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MILITARY NATION FACES Air Force striving DOD: No plan set Netflix’s ‘Cobra Kai’ for impartiality in with Capitol Police pickup a boon to punishments to handle mob series’ viewership Page 3 Page 7 Page 18 Top cornerbacks could play crucial role in national title game ›› Page 24 stripes.com Volume 79 Edition 189 ©SS 2021 MONDAY,JANUARY 11, 2021 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas ‘Impeachable offenses’ reason to resign Republicans Toomey, Murkowski call for Trump to step down Associated Press WASHINGTON — Two Repub- lican senators now say President Donald Trump should resign as support for the drive to impeach him a second time is gaining mo- mentum in his final days in office after the deadly riot at the Capitol by a violent mob of Trump sup- porters. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylva- nia on Sunday joined Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski in calling for Trump to “resign and go away as soon as possible.” Murkowski, who has long voiced her exasper- ation with Trump’s conduct in of- fice, told the Anchorage Daily News on Friday that Trump sim- ply “needs to get out.” Toomey said that even though he believes Trump committed im- peachable offenses in encourag- ing loyalists in the Capitol siege on Wednesday, he did not think there was enough time for the impeach- ment process to play out. Toomey said that resignation was the “best path forward, the best way to get this person in the rear view mirror for us.” He was not optimistic that BRYNN ANDERSON/AP Trump would step down before his Two Republican senators are saying President Donald Trump, shown at a rally in Georgia last Monday, should resign after Wednesday’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. SEE RESIGN ON PAGE 9 Job losses again hit US economy unequally Associated Press ly concentrated in the industries ter the economy has regained its INSIDE WASHINGTON — Ten months that have suffered most because footing. That trend will likely fur- into America’s viral outbreak, low- they involve the kind of face-to- ther widen the economic inequali- Remote learning income workers are still bearing face contact that is now nearly im- ties that have left millions of fam- the brunt of job losses — an unusu- possible: Restaurants, bars and ho- ilies unable to buy food or pay rent. extended for al and harsh feature of the pan- tels, theaters, sports arenas and Typically in a recession, layoffs demic recession that flattened the concert halls. strike a broad array of industries — DODEA schools economy last spring. With the virus transforming con- both those that employ higher- and In December, the nation shed sumer spending habits, econo- middle-income workers and those in Germany jobs for the first time since April. mists believe some portion of these Once again, the layoffs were heavi- service jobs won’t return even af- SEE LOSSES ON PAGE 6 Page 5 PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Monday, January 11, 2021 BUSINESS/WEATHER Deutsche Bank to pay $130M on bribery charge EXCHANGE RATES Military rates So. Korea (Won) 1,094.09 Associated Press aries to make deals in Saudi Ara- $85,186,206 and a payment of Switzerland (Franc) 0.8865 Euro costs (Jan. 11) $1.20 Thailand (Baht) 30.13 NEW YORK — Deutsche Bank bia between 2009 and 2016, label- $43,329,622 to settle a related U.S. Dollar buys (Jan. 11) 0.7941 Turkey (New Lira) 7.3911 British pound (Jan. 11) $1.33 agreed Friday to pay fines and pe- ing the payments as “referral Securities and Exchange Com- Japanese yen (Jan. 11) 101.00 (Military exchange rates are those available nalties of about $130 million to fees” for consultants. In one in- mission action, prosecutors said. South Korean won (Jan. 11) 1,069.00 to customers at military banking facilities in the Commercial rates country of issuance for Japan, South Korea, Ger avoid a criminal prosecution on stance around 2012, the bank paid A Deutsche Bank spokesper- many, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Bahrain (Dinar) 0.3769 For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., pur charges it participated in a foreign one of its fixers $1,087,538 “and son, Dan Hunter, declined to com- Britain (Pound) 1.3562 chasing British pounds in Germany), check with Canada (Dollar) 1.2712 your local military banking facility. Commercial bribery scheme to win business in caused those payments to be false- ment on the specifics of the case. China (Yuan) 6.4754 rates are interbank rates provided for reference Denmark (Krone) 6.0893 Saudi Arabia. ly recorded in the company’s But he said that the deferred pros- Egypt (Pound) 15.6996 when buying currency. All figures are foreign Lawyers for the bank waived its books, records and accounts,” the ecution agreement showed that Euro 0.8189 currencies to one dollar, except for the British Hong Kong (Dollar) 7.7556 pound, which is represented in dollarsto right to face an indictment on con- papers said. Other intermediaries the bank was taking responsibility Hungary (Forint) 294.42 pound, and the euro, which is dollarstoeuro.) Israel (Shekel) 3.1826 spiracy charges during a telecon- demanded financing for a yacht for its actions and that its cooper- Japan (Yen) 103.93 INTEREST RATES ference with a federal judge in and for a house in France as com- ation with federal authorities “re- Kuwait (Dinar) 0.3036 Norway (Krone) 8.4449 Prime rate 3.25 New York City. pensation, the papers said. flect our transparency and deter- Philippines (Peso) 48.07 Interest Rates Discount rate 0.25 Poland (Zloty) 3.69 Federal funds market rate 0.09 According to court papers, The penalties against Deutsche mination to put these matters Saudi Arab (Riyal) 3.7517 3month bill 0.08 Deutsche Bank bribed intermedi- Bank included a criminal fine of firmly in the past.” Singapore (Dollar) 1.3261 30year bond 1.86 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 34/17 Kabul Seoul 41/24 30/8 Baghdad 64/41 Tokyo Drawsko Osan Kandahar Mildenhall/ 30/16 34/26 49/17 Pomorskie Busan Lakenheath 32/29 41/32 39/23 Iwakuni Kuwait City 44/38 Bahrain Brussels Zagan Sasebo 65/50 66/63 Ramstein 32/26 44/38 Guam 39/30 29/19 83/50 Riyadh Lajes, 64/46 Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 60/57 28/22 70/55 Aviano/ 33/27 Vicenza 35/24 Naples 51/47 Okinawa Morón 59/56 48/35 Sigonella Rota 59/51 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 50/37 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 80/72 67/63 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 11 Classifieds .................. 13 Comics .........................16 Crossword ................... 16 Faces .......................... 18 Opinion ........................ 14 Sports .................... 19-24 Monday, January 11, 2021 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY Air Force moves to ensure impartiality in its punishments BY JENNIFER H. SVAN ly 9 minutes, leaving Floyd unable Stars and Stripes to breathe. The Air Force has begun track- By tracking demographic data, ing the demographics of some dis- commanders will be able to see ciplinary actions to determine if disciplinary trends in their orga- punishment is meted out impar- nizations, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Rock- tially. well, the judge advocate general Commanders have been told to for the Department of the Air collect airmen’s rank, age, gender, Force, said in a statement. PHOTOS BY WILLIAM CHOCKEY/U.S. Marine Corps race and ethnicity in “lesser disci- The Air Force has consistently Above and below, Marines with Marine Rotational ForceEurope 21.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, plinary actions,” including admin- monitored Article 15 and court- maneuver through snow during a coldweather livefire training event in preparation for Exercise Reindeer istrative counseling, admonish- martial data, but not lesser disci- II in Setermoen, Norway, on Nov. 20. This month, more than 1,000 Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., ments and reprimands, and sub- plinary actions, Rockwell said. arrived in Norway to also build winter warfare skills. mit the data to installation staff Separately, the Air Force has judge advocates, the Air Force ordered commanders to review said in a statement Tuesday. official and unofficial unit em- Names and other personally blems, morale patches, mottos, Marines arrive in Norway identifiable information will not nicknames, coins and other forms be included in the data, and of unit recognition “to ensure an courts-martial and nonjudicial inclusive and professional envi- for Arctic warfare training punishment will not be included in ronment,” the service said. the data-gathering, it said. Any visual representation, sym- Stars and Stripes launched six-month rotations that The move follows an Air Force bols or language that are consid- involved keeping Marines in Nor- inspector general report publish- ered derogatory to any race, gen- More than 1,000 Marines and way all year, with back-to-back ed last month, which found racial der, sexual orientation, ethnicity, sailors arrived in Setermoen, rotations. disparities in the military justice religion, age or disability status Norway for Arctic warfare train- But in October, the Marines system for Black service mem- must be removed by commanders ing, Marine Corps Forces Europe ended the continuous rotations, bers of the Air Force and Space at the squadron level and above, it and Africa said Friday. opting instead for a more periodic Force. They were far more likely said. The Camp Lejeune, N.C.-based training regimen that offered to be investigated, arrested, face The service also said last week Marines are part of a rotational added flexibility.