Increased Scrutiny Pentagon Keeping Close Eye on Foreign Trainees After Deadly Base Attack
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Volume 78, No. 195B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas Increased scrutiny Pentagon keeping close eye on foreign trainees after deadly base attack BY COREY DICKSTEIN Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — Foreign students in military training programs in the U.S. will face continuous monitoring of their activities and new restrictions on off-duty travel in the wake of a deadly shooting last month at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, defense officials said Friday. The new constraints on the thousands of military students from allied and partner nations also include measures meant to bar them from purchasing fire- arms in the United States and additional training on detecting potential security threats, said Garry Reid, the Pentagon’s defense intelligence director. The new policies follow a review of security procedures initiated after a Royal Saudi Air Force officer in avia- tion training killed three Navy sailors and wounded eight others in a Dec. 3 SEE SCRUTINY ON PAGE 4 New constraints have been placed on military students from allied nations like this Royal Saudi Air Force staff sergeant, seen training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, last year. PEDRO TENORIO/U.S. Air Force US receives Taliban proposal to reduce Afghan violence BY SUSANNAH GEORGE for what the Taliban said was ex- official confirmed that the pro- announcement that the “Taliban AND HAQ NAWAZ KHAN ‘ In response to the pected to be “several days” of in- posal was handed over to Zalmay gave a nod of approval to an Af- The Washington Post demands of the U.S., formal talks. Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy. The ghan cease fire, and that could “In response to the demands of “Americans are looking into it,” lead to an agreement.” ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — our Qatar offi ce has the U.S., our Qatar office has put he said, also speaking on the con- He said hoped there would be The Taliban has presented the put the proposal the proposal of reduction in vio- dition of anonymity because he a “reduction of violence pointing U.S. special representative for of reduction in lence on the negotiating table,” was not authorized to speak to the toward a cease fire.” Afghanistan with a proposal to a Taliban official said, speaking media. Peace talks between the United reduce violence and restart long- violence on the on the condition of anonymity In a meeting with reporters States and the Taliban have been stalled peace talks, according to negotiating table. because he was not authorized to in Washington, Pakistani For- stalled for months. Talks were Pakistani and Taliban officials, ’ brief the media. eign Minister Shah Mahmood as negotiators met in Doha, Qatar, Taliban offi cial A Pakistani Foreign Ministry Qureshi hailed what he called an SEE PROPOSAL ON PAGE 4 MUSIC MILITARY MILITARY Late Rush drummer DOD restarts Former Gitmo Peart left legacy of bidding for food chief convicted pounding percussion contract in Iraq in cover-up Page 13 Page 3 Page 3 RB Henry powers Titans » NFL playoffs, Back page PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, January 19, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Milestones set this week in spite of deals, politics Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ...........................0.9679 Euro costs (Jan. 20) ..........................$1.1399 Thailand (Baht) ....................................30.39 Dollar buys (Jan. 20) .........................€0.8773 Turkey (Lira) ........................................5.8898 British pound (Jan. 20) ........................$1.34 (Military exchange rates are those Associated Press The latest batch of positive higher just a few weeks into 2020 Japanese yen (Jan. 20) ...................... 107.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Jan. 20) ...........1129.00 facilities in the country of issuance Wall Street capped a mile- corporate earnings reports and as trade disputes quiet down and Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the stone-setting week Friday with a economic data helped keep in- the economic picture remains Bahrain (Dinar) ...................................0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For vestors in a buying mood after bright. British pound ......................................1.3032 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., few more as modest gains nudged Canada (Dollar) ..................................1.3058 purchasing British pounds in Germany), the major stock indexes to all- the midweek signing of an initial Still, the possibility that U.S. China (Yuan) .......................................6.8594 check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...............................6.7313 facility. Commercial rates are interbank trade deal by the U.S. and China. trade tensions could heat up again, rates provided for reference when buying time highs. The benchmark S&P Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.8298 Progress on trade has eased fears and the U.S. presidential election, currency. All figures are foreign currencies 500 index also notched its second- Euro ....................................... $1.1102/0.9008 to one dollar, except for the British pound, straight weekly gain. on Wall Street about the potential could result in heightened volatil- Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................7.7691 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Hungary (Forint) ................................302.57 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Technology stocks powered for the dispute to escalate further, ity for stocks this year, Nela Rich- Israel (Shekel) ....................................3.4557 much of the market’s broad gains, as they continue talking. U.S. ardson, investment strategist at Japan (Yen) .......................................... 110.14 election concerns and the ongo- Edward Jones, said. Kuwait (Dinar) ....................................0.3034 INTEREST RATES along with communication ser- Norway (Krone) ..................................8.9050 vices companies and banks. En- ing impeachment of President U.S. stock markets will be Philippines (Peso) ................................50.92 Prime rate ................................................4.75 ergy sector stocks were the only Donald Trump have been both closed on Monday in observance Poland (Zloty) .........................................3.82 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ..........................3.7516 Federal funds market rate ...................1.54 decliners. Bond prices fell, send- largely ignored by Wall Street. of the Martin Luther King Jr. Singapore (Dollar) .............................1.3470 3-month bill .............................................1.52 ing yields higher. Financial markets are solidly holiday. South Korea (Won) ..........................1159.75 30-year bond ...........................................2.29 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 41/34 Kabul 37/8 Seoul 35/28 Baghdad 62/43 Kandahar 48/32 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 37/31 49/32 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 41/33 38/34 40/34 Iwakuni 49/45 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 68/63 Brussels 37/33 Guam 67/56 44/34 Ramstein 49/45 82/78 Lajes, 38/30 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 76/51 76/57 66/62 36/32 34/29 Aviano/ Vicenza 43/33 Naples 53/46 Okinawa Morón 65/61 56/48 Sigonella Rota 54/33 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 82/70 64/50 53/49 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 15 Books ....................... 12 Comics ...................... 14 Crossword ................. 14 Music ........................ 13 Opinion ..................... 16 Sports ...................17-24 Sunday, January 19, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY DOD restarts bid for food contract for troops in Iraq BY AARON GREGG played any suggestion of a troop The Washington Post withdrawal. That means KGL faces the challenge of maintain- The Pentagon has quietly re- ing food deliveries for thousands started the bidding process for a of U.S. troops across Iraq de- lucrative contract to provide food spite increasingly unpredictable and water for thousands of U.S. circumstances. troops deployed in Iraq after its KGL’s contract with the govern- primary supplier was allegedly ment is meant to be a temporary evicted from an important ware- solution while the Defense Logis- house the company uses to store tics Agency picks a new supplier. food. The bidding process is in its ear- The supplier, a Kuwaiti compa- liest phases and could take many ny called KGL, faces political and months, however. legal pressure at home from an A court filing unsealed last MASS COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST 3RD CLASS JACOB GOFF, U.S. NAVY/AP embezzlement scandal that land- week alleges U.S. troops experi- Former Navy Capt. John R. Nettleton, seen here in 2014, was convicted on Friday, of interfering with ed two of its former executives in enced a “disruption in service” an investigation into the death of a civilian with whom the commander had fought and argued over his prison. And the security situation causing them to have to eat mili- alleged affair with the man’s wife. in Iraq has further complicated tary rations rather than the fresh matters, a company representa- foods that are delivered under the tive said, as the company has food contract. been forced to airlift supplies into “Anham has repeatedly chal- the country to avoid dangerous Ex-Gitmo chief convicted of hiding lenged [the Defense Depart-