Culture Under Review Independent Panel Will Scrutinize Fort Hood’S Command Climate in Wake of Guillen Killing
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Volume 79, No. 60B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY, JULY 12, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas Culture under review Independent panel will scrutinize Fort Hood’s command climate in wake of Guillen killing BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes AUSTIN, Texas — An indepen- dent panel will review the com- mand climate and culture of Fort Hood, Texas, in the wake of the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced Friday. The announcement followed a meeting between McCarthy, Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Texas, and lead- ers from the League of United Latin American Citizens. The congresswoman from Houston and LULAC have worked with the Guillen family, who also are from Houston, to raise awareness about the soldier’s disappearance and death and to help communi- cate with the Army throughout the investigation. “I am directing an independent [and] comprehensive review of the command climate and cul- ture. We have to listen in order to create enduring change,” McCar- thy wrote on Twitter immediately following the meeting. The review is to determine whether the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, and the surrounding military com- GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ, HOUSTON CHRONICLE/AP munity, reflects Army values, including respect, inclusiveness, Juan Cruz, boyfriend of Army soldier Vanessa Guillen, kneels in front of a mural honoring her on July 5, in Houston. An independent review of the command climate and culture at Fort Hood has been commissioned after questions and concerns voiced by family members, SEE REVIEW ON PAGE 4 Congress, and various Hispanic advocacy groups during the Army’s investigation of Guillen’s dissappearance. US commander: ‘Disarray’ in Iran after Soleimani death BY TONY CAPACCIO ‘ After a surge in tensions earlier this troops out of the region. Just not yet. Bloomberg I think they’re still sorting year following the killing of Quds force “Iran recognizes that we have the capa- themselves out and what commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, bility in the theater to make it very painful The top American commander in the for them to launch a direct or indirect at- Middle East says he sees Iran’s decision- and additional damage done to the Islamic they want to do. tack against either us or one of our part- making abilities in “disarray” after a U.S. ’ Republic from the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenneth McKenzie ners or allies,” McKenzie, who heads U.S. drone strike killed a senior Iranian com- Marine General Kenneth McKenzie said Marine General, U.S. Central Command Central Command, said in a telephone mander in January, but he doesn’t expect he expects the Islamic Republic’s military the lull to last. to regroup and focus on trying to drive U.S. SEE IRAN ON PAGE 3 MIDEAST NATION MUSIC Singer’s deployment Trump commutes sentence of Difficult to single out one inspires folk song ally convicted for obstruction ‘Song of the Summer’ in about Afghan love during Russia investigation year unlike any other Page 3 Page 8 Pages 12-13 Short season will skew statistics as players chase awards » MLB, Back page PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, July 12, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Wall Street rallies as optimism returns Military rates Euro costs (July 13) .............................. $1.10 Thailand (Baht) ..................................... 31.30 Dollar buys (July 13) ......................... €0.8629 Turkey (Lira) .........................................6.8658 British pound (July 13) .........................$1.23 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (July 13) ......................105.00 available to customers at military banking Associated Press age rose 369.21 points, or 1.4%, to was an erratic week for markets. South Korean won (July 13) ..........1,171.00 facilities in the country of issuance 26,075.30. The Nasdaq composite Prices swung, sometimes sharply Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the NEW YORK — Optimism re- Bahrain (Dinar) ....................................0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., turned to Wall Street on Friday, added 69.69, or 0.7%, to 10,617.44, within a single day, with worries British pound .....................................$1.2637 a new high. The S&P 500 rose about rising hospitalizations and Canada (Dollar) ...................................1.3591 purchasing British pounds in Germany), and stocks rallied to cap a shaky China (Yuan) ........................................6.9985 check with your local military banking 32.99 to 3,185.04. COVID-19 trends in Florida and Denmark (Krone) ................................6.5868 facility. Commercial rates are interbank week dogged by worries that ris- Egypt (Pound) ....................................15.9902 rates provided for reference when buying ing coronavirus counts may halt After starting Friday with other hotpots around the world. Euro ........................................$1.1306/0.8845 currency. All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, the economy’s recent upswing. modest drops, stocks and Trea- The S&P 500 flip-flopped be- Hong Kong (Dollar) .............................7.7512 Hungary (Forint) ................................ 312.60 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) The S&P 500 climbed 1%, and sury yields erased their declines tween a gain and loss through Israel (Shekel) .................................... 3.4564 the biggest gains came from to drive higher. In a signal of ris- each day of the week. Japan (Yen) ........................................... 106.71 Kuwait (Dinar) .....................................0.3079 INTEREST RATES cruise ship operators, airlines, ing expectations for the economy, Analysts said an encouraging Norway (Krone) ...................................9.4497 the Russell 2000 index of smaller repor t from Gilead Sciences about Philippines (Peso)................................ 49.44 banks and other companies that Prime rate ................................................3.25 stocks rose more than the rest of its investigational treatment of Poland (Zloty) ..........................................3.95 most need the economy to contin- Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...........................3.7508 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Federal funds market rate ................... 0.03 Singapore (Dollar) ............................. 1.3911 ue to reopen and strengthen. the market, up 1.7%. COVID-19, remdesivir, helped 3-month bill ............................................. 0.13 The Dow Jones Industrial Aver- They’re the latest eddies in what drive Friday’s rebound. South Korea (Won) ...........................1200.83 30-year bond ...........................................1.31 Switzerland (Franc)............................0.9400 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 63/57 Kabul 87/66 Seoul 74/67 Baghdad 115/83 Kandahar 104/74 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 73/66 84/68 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 71/51 64/51 74/70 Iwakuni 79/71 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 108/92 Brussels 70/48 Guam 115/92 72/48 Ramstein 82/73 86/79 Lajes, 76/48 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 113/85 107/92 74/66 75/53 74/50 Aviano/ Vicenza 77/60 Naples 90/80 Okinawa Morón 90/82 99/66 Sigonella Rota 92/71 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 105/92 90/70 89/72 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 17 Books ....................... 14 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Movies ...................... 11 Music ....................12-13 Opinion ..................... 18 Sports .................. 19-24 Sunday, July 12, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MIDEAST Russian envoy mocks Taliban bounty intel Associated Press Russian Foreign leged push on them to fight against U.S. the Russian track.” Minister Sergey Lav- servicemen or even a reward for their Lavrov noted that Russia welcomed a MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat on rov dismissed the in- heads,” Lavrov said during a videoconfer- February peace deal between the U.S. and Friday dismissed U.S. intelligence infor- telligence claims as a ence on foreign policy issues. “I can only the Taliban aimed at ending the protracted mation alleging that Moscow offered boun- sham. The intelligence say that the entire thing has hinged on un- war in Afghanistan. ties to the Taliban for killing American assessments that Rus- scrupulous speculations, and no concrete “We have provided assistance via our soldiers as a product of election year poli- sia offered bounties facts have been presented whatsoever.” channels to help this agreement work,” the tics in Washington. were first reported by He charged that the intelligence claims Russian foreign minister said. U.S. intelligence officials said informa- The New York Times, were floated to hurt the Trump adminis- Top Pentagon leaders told U.S. Congress tion about Russia’s alleged bounties on then confirmed to tration before the U.S. presidential election on Thursday that reports of Russia offer- the heads of troops in Afghanistan was The Associated Press in November. “The entire story looks like it ing Taliban militants bounties for killing included in an intelligence brief for Presi- by American intel- Lavrov has been written and designed specifically Americans weren’t corroborated by de- dent Donald Trump in late February. The ligence officials and for the purpose of the domestic political fense intelligence agencies,