problems, but simply get- time between sets has gotten heavy snack, I’ve fi nally been BY SPENCER MCKEE recovery, so much so that ting out there and moving at my shorter over time. For me, this able to take them consistently I’ve built eating high-pro- The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) own pace has helped me stay on seems to give me a quick full- enough to actually see the ben- tein snacks, like yogurt, track. body workout at a level that at efi ts. I take a multivitamin, a s the world starts to into my daily routine. Whatever your goal is, make least maintains muscle mass. vitamin B complex, extra B-12, reopen, many changes Between a $2 pre-made it seem like a stretch goal. If you Another daily workout I’ve and a supplement with omega Oikos Pro Fuel smoothie related to the presence miss your goal the fi rst month , done in the past is the ‘8-min- 3, 6, and 9. That specifi c mix and an Oikos Triple Zero Aof COVID-19 are likely adjust the goal accordingly. ute abs’ routine from decades was built around what the in- yogurt (plus some healthy still impacting your life. There’s You’ll see benefi ts from staying ago. The video is free on You- ternet said would give me more cereal on top), I know I’m a chance you’ve got more time consistently active, whether it’s tube . Jump rope routines are energy and boost my mood, and on your hands and fewer options swimming miles a day or simply also a great option. it seems to work. getting 80% of the protein regarding how you spend it. By add- walking around the block. This step takes 10 minutes a Again, I’m not a nutritionist the average person needs ing simple health-focused habits to One goal that I’ve found suc- day. Everyone can make time and have no medical back- to get throughout the day your daily routine, you’ll be using cess with in the past is to hike for that. I’d recommend doing ground, but this mix seems to before noon.  this time to better yourself, likely at least once a week on a new the exercise earlier rather work for my personal goals. Do it for a week : A habit boosting your immune system in trail. Plot out your trail a month than later to get the benefi ts of Consider your own goals and can’t be formed overnight. the meantime. ahead of time and pick some- increased blood fl ow to start consult a nutritionist to come up Anything new I’m trying, Here are a few things I’ve done thing you can look forward to. your morning. with a plan that works for you. I’ll generally try to add to my daily routine for about during the past couple of months a week. If I still don’t like it that I feel have benefi ted me from at that point or haven’t seen a physical and mental health Drink water Find a hobby that also serves as a social outlet any benefi ts, I’ll move on. standpoint. To be clear, I’ve got no One side effect of working In times where social interaction has been so limited, it can be  Listen to podcasts: Your medical training and have no expe- from home is that I’ve been easy to feel alone. brain needs a workout, too. rience with nutrition. The following crushing fl avored seltzers. The By making sure I work rock climbing into my routine frequently, The right podcast is a great recommendations are solely based variety keeps me from getting I’m able to participate in a healthy activity that also involves being way to stimulate thought. It on what has seemed to help me, and bored and some products, like around one or two other people in a controlled, non-invasive way. also helps me pass the time I hope they help you, too. Coca-Cola’s ‘Aha!’ line, offer Granted, that particular activity might be easier for me, as a Colo- while performing a simple Author’s Note: I’m just some guy added benefi ts like 30 MG of rado resident, than for you in your location. Whether you’re run- workout task. I also really on the internet. It’s recommended caffeine derived from coffee or ning with a friend or playing video games with a buddy from your like to listen to a podcast that you consult a medical profes- green tea. couch, a social hobby is important to maintain in some capacity. that involves conversation, sional before making any changes Drinking an adequate For an added mental boost, pick a hobby that you can as I fi nd this fi lls a social to your diet, vitamin intake or exer- amount of water benefi ts almost improve in. This improvement will have you feeling productive as purpose, as well. cise routine. every organ in your body. your skills improve. Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 VIDEO GAMES

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Hard to swallow Shark RPG’s clumsy controls diminish Maneater hype of being the apex predator of the sea

BY GIESON CACHO idea of growth. Players need to level up their shark which are clumsy at best and frustrating at worst. Con- The Mercury News into adulthood before she can destroy grates and other trolling the shark feels cumbersome, as players change obstacles to explore the wider city of Port Clovis. the shark’s swimming angles by looking in a particular o matter if it’s “Jaws,” “The Meg” or “Deep The bull shark’s goals are twofold. The fi rst is that direction. It’s comparable to the controls system of Air Blue Sea,” we secretly root for the sharks. she wants to be the ultimate apex predator of the sea. Combat titles, but clumsier and with the added dimen- Sure, the humans are the heroes who eventu- That means growing into a megashark that is feared by sion of fi ghting on the water’s surface. That’s evident Nally slay the primal creatures, but it’s the sperm whales and orcas in the gulf. The other driv- in the chaotic battles against hunters who go after the monsters of the deep that catch our eye. ing factor is revenge. The bull shark has one target in bull shark after she dines on enough humans. Trying All teeth and muscle, they fascinate us. The fi ns knif- mind — Scaly Pete, the larger-than-life fi sherman who to breach and slam atop boats isn’t the smoothest of ing along the water grab our attention like a train horn. gutted her mother. moves, and diving down into the depths for safety and Their breaching above the water Despite its intriguing premise, Maneater will have another attempted breach is awkward. is like a fi reworks show blasting problems keeping players’ interest beyond the novel The locomotion and traversal lacks fl uidity, and out of the sea. Maneater takes fi rst hours. It’s fun to be a shark and watch the ani- those issues spill over into ocean life combat. Battling that innate attraction to sharks mal’s growth, but the mission design is pedestrian and cetaceans, other sharks and gators involves dodging and lets players live out a power monotonous. Most of the time, players have to either attacks when enemies blink yellow and then counter- fantasy as the predator. devour humans, a fearsome rival or the favorite food of attacking. It’s not the most complex system and can be In this open-world shARkPG an apex predator. In addition, players will come across unwieldy, especially with the lack of a hard lock-on. — that’s publisher Tripwire collectibles such as license plates, nutrient caches or Maneater’s fl aws are smoothed over partly thanks Interactive’s reference, not mine landmark signs. to the narration of comedian Chris Parnell. The nar- — players take on the role of a fe- Some of these side quests have upgrades that give rative is framed as a Discovery Channel-type nature male bull shark. A hunter named the bull shark such essential evolutions as shadow fi ns show, and as the game follows the bull shark through Scaly Pete kills her mother and and bone tails. These act like pieces of armor and gear her adventures, Parnell chimes in with nautical facts scars it. In retaliation, the bull shark pup bites off that the shark dons while in different grottoes, which and biting critiques on humanity’s relationship with Pete’s hand and escapes into the bayou. are safe zones in each region of Port Clovis. The bone nature. From there, players control the fi sh as she survives set is geared toward defense while the shadow series is This smart commentary is partly carried over to in the wild. The bull shark has to constantly eat. Her all about attack power and speed. The bioelectric gear the locale of Port Clovis, which is a fi ctional gulf city initial prey are catfi sh, grouper and box turtles, and excels at stunning enemies that swarm players. that’s part Louisiana and part Florida. The opinion- this diet provides nutrients, fueling the shark’s growth. The bull shark can mix and match the evolutions or ated narrator stabs at the excess and weirdness of both Chowing down on the wildlife is how the pup matures it can use a full set for a bonus that makes it unstop- states. It’s almost enough to make players look over the into a teenager. From there, she can attack bigger pable in certain scenarios. When paired with three of control issues and mission design that hold Maneater animals such as alligators that would have given her the right organ upgrades, players can overcome any back from being a great open-world title. problems in the beginning. adversary on the seas. The bull shark can even tumble The whole process makes Maneater feel like a fi shy across land, chowing down on humans who venture too Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo answer to Pac-Man. The developers, Blindside Inter- close to shore. Switch active and Tripwire, block off early areas behind this Another problem with Maneater is the controls, Online: tripwireinteractive.com/maneatergame PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 MOVIES

BY ANN HORNADAY  The Washington Post

hen Spike Lee phoned in for an (those rack-focus dolly shots, those double- communities with corona. You can tie that interview last week, New York edit hugs). together without having to work.” was still in the throes of dem- Lee has also been fearless about mak- Inimitable Spike Lee touches abound Wonstrations against police bru- ing polemical work, and speaking out throughout “Da 5 Bloods,” which features tality, a lockdown brought on by COVID-19 about politics off-screen, regardless of the one of his most familiar stylistic fl ourishes: and the civic unrest and economic crisis blowback he might receive in Hollywood a stirring prologue and epilogue, in this that have ensued. or from his audience. Given the huge and case featuring Muhammad Ali and Martin But Lee, who was calling from his home diverse turnouts at the nationwide dem- Luther King Jr. — both of whom criticized on the Upper East Side, was in a surpris- onstrations over the past two weeks, is he the Vietnam War, both of whom were ingly exuberant mood. “Wednesday [June optimistic that systemic change is at hand? reviled for doing so at the time, and both of 3] was the fi rst day nobody died from co- The answer, he says, is all about fol- whom have been sanitized into sentimental rona,” he said, citing data regarding con- low-through. “Let’s not get (ahead of) heroes over the ensuing decades. fi rmed deaths published by the New York ourselves,” he warns. “Let’s see what’s The decision to include King in “Da City Department of Health and Mental happened when we wake up on Nov. 4. 5 Bloods” was particularly personal for Hygiene. What’s more, he had taken a bike Because regardless of what’s happening Lee. The civil rights leader was a senior at ride to mayoral residence Gracie Mansion now, if Agent Orange gets reelected, then Atlanta’s Morehouse College when Lee’s a few days earlier that considerably raised it’s been in vain.” father was a freshman; Lee graduated his spirits. “Agent Orange,” as Lee’s fans know, from Morehouse in 1979 with Martin Lu- “I had a mask on, trying to be in-cog- is the fi lmmaker’s preferred name for ther King III. “Dr. King wasn’t just talking negro,” he recalls with a wry laugh. “And President Donald Trump. It’s also a deadly about how immoral the Vietnam War was,” it was a great sight for my sore eyes to see chemical that was used as an herbicide and Lee insists. “He was talking about Dow my fellow New Yorkers — white, brown, defoliant in Vietnam, where “Da 5 Bloods” Chemical and all the other people who red and black — unifi ed and speaking up takes place. The movie stars Delroy Lindo, were profi ting off the war, who were mak- against the powers that be.” Isiah Whitlock Jr., Clarke Peters and ing napalm and Agent Orange. And I think He was even more heartened by what Norm Lewis as veterans who return to the that’s why he got assassinated. Not because he saw on CNN all week. “It happened all country to recover the remains of their he was trying to desegregate counters or across the United States of America, not fallen squad leader (played in fl ashbacks all that other stuff. When he started speak- just New York,” he says excitedly. “It’s all by Chadwick Boseman). Along the way, ing against the war, they were like, ‘This over ... Baltimore, D.C. — I mean, even they embark on a scheme reminiscent of guy gotta go.’ ” places where there are no black people! John Huston’s “The Treasure of the Sierra Film fans will recognize more than a Salt Lake City, Utah. Des Moines, Iowa. ... Madre,” one of Lee’s all-time favorites. few shoutouts to “Apocalypse Now” in Many more places that don’t have a large Although it obeys the conventions of war “Da 5 Bloods,” which features at least minority population. But they’re out there, fi lms and caper fl icks, “Da 5 Bloods” also two straight-up homages to Francis Ford too. I haven’t seen this since I was a kid recognizes the disproportionate sacrifi ce Coppola’s 1979 fi lm. Lee had just graduat- growing up in the ’60s.” of black soldiers in Vietnam, who were ed from Morehouse and was preparing to Having a conversation with Lee is akin drafted, sent to the front lines, killed attend fi lm school at New York University to a dance: He is as sharply observant and and court-martialed far more often than when that fi lm came out. He was working coruscatingly critical as the fi lms he’s their white peers. Lee, who with Kevin as an intern at Columbia Pictures in Los been making since his groundbreaking Willmott retooled Danny Bilson and Paul Spike Lee talks Angeles. debut in 1986 with “She’s Gotta Have It.” De Meo’s script that had originally been “I was at the fi rst screening,” he recalls But, like most of his movies, he possesses about white characters, fi rst heard about fondly, trying to fi nd the ticket stub while ‘Da 5 Bloods,’ his an underlying current of humor that can the project as he was preparing to direct he talks. “Twelve noon, the Cinerama instantly disarm even his harshest detrac- “BlacKkKlansman” in 2017. Although he Dome, Sunset Boulevard. Every time I see role as an artist in tors. His new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” which couldn’t have known then that the themes Francis he says, ‘Spike, you’ve told me this begins streaming on Netfl ix on Friday, of “Da 5 Bloods” would be so germane in story a million times already!’ But it’s true! tumultuous times exemplifi es what makes him so distinc- 2020, he says, “It doesn’t take a great leap tive as a director: He’s one of a handful of to make a correlation between what hap- That was one of the most exhilarating fi lmmakers who have refi ned their own, pened to black and brown boys in Vietnam experiences I’ve ever seen in fi lm.” instantly recognizable cinematic language and what’s happened to black and brown CONTINUED ON PAGE 15

Director Spike Lee, from left, on the set of “Da 5 Bloods,” with Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Norm Lewis. Netflix Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 MOVIE REVIEWS Black vets return to Vietnam in ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Spike Lee’s war drama may be fl awed, but it arrives at a time when it feels urgent

BY ANN HORNADAY The Washington Post pike Lee’s new movie, “Da 5 Bloods,” arrives at a time when the director’s singular voice couldn’t Sbe more needed. In a rousing, gorgeously modulated prologue that we’ve come to expect from a Spike Lee Joint — this one offering a whirlwind tour of the protest movements of the 1960s and the violent pushback they received from government and law enforcement — it looks as if the 63-year- old director has made another fi lm that uncannily meets its moment. If the ensu- ing, relatively conventional drama doesn’t always live up to that early promise, its moments of stinging insight and soaring cinematic rhetoric once again prove why Lee might be America’s most indispens- able fi lmmaker. Case in point: The seamlessly graceful transition from that electrifying opening montage to the present day, when four Vietnam veterans gather in a fancy Ho Chi Minh City hotel for a reunion and a mission. Eddie — a wealthy car dealer played by Norm Lewis — is treating his buddies to the trip, on which they intend to recover the remains of their squad leader. As they embrace and give each other the business, snippets of their characters emerge: Otis (Clarke Peters) is watchful and reserved; laid-back Melvin (Isiah Netflix Whitlock Jr.) works on keeping it mel- From left, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors star in Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods.” low; and Paul (Delroy Lindo) possesses the kind of taut, tightly coiled energy that could go off at any minute. graphs to illustrate tutorials on everything the screen with a scenery-chewing per- That 1971 album, of course, was a mas- The group obeys all of the conventions from the brutality of the My Lai Massacre formance that has madness and music at terpiece, both within the context of pop music and the political upheavals of that of war pictures of yore — the strategizer, to the glory of 400-meter hurdles champ its core. (The rest of the Bloods remain era. “Da 5 Bloods” may go over the top the quiet one, the clown, the hothead Edwin Moses. frustratingly under-drawn.) But he re- in its messianic depiction of Boseman’s — and that includes the man they are try- In the hands of any other fi lmmaker, verts to male-gaze cliche when he enlists character, who becomes increasingly ing to fi nd: “Stormin’ Norman,” played in such didactic digressions might drag down stunningly beautiful actresses — Melanie — and improbably — more Christ-like as fl ashbacks by Chadwick Boseman, didn’t the narrative. But Lee’s passion and fl uen- Thierry and Le Y Lan — to play the only the mysterious circumstances of his death just lead them in battle but elevated their cy make them far more engaging than the two women in a movie that interrogates are (unsurprisingly) revealed. But he collective consciousness about serving putative drama of “Da 5 Bloods,” which is themes of greed, loyalty, self-sacrifi ce delivers one of the fi lm’s most memorable their country, while also disproportion- at its least involving when it’s at its most and the racism that led to so many black and powerful moments in a fl ashback, ately dying in a war that wasn’t their fi ght. generically formulaic. Although he has soldiers serving and dying in Vietnam, as when he describes living in a police state In addition to fi nding Norman’s impro- clearly learned from the mistakes made in well as masculinity itself. his starchy, unfocused World War II fi lm “Da 5 Bloods” is most invigorating when back home. “Every time I walk out that vised grave, the friends have a hidden door,” he says, “I can feel how much I agenda, involving a cache of gold once in- “Miracle at St. Anna,” Lee still stumbles Lee is most sharply polemical, whether here and there when choreographing the it’s during that vibrant prologue, or when ain’t worth.” Today, that line lands with a tended for the U.S. forces’ South Vietnam- potent, dispiritingly prescient thud. ese allies. “Da 5 Bloods” owes as much to action sequences and multiple fi refi ghts. he stops to drop some knowledge in Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo’s script, interstitial fl ashes of history, wisdom and “The American War is over,” a char- “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” and acter announces early in “Da 5 Bloods,” which Lee rewrote with Kevin Wilmott, is exuberant wit. Although Lee’s frequent “Three Kings” as it does to “Apocalypse referring to the Vietnamese people’s often stilted and overstuffed. One second- collaborator Terence Blanchard has writ- Now,” which Lee exuberantly invokes in name for the confl ict. Spike Lee is here ary cast of characters in particular has ten an orchestral score that swells with a movie that wears its infl uences proudly, to remind us that the war for America if not always subtly. Changing up aspect a tendency to pop up with perfunctory, old-school triumphalism during the fi lm’s rages on. ratios and mixing in 16mm fi lm stock and unconvincing convenience. most melodramatic moments, it’s the Mar- iPhone footage to delineate time periods, Lee has cast some of the best charac- vin Gaye songs — all of them culled from “Da 5 Bloods” is now streaming on Netflix. The film is rated R for strong violence, grisly images Lee gives “Da 5 Bloods” his usual jolts ter actors in Hollywood to play his title “What’s Going On” — that serve as “Da 5 and pervasive coarse language. Running time: 154 of visual energy, interjecting still photo- characters; Lindo especially commands Bloods’ ” most powerful musical motif. minutes.

FROM PAGE 14 the project. knee of a white police offi cer in “There were some people who position of individual artists and Lee says that he cast Laurence “ ‘Malcolm X’ was Norman Minneapolis, he responded al- were saying that Spike put these their proper creative response, Fishburne and Albert Hall in Jewison’s fi lm. And he grace- most days later with a breathtak- quotes in the movie for the audi- he says, is a private decision. “School Daze” and “Malcolm X” fully bowed out. He didn’t have ing 94-second short fi lm called ence member to make a choice,” “As I’ve gotten older and more on the strength of their support- to do that,” Lee says, adding that, “3 Brothers — Radio Raheem, Lee says. “That was not the in- mature, I can understand that ing performances in “Apoca- to this day, their conversation Eric Garner and George Floyd,” tent at all. Before Malcolm X got every artist has their own path,” lypse Now.” He gives credit to has remained private. “Without in which he intercut the deaths assassinated, (he and) Dr. King he says. “And there are some Coppola and Oliver Stone for saying exactly what he said, you of Garner and Floyd with footage were trying to fi nd a common artists — and I’m not making casting actors of color in their know, he kind of acknowledged from the 1989 fi lm “Do the Right ground, where they could unite any judgments — they think that Vietnam movies, which were that maybe he was not the person Thing,” in which Radio Raheem, their different points of view. But their gift to God is their talent breakthroughs compared with to direct that fi lm.” played by Bill Nunn, dies while they were united in the freedom and to entertain people, and they John Wayne’s “Green Berets” Far from being despondent in a police chokehold. of black folks. So the end of ‘Do make a conscious decision to and other whitewashed histories about coronavirus and political Refl ecting on the devastating the Right Thing’ was not saying leave politics out of it. And that’s of the war. He says he has “noth- unrest, Lee says, he feels he was parallels of fact and fi ction in “3 to the audience, ‘Pick one or the their choice. ing but love” for both directors, “built for this.” Since New York Brothers,” Lee takes a moment other.’ I felt that you could put “But I do think that history has especially Stone, who served in went into shutdown, he has been to clear up what he says has both of them together.” showed us that when times have Vietnam. Speculating that Stone isolating at home with his wife, been a 30-year misunderstand- Does Lee feel compelled to been rough, they’ve produced may not have felt qualifi ed to Tonya; their grown children, ing about “Do the Right Thing,” make a particular movie in light some of the greatest music, mov- tell the black soldiers’ story, Lee Satchel and Jackson; and their which ends with two quotes of these extraordinary times? ies, plays and whatnot from art- compares him to Norman Jewi- Yorkshire terrier, Ginger. about violence, one from Mar- “No,” he says fl atly, although he ists who feel that it’s their duty to son, who had intended to direct When the video emerged of tin Luther King and one from suggests he might be inspired comment or hold up a window to “Malcolm X” before Lee took on George Floyd dying under the Malcolm X. to make another short fi lm. The the evil that’s going on.” PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police officer saves EMT choking on food

BRICK TOWNSHIP NJ — It took police officers just seconds to come to the aid of an emergency medical techni- cian who was screening people for coronavirus when she began choking on food. The incident, which happened Tuesday in the Brick Township Municipal Building, was captured by a 90-second surveillance video that police posted on Facebook. The video showed EMT Kate- lyn Lammer beginning to choke. She motioned to police stationed behind glass at the front desk that she could not breathe. Officers rushed to the area and the video showed Sgt. Austin Kenny performing the Heimlich maneuver on Lammer. The ab- dominal thrusts quickly cleared her airway. “This is why we train,” police wrote. Traffic stop turns up $1.9 million in cash

SEWARD — A sheriff’s NE department in south- eastern Nebraska seized nearly $2 million in cash found in a pick- up truck that was pulled over on suspicion of a minor traffic viola- JOHN RAOUX/AP tion, officials there said. Seward County Sheriff Mike Vance stopped the truck, which The thrill is back had Ohio plates, Wednesday morning on Interstate 80 near Guests wearing face masks ride a roller coaster at SeaWorld as it reopened with new safety measures in place Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Seward for failing to signal a lane The park had been closed since mid-March to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. change, the Omaha World-Herald reported. A search of the truck turned “One of the young boys [who] THE CENSUS City leaders were advised that up $1.9 million in cash in a duf- jumped into the river had some the hacker has a reputation of not fel bag in the back of the truck, difficulty swimming. The second releasing stolen information after boy jumped in to help his friend,” The number of tornadoes in Oklahoma during the first five the ransom is paid, news outlets Vance said. months of this year, including 13 during May. That’s down The driver, a 42-year-old said Police Inspector Ray Evers. reported. Police recovered their bod- from 127 during the same period last year that included a re- The city will seek proof from man from Toledo, Ohio, was ar- 33 cord 105 tornadoes last May, according to the National Weather ies several hours later after the the hacker that stolen informa- rested on suspicion of currency Service. The month of May has averaged 24.4 tornadoes since violations and money launder- youngsters went to the river to tion has been deleted, WHNT-TV cool off from the city’s heat and 1950, according to the weather service and there have been an average of 41 reported. ing. Local officials said federal tornadoes during the months of January to May. charges are pending, the sheriff’s humidity. It’s unclear whether informa- office said. Authorities have not released tion about city residents was their names, but relatives at the released, but officials are inves- Man pays off ticket that scene said one of the boys was ing the driver, state police said. turn into a private drive and was tigating, the TimesDaily of Flor- Quadir Beverly, 15, who was sup- The 42-year-old Templeton hit by a southbound semitrailer. ence reported. was issued in 1978 posed to graduate from middle woman was driving west on The crash closed a stretch of school on Thursday. Route 2 in Fitchburg at about 1 the highway for about two hours. Endangered mongoose YORK — A man paid p.m. Wednesday when her Jeep Pawnee County Attorney Jenni- ME off a Maine parking Pardons sought for SUV was struck, police said in a fer Ladman said no charges are lemur born at zoo ticket from Long Sands Beach statement. expected in the crash. — nearly 42 years after it was low-level pot offenses She was flown to a Worces- MIAMI — A Florida zoo issued. ter hospital where she was pro- City to pay $300K FL has announced the re- Gary Urgonski mailed a letter, CARSON CITY — Ne- nounced dead. Her name has not cent birth of an endangered mon- the ticket from July 28, 1978, and NV vada could become been made public. ransom after hack goose lemur. a $4 check — $3 for the fine and latest state with legal marijuana Police are still investigating Zoo Miami spokesman Ron a $1 late fee — to the York Police sales to pardon people convicted whether the tire and rim detached FLORENCE — A city in Magill posted on the park’s web- Department, the Portsmouth in the past of low-level marijuana from the axle of another vehicle AL northern Alabama will site Tuesday that the baby lemur Herald reported. possession. or was being transported and fell pay a ransom worth $300,000 in was born May 6. It’s the first of its The letter read in part, “I hope Gov. Steve Sisolak said Thurs- from another vehicle. Bitcoins in response to a hack of species to be born at the zoo. I can now safely travel through day he’ll ask the state Board of its computer system. Both parents, 5-year-old Julie- the state of Maine without always Pardons next week to consider Man driving farm Florence City Council voted ta and 12-year-old Jaunito, were looking in my rearview mirror.” unconditionally lifting non-vio- unanimously at an emergency born at the Lemur Conservation Urgonski said he’s sure he de- lent criminal convictions for pos- tractor killed in crash meeting Wednesday evening to Foundation in Myakka City, Fla. served the ticket and intended to session of 1 ounce (28 grams) or make the payment from the city’s The arboreal primates arrived at pay it, but forgot about it over the less of marijuana, not for purpose DUBOIS — A Kansas insurance fund in an effort to Zoo Miami in January 2019, and years. of sale. NE man has died in a crash preserve information tied to its this is their first offspring. The Democratic governor on a Nebraska highway involv- city workers and customers, news To avoid disturbing the mother Police: Teen dies in river said in a statement that tens of ing the man’s farm tractor and a outlets reported. and baby, zoo staff haven’t exam- thousands of people could be semitrailer, authorities in south- Mayor Steve Holt said the city ined the infant and don’t know its trying to save another affected. eastern Nebraska said. was contacted May 26 with infor- sex. The crash happened Monday mation that its computer system Like all lemurs, mongoose le- PHILADELPHIA on Nebraska Highway 50 south had been compromised. The city murs are native to the island of — Two boys died after Loose tire and rim of DuBois, near the Kansas state didn’t think any information had PA Madagascar. They are also found a 15-year-old jumped into the strikes SUV, driver dies line, the Lincoln Journal Star been stolen, but later learned ran- on the nearby Comoros Islands, Schuylkill River to help his 14- reported. somware had been deployed. where experts believe they were year-old friend who had trouble FITCHBURG — A Investigators said Arden “It appears they may have been introduced by humans at some swimming, police said. loose tire and rim Bredemeier, 86, of Sabetha, Kan., in our system since early May — MA point. A third teen called for help struck the windshield of a vehicle was driving a farm tractor north over a month going through our Wednesday. on a Massachusetts highway, kill- on the highway when he tried to system,” Holt said. From wire reports Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Troop-withdrawal battle is just beginning Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff BY JOSH ROGIN ducting a worldwide review of U.S. troop strengthen relationships in places such as The Washington Post deployments, including a review of forces Australia and Thailand. in Europe, but that was not connected to Trump’s views are crystal clear. He EDITORIAL he White House and Pentagon are the White House’s actions. Some officials thinks the U.S. is footing the bill to pro- at odds over many issues right now believe former U.S. Ambassador to Germa- tect ungrateful allies and he sees bringing Terry Leonard, Editor — including the military’s partici- [email protected] ny Richard Grenell is behind the Germany troops home as a campaign promise ful- Tpation in putting down Washington idea, a parting shot to his former Berlin filled. Trump has used the threat of with- Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor protests last week and whether to rename hosts. Some think the leak was meant to drawing troops to pressure NATO, South [email protected] Southern military bases. But the clash catch Trump’s attention so he would sign Korea and Japan to pay more for hosting Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content that is getting the least attention might be off on the plan. Some think it was a trial U.S. personnel. He’s had some success in [email protected] the one that matters most — whether the balloon, floated so it could be popped by dollar terms, but he’s also done profound United States should slash its troop pres- the predictable GOP outrage. damage to our alliance relationships. Managing Editor for Presentation Sean Moores, ence in Germany before the election. Even if Trump ordered this today, it The administration is withdrawing [email protected] Last week, The Wall Street Journal re- would be impossible to pull off by Sep- thousands of troops from Afghanistan and Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital ported that “President (Donald) Trump tember. Moving thousands of troops, their threatening to pull out completely, despite has directed the Pentagon to remove thou- [email protected] families, and the equipment and support a lack of security progress there. Trump sands of American troops from Germany services they rely on is a massive operation announced the withdrawal of U.S. troops by September.” That’s not exactly right. that would take months to plan and per- from Syria twice — and reversed himself The National Security Council has indeed BUREAU STAFF haps years to complete. Most importantly, twice after backlash. The “endless wars” prepared a memorandum on potential are one issue, but the stationing of U.S. Europe/Mideast changes to the number of troops deployed there’s no consensus on where they would Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief forces in Europe and Asia is another. abroad. But Trump has not signed it and go. If thousands of troops with their fami- [email protected] We don’t need to keep every soldier in the Pentagon has received no orders on lies and gear are returning to the home- +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 Germany exactly where they are now. Nor moving any troops out of Germany, several land, every lawmaker with a base in their do we need to undermine all the military Pacific officials told me. district will want a say on where they land. Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief ties we’ve built up since 1945. What we “While we have no announcements at And the missions they are conducting in [email protected] Germany aren’t going away, so relocating need is a real national debate about mod- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 this time, as commander in chief, Presi- dent Trump continually reassesses the those operations would require significant ernizing our overseas troop posture. Washington best posture for the United States military time and money. Some officials want to Money is not the most important con- Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief forces and our presence overseas,” NSC move troops out of Germany but not neces- sideration. We should appropriate mili- [email protected] spokesman John Ullyot said. sarily bring them back to the U.S. tary resources according to the threats we (+1)(202)886-0033 Nevertheless, the mere thought Trump Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s idea is face and the capabilities needed to coun- Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News to bring troops home but then rotate them ter those threats, period. We should spend [email protected] might withdraw 9,500 troops from the 35,000 currently stationed in Germany, to various overseas bases under a concept what it costs to keep Americans safe, no CIRCULATION as the Journal reported, prompted 22 Re- he calls “dynamic force deployment.” more, no less. publican members of the House Armed Troops could help strengthen ties in Eu- But this administration is so disorga- Mideast Services Committee to write to Trump on ropean countries like Estonia and Poland, nized and consumed by its internal and Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Tuesday urging him not to go ahead with which are closer to Russia and willing to external battles that important national [email protected] the move. chip in. Other officials want to move troops discussion is impossible right now. 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Let’s pause to note that it is an out- Those leagues won’t become bastions of Ernie Gates war flash point when he sees one, and as right obscenity that we have military bases progressivism, but the symbols still have the protests over police brutality have led named after Confederate officers, people an impact on people’s perceptions — either The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow of news and information, reporting any attempts by the to a new effort to remove racist symbols who waged war on the United States of that the country is moving in the direction military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s from public places and government in- America in order to maintain slavery. you want, or that all you believed in and independence. 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Go to the American Forces BY TIM REYNOLDS well. That would be the first day players on ney. Games will resume. The NBA is still working on Network website for the most Associated Press the 22 teams that will be going to the Disney completing the schedule for those eight games per up-to-date TV schedules. campus would be required to undergo corona- team, and the matchups will be based on regular- myafn.net The NBA gave teams a more definitive virus testing conducted by those teams. season games that remained when the league sus- timetable for the restart to the pandemic-in- The league also said it is still working on pended play on March 11. terrupted season Friday, including required plans for the eight teams — Atlanta, Charlotte,  Aug. 15-16: The two-game play-in series to Deals coronavirus testing that is set to begin this Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Golden State, determine the No. 8 seed in each conference, if nec- month and mandatory individual workouts in Minnesota and New York — that will not be essary. The series would be necessary if the team early July before training camps. part of the restart at Disney. Those teams can in ninth place in either conference when the seed- Thursday’s transactions The league is still working on completing keep their facilities open for now for voluntary ing games end is within four games of the No. 8 FOOTBALL the health and safety protocols that will es- National Football League workouts until told otherwise. team. A best-of-two series would be played, with the BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released LB sentially become the rulebook for the restart Jake Ryan. The rest of the league’s timetable, as of now ninth-place team needing to go 2-0 in those games at the Disney campus near Orlando, Fla. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed OT Austin and with the caveat that it is still considered to earn a playoff berth. Otherwise, the No. 8 team Jackson to a four-year contract. — and told teams that talks with the National PITTSBURG STEELERS — Re-signed OT tentative until the health protocols are done would take that seed and move into the conference Matt Feiler. Re-signed CB Mike Hilton to a Basketball Players Association on those is- one year contract. sues are continuing. and agreements with Disney are signed, quarterfinals. HOCKEY includes:  Aug. 17: Playoffs begin. This date would move National Hockey League But with those mattters apparently far ARIZONA COYOTES — Hired Lowell  July 1 through July 7, 8 or 9: Required up to Aug. 15 or 16 if the play-in series are unnec- Heit as Chief Financial Officer. enough along to determine a schedule of sorts, COLLEGE the league gave teams the go-ahead to imme- individual workouts for players on the 22 participating essary. The playoffs are all scheduled as traditional AUSTIN PEAY — Agreed to contract diately start allowing two assistant coaches teams, with the end date coinciding with which day best-of-seven series. extension with Director of Athletics  Gerald Harrison through 2023-2024 aca- to deal with voluntary player workouts. The that team would arrive at the Disney campus. Aug. 30: A limited number of family members demic year. rule had been one coach with one player since  July 7, 8 and 9: Arrivals at the Disney cam- and guests of remaining teams will be permitted to teams were given the green light to reopen fa- pus in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. arrive at Disney for the first time. They would stay on Golf cilities for the voluntary workouts last month.  July 9-29: Team training camps at Disney, the Disney property. They will not be permitted until NBA head coaches can be one of those two which would follow initial health and safety screen- this point in the schedule.  Charles Schwab Challenge coaches involved in the voluntary sessions ings upon arrival. Aug. 31-Sept. 13: Conference semifinals.  July 21 or 22: Start date for three intersquad  Sept. 15-28: Conference finals. PGA Tour starting June 23, though social distancing and Thursday other rules the league applied in response to scrimmages for each team. The scrimmages will be  Sept. 30-Oct. 13: NBA Finals. The league Colonial Country Club Fort Worth, Texas the pandemic would still apply. scheduled by the NBA and will have NBA referees. originally planned an Oct. 12 end date, though that Purse: $7.5 million June 23 is significant in another way as  July 30-August 14: Seeding games at Dis- has now been adjusted. Yardage: 7209; Par 70 First Round Justin Rose 32-31—63 -7 Harold Varner III 31-32—63 -7 Jhonattan Vegas 32-32—64 -6 Abraham Ancer 33-31—64 -6 Briefl y Collin Morikawa 32-32—64 -6 Justin Thomas 32-32—64 -6 Brian Harman 33-32—65 -5 Bryson DeChambeau 33-32—65 -5 Gary Woodland 30-35—65 -5 Daniel Berger 32-33—65 -5 Orlando, Miami to meet in tourney opener Adam Hadwin 31-34—65 -5 Tom Lehman 33-32—65 -5 Tyler Duncan 34-31—65 -5 Jordan Spieth 35-30—65 -5 Associated Press plan for an extended preseason Xander Schauffele 33-32—65 -5 Scoreboard that would include an addition- Branden Grace 34-32—66 -4 Orlando City will play expan- Sungjae Im 33-33—66 -4 al two weeks for teams to hold Corey Conners 30-36—66 -4 sion Inter Miami in the opening Cameron Champ 34-32—66 -4 walk-throughs. match of the Major League Soc- Ian Poulter 35-31—66 -4 MLS is Back Tournament Nashville SC (plays Orlando City, The proposed model goes to Ryan Moore 32-34—66 -4 cer tournament starting next Philadelphia, Chicago) Vaughn Taylor 34-32—66 -4 Each club will play three group the Division I Council, which the month in Florida. Group B (Western Conference) Sepp Straka 32-34—66 -4 stage matches, all counting towards Seattle NCAA said will act on it Wednes- Matt Jones 32-34—66 -4 The July 8 matchup is a nod the 2020 MLS regular-season stand- FC Dallas Adam Schenk 35-31—66 -4 ings. Vancouver day. The proposal is expected to Doc Redman 35-32—67 -3 to the tournament’s host state. Group stage dates and times to be Lucas Glover 31-36—67 -3 San Jose pass. Games will be played without determined (Orlando City vs. Inter Mi- Group C (Eastern Conference) Alex Noren 33-34—67 -3 ami CF first match July 8th. With the pandemic wiping out Keith Mitchell 35-32—67 -3 fans in attendance at ESPN’s Toronto FC Brice Garnett 33-34—67 -3 Top two teams in each group along New England spring practice for most teams, Wide World of Sports complex at with the four best third-place finish- Matthew Wolff 35-32—67 -3 Montreal along with the usual required Jason Kokrak 34-33—67 -3 Walt Disney World. ers move on to the knockout stage. D.C. United Patrick Rodgers 33-34—67 -3 July 8: Group stage begins summer activities for players The draw for the group stage July 25-25: Round-of-16 Group D (Western Conference) Kevin Kisner 35-32—67 -3 Real Salt Lake Jim Furyk 34-33—67 -3 field for the World Cup-style tour- July 30-Aug. 1: Quarterfinals such as weigh training and film Scott Piercy 33-34—67 -3 Aug. 5-6: Semifinals Sporting Kansas City study, a plan was needed to make Byeong Hun An 33-34—67 -3 nament was held Thursday, a day August 11: Tournament Final Colorado Mark Hubbard 33-34—67 -3 after the MLS is Back event was Group A (six teams) Minnesota United up for the lost preparation time. Brian Stuard 34-34—68 -2 Orlando City (plays Inter Miami CF, Group E (Eastern Conference) The final version permits teams Joel Dahmen 34-34—68 -2 announced. MLS will be the sec- New York City FC, Nashville SC) Atlanta Patrick Reed 31-37—68 -2 ond pro team league in the United Inter Miami CF (plays Orlando City, Cincinnati to conduct the maximum six Jason Dufner 32-36—68 -2 Philadelphia, Chicago) New York hours of unpadded walk-throughs Andrew Landry 33-35—68 -2 States to return to the field. The Columbus J.T. Poston 35-33—68 -2 New York City FC (plays Orlando per week while also requiring two Rory Sabbatini 32-36—68 -2 National Women’s Soccer League City, Philadelphia, Chicago) Group F (Western Conference) Matthew Fitzpatrick 33-35—68 -2 will play a tournament in Utah Philadelphia (plays Inter Miami CF, Los Angeles FC days off for the players. Talor Gooch 35-33—68 -2 New York City FC, Nashville SC) LA Galaxy The extra two weeks of walk- Scottie Scheffler 33-35—68 -2 starting on June 27. Chicago (plays Inter Miami CF, New Houston Billy Horschel 35-33—68 -2 LAFC and the rival LA Galaxy York City FC, Nashville SC) Portland throughs, weight training, con- Bubba Watson 35-33—68 -2 ditioning and film study will be Rory McIlroy 33-35—68 -2 were selected in the same group Brooks Koepka 34-34—68 -2 in the Western Conference, while limited to 20 hours per week total Tony Finau 35-33—68 -2 and can begin 14 days prior to the Chris Kirk 33-35—68 -2 Canadian rivals Toronto FC and The league and union have al- The law won’t go into effect Bronson Burgoon 32-36—68 -2 the Montreal Impact also wound ready approved a 24-team playoff until July 2021. By then, both the start of normal 29-day preseason Rafa Cabrera Bello 35-33—68 -2 Robby Shelton 36-33—69 -1 up in the same group in the East. format but still need to decide on NCAA and Congress could have practice. Pat Perez 35-34—69 -1 Apart from the opening match, testing and health and safety pro- rules or legislation in place to lift Teams are allowed to begin Marc Leishman 35-34—69 -1 Graeme McDowell 34-35—69 -1 the schedule for the other games tocols along with potential host restrictions on college athletes preseason practice 29 days before Louis Oosthuizen 34-35—69 -1 their scheduled first game. Phil Mickelson 37-32—69 -1 has not been announced. cities for the games. This is no being paid for the use of their Kevin Streelman 34-35—69 -1 The league’s 26 teams will be guarantee hockey is coming back names, images and likenesses. C. Bezuidenhout 35-34—69 -1 Mackenzie Hughes 34-35—69 -1 divided into six groups for the amid the coronavirus pandemic. Florida is the third state, join- NFL extends virtual Carlos Ortiz 33-36—69 -1 opening round of the tournament. Camps are expected to last ing California and Colorado, to Cameron Smith 34-35—69 -1 offseason until June 26 Brendon Todd 35-34—69 -1 Group matches will count toward two weeks, if not slightly longer. pass an NIL law targeting cur- Jon Rahm 33-36—69 -1 the regular-season standings. Under this timeline, exhibition rent NCAA rules that restrict col- The NFL has extended virtual Keegan Bradley 34-35—69 -1 Si Woo Kim 34-35—69 -1 Sixteen teams will advance to games could begin as soon as lege athlete compensation. offseason programs for teams Sergio Garcia 35-34—69 -1 the knockout round . July 24 with playoff games start- Florida’s law, however, increas- through June 26, but no further. Scott Brown 36-33—69 -1 John Senden 33-36—69 -1 ing roughly a week later. es the urgency for the NCAA to Although team facilities have Peter Uihlein 36-33—69 -1 act because it goes into effect 18 Maverick McNealy 35-34—69 -1 NHL, NHLPA agree opened for key personnel, coach- Kramer Hickok 35-34—69 -1 Florida governor signs months earlier than California’s es and players rehabilitating in- Bill Haas 34-36—70 E on July 10 start date and Colorado’s. Dylan Frittelli 34-36—70 E NIL compensation bill juries, healthy players have been Charles Howell III 37-33—70 E The NHL and NHL Players’ barred from those complexes due Viktor Hovland 36-34—70 E Jimmy Walker 37-33—70 E Association gave the go-ahead Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on NCAA sets proposal to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Max Homa 36-34—70 E Thursday for teams to open train- Friday signed into law a bill that remote programs have taken the Chesson Hadley 35-35—70 E for football preseason Bernhard Langer 34-36—70 E ing camp on July 10 in the next will allow college athletes in the place of on-site work, and some Danny Lee 32-38—70 E Henrik Norlander 35-35—70 E step forward toward completing state to earn money from en- The NCAA football oversight teams already have announced Harry Higgs 36-34—70 E the pandemic-delayed season. dorsement deals. committee Thursday finalized a they are shutting those down. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 MLB Scoreboard Special feature

Baseball draft selections 98. Oakland Athletics, Michael Guld- berg, OF, Georgia Tech. Thursday 99. New York Yankees, Trevor Hauver, Second round OF/2B, Arizona St. 38. Detroit Tigers, Dillon Dingler, C, 100. Los Angeles Dodgers, Jake Vogel, Ohio St. OF, Huntington Beach H.S., Calif. Bad timing hurt baseball 39. Baltimore Orioles, Hudson Haskin, 101. Houston Astros, Tyler Brown, RHP, OF, Tulane. Vanderbilt. 40. Miami Marlins, Daxton Fulton, LHP, Fourth round Mustang H.S., Okla. 102. Detroit Tigers, Gage Workman, BY RYAN ZIMMERMAN 41. Kansas City Royals, Ben Hernan- 3B, Arizona St. For The Associated Press dez, RHP, De La Salle Institute, Chicago, 103. Baltimore Orioles, Coby Mayo, 3B, Ill. Stoneman Douglas H.S., Parkland, Fla. 42. Toronto Blue Jays, C.J. Van Eyk, 104. Miami Marlins, Jake Eder, LHP, Every week is becoming a big RHP, Florida St. Vanderbilt. week to try and move forward if 43. Seattle Mariners, Zach DeLoach, 105. Kansas City Royals, Christian OF, Texas A&M. Chamberlain, LHP, Oregon St. we’re going to have a chance to do 44. Pittsburgh Pirates, Jared Jones, 106. Toronto Blue Jays, Nick Frasso, anything this season. RHP, La Mirada H.S., Calif. RHP, Loyola Marymount. 45. San Diego Padres, Owen Caissie, 107. Seattle Mariners, Tyler Keenan, In the moment, when things like OF, Notre Dame Catholic H.S., Burlington, 3B, Mississippi. this happen, there’s always sort of Ont. 108. Pittsburgh Pirates, Jack Hartman, 46. Colorado Rockies, Chris McMahon, RHP, Appalachian St. these two thought processes. RHP. Miami. 109. San Diego Padres, Levi Thomas, There’s the doomsday people 47. Chicago White Sox, Jared Kelley, RHP, Troy. RHP, Refugio H.S., Texas. 110. Colorado Rockies, Case Williams, that say, “It’ll never be the same 48. Cincinnati Reds, Christian Roa, RHP, Douglas County H.S., Castle Rock, if you don’t play in 2020. The fans RHP, Texas A&M. Colo. 49. San Francisco Giants, Casey 111. Los Angeles Angels, Werner will never come back. We’ll lose Schmitt, 3B, San Diego St. Blakely, SS, Detroit Edison H.S., Mich. so many people. When we start 50. Texas Rangers, Evan Carter, OF, 112. Chicago White Sox, Kade Mechals, Elizabethton H.S., Tenn. RHP, Grand Canyon. up next year, nobody will watch.” 51. Chicago Cubs, Burl Carraway, RHP, 113. Cincinnati Reds, Mackenzie Wain- And there’s the people that Dallas Baptist, H.S, Texas. wright, OF, St. Edwards H.S., Lakewood, 52. New York Mets, J.T. Ginn, RHP, Mis- Ohio. say, basically, “Baseball’s been sissippi St. 114. San Francisco Giants, R.J. Dabov- around for a long time. We’ve NICK WASS/AP 53. Milwaukee Brewers, Freddy Zamo- ich, RHP, Arizona St. gone through a lot of labor things. ra, SS, Miami. 115. Texas Rangers, Dylan MacLean, 54. St. Louis Cardinals, Masyn Winn, LHP, Central Catholic H.S., Portland, Ore. This is an unprecedented time. The Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman says he thinks his sport SS, Kingwood H.S., Texas. 116. Philadelphia Phillies, Carson We’ll survive this.” got put in an unlucky position by the coronavirus pandemic. 55. Washington Nationals, Cole Henry, Ragsdale, RHP, South Florida. RHP, LSU. 117. Chicago Cubs, Luke Little, LHP, It’s not an excuse, but when you 56. Cleveland Indians, Logan Allen, San Jacinto North, Texas. think about it, of all the sports, LHP, FIU. 118. Boston Red Sox, Jeremy Wu-Yel- Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in 57. Tampa Bay Rays, Ian Seymour, LHP, land, LHP, Hawaii. we got unlucky with the timing of Virginia Tech. 119. Arizona Diamondbacks, A.J. Vu- how this worked out — it seems the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team’s 58. Oakland Athletics, Jeff Criswell, kovich, 3B, East Troy H.S., Wis. like it’s a lot more complicated for career hitting records, and his two homers and seven RBIs last postseason RHP, Michigan. 120. New York Mets, Matthew Dyer, C, helped the Nationals win their first World Series championship. With baseball 59. Minnesota Twins, Alerick Soularie, Arizona. baseball. OF, Tennessee. 121. Milwaukee Brewers, Joey Wiemer, on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, Zimmerman occasionally will The NBA and the NHL got 60. Los Angeles Dodgers, Landon OF, Cincinnati. offer his thoughts — as told to AP sports writer Howard Fendrich — while Knack, RHP, ETSU. 122. St. Louis Cardinals, Ian Bedell, pretty much three-quarters of Competitive Balance-Round B RHP, Missouri. waiting for the 2020 season to begin. 61. Miami Marlins, Kyle Nicolas, RHP, 123. Washington Nationals, Brady their seasons in before the virus Ball St. Lindsly, C, Oklahoma. happened. They can set them- 62. Detroit Tigers, Daniel Cabrera, OF, 124. Cleveland Indians, Milan Tolen- LSU. tino, SS, Santa Margarita H.S., Calif. selves up in one or two sites for The economics of it have been not always fun. Fans suffer. But 63. St. Louis Cardinals, Tink Hence, 125. Tampa Bay Rays, Tanner Murray, their playoff scenario and control RHP, Watson Chapel H.S., Pine Bluff, Ark. SS, UC Davis. getting the bulk of the attention, sometimes it’s necessary. 64. Seattle Mariners, Connor Phillips, 126. Atlanta Braves, Spencer Strider, everyone’s movement. but there’s also still the health I know people don’t like equat- RHP, McLennan CC, Texas. RHP, Clemson. The NFL is still 2 ½ months stuff we need to talk about. I trust ing real-life struggles to sports, 65. Cincinnati Reds, Jackson Miller, C, 127. Oakland Athletics, Dane Acker, away, so if everything goes well J.W. Mitchell H.S., New Port Richey, Fla. RHP, Oklahoma. my teammates and I trust other entertainment, business matters 66. Los Angeles Dodgers, Clayton 128. Minnesota Twins, Marco Raya, by then, football is going to be in people. But I also have a 10-day- because it doesn’t always work Beeter, RHP, Texas Tech. RHP, United South H.S., Laredo, Texas. a way better place to play. And Second round 129. New York Yankees, Beck Way, RHP, old baby at home. And I play first out to be the same. People look at (Free Agent Compensation) Northwest Florida State CC. football plays just one game a base; if I’m going to hold some- the type of money that we make. 67. San Francisco Giants, Nick Swiney, 130. Los Angeles Dodgers, Carson Tay- week, so that makes it a lot easier LHP, NC State. lor C, Virginia Tech. one on, now I’m trusting every- And I get that. 68. San Francisco Giants, Jimmy 131. Houston Astros, Zach Daniels, OF, to control the week of practic- one who comes to first base is But these are the things that Glowenke, SS, Dallas Baptist. Tennessee. ing, stagger when people are in 69. New York Mets, Isaiah Greene, OF, Fifth round healthy. players before us have fought for Corona Senior H.S., Calif. 132. Detroit Tigers, Colt Keith, SS, Bi- the facility, and maybe you could I know people think: “All these and we need to fight for to allow 70. St. Louis Cardinals, Alec Burleson, loxi H.S., Miss. test everyone on Friday and keep other sports are figuring it out. future players to have the same OF, East Carolina. 133. Baltimore Orioles, Carter Baum- 71. Washington Nationals, Sammy In- ler, RHP, Dowling Catholic H.S., West Des them in a hotel until Sunday’s You guys are just complaining rights we have. fante, SS, Monsignor Edward Pace H.S., Moines, Iowa. game. Then you’re only talking and whining and bickering and Someone might say: “What Miami, Fla. 134. Miami Marlins, Kyle Hurt, RHP, 72. Houston Astros, Alex Santos II, RHP, Southern Cal. about being away from your fam- going back and forth.” does right now matter? This is a Mt. St. Michael Academy, Bronx, N.Y. 135. Kansas City Royals, Will Klein, ily for Saturday and you go home Anytime you have people who special circumstance. There’s Third round RHP, E. Illinois. 73. Detroit Tigers, Trei Cruz, SS, Rice. 136. Toronto Blue Jays, Zach Britton, Sunday after the game. make lots of money arguing about no way that anything you do this 74. Baltimore Orioles, Anthony Ser- OF, Louisville. To think about us trying have money, it doesn’t sit well with year will ever be carried over.” I video, SS, Mississippi. 137. Seattle Mariners, Taylor Dollard, 75. Miami Marlins, Zach McCambley, RHP, Cal Poly. a whole regular season and then people. At the end of the day, all would tell those people to look at RHP, Coastal Carolina. 138. Pittsburgh Pirates, Logan playoffs, and the number of sports leagues are businesses. the history of sports. There’s al- 76. Kansas City Royals, Tyler Gentry, Homann, RHP, Northwestern St. games we would play each week, OF, Alabama. 139. San Diego Padres, Jagger Haynes, Other leagues have had work ways things that get carried over 77. Toronto Blue Jays, Trent Palmer, LHP, West Columbus H.S., Cerro Gordo, and all of the travel involved — stoppages — that’s what comes when new precedents are set. So RHP, Jacksonville. N.C. that’s part of why it has been so along with having unions and we need to be very cautious about 78. Seattle Mariners, Kaden Polcovich, 140. Colorado Rockies, Jack Blomgren 2B, Oklahoma St. SS, Michigan. hard for us. owners. It’s not always pretty. It’s that. 79. Pittsburgh Pirates, Nick Garcia, 141. Los Angeles Angels, Adam Semi- RHP, Chapman. naris, LHP, Long Beach St. 80. San Diego Padres, Cole Wilcox, 142. Chicago White Sox, Bailey Horn, RHP, Georgia. LHP, Auburn. 81. Colorado Rockies, Sam Weatherly, 143. Cincinnati Reds, Joe Boyle, RHP, LHP, Clemson. Notre Dame. Tigers load up on Day 2 of draft 82. Los Angeles Angels, David Ca- 144. San Francisco Giants, Ryan Mur- labrese, OF, St. Elizabeth Catholic H.S., phy, RHP, Le Moyne College. Vaughan, Ont. 145. Texas Rangers, Thomas Saggese, BY DENNIS WASZAK JR. tion ended Detroit’s run on college position players, 83. Chicago White Sox, Adisyn Coffey, SS, Carlsbad H.S., Calif. RHP, Wabash Valley. 146. Philadelphia Phillies, Baron Rad- Associated Press but the Tigers remained focused solely on hitting 84. Cincinnati Reds, Bryce Bonnin, RHP, cliff, OF, Georgia Tech. talent. Texas Tech. 147. Chicago Cubs, Koen Moreno, RHP, NEW YORK — The Detroit Tigers took a few 85. San Francisco Giants, Kyle Harri- Panther Creek H.S., Cary, N.C. The Astros had to wait a while to make their first son, LHP, De La Salle H.S., Concord, Calif. 148. Boston Red Sox, Shane Drohan, more big swings at rebuilding their lineup. selection in this year’s draft after having their first- 86. Texas Rangers, Tekoah Roby, RHP, LHP, Florida St. And, they hope, sooner rather than later. Pine Forest H.S., Pensacola, Fla. 149. Arizona Diamondbacks, Brandon and second-round picks stripped by Commissioner 87. Philadelphia Phillies, Casey Mar- Pfaadt, RHP, Bellarmine. After selecting Arizona State slugger Spencer Rob Manfred as part of the team’s punishment for tin, SS, Arkansas. 150. New York Mets, Eric Orze, RHP, Torkelson to open the Major League Baseball ama- breaking rules against using electronics to steal 88. Chicago Cubs, Jordan Nwogu, OF, New Orleans. Michigan. 151. Milwaukee Brewers, Hayden teur draft Wednesday night, the Tigers used all five signs during games. 89. Boston Red Sox, Blaze Jordan, 3B, Cantrelle, SS, Louisiana-Lafayette of their picks Thursday on hitters they envision join- The New York Yankees were one of the teams to DeSoto H.S., Southhaven, Miss. 152. St. Louis Cardinals, L.J. Jones IV, 90. Arizona Diamondbacks, Liam Nor- OF, Long Beach St. ing him in Detroit. raise questions about wrongdoing by the Astros. Co- ris, LHP, Green Hope H.S., Cary, N.C. 153. Washington Nationals, Mitchell Ohio State catcher Dillon Dingler led off the incidentally, Houston took a pitcher from the Bronx 91. New York Mets, Anthony Walters, Parker, LHP, San Jacinto North, Texas. SS, San Diego St. 154. Cleveland Indians, Mason Hick- draft’s second day as the No. 38 overall selection. at No. 72, hard-throwing Mount Saint Michael Acad- 92. Milwaukee Brewers, Zavier War- man, RHP, Vanderbilt. The Tigers then took LSU outfielder Danny Cabrera emy right-hander Alex Santos. ren, C, Cent. Michigan. 155. Tampa Bay Rays, Jeffrey Hakan- 93. St. Louis Cardinals, Levi Prater, son, RHP, UCF. 62nd overall, and Rice shortstop Trei Cruz — son The defending World Series champion Washing- LHP, Oklahoma. 156. Atlanta Braves, Bryce Elder, RHP, of former big leaguer Jose Cruz Jr. and grandson of ton Nationals took college pitchers with four of their 94. Washington Nationals, Holden Texas. Powell, RHP, UCLA. 157. Oakland Athletics, Stevie Emanu- Jose Cruz — 11 picks later. six overall picks, taking Oklahoma right-hander 95. Cleveland Indians, Petey Halpin, els, RHP, Washington. Detroit went back to Arizona State in the fourth Cade Cavalli at No. 22 overall, and then going with OF, Mira Costa H.S., Manhattan Beach, 158. Minnesota Twins, Kala’i Rosario, Calif. OF, Waiakea H.S., Hilo, Hawaii. round, taking Torkelson’s switch-hitting teammate two other righties — LSU’s Cole Henry (second 96. Tampa Bay Rays, Hunter Barnhart, 159. Los Angeles Dodgers, Gavin Stone, Gage Workman. Both were drafted by the Tigers round), and UCLA’s Holden Powell — before select- RHP, St. Joseph H.S., Santa Maria, Calif. RHP, Cent. Arkansas. 97. Atlanta Braves, Jessie Franklin, OF, 160. Houston Astros, Shay Whitcomb, as third basemen. So was fifth-rounder Colt Keith ing San Jacinto College North lefty Mitchell Parker Michigan. SS, UC San Diego. out of Biloxi High School in Mississippi. His selec- with their final pick. Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 VIRUS OUTBREAK/GOLF Quiet: Some good scores, but no cheers, at Colonial

FROM BACK PAGE heard to say, “Pretty (expletive) “I think just being out here is good, there.” successful, to be honest with you, “Well, we were hoping for bet- getting started,” Palmer said. “I ter audio with no fans,” CBS an- don’t see anything holding us back chor Jim Nantz said. moving forward. I think today PGA Tour Commissioner Jay was the biggest day, just getting Monahan gave the opening group this first day off. People are going a thumbs-up after the players hit to watch golf back home and be their drives, and he returned to interested to watch it tomorrow, the tee box alone at 8:46 a.m. and that’s a great thing.” That starting time was listed on Justin Rose and Harold Var- the tee sheet without any players. ner shared the lead at 7-under 63, The tour is keeping that empty all with Justin Thomas among those four rounds for a moment of si- a stroke back. Tom Lehman, a 61- lence. It’s a tribute to Floyd, who year-old former champion at Co- was handcuffed while a white lonial, got in on the act with a 65. police officer pressed his knee to Conditions were ripe for good the back of the black man’s neck scores with no cheers. for 8 minutes, 46 seconds. Floyd “It kind of feels like a competi- died after pleading for air. tive practice round,” said Rose, Varner, one of four players who won at Colonial two years of black heritage with full PGA ago. “But obviously, I think we /AP Tour status, sat down with Mo- PETER MORGAN all know what’s on the line. We nahan last week for a 10-minute While majors such as the U.S. Open could still make money without fans due to TV rights fees, most all know what we’re playing for. video on what golf can do. smaller tennis and golf tournaments without TV contracts would struggle. We all know the competition this On Thursday, he found himself week especially, the field is in- atop the leaderboard with a round credible. Obviously, we miss the so clean he putted for birdie on fans. They definitely provide a every hole. ton of energy and atmosphere.” “If I’m thinking about winning Events minus fans could Golf is the second major sport a golf tournament right now, I’ve in the U.S., behind motor sports, probably lost it,” Varner said. to resume a schedule shut down “Yeah, I know what’s going on, by the pandemic. Among the but when I’m on the golf course, safety measures are coronavirus I’m trying to play well. The rea- tests for every player, caddie and son I have a platform is because cost some sports dearly essential personnel. Of the 487 I’m really good at golf. I just need tests at Colonial, the results were to focus on that.” all negative. For so long, the only sounds “We’re all taking risks play- came from the click of contact BY HOWARD FENDRICH events, especially, would suffer just fine. Last year’s Belmont ing golf, obviously,” Palmer said. with the golf ball, the squeak Associated Press financially if live audiences are day drew $102 million in wagers “Being back out here, everybody of brakes on carts belonging to eliminated or restricted. with no Triple Crown on the line leaves the club, they’re going out broadcast crews, course workers When he first contemplated the One possible fallout of reduced — and $91 million of that was off- to dinner and doing things, so ev- and rules officials. And then came prospect of a U.S. Open without revenue around tennis could be track betting. erybody is taking that risk to be a strange noise — cheering. fans because of the coronavirus reduced prize money, even at a here. Everybody is pretty con- A house behind the 16th tee set pandemic, the U.S. Tennis As- major championship such as the PGA Tour fident that we’re going to all be up a grandstand, while another sociation’s chief revenue officer U.S. Open. Another: Some tour- safe. I think everything has been home erected a two-story hospi- figured there was no way it could naments simply could disappear. Eliminating spectators means done the right way.” tality tent with views of the 15th work. Here is a look at how econom- eliminating significant chunks The top three players in the fairway. They chanted names of Lew Sherr eventually came ic structures of certain sports of a tournament’s revenue. That world — Rory McIlroy (68), Jon players and let out a few roars. around to embracing the idea of a mean they will be affected by the starts with big-earning hospital- Rahm (69) and Brooks Koepka Behind the second tee, a few fans (68) — played in the same group, closed-door Grand Slam tourna- pandemic: ity tents and pro-ams that can watched from behind a chain and they had the largest following ment — if it’s held at all; a decision bring in upward of $1 million, and fence along a public road. late in the afternoon. There were is expected as soon as next week includes other revenue sources Fans will be kept away from NASCAR 14 people outside the ropes behind — because it still could make like merchandise and ticket sales. the first five tournaments as the the 10th green — six involved money even if millions were for- Race hosts receive 65% of Tournaments rely heavily on title tour takes a conservative re- in the broadcast (radio and TV), feited with zero on-site receipts NASCAR’s $8.2 billion, 10-year sponsors — “We wouldn’t be able turn , hopeful of no setbacks in four writers, two photographers, from tickets, hospitality, food and television package; that in turn to return” without them, Com- the sport from a spike in the new beverage or merchandise sales. accounts for about 60-70% of missioner Jay Monahan said. one coach and one trainer. The telecast began with an coronavirus. “Certainly better than not play- track revenues. So it makes sense But it’s the local sponsorship that Monahan, asked what would ing. It still makes sense financial- to move forward despite losing sustains each tournament. And if apology. Right when Golf Channel came on the air, Rahm chipped in constitute a successful tourna- ly and as a way to keep the sport other revenue streams. “Assum- discretionary spending by corpo- for birdie on the par-3 eighth and ment, said, “Getting to next vibrant and engage fans,” Sherr ing that we get all of our races rations dries up, the effects could someone — it could have been in- week.” said. “As you get to lower-level in ... NASCAR and its tracks will be greater in 2021. side or outside the ropes — was First-round scores on Page 19. tournaments, it becomes a much come through this OK,” Dover In- harder conversation.” ternational Speedway Inc. Presi- Tennis Golf, which resumed Thursday dent and CEO Michael Tatoian The U.S. Open — as of now, in Fort Worth, Texas, also could said. “It’s not that we’re going to take a real hit because of the scheduled to begin in late Au- be flying through it. It’s not that gust — gets about a third of its virus and the recession. we’re not going to have any kind roughly $400 million in annual Week-in, week-out events in of impact. Of course we will. It revenue from various American tennis, where the pro tours are will set us back. But not enough to and international TV rights deals. suspended at least until late July, be devastating.” About a quarter is from sponsor- do not bring in TV rights fees like ship deals, some of which would the U.S. Open, which averages Horse racing be renegotiated if there were no $70 million per year in the host on-site fans. Another 35% or so country alone. Some of the small- The Kentucky Derby, accord- comes from tickets and hospital- est tour stops even need to buy air ing to an estimate a few years ity, with less than 10% from food time. ago, makes only a little more than and beverage, merchandise, etc. Tennis and golf rely to a much 10% of its revenue from broad- — all of which would vanish with- cast rights. That’s why Churchill greater degree on income gener- out the hundreds of thousands Downs, Belmont and Santa Anita ated from having people on-hand, who normally attend. especially for high-end tickets Park all recently reopened to DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP and hospitality. The economic racing, even if no fans are pres- AP golf writer Doug Ferguson, AP auto racing writer Jenna Fryer and AP sports framework for each tournament ent: The main source of revenue, writers Stephen Whyno and Steve Wine A sign reminds golfers about social-distancing rules during the first varies in both sports; smaller online gambling, still functions contributed to this report. round of the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday. PAGE 22 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Saturday, June 13, 2020 TENNIS/OLYMPICS Would players go to the US Open? Djokovic, Nadal aren’t keen on restrictions

BY HOWARD FENDRICH executive for professional tennis, Associated Press said her group has been trying to figure out how to “engage fans vir- Novak Djokovic is fretting about tually.” Last year, about 850,000 “harsh” restrictions on players’ people went to the National Ten- entourages and other “extreme” nis Center for the Open . changes proposed for the U.S. Open — and saying he might not What about their participate if it is played. As of now, defending champion entourages? Rafael Nadal would not want to “A player coming with an en- be in Flushing Meadows at all, tourage of five, six, seven, eight is either. not something that’s in the plan,” While the tennis world awaits Allaster said. Djokovic called a decision, which could come that policy “simply unthinkable, NELL REDMOND/AP as soon as next week, from the because you need a tennis coach, U.S. Tennis Association’s board fitness trainer, then a physio- Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse, center, is supposed to coach Canada in an Olympic qualifying about whether to hold the Grand therapist; a great team of people.” tournament that was scheduled for next summer. For now, he has no idea if that will happen, particularly Slam tournament in New York Dan Evans, who is ranked 28th, since the NBA is not scheduled to restart its next season until at least December. in August amid the coronavirus disagreed, saying having a one- pandemic — and if so, with what person-per-player restriction is precautions — there are plenty of not “such a big deal.” “Not every- questions surrounding the event. one’s traveling with physios and A look at some of the issues: NBA coaches have questions fitness trainers like Novak said,” Would players go? Evans told the BBC. How would health about Olympic scheduling The top two men in the rank- ings, No. 1 Djokovic and No. 2 be protected? Nadal, winners of the past eight BY TIM REYNOLDS Players would need to prove major titles, expressed ambiva- Associated Press lence. Djokovic went so far as they had tested negative for to tell Serbia’s state broadcaster COVID-19 before traveling on Golden State coach Steve Kerr RTS on Tuesday that most play- charter flights the USTA would was supposed to be in Tokyo for ers he’s talked to “were quite organize from a handful of cit- the Olympics this summer. And negative” about entering the U.S. ies. There would likely be daily now he’s supposed to be there Open and that for him, “as things health questionnaires and tem- for the rescheduled version next stand, most probably the season perature checks, along with oc- summer. will continue on clay at the begin- casional nasal, saliva or antibody Then again, Kerr isn’t certain ning of September.” The hard- testing; Djokovic said he was told if he — or anyone else from the court U.S. Open is scheduled there would be two or three tests NBA — will be there at all. to begin main-draw play Aug. per week. Djokovic said players With the next NBA season not 31; the clay-court French Open would not be allowed to go into expected to start until at least was moved from a May start to Manhattan; Allaster spoke about Dec. 1, that calls into some seri- “centralized” housing. late September because of the ous question whether that could MATT SLOCUM/AP COVID-19 outbreak. “The rules overlap with Olympic qualifying and regulations they informed Will there be format tournaments that some nations Gregg Popovich, who will coach Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics, us about, that we would have changes? will need to endure in June 2021 is waiting for the 2020-21 NBA schedule before building his roster. to follow in case we play in the and the Tokyo Games themselves The U.S. is among eight teams that have already qualified. U.S. Open, are really extreme,” The USTA won’t change the the following month. And Kerr, Djokovic said . Last week, Nadal scoring system — some unsanc- who is slated to be an assistant 21 become certain before map- think they’re talking about push- was asked whether he would be at tioned exhibitions taking place under San Antonio’s Gregg Popo- ping out an exact plan to build the ing it back, but I don’t know if the U.S. Open. “Today,” he said, have used a first-to-4-games for- vich for USA Basketball in Tokyo, roster. they’re going to play games clos- “I will say, ‘No.’ In a couple of mat — and wouldn’t shorten men’s said Tuesday that he doesn’t have FIBA pushed back the dates er together. I don’t think so, that’s months? I don’t know.” matches to best-of-three-sets un- any idea how the schedule will for the four remaining qualifying kind of a thing that everybody’s less players lobbied for that. But work. tournaments to June 29 through been happy that they continue Would fans be allowed? it’s possible the total number of “Believe it or not, I haven’t had July 4, 2021, meaning they would to spread them out and lessen events — which usually includes a single conversation with Pop end 19 days before the resched- the back-to-backs and all those It sounds unlikely that specta- qualifying, doubles, juniors and about that,” Kerr said. “And the uled start of the delayed Tokyo things.” tors would be able to attend. Sta- wheelchair tennis — could be reason is because we don’t know. Olympics. There will be four Nurse, Popovich and Kerr sure- cey Allaster, the USTA’s chief reduced. We’ve been talking almost daily different six-team, winner-goes- ly aren’t the only coaches wonder- now for the last couple of weeks to-the-Olympics tournaments ing . Golden State associate head and before that we were speak- hosted by Canada, Croatia, Lithu- coach Mike Brown is set to coach ing once every few weeks. So, we ania and Serbia. Nigeria in Tokyo, Toronto assis- haven’t even had a single conver- Toronto coach Nick Nurse is tant Sergio Scariolo will coach sation because there’s nothing to scheduled to coach Canada in Spain and Philadelphia coach report.” that qualifying tournament and, Brett Brown will coach Australia. The U.S. is among eight teams he hopes, the Olympics. But he Nigeria, Australia and Spain have who have already qualified for expects that international travel joined the U.S. as having earned the 12-team men’s tournament at is one of the last things that will Olympic berths already, along the Tokyo Olympics, which were return to normal, or whatever with host Japan, Argentina, Iran pushed back a year because of the new normal will be in a world and France. the coronavirus pandemic. The dealing with COVID-19. And at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Americans had a ton of interest So, he’s like Kerr and left won- Olympics, a record 46 players from top NBA stars for this sum- dering what’ll happen. from the NBA participated. Had mer; now with things delayed a “It’s complicated, is my best the Olympics gone off this sum- /AP ADAM HUNGER year, USA Basketball managing thought,” Nurse said. “I just don’t mer as planned, even more NBA Serbia’s Novak Djokovic is concerned about “harsh” restrictions on director Jerry Colangelo has said know enough to tell you what next players could have been there de- players’ entourages and other “extreme” changes proposed for the he and Popovich will wait until season is going to look like. I don’t pending on which teams won the U.S. Open, if it is played starting in August. the NBA schedule plans for 2020- know. When’s it going to start? I final four qualifying spots. Saturday, June 13, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 23 AUTO RACING Scoreboard Now comes tricky part for NASCAR Dixie Vodka 400 lineup Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race Sunday At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla. Lap length: 1.50 miles Enforcing flag ban (Car number in parentheses) 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. could prove to be 4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. 5. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. 6. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. 7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. tough proposition 8. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. 9. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. 10. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. BY DAN GELSTON 11. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford. 12. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. Associated Press 13. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. 14. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. eese Witherspoon tweet- 15. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. 16. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. ed a high-five emoji for 17. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. her A-list stamp of ap- 18. (38) John Hunter Nemechek, Ford. 19. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. proval that NASCAR 20. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. R banned the Confederate flag. 21. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. 22. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. NASCAR’s decision to ban the 23. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. 24. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. Confederate flag from its races 25. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. and venues grabbed headlines 26. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. 27. (53) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet. and stars like Witherspoon and 28. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. New Orleans Saints running 29. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. 30. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. back Alvin Kamara were quick 31. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. to praise the stock car series for 32. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. 33. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. ridding itself of a symbol long as- 34. (77) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet. sociated with slavery and racism. 35. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. 36. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. Kamara tweeted as the laps 37. (96) Daniel Suarez, Toyota. ticked off — he requested NAS- 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. CAR send him a car so he can Hooters 250 lineup take a spin — and the sport sud- NASCAR Xfinity Series denly had a slew of new, ener- Race Saturday gized fans. TERRY RENNA/AP At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Fla. Now comes the tricky part. Lap length: 1.50 miles In a matter of days, NASCAR Racing fans take a photo with a Confederate flag in the Fan Zone before a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Car number in parentheses) race on July 5, 2015, at Daytona International Speedway. This week NASCAR banned the flag at races. 1. (20) Harrison Burton, Toyota. will be faced with a daunting 2. (9) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet. question: How to enforce the ban 3. (10) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. string bikini or scrape off all the of bad press and hand-wringing said. “He should be proud of the 4. (19) Brandon Jones, Toyota. at its sprawling, rowdy tracks 5. (68) Brandon Brown, Chevrolet. once fans are allowed back in and bumper stickers? over the fate of the flag evaporat- movement he’s made for the Af- 6. (18) Riley Herbst, Toyota. 7. (37) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet. campers start setting up their RVs Take off that shirt, or else! ed within 48 hours once Wallace rican American community in 8. (98) Chase Briscoe, Ford. for race weekends? Approximate- Or else, what? publicly condemned the relic of our sport. He always has just by 9. (22) Austin Cindric, Ford. 10. (11) Justin Haley, Chevrolet. ly 1,000 members of the military “That will certainly be a chal- racing’s good ol’ boy roots. being here, but when you look at 11. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet. will be allowed into Sunday’s race lenge. We’ll try to do that the right “I’ve seen too many comments the comments he made on CNN 12. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet. 13. (02) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet. near Miami and become the first way,” NASCAR executive vice and too many stories from first- the other day and then NASCAR 14. (07) JJ Yeley, Chevrolet. fans at a NASCAR event since president Steve O’Donnell told time fans that come to a race in completely answered it. Kudos 15. (0) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet. 16. (4) Jesse Little, Chevrolet. the pandemic shut down sports in SiriusXM on Thursday. “We’ll years past and the first thing they to NASCAR. Kudos to Bubba for 17. (1) Michael Annett, Chevrolet. get ahead of it as we are today in say, ‘I’ve seen the Confederate bringing it up and using his plat- 18. (92) Josh Williams, Chevrolet. March. 19. (13) Chad Finchum, Toyota. The enforcement question is letting people know that, ‘Hey, flag flying and it made me feel form for something good.” 20. (78) Vinnie Miller, Chevrolet. we’re all about pride, we’re all uncomfortable,’ ” Wallace told the Brad Daugherty, the lone black 21. (21) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet. much more likely to be an issue 22. (6) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet. when the series holds races June about America, fly your U.S. flag “Today” show. “We shouldn’t have Cup Series team owner, told the 23. (51) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet. high, fly your drivers flags high anybody feeling uncomfortable.” AP he was “touched to the core” 24. (90) Caesar Bacarella, Chevrolet. 20-21 at Talladega, Ala., where up 25. (74) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet. to 5,000 fans are expected to be and come on into the track.’ But if Wallace finished 11th at Mar- NASCAR banned the flag. 26. (93) Myatt Snider, Chevrolet. 27. (99) Stefan Parsons, Toyota. allowed in. Flags are a common we see something displayed at the tinsville on Wednesday night, “While some might say, ‘NAS- 28. (61) Timmy Hill, Toyota. sight at the superspeedway in track we’re going to have to react hours after the ban was an- CAR, what took you so long?’ I 29. (47) Kyle Weatherman, Chevrolet. 30. (52) Kody Vanderwal, Chevrolet. the heart of NASCAR’s Southern and we will. More details to come nounced, driving a Black Lives feel that is not the right response,” 31. (15) Colby Howard, Chevrolet. base. but I’m confident we’ll do that and Matter paint scheme with “Com- he said. “This is a big step in the 32. (08) Joe Graf Jr., Chevrolet. 33. (66) Stephen Leicht, Toyota. NASCAR will work to develop we’ll do that in a smart way.” passion, Love, Understanding” right direction and now is the 34. (44) Tommy Joe Martins, Chevrolet. protocols around enforcement, Fellow drivers were quick to emblazoned on the hood. time to envision the future. You 35. (5) Matt Mills, Chevrolet. 36. (36) Alex Labbe, Chevrolet. though it’s not known where the credit Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s “It was really cool to see what can’t be looking in the rearview 37. (26) Colin Garrett, Toyota. ban ends. Will security be tasked lone black driver, for pushing Bubba was able to do,” 2018 NAS- mirror when you are going 200 Baptist Health 200 lineup with policing every Rebel flag NASCAR to enact the ban. Years CAR champion Joey Logano mph.” NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Race Saturday At Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead, Florida F1 announces cancellation of three races Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (16) Austin Hill, Toyota. 2. (51) Kyle Busch, Toyota. BY STEVE DOUGLAS to have between 15-18 races by 3. (98 Grant Enfinger, Ford. Associated Press the time our season concludes in 4. (18) Christian Eckes, Toyota. 5. (99) Ben Rhodes, Ford. Abu Dhabi in mid-December,” 6. (21) Zane Smith, Chevrolet. Formula One races in Azerbai- 7. (19) Derek Kraus, Toyota. the FIA said, adding that it ex- 8. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet. jan, Singapore and Japan were pects to publish the finalized cal- 9. (23) Brett Moffitt, Chevrolet. canceled on Friday because of is- 10. (13) Johnny Sauter, Ford. endar before the season-opening 11. (26) Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet. sues arising from the coronavirus race in Austria on July 5. 12. (9) Codie Rohrbaugh, Chevrolet. pandemic. 13. (88) Matt Crafton, Ford. The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg 14. (4) Raphael Lessard, Toyota. The sport’s governing body also will host a race on July 12. 15. (44) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet. said it still hopes to deliver up to 16. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. The next race will be in Hungary 17. (40) TJ Bell, Chevrolet. 18 races in the rearranged 2020 18. (38) Todd Gilliland, Ford. on July 19, followed by consecu- 19. (52) Stewart Friessen, Toyota. season, with the first eight al- 20. (15) Tanner Gray, Ford. ready confirmed starting with a tive races at the British GP in 21. (45) Ty Majeski, Chevrolet. Silverstone on Aug. 2 and 9 after 22. (33) Gray Gaulding, Toyota. double-header in Austria in early 23. (7) Korbin Forrister, Toyota. July. the British government exempted 24. (04) Cory Roper, Ford. 25. (3) Jordan Anderson, Chevrolet. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix elite sports from its current quar- 26. (30) Brennan Poole, Toyota. antine on foreign visitors. 27. (56) Tyler Hill, Chevrolet. was due to be rescheduled after 28. (20) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet. the postponement of its original Further races are scheduled 29. (02) Tate Fogleman, Chevrolet. MICHAEL DODGE, AAP IMAGE/AP for Spain on Aug. 16 and Belgium 30. (00) Angela Ruch, Toyota. race date of June 7, while the Sin- 31. (22) Austin Wayne Self, Chevrolet. gapore Grand Prix was scheduled Workers pack up in pit lane on March 13 after the cancellation of on Aug. 30, with Italy completing 32. (11) Spencer Davis, Toyota. 33. (68) Clay Greenfield, Toyota. for Sept. 20. Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. the European swing on Sept. 6. 34. (10) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Chevrolet. Both use street circuits, and the No spectators will be allowed 35. (49) TBA, Chevrolet. 36. (6) Norm Benning, Chevrolet. FIA said the long lead times re- riod of uncertainty impossible.” celed because of ongoing travel re- to attend the opening eight races. 37. (55) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet. This may change later in the sea- 38. (34) Bryant Barnhill, Chevrolet. quired to construct them “made The Japanese Grand Prix, strictions during the pandemic. 39. (03) Tim Viens, Chevrolet. hosting the events during a pe- scheduled for Oct. 11, was can- “We are confident in our plans son if health conditions allow. S TARS AND STRIPES Saturday, June 13, 2020

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Uncommonly quiet With a swing and silence, PGA Tour gets back to business

BY DOUG FERGUSON Ryan Palmer, a Colonial member who raised money for COVID- Associated Press 19 relief efforts during the shutdown, was chosen to hit the first FORT WORTH, Texas — The start was even more quiet than official shot on the PGA Tour in three months. Those gathered usual for a Thursday morning on the PGA Tour, only the silence around the first tee could barely hear him announced. The starter never left over the next 12 hours as golf was back to business at was wearing a mask, and his voice competed with the hum of a the Charles Schwab Challenge. generator behind the ninth green. Sung Kang made a hole-in-one on the 13th hole and didn’t Quiet as it was, Colonial came to a standstill at 8:46 a.m. when realize it until he was 50 yards from the green. everyone on the course honored a moment of silence for the “I’m like, ‘Wow, it’s in the hole.’ It wasn’t really crazy. Nobody death of George Floyd and the outrage it has sparked worldwide was really up there, only a few people out there just clapping a on racial injustice. little bit,” Kang said. “I still appreciated it, though.” It was a most unusual round of golf. Phil Mickelson made a birdie and instinctively pinched the brim But it was golf. of his cap to acknowledge a crowd that wasn’t there. SEE QUIET ON PAGE 21 No fans in attendance hurts some sports more than others, Page 21

Rory McIlroy tees off on the 17th hole during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Thursday.

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Top players fi nd fault with U.S. Open restrictions Formula One cancels 3 races, still hopes to run 18 Tennis, Page 22 Auto racing, Page 23