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VIRUS OUTBREAK Layoffs remain at elevated level as states rethink reopening plans

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses. Those six — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Texas — make up one-third of the U.S. economy. Fifteen other states have suspended their re-open- ings. Collectively, the pullback has stalled a tentative recovery in the job market and is likely trig- gering additional layoffs. On Wednesday, the United States reported just short of the Ready to go record 60,000 cases set a day earlier. In the U.S., the number of confirmed cases has passed 3 million — meaning nearly one in every 100 people has been con- firmed as infected — and the death toll in the pandemic is more than 132,000. In addition, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in harm’s way the nation’s top infectious-dis- ease official, is advising that some states seriously consider “shutting down” again if they Long-derided littoral combat ships flex their muscles in Pacific are facing major resurgences of the virus, The Washington Post BY SETH ROBSON coast guard and paramilitary vessels. Lt. Mary Browning, reported. Stars and Stripes A few years ago, lightly armed and experimental assigned to the littoral “I think any state that is hav- littoral combat ships might not have been trusted combat ship USS ing a serious problem, that state TOKYO — A standoff this spring between China for such a high-profile standoff. Gabrielle Giffords, should seriously look at shutting and Malaysia in the South China Sea was a chance “The story of this ship is one that makes me monitors the ship’s radar down,” Fauci said Wednesday. for the U.S. Navy’s littoral combat ships to prove ashamed and embarrassed, as a former Navy per- while standing watch on “It’s not for me to say, because their mettle. son and as a person who’s responsible to the taxpay- the bridge July 2 in the each state is different.” The USS Gabrielle Giffords and the USS Mont- ers of my state,” the late Arizona Sen. John McCain South China Sea. Once gomery helped stave off Chinese intimidation of criticized for their cost SEE LAYOFFS ON PAGE 9 said of the vessels in 2010. a Malaysian-contracted drillship — the West Ca- The ships were criticized for their cost, lighter and light armaments, the pella — during April and May in disputed waters armament and lower survivability standard than ships are proving to be Lawmakers balking near Borneo. some larger ships. The first LCS’s — the USS Free- valuable in small ports The high-tech vessels were part of U.S. efforts to dom and USS Independence — had an expected and congested sea lanes at federal workers’ maintain a monthlong presence near the drillship, that are problematic for return to offices which had been approached by a flotilla of Chinese SEE READY ON PAGE 7 larger ships. BRENTON POYSER/U.S. Navy Page 10 USS Theodore Roosevelt heads home from fateful deployment Page 8 PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES United Airlines warns 36,000 workers of layoffs Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9383 Euro costs (July 10) ...... $1.11 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.22 Dollar buys (July 10) ...... €0.8606 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.8647 Associated Press British pound (July 10) ...... $1.23 (Military exchange rates are those Airlines say they must shrink take a $300 million charge in the Japanese yen (July 10) ...... 105.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (July 10) ...... 1,163.00 to match falling travel demand. second quarter to cover voluntary Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance United Airlines is warning for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the American Airlines executives departures so far. The company Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3771 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For 36,000 employees — nearly half British pound ...... $1.2658 have said they could have 20,000 said it was unable to estimate the nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., its U.S. staff — they could be fur- Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3511 purchasing British pounds in Germany), more employees than the airline cost of workforce reductions for China (Yuan) ...... 6.9867 loughed in October, the clearest check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.5767 will need this fall. the rest of the year. facility. Commercial rates are interbank signal yet of how deeply the virus Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.9546 rates provided for reference when buying pandemic is hurting the airline United told employees Wednes- If every U.S. airline matched Euro ...... $1.1327/0.8829 day that not everyone who gets a United’s worst-case scenario of Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7502 currency. All figures are foreign currencies industry. to one dollar, except for the British pound, layoff notice will be furloughed. furloughs, it could be extrapo- Hungary (Forint) ...... 312.40 The outlook for a recovery in Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4387 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, the airline industry has dimmed The company said job losses could lated to about 240,000 lost jobs Japan (Yen) ...... 107.14 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) be reduced if enough employees nationwide, given United’s share Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3079 INTEREST RATES in just the past two weeks, as Norway (Krone) ...... 9.3714 infection rates rise in much of accept buyouts or early retire- of the domestic market. Philippines (Peso)...... 49.44 Prime rate ...... 3.25 the U.S. and some states impose ment by a deadline next week. 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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup 15 Comics ...... 17 Crossword ...... 17 Faces ...... 16 Opinion ...... 18-19 Sports ...... 20-24 Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY First woman graduates as Army Green Beret

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY the House subcommittee over- intelligence officer wasn’t allowed often secretive missions. male counterparts, who com- Stars and Stripes seeing special operations, had to graduate the course in 1980 She did wear the Special Forces pleted the grueling indoctrination earlier announced the unidenti- after being told at the last minute Tab for the remainder of her ca- courses and other specialized An Army National Guard sol- fied soldier’s upcoming gradua- she had failed a field exercise. reer, after the patch was created training. dier graduated Thursday from tion and hailed it as “an important Wilder filed a sex discrimina- in 1983, The New York Times re- “Congratulations to a trail blaz- Special Forces training in North and hard-earned milestone.” tion complaint, and a general ported in February. She eventu- ing Green Beret, welcome to the Carolina and became the ser- “This achievement is a testa- later determined she had been ally transferred to the reserves Regiment!” said Joe Kent, on vice’s first female Green Beret. ment to this soldier’s individual wrongly denied graduation and and retired in 2003 as a lieuten- Twitter, responding to news Tues- Or the second, depending on strength, courage and commit- had qualified to serve in Special ant colonel. day that the woman had earned who’s counting. ment,” Stefanik said in a state- Forces, The Associated Press re- After Wilder graduated, how- her Special Forces tab. The woman received the Spe- ment June 25, calling it “an ported in February 1981. ever, the Army began barring Kent is a retired Green Beret cial Forces Tab and donned her and the husband of Shannon Kent, green beret alongside fellow important institutional milestone Then 29, Wilder was attending women from attending the quali- a senior Navy linguist who had graduates of the 53-week Special for U.S. Special Operations Com- a military intelligence course and fication course, until the Pentagon spent years in special operations Forces Qualification Course, U.S. mand as it embraces the cultural no longer assigned to a Special opened all combat jobs to women and was killed in a 2019 bomb- Army Special Operations Com- change that will continue to make Forces unit, making her ineligible in 2016. mand said in a statement. it the most successful and elite to wear the beret. In November 2018, a woman ing in Syria while on a mission “Thankfully, after today, our Special Operations Force in the “It isn’t important that I wear for the first time completed the alongside a Special Forces sol- Green Beret Men and Women world.” the hat,’’ she told the AP at the three-week Special Forces selec- dier, a former Navy SEAL and a will forever stand in the hearts of The woman, who wasn’t named time. “I’m not at all hung up on tion, which is the beginning of the contract linguist, all of whom also free people everywhere,” Army under command policy, is ex- a hat like a lot of the men are ... Green Beret pipeline. At least one died in the blast. special operations commander pected to be the first in history What matters is that I’m officially other woman was in the qualifica- “I hope (the female graduate) is Lt. Gen. Fran Beaudette, who to serve in a Special Forces unit qualified.’’ tion course earlier this year, the the first woman of many to wear presided over the graduation cer- after completing the “Q-Course.” The beret signifies members Times reported in February. the illustrious Green Beret,” Ste- emony, said in the statement. But an active-duty soldier, Capt. of the Army’s elite units that spe- Women have long served along- fanik said. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Kate Wilder, completed Special cialize in unconventional warfare, side special operations units but [email protected] congresswoman who serves on Forces training decades ago. The counterinsurgency and other not in the same capacity as their Twitter:@montgomerynance USAF wants to turn Romanian base into NATO Black Sea hub

BY JOHN VANDIVER “Campia Turzii Air Base is one Stars and Stripes of the primary sources for United States European Command and STUTTGART, Germany — A its Service Components’ ability former Soviet airfield in central to respond to an evolving Euro- Romania could become a hub pean security environment,” the for U.S. Air Force operations in Air Force said in its 2021 budget southeastern Europe, where the request. Pentagon is seeking added fighter EUCOM has boosted missions plane rotations as part of a mis- in Romania over the years, but sion to deter Russian aggression. most of its efforts have centered The National Defense Autho- on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air rization Act for 2021, which is Base, which is used primarily by working its way through Con- U.S. Army Europe and rotational gress, includes $130.5 million to ground forces. renovate Campia Turzii Air Base But the Pentagon has gradually ANDREW LAYTON/U.S. Air Force in what would be the biggest over- increased spending on Campia seas military construction project Turzii. Last year, USAFE sent Airmen assigned to the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, under the Pentagon’s European MQ-9 Reaper drones, based in prepare to launch F-16C Fighting Falcons at Campia Turzii, Romania, in May 2019. Deterrence Initiative, which was Poland, on a temporary rotation initiated in June 2014, shortly to the site, putting them closer “An adequate tactical fighter what it can send to Campia Tur- proposed in the NDAA are $59 after Russia annexed Crimea. to the Black Sea, where Rus- aircraft parking apron capable of zii, “impairing mission capability million to improve infrastructure The Air Force has requested sian military activity has grown supporting larger North Atlantic and readiness,” it said. at the Navy’s base in Rota, Spain, major upgrades at the base, in- steadily since a brief 2008 war Treaty Organization weapon sys- NATO allies Bulgaria, Ro- and $36 million and $25 million, cluding dangerous cargo landing with Georgia. tems is not currently available at mania and Turkey all lie on the respectively, for upgrades to the pads, more parking aprons to sup- Air Force fighters also have Air Force bases at Ramstein and porting additional tactical fighter made rotations to Campia Turzii, Campia Turzii Air Base,” the Air Black Sea, as do alliance partner aircraft squadron rotations, fuel but improvements are needed if Force said in its budget request. states Georgia and Ukraine, and Spangdahlem in Germany. storage and a depot to support a the U.S. and allies are to expand Without the improvements, the Russia. [email protected] deployable air base system. operations. Air Force would be limited in Other EDI-funded projects Twitter: @john_vandiver Contractor pleads guilty to role in theft ring at Kandahar Airfield

BY J.P. LAWRENCE Airfield, the Justice Department Among the items stolen were reached an agreement via text drove a truck off the military in- Stars and Stripes said in a statement. His sentenc- a Toyota Hilux pickup truck, a to sell two stolen generators for stallation in order to sell it, the ing is slated for Nov. 19. white Toyota van, vehicle parts, $17,000, court files said. statement said. A U.S. military contractor The complaint stated that three generators and a refrigera- He then helped a security Investigators included person- pleaded guilty to federal fraud and Green stole military property tor, court documents filed in the badging and escort pass supervi- nel from the Special Inspector theft charges after stealing vehi- in 2015, conspired to sell those Justice Department’s Eastern sor, unnamed in court documents, General for Afghanistan Recon- cles, generators and other goods struction, the 939th Military Po- worth more than $300,000 from a goods locally and then helped fal- District of Virginia said. create false paperwork that said base in southern Afghanistan. sify documents to move the goods Green negotiated sales of the the generators were being sent lice Detachment of the Indiana Larry J. Green, 43, of Chesa- off the base. items via text message through back to their vendors, allowing Army National Guard and the peake, Va., entered the plea Green’s “theft ring” compro- a middleman, who then found a unvetted Afghan workers to enter Army Criminal Investigation Wednesday in U.S. District Court mised the security of troops and buyer off base, a court document the base and take the goods, the Command. after admitting he stole the gov- civilians at Kandahar Airfield, said. statement said. [email protected] ernment property from Kandahar the statement said. On July 22, 2015, Green Green also admitted that he Twitter: @jplawrence3 PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 MILITARY Duckworth won’t back down on promotions

BY MARK SATTER receive a promotion to the rank of Vindman, pressured the Pentagon serving in the Iraq War, applies was sent to the White House for CQ-Roll Call colonel in retaliation for his testi- to block Vindman’s promotion. to 1,123 scheduled promotions of review, she said in a statement mony before the House last year. “Through a campaign of bully- officers to the rank of “06” — col- Wednesday. WASHINGTON — Sen. Tammy Vindman, a former Ukraine ing, intimidation and retaliation, onel, Navy captain or above. Duck- The hold will remain in place Duckworth will keep her hold on expert to the National Security the President attempted to force worth said last week she would “until the secretary of defense over 1,100 military promotions Council, was ousted from his LTC Vindman to choose: Between lift the hold once Defense Secre- provides a transparent account- in place despite Wednesday’s an- White House job after his Novem- adhering to the law or pleasing a tary Mark T. Esper assured her, ing of this disgraceful situation,” nouncement of the retirement of ber testimony in which he validat- President. Vindman’s patriotism in writing, that Vindman would she said. Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a key wit- ed many of the concerns raised has cost him his career,” Vind- be shielded from retaliation. Exempted from the hold is Gen. ness in the impeachment of Presi- by the whistleblower whose re- man’s attorney David Pressman Duckworth has still not re- Gustave Perna, the chief operat- dent Donald Trump. port sparked the impeachment said in a statement Wednesday. ceived confirmation from Esper ing officer of Operation Warp The Illinois Democrat an- inquiry. The July 2 hold instituted by that the Army submitted a list Speed, the federal government’s nounced the hold July 2 amid Reports have suggested that Duckworth, a retired Army of- of promotions to colonel that in- program to develop a coronavirus concerns that Vindman would not Trump, who has publicly attacked ficer who lost both legs while cluded Vindman, or that the list vaccine by early next year. New PACAF commander brings deep Asia ties to role

BY WYATT OLSON Freedom in Afghanistan. He has com- Stars and Stripes manded a fighter squadron, an operations group and two wings. FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Gen. Ken- “You are precisely the experienced lead- neth Wilsbach took command of U.S. Pa- er and proven warfighter best suited to cific Air Forces on Wednesday during a take this extraordinary team of profession- ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor- als to the next set of heights,” Adm. Phil Hickam, marking his fourth time stationed Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific in Hawaii. Command, said during the ceremony. Wilsbach, who re- “His warfighting experience here in ceived his fourth star the Indo-Pacific is noteworthy,” Davidson shortly before the said. “In fact, he has lived in this region for ceremony, was most 10 of the last 12 years.” recently commander Davidson praised Brown’s accomplish- of 7th Air Force and ments during his two-year tenure, includ- deputy commander of ing the proliferation of fifth-generation U.S. Forces Korea. He fighters, not just under his command but replaces Gen. Charles added to the air force fleets of Australia Brown Jr., who will become the 22nd Air and South Korea. Force chief of staff “His efforts paved the way for multiple Brown next month. airfield construction projects in strategic In a career spanning more than three locations west of the International Date decades, Wilsbach has spent about half Line, enhancing our design and posture that time stationed in the Indo-Pacific the- through the dispersal of combat air power ater, he told the audience, which was kept in Oceania and in Southeast Asia,” David- small due social distancing requirements son said. from the coronavirus pandemic. Brown helped Pacific Air Forces usher “Over that time, the theater has certainly in the “agile combat employment” concept, matured,” he said. “It’s changed dramati- U.S. Air Force which shifts larger operations-level forces cally. It’s become a lot more complex, and into leaner, more agile tactical forces. it’s become, frankly, the strategic epicenter Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach speaks after taking command of Pacific Air Forces at Joint “I’m proud that we’ve been able to move for our nation. I am very proud to lead the Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Wednesday. agile combat employment from a PACAF airmen in this priority theater.” concept closer to an Air Force reality,” Gen. David Goldfein, the outgoing Air internationally savvy — the whole pack- Wilsbach is an experienced aviator, Brown said. Force chief of staff, told the audience that age,” Goldfein said of the new combatant primarily flying F-15C, F-22A, and F-16C Earlier this year, the Air Force discon- Wilsbach was “one of the most seasoned, commander. fighter jets and the MC-12 twin-engine tinued its longtime routine of deploying combat-proven leaders in our long blue The command marks Wilsbach’s ninth turboprop. He has logged more than 5,000 bombers to Andersen Air Force Base on line. assignment in the Pacific, having had mul- hours of flying time. Guam for six-month rotations in favor of “I got to see him up close and personal tiple tours at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa He flew 71 combat missions in opera- a suite of less predictable sorties that take when we served together in [U.S.] Cen- and stints at Joint Base Elmendorf-Rich- tions Northern Watch and Southern Watch, off from locations around the world. tral Command during some challenging ardson in Alaska, Hawaii and South Korea, which enforced no-fly zones in Iraq during [email protected] times: calm, cool in a clutch, mature and Goldfein said. Saddam Hussein’s regime, and Enduring Twitter: @WyattWOlson Former Thunderbird pilot takes over 36th Wing on Guam

BY SETH ROBSON Force, theater security packages and served on the Joint Staff. He bearing the wing’s emblem that Stars and Stripes and contingency response, as has 235 combat hours over Eu- dates to 1940, when the unit well as humanitarian and disas- rope and Iraq. was known as the 36th Pursuit A former Air Force Thunder- ter-relief operations. His last assignment was as the Group, according to the Air Force bird and combat pilot assumed At Andersen, he commands commandant of the Air War Col- statement. command of the 36th Wing at An- 7,900 troops and civilians and lege at Maxwell Air Force Base, “To the men and women of the dersen Air Force Base, Guam, on supports management of other Ala. 36th Wing, I am thrilled to be a Wednesday. bases in the area as deputy com- Boswell is headed for the Pen- part of this great wing, mission Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane, an and culture, and I’m humbled to F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot with mander of Joint Region Marianas, tagon, where he will become be your commander,” Sloane said, 2,500 flying hours, took com- according to information posted director of manpower, organiza- according to the statement. “I’m mand of the wing’s five groups on Andersen’s official website. tion and resources for the deputy excited and ready to get to work. and 20 squadrons along with 14 Sloane graduated from the Air chief of staff at Air Force head- I look forward to continuing to joint tenant units from outgoing Force Academy in 1992 with an quarters, according to the wing build relationships with [the ter- commander Brig. Gen. Gentry engineering degree and qualified public affairs office. Boswell, the wing said in a state- as an F-16 pilot. He served as the During the change-of-com- ritorial government of Guam] and ment Wednesday. Thunderbirds’ operations officer, mand ceremony, Sloane accepted our military partners, neighbor- Sloane will oversee U.S. Indo- commanded the 8th Fighter Wing the wing’s guidon from Boswell. ing villages and mayors.” Pacific Command’s Bomber Task at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, He also received a swagger stick [email protected] Brig. Gen. Jeremy Sloane Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 MILITARY Thais welcome Army chief with virus test Travel restrictions end

Associated Press BANGKOK — A U.S. Army delegation led by for Pentagon, 2 bases chief of staff Gen. James McConville on Thursday became the first official visitors to Thailand since BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY have lifted travel restrictions at entry rules were eased as part of the lifting of coro- Stars and Stripes 35 as of Wednesday. The Army navirus restrictions. has 14 installations, the Navy A photo released by the Thai Army shows a medi- WASHINGTON — Two naval now has 15 and the Marine Corps cal team wearing hazmat suits taking a nose swab bases and the Pentagon, the home has eight with lifted restrictions. from McConville on his arrival from Singapore. of the Defense Department and Eleven of the 73 installations are Thai officials had said they were told he also would the world’s largest office build- in countries that host American be tested before departing Singapore. ing, have lifted travel restrictions service members on bases, in- The visit caused a mild brouhaha on local social put in place due to the coronavi- cluding South Korea and Japan. media with claims the delegation was allowed to rus pandemic. The military cases have contin- shortcut a required 14-day quarantine for foreign The Pentagon, the Naval Sur- ued to rise this week. Last week, visitors. ROYAL THAI ARMY/AP face Warfare Center Crane Divi- Thomas McCaffery, assistant sion in Crane, Ind., and the Naval The claims were false, because regulations for A Thai health officer collects a nasal swab sample secretary of defense for health VIP guests of the government include provisions for Submarine Base New London in affairs, said the Defense Depart- from Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. James Groton, Conn., raises the number skipping the quarantine at state facilities for short McConville to test for the coronavirus at the ment is seeing increases in mili- visits by delegations of 10 members or less. of major installations with lifted tary cases in places where there military airport in Bangkok, Thailand, on Thursday. travel restrictions to 73 out of 231 VIPs must still observe other regulations, includ- has been a rise in civilian cases. major military installations, or ing holding certificates that they tested negative for “In Florida, Texas, and Ari- over the status of democracy in Thailand, particu- 32% of installations, according to the coronavirus, having Thai liaison officials ac- zona, some parts of California, so larly following military coups in 2006 and 2014. a Pentagon document published company them, keeping to a fixed itinerary and uti- The fuss over McConville’s visit was the second that wouldn’t be a surprise that Wednesday. The update was an we’re a part of the community lizing only their own specially arranged transport. this week involving the U.S. and the coronavirus. increase of three installations and so where there are some up- McConville met Thai army chief Gen. Apirat Photos of the U.S. Embassy’s 4th of July reception from the list issued last week. ticks, we’re seeing that as well,” Kongsompong on Thursday and is to meet Prime showed U.S. Ambassador Michael George DeSom- The three installations had he said. Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday. He flies to bre posing for photos with guests including Thai to meet criteria in order to have Japan after his two-day visit. Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. None wore the travel restrictions lifted, in- As of Wednesday, the Pentagon Thai political activist Srisuwan Janya vowed ear- masks in the group photos, in which they stood side cluding no local stay-at-home reported 15,445 service members lier this week to file an official complaint charging by side. Anutin was the main target of local criti- orders, a local decrease in cases have tested positive for the coro- the government with malfeasance for allowing the cism, as he is supposed to be a leader in the fight and availability of essential ser- navirus. The Army has the high- visit. He alleged, without producing evidence, that against COVID-19. vices, according to the Pentagon est number of cases at 4,817, and the VIP rules were established solely to facilitate Thailand is proud of having largely contained the document. the Navy has the second-high- the U.S. delegation’s visit. coronavirus, with 3,202 total coronavirus cases, The list includes installations est at 4,373. The Air Force has Thailand has long been one of the closet allies in including 58 deaths. There have been no local in- in the United States and host na- had 2,189 cases, and the Marine Asia of the United States, though relations have been fections for 45 days, with the only new cases being tions, with the Air Force still Corps has had 1,600 cases. strained over Washington’s statements of concern Thais repatriated from abroad. having the most installations that [email protected] PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 MILITARY After death of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, female veterans ‘We are all angry’ take action to stop discrimination in the military

BY ROSE L. THAYER “We are going to witness a very reprisal that keeps a soldier from Stars and Stripes pivotal turn in history for every- reporting harassment, but the thing being brought to the fore- possible perception of betraying AUSTIN, Texas — No justice, front today,” said Gattas, who has the Army family, Wooten said. no enlistment. worked with victims of military For junior enlisted soldiers, the That’s the call from a group of sexual trauma through the non- Army offers a sense of belonging female veterans in the wake of the profit that she founded, the Pink and security they might not have slaying of Fort Hood soldier Spc. Berets. She’s been disheartened experienced prior to military Vanessa Guillen, whose remains during the years to see women service. were found mutilated and buried who’ve fought for decades to “In military units, loyalty and at the hands of another soldier change the systemic issues of the emotional bonds are strong and miles from the central Texas base military that allow for sexual ha- intense and the sense of purpose where she served. rassment to continue in the ranks. to something greater than oneself Guillen, 20, was killed April 22 But Gattas said she’s hopeful that is unlike any other life experi- during the workday in an arms this is the moment for change. ence,” Wooten said. “Just like in room at the base. Her body was Despite years of increased families of origin, when negative moved in a plastic box from the training and awareness cam- behaviors are perpetrated upon base and hidden near a river paigns for the military’s Sexual the young and/or lower ranking, more than 20 miles away, accord- Harassment/Assault Response the perception may be that there ing to federal court documents. and Prevention Program, the Pen- is less incentive to report and/ One suspect, a fellow soldier, is JAY JANNER, AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN/AP tagon reported there were 7,825 or betray the familial group for dead, and another is in federal Mellisa Mendoza places white roses at a mural for Army Spc. sexual assault reports involving fear of losing their support and custody. Her remains were found Vanessa Guillen in Austin, Texas, on Monday. service members as victims or approval.” June 30 and confirmed as hers by subjects in 2019. That was a 3% Just contemplating a report the Army on Monday. rise from the previous year. The the utmost accountability and at- enlisted in the Marines. can cause a soldier emotional “We are all angry and we all military received 1,021 formal tention,” according to the letter, Hispanic women who join the distress, she said. That is com- want to see change,” said Stepha- sexual harassment complaints, a which is addressed to Defense military are more likely than pounded when a soldier is young, nie Gattas, a Navy veteran in San 10% increase from 2018, accord- Secretary Mark Esper, Army other groups to use the resources enlisted and a minority, both in Antonio. ing to the Pentagon report on the Secretary Ryan McCarthy and afforded them through military race and gender. Gattas joined a group of 20 fe- subject released in April. male veterans to write a letter leadership in Congress. service to move themselves from Some credit for the increase #IAmVanessaGuillen outlining demands to improve the Gattas said she knows the de- poverty into the middle class, said is given to victim confidence in “systematic failures” that they mands and the descriptions of Harry Franqui-Rivera, an associ- reporting, military officials have gender and racial discrimination ate professor of history at Bloom- The demands within the female claim led to a military in which said. But results of the most recent veterans’ letter are bolstered by victims of sexual harassment in the letter are controversial. field College in New Jersey. An Defense Department Workplace “We have to remove ourselves Army veteran, his research in- the hundreds of veterans who have are afraid to report other service and Gender Relations Survey of taken to social media through the members and an Army in which from our comfort to see change. cludes Hispanic military service. Active Duty Members showed the We can’t move the needle for- “I think it’s really important to #IAmVanessaGuillen campaign a soldier can be murdered on estimated prevalence of sexual to share their own stories of sex- base and it takes more than two ward if we don’t talk about it,” understand that Latinas, they ac- assault rose in the Army to 6,500 she said. tually move up through the ranks ual harassment and assault while months to solve the crime. soldiers in 2018, compared to serving in the military. “It is our job as women veter- More than 3,000 female veter- faster than Latino males,” he said. 5,200 estimated in 2016. Because The stories lay bare women’s ans to support our sister in arms ans have signed the letter since “Even those that go through the the report is conducted every experiences with unwanted sex- at this time. Although her death it was released online Saturday. Reserve or National Guard path, other year, the increase cited in ual advances, inappropriate com- was tragic, it’s leading to change,” The group continues to collect they improve their socioeconom- the 2019 report can’t be charac- ments, disregarded reports to Gattas said. “This is in the name signatures and will send the let- ic [standing] substantially.” terized as an increase in assaults, their chain of command, rape, as- of all those men and women who ter after they have vetted each Though that service isn’t with- according to the Pentagon. sault and male service members have not been able to come for- woman’s military service, said out a price. Fort Hood commanders and in- entering their barracks rooms ward and detail their sexual as- retired Marine Corps Staff Sgt. “I have interviewed veterans vestigators with the Army Crimi- unannounced. The posts come sault. This is for the women of Tristeza Ordex-Ramirez, another from different wars. The majority nal Investigation Command from women of all ages, ranks the past who’ve been murdered veteran behind the letter. of them say they experienced rac- maintain they have found no and backgrounds. and raped who have not been able ism mostly because of accented credible evidence to link Guillen’s The Service Women’s Action to tell their story. For all those Service of Latinas English or having trouble speak- death with sexual harassment. Network has also called on its women and men who are still not ing in English,” Franqui-Rivera Vanessa Guillen’s family said the members to “harness this mo- accounted for.” The League of United Latin said, noting he also experienced soldier told her mother and sister mentum to demand institutional The women want an enlistment American Citizens, known as racism in the Army. “All say it that she faced sexual harassment changes within our military.” boycott until their demands are LULAC, has made a similar was difficult to navigate a differ- in her unit. “Vanessa’s disappearance met. They are calling “for young call to boycott military enlist- ent culture. Not just the military, To have an effective program highlights a multitude of system- Americans to refuse to enlist or ment. Domingo Garcia, national but a military that is also white.” that tackles sexual harassment ic problems within the military’s accept a commission into any president of the group, issued “a About 16% of soldiers in the ac- and assault, there needs to be culture and the military justice branch of the armed forces until predator alert for families” and tive-duty Army identify as His- continuous evaluation and pro- system,” according to a letter these demands are met and the he said they should not allow panic, according to a 2019 report cess improvement, said Nikki R. systemic problems with sexual their “daughters to enlist in the by the service on its demograph- Wooten, an associate professor at sent by the organization to its assault and sexual harassment Army, since we see they cannot ics. About 15% of soldiers are the University of South Carolina community. in military culture are effective- be protected.” women. College of Social Work and lieu- Among its recommendations ly addressed,” according to the “I encourage every young girl tenant colonel in the Army Re- on how to generate change, was letter. out there who’s thought about System fails victims serve. Her research work focuses a call to contact the Senate and The demands, which match joining the military to stand up on military behavioral health House Armed Services commit- those made by Guillen’s family, and say, ‘You will not have me Ordex-Ramirez said when she services and racial and gender tees to request an independent include a congressional inves- until [Guillen] gets justice,’ ” reported her own sexual harass- differences. investigation into the handling tigation into the circumstances Ordex-Ramirez said. ment in the Marine Corps, she had “As a static program, SHARP of Guillen’s disappearance, full of Guillen’s disappearance and It’s a call she said she doesn’t to tell her story to over and over will not be effective in the long accountability of any military the firing of the soldier’s entire make lightly, because she is to white men. The first man, her term. As technology advances leaders found negligent in their chain of command, including the proud of her service and the life gunnery sergeant, said, “Maybe and the Army adapts to changing handling of the case, and to pass Fort Hood commander. They also that it created for her. Similar to you shouldn’t look so good.” units, soldiers and social environ- the Military Justice Improve- want the sprawling Army base to Guillen, she is the daughter of “That is not a proper response,” ments, SHARP must be adapted ment Act, which replaces the role be closed. More than 36,000 ser- Mexican immigrants. Ordex-Ramirez said. “That expe- to remain military-relevant and of the commander with a trained vice members are assigned to the “Growing up, we worked in rience made me not ever want to effective,” she said. “Hopefully, prosecutor when it comes to de- base, according to its public af- the fields,” said Ordex-Ramirez, say anything again.” the Guillen case will result in termining whether to charge a fairs office. who lives in Orlando, Fla. “That’s The boycott is a “good way of the U.S. Army developing bet- service member with a crime. “For over two months, the dis- what my family did. I would see recognizing, ‘You need us. We’ve ter methods of SHARP report- “I want other young Latinas turbing circumstances surround- these older Mexicans out there been serving and we need to be ing that protects confidentiality like me to [say], ‘I want to serve ing Spc. Guillen’s disappearance picking berries in the freaking protected,’ ” Franqui-Rivera said. and encourages reporting, which my country and give every- and the environment of sexual heat in the middle of the summer Once the Army responds posi- could include SHARP reporting thing,’ ” Ordex-Ramirez said. “I harassment she endured in her and it broke my heart.” tively, he said he believes LULAC mechanisms outside of the chain want that for them. But it’s not unit prior to her murder have It was then that she decided she will go back to supporting mili- of command at the installation going to happen unless this fam- gripped the attention of various had to do something in her life to tary service. and unit levels and perhaps at ily gets justice.” communities across the country pull her family out of poverty and The women behind the letter [the Defense Department] level.” [email protected] and incited a resounding need for provide for her parents. So she agree. Sometimes it’s not just a fear of Twitter: @Rose_Lori Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY Ready: Littoral combat ships’ ability to move in shallow water deemed a tactical advantage

FROM FRONT PAGE Littoral combat ships are fast price tag of about $220 million but and agile surface combatants, op- came in at $637 million and $704 timized for operating in shallow million, respectively, according water as well as open ocean, Mc- to The Baltimore Sun. Cann said. A decade later, the Navy says “Mission packages allow for a it has tweaked the vessels’ de- tailored capability to meet spe- sign and honed the way it op- cific mission needs, and provide erates them during rotational flexibility for a wide array of mis- deployments. sions,” she said. The Montgomery, for example, The Gabrielle Giffords is simi- completed a 12-month rotation lar in size to ships operated by to Singapore and returned to many other countries’ navies and its homeport of San Diego last coast guards, making it easier to month, Capt. Ann McCann, com- train, work alongside and build modore of Destroyer Squadron relationships with them, McCann 7, said in a statement emailed to said. Stars and Stripes on June 19. The ship deployed with the The ship made numerous port Naval Strike Missile and MQ- calls and participated in the first 8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff maritime drill between the U.S. drones. and the Association of South East “Those capabilities greatly in- crease both the [littoral combat Asian Nations alongside seven BRENTON POYSER/U.S. Navy foreign navies, she said. ship’s] and U.S. Navy’s lethality The Gabrielle Giffords is still and capability,” she said. An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter prepares to land on the flight deck of the littoral combat ship USS on its maiden rotational deploy- Littoral combat ships’ ability to Gabrielle Giffords in the South China Sea last month. “They can get somewhere fast, launch their ment to Singapore, she said. operate in shallow water provides missiles and reposition,” said Lawrence Ryder, an official with shipbuilder Austal USA. Since arriving in September, a significant tactical advantage the ship has drilled with various and access to vital choke points ship, crews train with other ves- “This precision strike weapon ahawk helicopter equipped with foreign navies and participated in and ports where larger warships sels or simulators back in San can find and destroy enemy ships the AGM-114N Hellfire missile. the Pacific Griffin exercise near are unable to go, she said. Diego, she said. at distances up to 100 nautical The Fire Scout drones can laser Guam in October. Pacific Grif- miles away, flies at sea-skimming designate targets for the missiles, fin, which included multiple live- Congested areas Naval Strike Missile altitude, has terrain-following she said. fire missile drills, is the U.S. and capability and uses an advanced “Within the Indo-Pacific, in the There are more than 50,000 The Gabrielle Giffords was the seeker for precise targeting in Singapore’s most complex naval coming years, we look forward to islands between the Philippines first deployed littoral combat ship challenging conditions,” she said. exercise to date, McCann said. welcoming multiple rotationally “Both ships have also conduct- and Sri Lanka with shallow water to successfully launch a Naval The ships also have the 57-mm deployed littoral combat ships to ed specific freedom of navigation and small ports limiting tradi- Strike Missile when it fired one MK 110 medium-caliber gun, operations to include in vicinity tional ship operations and access, during Pacific Griffin, she said. which can engage known surface the region,” she said. of the Spratly Islands,” she said, McCann said. The missile greatly increases threats, McCann said. [email protected] referring to contested territory “In that arc, less than fifty ports the ships’ lethality, McCann said. They carry the MH-60S Se- Twitter: @SethRobson1 that China has been militarizing are accessible to larger ships, in- in recent years. cluding destroyers,” she said. The littoral combat ships, with a top speed of more than 50 mph Made by Austal and a draft of less than 13 feet, The Montgomery and the Ga- are ideal for operations in dy- brielle Giffords were built by namic and congested sea lanes, Australian-owned shipbuilder straits and archipelagos of South Austal USA. and Southeast Asia, she said. The company has delivered its The difficulty of navigating ships on budget and on schedule the waters was illustrated by the for several years, Austal’s cus- collision of the guided-missile tomer affairs and business de- destroyer USS John S. McCain velopment director, Lawrence with a Liberian-flagged tanker, Ryder, said in a telephone inter- the Alnic MC, in the Strait of Ma- view June 8. lacca near Singapore on Aug. 21, Austal has delivered 11 out 2017. of 19 contracted littoral combat Littoral combat ships’ ability ships with more on the way, he to dock in smaller ports makes it said. Lockheed Martin has deliv- easy to conduct maintenance on ered a dozen of 16 littoral combat the go, when required, McCann ships it has contracted to build for said. the Navy. The Navy has improved the “The Navy likes operating way it operates the vessels over them,” Ryder said. “They have the years. done very well in freedom-of- “We have optimized our logis- navigation operations.” tics and maintenance methods The ships’ offensive capabilities based on lessons learned from have been boosted with organic previous [littoral combat ship] weapons suites, including sur- deployments,” she said. face-to-surface, over-the-horizon The Navy has added a main- naval strike missiles, he added. tenance team to provide 24/7 “They can get somewhere fast, support for deployed ships in Sin- launch their missiles and reposi- gapore, McCann said. tion,” he said. “[Logistics Group Western Pa- The Navy can’t afford to buy cific] is able to provide the right as many large ships as it needs, maintenance, at the right time, Ryder added. and in the right port, enabling the “The alternative is to buy more [littoral combat ship] platform to small ships that give you a dis- meet tasking,” she said. tributed force,” he said, adding The Navy has streamlined the that the ships were never meant way it crews the ships with sail- to replace destroyers but rather to ors rotating every four to five free them up for other missions. months. When they’re not on the PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Roosevelt nears end of mission rocked by virus

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS Smith National Cemetery, ac- Stars and Stripes cording to the Southwest Times Record newspaper. The aircraft carrier USS Theo- Though the patrol was marred dore Roosevelt is returning home by the outbreak, Sardiello in to San Diego after a fateful six- his Facebook post said his crew month deployment scarred by a “fulfilled the promise,” and that coronavirus outbreak, a leader- “hope and inspiration comes from ship crisis and the loss of two you onboard here.” sailors. “You were my heroes before, Its commander, Capt. Carlos you are my heroes now and your DYLAN LAVIN/U.S. Navy Sardiello, in a post on the ship’s recovery in the face of adver- An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Black Knights of Strike Fighter Squadron 154 launches, official Facebook page Wednes- sity makes this arguably one of Tuesday, from the flight deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. day, reflected on how far the war- USS Theodore Roosevelt’s finest ship has come in half that time. hours of which you should be very back into its homeport, Naval The backlash against Modly recommendation to reinstate “As we near the end of this de- proud,” he wrote. Base San Diego, but two ships from sailors and lawmakers for Capt. Crozier,” Gilday told re- ployment I can’t help but smile a The Roosevelt returned to from the strike group — guid- removing Crozier was swift. porters on June 19. “Moreover, if little with a feeling of serenity, re- sea on June 4. Two weeks later, ed-missile destroyer USS Rus- Video of thousands of Roosevelt Capt. Crozier were still in com- flecting on where we were three on June 18, one of its F/A-18F sell and guided-missile cruiser sailors chanting Crozier’s name mand today, I would be relieving months ago and where we are Super Hornets crashed into the USS Bunker Hill — returned on as he walked off the carrier for the him.” now,” he wrote. “When the world Philippine Sea. The pilot and Wednesday, according to a Navy last time flooded social media. For example, Crozier kept sail- needed heroes, you stepped up weapons officer were rescued by statement. Modly resigned about a week ors on board the ship longer than and filled that place.” helicopter. The Navy as a policy does not after removing Crozier when a necessary when he would not re- More than 1,150 Roosevelt sail- As the carrier steamed toward discuss future ship movements, recording of his speech to the lease them to cots made available ors tested positive for the corona- home, another sailor died on citing operational security. Roosevelt’s crew criticizing the in warehouses and storerooms virus and one died from the illness board, this time of an undisclosed Sardiello took over for Capt. former skipper and calling him ashore because they “were not after an outbreak aboard the ship medical emergency on July 2. Brett Crozier, the carrier’s pre- “too naive or too stupid” was single occupancy,” according to that started March 24, according The Navy identified him as Chief vious commander, when then- leaked to the public. the report. Instead, thousands of to a Navy investigation published Petty Officer Justin Calderone, acting Navy Secretary Thomas The episode spurred Chief of sailors remained in cramped con- in May. The carrier then diverted an aviation electronics techni- Modly removed Crozier from Naval Operations Adm. Mike ditions aboard the carrier until to Guam, where it stayed for more cian, husband, father of three and command in April. The move Gilday to order a full investiga- hotel rooms were secured. than two months to sanitize the Ohio native. came after a letter Crozier sent tion into the outbreak’s handling. Gilday told the reporters that ship and disembark, isolate, test Before journeying home, the to Navy higher-ups pleading for While Gilday initially said he Crozier’s “determination that on- and treat sailors. Roosevelt also trained with the help for his crew was leaked to would reinstate Crozier as com- board quarantine was ineffective The lone fatality from the USS Nimitz on June 21 in the Na- the San Francisco Chronicle. mander, the investigative report should have led to an acceleration outbreak, Chief Petty Officer vy’s first dual-carrier exercise in “The spread of the disease is revealed Crozier had mishandled of sailors to ashore accommoda- Charles Thacker Jr., 41, of Fort the Western Pacific since 2018. ongoing and accelerating,” he parts of the response. tions. It did not.” Smith, Ark., died April 13 and Sardiello did not say exactly wrote March 30. “We are not at “Had I known then what I know [email protected] was buried Wednesday in Fort when the Roosevelt would pull war. Sailors do not need to die.” today, I would have not made that Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Marine, Navy bases in Japan fight new cases amid surge

BY DAVE ORNAUER Samuelson. is gathering information on Japanese and Stripes by phone Thursday. AND AYA ICHIHASHI In Tokyo, the 224 new cases are the high- employees at Hansen and Marine Corps The Marines will make no further state- Stars and Stripes est daily number since the outbreak began, Air Station Futenma who may have had ments about new coronavirus cases to Gov. Yuriko Koike said during a meeting of contact with the affected U.S. personnel, the media, Thursday’s release stated, in CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Navy the city’s coronavirus response headquar- according to a bureau spokesman. Gov- keeping with Esper’s instructions “and to and Marine Corps in Japan moved Thurs- ters. Tokyo has been generally off-limits to ernment spokespeople in Japan frequently protect the privacy of those affected by day to isolate and track coronavirus cases U.S. troops, Defense Department civilian speak anonymously as a condition of their COVID-19.” that have popped up on their installations employees and their families. employment. As of Wednesday, the Japan Ministry on Okinawa and just outside Tokyo. On Okinawa, the Marines on Thursday The latest cases’ movements are being of Health, Labour and Welfare has tallied Meanwhile, the governor of Tokyo re- would not specify how many people tested traced to determine if they had contact with 20,371 cases of the coronavirus and 981 ported 224 new infections in the metro positive, only that they fell under the status locals, an Okinawa prefectural spokesman deaths. area Thursday, a surge that exceeded the of forces agreement and were on installa- told Stars and Stripes by phone Thursday. On Wednesday, Okinawa confirmed its previous high of 206 on April 17. first positive coronavirus case in its popu- For a second time this week, an undis- tions that comprise the widespread Marine MCAS Futenma was locked down for lation since April 30, a man in his 40s who closed number of people associated with Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler. four hours Tuesday after “several” people had traveled to Japan’s main islands. the Marine Corps on Okinawa tested posi- Defense Secretary Mark Esper on there tested positive for the coronavirus; tive for the virus, adding to the number of March 27 ordered commanders to stop those individuals were also isolated, ac- The Okinawa Times reported that the cases there, according to a Thursday news reporting new coronavirus cases on their cording to the Marines. island confirmed another off-base case release from Marine Corps Installations installations, citing security concerns. The “These measures are put in place to en- Thursday. A woman in her 20s from Pacific. policy is not uniformly adhered to. sure the safety and well-being of our forc- Tokyo tested positive while traveling on Naval Air Facility Atsugi, south of Tokyo Camp Hansen was on lockdown over- es, families and our Okinawa neighbors,” Okinawa. in Kanagawa prefecture, also “discovered night from 10:43 p.m. Wednesday to 9:22 Thursday’s release stated. “We are taking The prefectural government reported some cases” of the coronavirus Thursday, a.m. Thursday to allow contact tracing and all measures to prevent the further spread two cases Wednesday, each contracting prompting base commander Capt. Lloyd cleaning, according to the Marine release of COVID-19,” the respiratory disease the virus outside of Okinawa, the newspa- Mack to order a lockdown at 2:45 p.m., a Thursday. caused by the coronavirus. per reported. Navy spokesman said by phone Thursday. It did not specifically tie Hansen to the For the moment, U.S. bases on Okinawa Stars and Stripes reporters Hana Kusumoto and “Just to protect the community and make new coronavirus cases. The infected in- remain under Health Protection Condi- Seth Robson contributed to this report. dividuals were quarantined, the release tion Bravo, which signals a “moderate” [email protected] sure that we prevent the spread, the skip- Twitter: @DaveOrnauer per elected to go to shelter-in-place while said. risk of the coronavirus spreading, Marine [email protected] it is investigated,” said spokesman Howard However, the Okinawa Defense Bureau spokesman 1st Lt. Tim Hayes told Stars Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Layoffs: Job market slowly making gains amid spike in cases

FROM FRONT PAGE nia and Florida, though they re- Thursday’s report from the mained high in California, with Labor Department showed that more than 267,000 claims. That the number of applications for is more people than were apply- unemployment aid fell from 1.4 ing each week for unemployment million in the previous week. The benefits in the entire country figure has now topped 1 million before the pandemic hit. Jobless for 16 straight weeks. Before the claims also declined in Michigan pandemic, the record high for and Colorado. weekly unemployment applica- Still, applications for benefits tions was fewer than 700,000. spiked in Texas, Nevada, Tennes- The total number of people who see and Louisiana — states where are receiving jobless benefits confirmed cases of the virus are dropped 700,000 to 18 million. intensifying. They also jumped in That suggests that some com- New Jersey and New York, where panies are continuing to rehire the pandemic is mostly under workers despite job cuts by other control. employers. The intensifying outbreaks and An additional 1 million people more stringent government re- sought benefits last week under strictions have slowed economic a separate program for self-em- activity in much of the country ployed and gig workers that has and may weigh on hiring. The made them eligible for aid for the government’s jobs report for June showed a solid gain of 4.8 million first time. These figures aren’t LM OTERO/AP adjusted for seasonal variations, jobs and an unemployment rate so the government doesn’t include that fell to 11.1% from 13.3%. Jose Lopez cooks meals for unemployed restaurant workers in downtown Dallas on Wednesday. them in the official count. Yet even so, the economy has “A full recovery in the labor regained only about one-third of Data from Kronos, which pro- more employees. this month. Congressional leaders market is going to be a multi-year the jobs that vanished in March duces work-scheduling software “Everything that’s going to be have said they will take up some process, and we think the resur- and April. And the June jobs re- for small businesses, reinforces open is open,” Gilbertson said. form of a new rescue package gence in COVID-19 infections port reflected surveys of Ameri- evidence that the recovery of the “Now, we just need more people when lawmakers return later this raises the risk that there will be a cans that were conducted in the job market is faltering. to come in and start spending month from a two-week recess. pause in the progress,” said Greg- middle of that month — before In the week that ended July 4, money before things can pick up Administration officials have ory Daco, chief U.S. economist at the pandemic flared up again. layoffs among Kronos’ clients ac- again.” expressed support for additional Oxford Economics. More recent data are worri- tually rose and hirings declined. Several companies have stimulus. But Senate Republicans The Organization for Econom- some. Spending on credit and Companies are now laying off an warned in recent days that more have opposed extending the $600 debit cards issued by Bank of ic Development, a research orga- average of nearly three workers layoffs are coming. Levi’s, the a week in unemployment ben- America fell in the week that nization, projected that the U.S. for every new hire, the company’s iconic jeans maker, said it will efits, mainly on the ground that it unemployment rate would stay ended June 27 compared with the data shows. Those job cuts reflect cut 700 corporate jobs. United discourages laid-off people from above 10% during the final three previous week, the bank said. permanent job losses, rather than Airlines has warned 36,000 of its returning to work. House Demo- months of the year. Restaurant visits have also lev- temporary layoffs or furloughs. employees — nearly half its work- crats have pushed to extend the Americans are seeking un- eled off nationally, including in That suggests that even as many force — that they could lose their employment aid against the states that haven’t begun to close companies recall workers from jobs in October. (Airlines aren’t $600 a week through January. backdrop of a disturbing surge down again, according to data furloughs, they are reducing their allowed to cut jobs until then as In an interview Thursday on in confirmed viral cases, with from OpenTable, the reservations permanent payrolls. a condition of accepting billions CNBC, Treasury Secretary Ste- increases reported in 38 states. website. And in the retail industry, the of dollars in government rescue ven Mnuchin suggested that the Case counts have especially ac- “This suggests that renewed number of shifts worked changed aid.) administration might support an celerated in four states that now fears about the virus, rather than little last week after steady in- The renewed threat of job loss- extension of supplemental unem- account for more than half of re- government restrictions, are creases in previous weeks. David es is arising just as a federal pro- ployment aid, but at a reduced ported new U.S. cases: Arizona, driving the pullback in activity,” Gilbertson, a vice president at gram that provides $600 a week level. California, Florida and Texas. said Andrew Hunter, senior U.S. Kronos, said this indicates that in unemployment benefits, on top “We’re going to make sure peo- Applications for unemployment economist at Capital Economics, consumer demand in many cases of whatever jobless aid each state ple are (incentivized) to go back aid dropped last week in Califor- a forecasting firm. hasn’t picked up enough to justify provides, is to expire at the end of to jobs,” Mnuchin said. Oxfam: Pandemic pushing millions toward starvation Associated Press ing as many — if not more — peo- ple from hunger.” LONDON — The coronavirus The charity said that in some outbreak has worsened the hun- of the world’s worst hunger “hot ger crisis in the world’s poorest spots,” including Yemen, Afghan- corners and up to 12,000 people istan, Syria and South Sudan, the could die each day from hunger food crisis is worsening because linked to the social and economic of border and supply route clo- effects of the pandemic, the hu- sures or a huge drop in remit- manitarian group Oxfam warned tances as result of the pandemic. Thursday. In middle-income countries like Its report said mass unemploy- India, South Africa and Brazil, ment, disruption to food produc- millions of people who had been tion and declining aid as a result “just about managing have been of the pandemic could push an es- tipped over the edge.” timated 122 million people to the Even in developed countries brink of starvation by the end of like the United Kingdom, the re- this year. port said, up to 3.7 million adults “The knock-on impacts of sought charity food or used a food COVID-19 are far more wide- bank during the first weeks of spread than the virus itself, push- lockdown restrictions. ing millions of the world’s poorest Oxfam cited the World Food people deeper into hunger and Program in estimating that the poverty,” said the group’s chief number of people experiencing executive, Danny Sriskandarajah. crisis-level hunger will rise to “It is vital governments contain 270 million before the end of this the spread of this deadly disease, year, a jump from 149 million in but they must also prevent it kill- 2019. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Lawmakers balking at federal workers’ return to offices From wire reports The Senate had been scheduled to return from its summer recess With the number of coronavi- on Monday. But a memo from Sec- rus cases increasing across much retary of the Senate Erika Con- of the country, leading members treras says it won’t be in session of Congress on civil service is- next week because of the virus. sues are challenging orders by The state Assembly has already federal agencies for teleworking announced an indefinite hiatus federal employees to return to after six people who work there their regular worksites. tested positive for the virus. They Senators representing Mary- include Assemblywoman Autumn land and Virginia sent a letter Burke, a Democrat from Ingle- Thursday to the Office of Man- wood, who was exposed to the agement and Budget and the Of- virus on the Assembly floor last fice of Personnel Management month while wearing a mask. warning against premature re- And Wednesday, Assemblyman openings that could lead to new Tom Lackey’s office confirmed coronavirus cases. the Republican lawmaker has About 85% of the 2.1 million been hospitalized since Sunday federal employees work out- for COVID-19 complications. side of the D.C. metro area. The Trump administration, which Missouri has let agencies decide when and how their workforce would re- BRANSON — A surge in coro- turn to the office, says workers navirus cases is proving worri- can safely return with the proper some in the popular southwestern precautions. Missouri tourist destination of The number of coronavirus Branson. cases reported in a single day Confirmed cases of COVID-19, in the United States surpassed the illness caused by the virus, 60,000 for the first time on have more than doubled in less Wednesday. The District reported than two weeks in Taney County, 73 new cases, the highest number where Branson is located, the in about a month, but it was un- Kansas City Star reported. On clear if it was a blip or a change June 26, the county had recorded in trajectory. just 43 confirmed cases since Alabama the start of the pandemic. That figure has more than doubled SEAN D. ELLIOT, THE (NEW LONDON, CONN.) DAY/AP since then, standing at 107 cases MONTGOMERY — The coro- and two COVID-19 deaths as of Second class cadets Lily Maranto, left, and Mary Tran take the height measurement of Nicholas Torres navirus outbreak in Alabama Wednesday. as members of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Class of 2024 report Wednesday for Swab Summer in is headed in a “bad direction,” Branson, with its wide array of New London, Conn. The 275 prospective cadets arrived by platoon throughout the day, and after check- Dr. Don Williamson, the head of shows and attractions, is among in and swearing-in, started a 14-day restriction of movement consisting of online and classroom training. the Alabama Hospital Associa- the most popular tourist desti- The traditional physical training, haircuts and uniform issue will take place after the quarantine period. tion, said Wednesday as the state nations in the Midwest. Commu- reached a new high for people nity leaders are now stressing the results dramatically underesti- Wednesday as newly confirmed next week, as had been planned, hospitalized with COVID-19 and need for face coverings, though mate the number of people who cases continued soaring and Aus- and state employees will have to a new low for available intensive they have stopped short of requir- actually have been infected by tin began preparations to turn the wear masks whenever they’re care beds. ing people to wear them. the disease, health officials said downtown convention center into working indoors to help slow the On Wednesday, 1,110 people Wednesday. a field hospital. spread of the coronavirus, Gov. were hospitalized because of the North Carolina The joint study by the Washoe The 98 reported deaths in Tony Evers’ administration an- coronavirus across the state, ac- County Health District and re- Texas set a record one-day high, nounced Wednesday. cording to the Alabama Depart- RALEIGH — A “Top Chef” searchers at the University of Ne- surpassing the record 60 deaths The Capitol building has been ment of Public Health. That is the contestant’s restaurant in North vada, Reno concludes that four to reported a day earlier. Texas is closed to the public since Evers highest number since the pan- Carolina has permanently closed five times more people have likely now reporting a total of 2,813 issued a stay-at-home order in demic began. Doctors have ex- down due to revenue losses amid been infected with the virus that deaths. March. The state Supreme Court pressed concern about the sharp the coronavirus pandemic. causes COVID-19 than have been The state also reported 9,979 struck down that order in May rise in hospitalizations. The state Katsuji Tanabe told The News formally confirmed as positive new coronavirus cases Wednes- and Evers’ administration had had 683 hospitalized patients two & Observer on Wednesday that cases to date in the Reno-Sparks day after hitting a record-high planned to reopen the build- weeks ago, on June 24. his business partner decided to area. 10,028 new cases the day before. ing Monday. But infection rates Since the pandemic began, shut down Raleigh’s High Horse Based on blood tests for anti- Hospitalizations of people with have been climbing in Wisconsin more than 46,000 people in Ala- restaurant due to the money loss- bodies, the study conducted last the virus also continued to climb over the last two weeks and the bama have tested positive for es. The restaurant had opened in month indicates 2.3% of adults in Wednesday, with 9,610 patients in administration announced that COVID-19 with about 30% of North Carolina’s capital city in Washoe County had an infection hospitals across the state. the Capitol will remain closed infections being reported in the November 2019. or exposure resulting in an im- On Wednesday, officials in indefinitely. past two weeks. Tanabe told the newspaper mune response to the virus. Houston canceled the Texas Re- The administration also an- The state also hit a new low High Horse tried offering takeout, That means that while only publican Party’s in-person con- nounced that starting Monday, for available intensive care beds. but discovered that wasn’t what about 1,800 cases of COVID-19 vention, saying the spread of the all state employees must wear Williamson said 88% of ICU beds diners wanted from a restaurant had been confirmed as positive coronavirus made it impossible to masks whenever they’re inside are full, leaving 202 beds avail- known for its live experiences. in Washoe County as of June 10 hold the event as scheduled. The a state facility, including offices, able statewide. He said he doesn’t have a proj- based on nasal swab testing, the move by Houston officials came parking garages, elevators and ect in mind for another restau- real number of adult infections in after Republican activists had re- bathrooms, or waiting in line to California rant, but has plans to stay in the the county was probably closer to solved to press forward with the enter a state facility. They also Raleigh area. 8,200. indoor three-day convention this must wear one whenever they’re SACRAMENTO — The Cali- month. inside any enclosed building on fornia Senate will delay its work Nevada Texas state business. because of a coronavirus out- Wisconsin Dane County officials on Tues- break at the Capitol and an in- RENO — The first coronavi- AUSTIN — Texas reported its day ordered all residents to wear creasing number of new cases rus antibody study conducted in deadliest day of the pandemic MADISON — The Wisconsin masks when indoors starting across the state. Nevada suggests COVID-19 test with nearly 100 new deaths on Capitol building will not reopen Monday. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Opening schools may mean hard choices

BY MICHELLE R. SMITH White House adviser Kelly- AND CARLA K. JOHNSON anne Conway told Fox News last Associated Press week that schools are essential to getting people back to work. PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Presi- “Do you want to open the bars dent Donald Trump insists that now or do you want to open the schools reopen this fall. Many schools and the day care centers parents, educators, doctors and in a few short weeks? I vote for economists want the same thing. the latter,” Conway said. But getting children back to On Twitter and at a White school safely could mean keep- House event, the president this ing high-risk spots like bars and week claimed without evidence gyms closed. that Democrats want to keep A growing chorus of public schools closed for political rea- health experts is urging federal, sons and not health reasons. state and local officials to recon- In a call with governors Tues- sider how they are reopening the day, Education Secretary Betsy broader economy, and to priori- DeVos said the nation’s schools tize K-12 schools — an effort that must “fully reopen and fully op- will likely require closing some erate.” A recording of the call other establishments to help curb was obtained by The Associated the virus spread and give chil- Press. dren the best shot at returning to But school leaders and teach- classrooms. ers’ groups said that message is “We need to think about what not helpful without thoughtful our priorities are as a society, and reopening plans and federal sup- some other things may just have port, including additional money to wait,” said Helen Jenkins, an to pay for extra cleaning, masks infectious disease epidemiolo- and social spacing. So far, schools gist at Boston University. “I think CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP are not getting what they need, there are hard choices having to Des Moines Public Schools custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary said Dan Domenech, executive be made by decision makers.” School, on Wednesday, in Des Moines, Iowa. director of AASA, The School Su- Schools are crucial to com- perintendents Association. munities in ways that go beyond have been infected in COVID- vulnerable people they live with. Gov. Laura Kelly issued an ex- “What we’re hearing — it’s al- basic learning. They also pro- 19 outbreaks tied to graduation “That is a reason to think about ecutive order last week requiring most like a setup to open schools vide children with friends, food ceremonies and summer camps, how to improve safety and to masks, she told legislative leaders at all costs,” Domenech said of and other support systems. The including in Missouri, Texas, reduce the risk in school envi- it was because she wanted to re- DeVos’ remarks. “When children American Academy of Pediatrics Louisiana, Georgia, North Caro- ronments,” Nuzzo said. “Those open classrooms. Michigan Gov. are sick and when children die, I strongly supports children physi- lina, Tennessee, New York and measures and the move to reopen Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, hope that she can reconcile her cally returning to classrooms. Florida. Organizers of at least schools should proceed before the made similar remarks when she guidance with that.” Schools are also a key part of one of the camps said they were higher risk environments” like shut down indoor seating in bars Public health experts hope the getting the economy going, said following guidelines issued by the bars, restaurants, gyms and other in some areas after outbreaks. conversation can stay focused on David Rothschild, an economist Centers for Disease Control and indoor spaces “where adults are And Democratic New Mexico the mechanics of opening schools. at Microsoft Research. Prevention. packed together and they have a Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham Some of them are parents who “It’s what allows so many That’s why it’s so important, hard time social distancing.” cited schools when she said have seen their children struggle adults, especially people with- experts say, to consider the wider If transmission can be reduced there would be more aggres- with online education. out much means, to get back to community and not think of in the wider community, she said, sive enforcement and fines for Nuzzo was able to buy her 7- work,” Rothschild said. “There’s schools as closed systems, unaf- it will make it safer for schools to people who flout the state’s mask year-old son a laptop. Her moth- this huge downstream effect in fected by what the virus is doing reconvene. requirement. er, who has a doctorate in child the short run of getting people outside their walls. “We should be prioritizing the “The children of this state and development, talked him through back into school, which you may Children are less likely to be- reopening of those public spaces the students deserve a chance to his assignments. not be able to say in the same sort come seriously ill than adults, that have known benefits and low go back to school,” Grisham said. “We are incredibly lucky com- of way for bars and restaurants.” and there’s not much evidence risks,” Nuzzo said. “And we think Republicans have also been pared to many other people,” But if a community has a high that children are driving trans- that schools are one of those.” talking about it. Vice President Nuzzo said. “And I really do worry level of infection, public health mission, said Jennifer Nuzzo, an Even before Trump’s push Mike Pence, visiting Arizona last about families who don’t have the experts say reopening classrooms epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins this week, Democrats and public week, praised Republican Gov. ability to be involved with their will be risky, even if schools try to University’s COVID-19 Testing health experts were already talk- Doug Ducey’s closure of bars, kids’ education at the level that require masks and follow social Insights Initiative. Still, there is a ing about how important it is for gyms and movie theaters. Pence remote education requires.” distancing guidelines. risk they could transmit the virus children to return to classrooms. tied the steps to economic growth Said Nuzzo: “I’m an epidemi- Hundreds of children and staff to others, including teachers or When Democratic Kansas and getting “kids back to school.” ologist, but I’m a mom, too.” Serbia eyes restrictions; virus spreads in US, Brazil, India

Associated Press now. But Serbia has emerged as a new focus Flare-ups of new virus cases are causing Petsas said authorities were focused of concern — and of unrest. The country’s concern in several parts of the world, and on the rising number of cases in nearby BELGRADE, Serbia — The European crisis team was expected to reimpose a in some cases leading to the reintroduction Balkan countries and tourists who trav- nation of Serbia mulled how to curb accel- ban gatherings in the capital, Belgrade and of restrictions on public activity. eled to Greece over the land border with erating coronavirus infections following to limit the cafe and night club operations In France and Greece, officials warned Bulgaria. two nights of clashes involving anti-lock- following a spike in infections that officials that residents were too frequently ignoring In Australia, which had initial success down demonstrators, while the virus say threatens the Serbian health system. safety guidance. The French government’s containing the outbreak, authorities on showed no sign of slowing Thursday in the It wasn’t clear whether officials would leading coronavirus adviser, Jean-Fran- Thursday reported 179 new cases, most in countries with the highest caseloads — the reintroduce a weekend curfew, the initial cois Delfraissy, lamented that “the French, Melbourne, where authorities are battling United States, India and Brazil. announcement of which triggered violent in general, have abandoned protective a resurgence and have imposed a new six- The three nations on separate continents protests in Belgrade and other cities. Crit- measures.” week lockdown. are accounting for more than 60% of new ics accuse President Aleksandar Vucic “Everyone must understand that we are Victoria state Chief Health Officer Brett confirmed cases, according to recent tal- of letting the crisis spin out of control by at the mercy of a return (of the virus) in Sutton said six new cases were from a Mel- lies from Johns Hopkins University. India lifting an earlier lockdown to allow for an France,” Delfraissy said. “It suffices to bourne high school which has become the on Thursday reported 25,000 new cases; election that tightened his grip on power. have one super-spreader in a gathering state’s largest known cluster, with 113 peo- the United States on Wednesday reported Rock-throwing demonstrators this week and it will take off again.” ple infected. More than 2,000 students and just short of the record 60,000 cases set fought hours long running battles with Greek government spokesman Stelios hundreds of staff are in quarantine. a day earlier, and Brazil reported nearly special police forces who used tear gas to Petsas said authorities were “determined to Tokyo confirmed more than 220 new 45,000. disperse them. Vucic said in an Instagram protect the majority from the frivolous few.” cases Thursday, exceeding its record daily Much of Europe appeared to have put post on Thursday that the government He said the government may announce new increase from mid-April and prompting the worst of the crisis behind it, at least for would control the unrest. restrictions, if needed, Monday. concerns of widening of the infections. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 NATION Court curbs access to free birth control

Associated Press 2017 that it would allow more em- crimination in employment. The court’s birth-control deci- ty. It has joined Texas and other ployers to opt out of providing the In its second big ruling on sion was cheered by conservative Republican-led states in calling WASHINGTON — The Su- no-cost birth control coverage Wednesday, the court sided with groups, and White House spokes- on the justices to do just that. The preme Court ruled broadly Wednesday in favor of the reli- required under the law, but lower two Catholic schools in California woman Kayleigh McEnany joined case is scheduled to be argued gious rights of employers in two courts had blocked the changes. in a decision underscoring that in. “Today’s Supreme Court rul- in the court term that begins in cases that could leave more than The ruling is a significant elec- certain employees of religious ing is a big win for religious free- October. 70,000 women without free con- tion-year win for President Don- schools can’t sue for employment dom and freedom of conscience,” Justice Clarence Thomas, writ- traception and tens of thousands ald Trump, who counts on heavy discrimination. she said in a statement. ing for the majority of the court, of people with no way to sue for support from evangelicals and Lay teachers whose contracts Liberal groups and Democrats, said in Wednesday’s decision that job discrimination. other Christian groups for votes had not been renewed had sued including House Speaker Nancy the administration has the au- In both cases the court ruled and policy backing. It was also their schools. But Justice Samuel Pelosi, decried the decision, thority to make its birth-control 7-2, with two liberal justices join- good news for the administration, Alito wrote in his majority opin- which she called a “fundamental coverage changes and followed ing conservatives in favor of the which in recent weeks has seen ion: “When a school with a reli- misreading” of the health care appropriate procedures in doing Trump administration and reli- headline-making Supreme Court gious mission entrusts a teacher law. Presumptive Democratic so. gious employers. decisions go against its positions. with the responsibility of edu- presidential nominee Joe Biden The government has estimat- In the more prominent of the In one of those earlier cases, the cating and forming students in said the decision will make it ed that the rule changes would two cases, involving President court rejected Trump’s effort to the faith, judicial intervention “easier for the Trump-Pence Ad- cause between 70,000 women and Barack Obama’s health care end legal protections for 650,000 into disputes between the school ministration to continue to strip 126,000 women to lose contracep- overhaul, the justices green- young immigrants. In another, and the teacher threatens the health care from women.” tion coverage in one year. lighted changes the Trump ad- the justices said a landmark civil school’s independence in a way The Trump administration is Justice Ruth Bader Gins- ministration had sought. The rights law protects gay, lesbian that the First Amendment does still seeking to overturn Obama’s burg cited those numbers in administration announced in and transgender people from dis- not allow.” Affordable Care Act in its entire- dissenting. Supreme Court rules prosecutor can see Trump’s tax records

Associated Press The fight over the congressio- nal subpoenas has significant im- WASHINGTON — The Su- plications regarding a president’s preme Court on Thursday upheld power to refuse a formal request the Manhattan district attorney’s from Congress. In a separate fight demand for President Donald at the federal appeals court in Trump’s tax returns, but kept a Washington, D.C., over a congres- hold on Trump’s financial records sional demand for the testimony that Congress has been seeking of former White House counsel for more than a year. Don McGahn, the administration The outcome in the two cases is making broad arguments that is at least a short-term victory the president’s close advisers are for Trump, who has strenuously “absolutely immune” from hav- sought to keep his financial re- ing to appear. cords private. In two earlier cases over presi- But the justices rejected argu- dential power, the Supreme Court ments by Trump’s lawyers and acted unanimously in requir- the Justice Department that the ing President Richard Nixon to president is immune from inves- STEVE HELBER/AP turn over White House tapes to tigation while he holds office or the Watergate special prosecutor that a prosecutor must show a and in allowing a sexual harass- Monument removal greater need than normal to ob- ment lawsuit against Clinton to go tain the records. The tax returns forward. Crews work to remove the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument in Libby Hill Park on Wednesday are being sought as part of a In those cases, three Nixon ap- in Richmond, Va. The 17-foot statue stands on a 73-foot pedestal overlooking downtown. The statue is grand-jury investigation. pointees and two Clinton appoin- one of several that will be removed by the city as part of a reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement. Because the grand jury process tees, respectively, voted against is confidential, the rulings make the president who chose them for it likely that none of Trump’s fi- the high court. A fourth Nixon nancial records will become pub- appointee, William Rehnquist, lic soon. sat out the tapes case because he ‘Strike for Black Lives’ to highlight racism Trump’s two high court ap- had worked closely as a Justice pointees, Justices Neil Gorsuch Department official with some Associated Press Associated Press, organizers are demanding sweep- and Brett Kavanaugh, joined the of the Watergate conspirators ing action by corporations and government to con- majority in both cases along with whose upcoming trial spurred NEW YORK — A national coalition of labor front systemic racism in an economy that chokes Chief Justice John Roberts and the subpoena for the Oval Office unions, along with racial and social justice organi- off economic mobility and career opportunities for the four liberal justices. Roberts recordings. zations, will stage a mass walkout from work this many Black and Hispanic workers, who make up a wrote both opinions. The subpoenas are not direct- month, as part of an ongoing reckoning on systemic disproportionate number of those earning less than “Congressional subpoenas for ed at Trump himself. Instead, racism and police brutality in the U.S. a living wage. They also stress the need for guaran- information from the President, House committees want records Dubbed the “Strike for Black Lives,” tens of thou- teed sick pay, affordable health care coverage and however, implicate special con- from Deutsche Bank, Capital One sands of fast food, ride-share, nursing home and air- better safety measures for low-wage workers who cerns regarding the separation of and the Mazars USA accounting port workers in more than 25 cities are expected to never had the option of working from home during powers. The courts below did not firm. Mazars also is the recipient walk off the job July 20 for a full day strike. Those the coronavirus pandemic. take adequate account of those of Manhattan District Attorney who can’t strike for a full day will walk out for about “We have to link these fights in a new and deeper concerns,“ Roberts wrote in the Cyrus Vance’s subpoena. eight minutes — the amount of time prosecutors say way than ever before,” said Mary Kay Henry, presi- congressional case. Appellate courts in Washing- a white Minneapolis police officer held his knee on dent of the Service Employees International Union, The ruling returns the case to ton, D.C., and New York brushed George Floyd’s neck — in remembrance of Black which represents over 2 million workers in the U.S. lower courts, with no clear pros- aside the president’s arguments men and women who died recently at the hands of and Canada. pect for when the case might in decisions that focused on the police. “Our members have been on a journey … to un- ultimately be resolved. The tax fact that the subpoenas were ad- The national strike will also include worker-led derstanding why we cannot win economic justice returns case also is headed back dressed to third parties asking marches through participating cities, organizers without racial justice. This strike for Black lives is a to a lower court. The case was ar- for records of Trump’s business said Wednesday. way to take our members’ understanding about that gued by telephone in May because and financial dealings as a pri- According to details shared exclusively with The into the streets,” Henry told the AP. of the coronavirus pandemic. vate citizen, not as president. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 PACIFIC Heavy rainfall floods scenic central Japan

Associated Press eel culturing farm in Kagoshi- ma was hit by rains just before TOKYO — Flooding and mud- Japan’s “unagi” season later this slides have stranded hundreds of month. “I can’t ship them, or even people in scenic hot springs and go near the place to feed them or hiking areas in central Japan, change the water,“ eel grower Ka- while rescue workers searched Thursday for more people miss- zuya Kusuda told TBS television. ing in the disaster that already In the Kurume city of Fukuoka, has killed nearly 60 people in a farmer Masatoshi Inayosi said his southern region. mustard spinach, almost ready Parts of Nagano and Gifu, in- for harvest, was destroyed by the cluding areas known for scenic floods. mountain trails and hot springs, The disaster is a further blow to have been flooded by massive the local economy already hit by downpours. the coronavirus measures, just as More than 300 people, includ- Japan was returning to business ing hotel employees and visitors, as usual. were trapped in Kamikochi, as Kumamoto on Thursday start- floods and mudslides hit a main ed accepting dozens of volun- road connecting the town to Mat- teers to help residents clean their sumoto, another tourist destina- homes, but they could only be tion in Nagano. All of the stranded from within the prefecture and people were safe, prefectural offi- temperature checks and masks cials said. were required due to coronavirus In neighboring Gifu, hundreds concerns. were also isolated in the hot spring Hundreds of thousands of peo- towns of Gero and Ontake. ple were in areas under evacua- As of Thursday morning, the tion advisories, but leaving wasn’t death toll from the heavy rains mandatory and the number who that started over the weekend sought shelter was not known. had risen to 59, most of them Japan is at high risk of heavy from hardest-hit Kumamoto pre- rain in early summer when wet fecture on Japan’s third largest and warm air from the East island of Kyushu. Searching con- China Sea flows into a seasonal tinued for a dozen still missing rain front above the country. In in Kumamoto and several others July 2018, more than 200 people, elsewhere on the island. about half of them in Hiroshima, In Oita prefecture, a family of died from heavy rain and flood- four running an inn in the famous ing in southwestern Japan. hot spring town of Yufuin was Meteorological Agency offi- missing. cials said the seasonal rain front MIYUKI SAITO, KYODO NEWS/AP Floodwaters also ravaged local has stayed above Japan longer vegetables and fish almost ready than usual, prompting heavy rain People try to remove debris that broke through the window of a building near a river during heavy rains for shipment to consumers. An to persist. in Hita, Oita prefecture, southern Japan, on Thursday South Korea asks senior US envoy Missing Seoul mayor’s body to try to revive North Korea talks found after massive search Associated Press He spoke on condition of ano- nymity because he wasn’t au- Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Police Suh appraised Biegun’s efforts to restart the U.S.- thorized to speak publicly on the North Korean diplomacy and asked him to continue say the body of the missing mayor SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea on Thurs- matter. those efforts, the statement said. of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, day asked a visiting senior U.S. envoy to try to re- News reports say one of Park’s has been found. They say Park vive stalled nuclear diplomacy with North Korea, After meeting with other Seoul officials on secretaries had lodged a com- which has refused to resume talks because of what Wednesday, Biegun suggested that Washington re- Won-soon’s body was located in plaint with police on Wednes- it calls hostile U.S. policies. mains open to talks with Pyongyang. But he also hills in northern Seoul early Fri- day night over alleged sexual U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, accused a senior North Korean nuclear negotiator day, more than seven hours after harassment. the top U.S. official on North Korea, has been in who had blamed the deadlocked talks on American they launched a massive search Kim Ji-hyeong, a Seoul Met- Seoul for talks since Tuesday. hostility of being “locked in an old way of thinking.” for him. ropolitan Government official, He was scheduled to travel on to Japan later This indicated that Washington won’t likely make Park’s daughter had called po- said Park did not come to work on Thursday. concessions to resume the talks despite the North’s lice on Thursday afternoon to re- Thursday for unspecified reasons During a meeting with South Korea’s newly ap- pressure. port him missing, saying he had and had canceled all of his sched- pointed presidential national security adviser, Suh North Korea has previously demanded the U.S. given her a “will-like” message ule, including a meeting with a Hoon, Biegun stressed the importance of a re- lift international sanctions and provide security before leaving home. presidential official at his Seoul sumption of talks between Washington and Pyong- guarantee if it’s truly committed to talks. A police officer said Park’s City Hall office. yang and agreed to maintain close coordination The nuclear diplomacy has yielded little progress body was found near a traditional Park, 64, a longtime civic activ- with Seoul, the presidential Blue House said in a since the breakdown of a second summit between restaurant and banquet hall lo- ist and human rights lawyer, was statement. Kim and President Donald Trump in early 2019. cated in the hills. elected Seoul mayor in 2011. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Dad finds son who went missing on family hike

SALT LAKE CITY UT — An Idaho father was reunited with his 9-year-old son after conducting his own search for the boy, who went missing during a hike with extended fam- ily in Utah. Summit County Sheriff Jus- tin Martinez said the dad drove to Utah where his son, Stratton Joshua Wright, became separated from his uncle, cousins and sib- lings Wednesday around 8 p.m. during a hike near Bear Lake, KSL-TV reported. Stratton was found by his dad in an open field Thursday, authori- ties said. Stratton was slightly de- hydrated and tired, but otherwise healthy. “I guess that’s a testament to a father-son bond, because he was able to find him faster than we were as the professionals,” Marti- nez said, adding that helicopters, trained search and rescue crews and horses had also been search- ing for him . Police: Man mistook pen for bullet, detained kids

HOBBS — A New NM Mexico man is facing charges after police said he held a group of children against their will when he thought one of them had a .50-caliber round. Police say the boy had a pen. The Hobbs News-Sun reported CHRISTIAN SNYDER, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE/AP Danny Billington was arrested last week after he waved down a police officer in Hobbs and told Slippery slope the officer a juvenile had a .50- caliber round on him. According to a criminal complaint, Billing- People ride the natural waterslides Tuesday in Ohiopyle, Pa. ton, 41, took the supposed round from the child and laid it on the vices the facility, a prison official THE CENSUS due to a manual entry error. ground before talking to the offi- said Tuesday. Nearly all of the approximately cer. The child told police the in- Water was available for showers The amount of losses from hundreds of credit 50 wagers were placed on self- strument was a pen for writing. and toilets at the Wabash Valley and debit card transactions federal prosecutors serve kiosks at the Bellagio be- The complaint says Billington Correctional Facility in Carlisle, in Baltimore allege are a result of a bank fraud tween 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. when told the officer that he lined up but not yet for drinking. $10M scheme. Dogar Singh, 67, of Carteret, N.J.; and the games in question started at the juvenile with the pen and the The problem started Sunday Rehan Afridi, 36, of West Deptford, N.J. were 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. Among the bets children he was playing with to when a computer system fail- charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud in a criminal complaint that was was a $250, 10-leg parlay that question the group of five. Bill- ure occurred at the town’s water unsealed when they made their initial court appearances Monday in New Jersey. paid more than $137,100. ington was charged with robbery, treatment plant, Carlisle officials Last year, prosecutors said, Singh and Afridi opened bank accounts that received The Nevada Gaming Control false imprisonment and battery. said. The water system lost pres- $776,900 in deposits from Al Madina Kabob restaurant that the bank ultimately Board is reportedly investigat- sure, resulting in a loss of water rejected as fraudulent. But the two men withdrew or transferred approximately ing the matter. Anytime there is A uthorities dismantle availability throughout the Sulli- $232,000 before the funds were returned, according to prosecutors. a dispute in excess of $500, the homemade pipe bomb van County town about 30 miles state’s books are required to con- south of Terre Haute. tact the board, which conducts an Customers were warned to investigation and makes a ruling BOONE — Authorities and 40 , and a crowd of about 400 Other than that we’re waiting the books must abide by . IA dismantled a homemade only drink the water after boil- people gathered to see it. on further details. It was not left pipe bomb that was set to explode ing it until test results confirmed Fearing for the safety of the unlocked.” at an Iowa hunting area. it was safe to drink from the tap, bear and the public, conservation Summons is issued to The Boone County Sheriff’s Of- officials said . officers decided Sunday to tran- Bellagio error may be man who had machete fice said in a Facebook post that quilize the bear and moved it to two deputies responded Monday Black bear tranquilized, an undisclosed area . record sportsbook loss BOULDER — A ma- after receiving a report about the then moved from suburb CO chete was taken from device that was found on the lid of Sheriff’s car broken NV LAS VEGAS — The a Colorado man police said was a container in the area. nearly quarter-million seen waving the knife at cars and ST. LOUIS — Wildlife into outside his home dollars in winning wagers re- The post said the Iowa State MO officials have relocat- climbing on apartment balconies. Fire Marshal’s Office was called portedly placed at MGM Resorts The Boulder Police Department ed a black bear that had wandered SARASOTA — A Flori- last Sunday might be the largest and that the device was examined into a St. Louis suburb and drew a FL responded to calls last Friday and dismantled. da sheriff’s department- sportsbook loss in Las Vegas his- around 10 a.m. near downtown crowd of hundreds curious to see issued vehicle was broken into tory on bets made after an event The post said the device was Boulder, reporting a man yelling the out-of-place animal. outside his home late Sunday or has started. “set to explode in a delayed manor at cars and swinging a machete, The bear has been popular on early Monday morning, officials Seven longtime Las Vegas and without any supervision .” KMGH-TV reported. Police said social media pages for weeks as it said. bookmakers can’t recall a larger that he cooperated after they plodded hundreds of miles from The vehicle was parked out- loss, the Las Vegas Review-Jour- made contact with him. Town’s water system Wisconsin, through Illinois and side the home of Sarasota County nal reported. But each oddsmak- Authorities retrieved the knife briefly into Iowa before wander- Sheriff Tom Knight’s home in er has taken hits on past posts and woes extend to prison from the man before issuing him ing into Missouri. Wildlife of- Venice, the Sarasota Herald-Tri- said it’s a fairly common occur- a summons and releasing him CARLISLE — Some ficials said they were spurred bune reported. Sheriff’s spokes- rence at books. from custody. The man was re- IN 2,000 inmates were to take action over the weekend woman Megan Krahe didn’t say According to an ESPN report, ferred to a program with resourc- being provided with bottled water when the bear — dubbed “Bruno” what was taken from the vehicle. Sunday’s bets were allowed to be es for mental health concerns, at a southwestern Indiana prison on social media — found itself in “I can confirm that no weap- placed because incorrect start police said. after a boil order was issued for the Wentzville city limits and ons or Tasers were taken,” Krahe times were posted on some Ko- the town water system that ser- cornered between interstates 70 said. “There was forced entry. rean and Chinese baseball games From wire reports PAGE 16 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 FACES Actress Naya Rivera missing at SoCal lake Authorities say former “Glee” Superhero reborn star Naya Rivera is missing and being searched for at a Southern California lake. Javicia Leslie takes lead in season 2 of ‘Batwoman’ The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department late Wednesday

RICHARD DREW/Associated Press confirmed that Rivera, 33, is the BY TRACY BROWN appearance of Kate Kane, Bruce Wayne’s cousin person being searched for in the Shepard Smith will host a week- Los Angeles Times who was revealed to have taken on the Batsuit waters of Lake Piru, which is ap- night news program at CBNC . in the billionaire’s absence. When “Batwoman” proximately 56 miles northwest new Batwoman is headed to Gotham. premiered last fall, it became the first superhero Warner Bros. Television, the CW of downtown Los Angeles. series with a lesbian title character. KNBC reported late Wednes- Shepard Smith and Berlanti Productions announced Ryan is also an out lesbian, but that’s where her Wednesday that Javicia Leslie has been day that Rivera rented a pontoon A similarities with Kate appear to end. According boat at the Lake Piru reservoir cast as the new series lead of “Batwoman.” to her official character description, Ryan has heads to CNBC Wednesday and that her young Leslie will portray Ryan Wilder, described as spent years as a drug-runner, dodging the Go- “likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed,” who son was found on the boat wear- BY DAVID BAUDER tham police and masking her pain with bad hab- in Season 2 of the superhero show will take over ing a life vest. Rivera’s identi- Associated Press its. A highly skilled but undisciplined fighter, she the Bat-mantle from Kate Kane. now lives in a van with a plant. fication was found on the boat. Shepard Smith, who abruptly Her casting makes her the first Black actress Initially, Warner Bros. announced that the Sheriff’s officials launched a boat quit Fox News Channel last Octo- to portray Batwoman in a live-action production. role would be recast. But in June it was reported and helicopter search Wednesday ber amid the ascendancy of opin- Similarly, Ryan will be the first Black character that “Batwoman” had put out a casting call for a afternoon, but that had been sus- ionated programming, will bring to become the caped vigilante in any medium. new character. Showrunner Caroline Dries later pended by nighttime. The search a nightly newscast to CNBC this “I am extremely proud to be the first Black explained that after some reflection and out of was continued early Thursday. fall. actress to play the iconic role of Bat- respect for Rose and the show’s audience, CNBC announced Wednesday woman on television, and as a bi- she chose to move forward with a new Lady A files suit against that Smith will anchor a one-hour sexual woman, I am honored to Batwoman. singer with same name weeknight newscast at 7 p.m. join this groundbreaking show In a June tweet, Dries further Eastern, the time slot he held for which has been such a trail- clarified that neither she nor Country group Lady A, which many years at Fox before being blazer for the LGBTQ+ the show had any plans to dropped the word “Antebellum” shifted to the afternoon. community,” Leslie said “erase” Kate. from its name because of the His show is expected to start in in a statement. “(Kate’s) disappear- word’s ties to slavery, has filed September. In May, just days ance will be one of the a lawsuit against a Black singer “I know I found a great home after the first sea- mysteries of season who has performed as Lady A for for my newcast,” Smith said in a son finale of “Bat- two,” said Dries. “I years. news release. He was not made woman” aired, Ruby don’t want to give The Grammy-winning vocal Rose announced available for an interview on away any of our group filed the lawsuit on she had “made the Wednesday. surprises, but to Wednesday in federal court after very difficult deci- CNBC Chairman Mark Hoff- all our devoted negotiations with Anita White sion to not return to man said “The News with Shepa- fans, please know broke down in recent weeks. Ac- ‘Batwoman’ next that LGBTQ+ jus- rd Smith” will feature “fact-based cording to the lawsuit, the band is season.” tice is at the very storytelling.” seeking a ruling that their use of Rose made her core of what Bat- “We’re thrilled that Shep, who’s the trademark “Lady A” does not debut as the vigi- woman is, and built a career on an honest fight infringe on White’s alleged trade- lante hero in the we have no inten- to find and report the facts, will mark rights of the same name. Arrowverse’s tion of abandon- continue his pursuit of the truth The band is not seeking monetary 2018 crossover ing that.” at CNBC,” Hoffman said. “We damages. event “Else- “Batwoman” aim to deliver a nightly program worlds.” It was Season 2 is slat- that, in some small way, looks for the first-ever ed to premiere Charles Blow writing the signal in all the noise.” live-action in January. Smith never explicitly said ‘Black Power Manifesto’ why he walked out on Fox a few New York Times columnist months after signing a contract Charles M. Blow is working on a extension, but left enough signals book he had not planned to write. along the way. He had been at Fox “The Devil You Know: A Black since the network’s inception in Power Manifesto” will be pub- 1996. lished in February, Harper an- Smith, whose non-compete nounced Wednesday. Blow will contract with Fox ended at the combine political history and beginning of the month, was an personal reflections for a “race attractive talent that drew inter- book” he felt compelled to take est throughout the industry. In on amid the coronavirus pan- CNBC he found a clean slate, a demic and Black Lives Matters network not identified with a po- protests. litical viewpoint. There were published reports Other news earlier this spring that NBC man- agement was considering estab- Pete Buttigieg’s next book lishing a political talk lineup in has a unifying message. Liveright prime time for CNBC, conserva- Publishing announced Wednes- tive but more moderate than Fox day that the former Democratic News. Javicia Leslie presidential candidate and South

Smith’s signing seems an indi- STHANLEE B. Bend, Ind., mayor had written cation that the opinionated talk MIRADOR “Trust: America’s Best Chance,” lineup is less likely. Sipa USA scheduled for release Oct. 6.

Oprah, Lionsgate help adapt ‘The 1619 Project’ for film, television

The Associated Press America for a worldwide audience. “We took very seriously our duty to find the reporting. Winfrey will serve as a pro- “The 1619 Project” launched in August TV and film partners that would respect ducer as well. Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are part- nering with Pulitzer Prize-winning jour- 2019 in an issue of The New York Times and honor the work and mission of ‘The “From the first moment I read ‘The 1619 nalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the Magazine to mark the 400th anniversary 1619 Project,’ that understood our vision Project’ and immersed myself in Nikole The New York Times’ recent project ex- of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans and deep moral obligation to doing justice Hannah-Jones’ transformative work, I was amining the legacy of slavery for film and to the American continent. The wide-rang- to these stories,” Hannah-Jones said in a moved, deepened and strengthened by her television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that ing venture examined how the impact of statement. empowering historical analysis,” Winfrey it will work alongside “The 1619 Project” slavery shaped and continues to permeate Hannah-Jones will be a creative leader said. architect Hannah-Jones to develop a multi- all aspects of American society. It was also and producer in developing films, TV se- “The 1619 Project” is also being adapted media history of slavery and its effects in made into a popular podcast. ries, documentaries and more inspired by into a series of books. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 17 PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Going after Founders is politically negligent Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY MATT BAI Then, in 2001, the Taliban decided to blow and most nuanced speeches in American Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Special to The Washington Post up the 1,500-year-old giant Buddha statues history. in the Bamian Valley, declaring them blas- If activists can’t acknowledge the intel- EDITORIAL watched with a kind of horrified fas- phemous idols. The world responded with lectual perversion in going after statues cination last weekend as Sen. Tammy revulsion and outrage, a kind of global gag of American statesmen, then they should Terry Leonard, Editor Duckworth, D-Ill., pointedly refused reflex. Suddenly the horror of the Taliban at least consider the breathtaking political [email protected] I— twice — to answer a direct question was front-page news everywhere. negligence. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor from CNN’s Dana Bash about whether stat- Why? Because, like it or not, the de- As I wrote a few weeks ago, President [email protected] ues of George Washington across the coun- struction of cultural artifacts often has Donald Trump now has only one narrow try should be torn down and replaced. a resonance that human tragedy, with its (and ugly) path to reelection. His play is to Managing Editor for Content Tina Croley, The interview certainly did not leave try to persuade white, non-urban Ameri- [email protected] faceless statistics, does not. These his- me with the impression — as it did the un- torical symbols connect us to the flow of cans that he’s the only thing standing be- Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation hinged Tucker Carlson on Fox News — that human history; erasing that history leaves tween them and a liberal establishment that [email protected] Duckworth, who sacrificed both legs in us diminished and unmoored from any would punish them just for being white. He service to her country, was someone who larger purpose. wants to conjure an alternate reality where Managing Editor for Digital Joe Gromelski, hated America. In the United States, we don’t raise up the leftist Taliban is coming to blow up all [email protected] It did leave me wondering why a party statues as shrines to be worshipped, or the cultural symbols of the republic. with a strong chance of winning back the as instruments of oppression. We tend to Carlson offered a preview of that strate- BUREAU STAFF White House in November would want to erect them as markers of our progress, re- gy in his diatribe this week, when he vowed play such a reckless game when it comes to minders that even flawed men and women to “preserve our nation and our heritage Europe/Mideast the nation’s history. can leave the nation less flawed than they and our culture” from leftists who think Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief [email protected] This is not something my progressive found it. Memorials are sedimentary lay- America is “horrible.” The preview was +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 friends want to hear right now. (I hesitate ers of the American bedrock, there to be good enough that Trump himself promptly to use that word — “progressive” — since excavated and reexamined by every suc- tweeted a link. Pacific the father of progressivism, Theodore ceeding generation. If you’re the Democrats, why on earth Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief Roosevelt, is among those whose statues Joe Biden gets this. His incisive com- would you go out of your way to make this [email protected] +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 are under assault.) They tell me that it’s ments on statues during a Q&A with cultural indictment seem even halfway past time to reassess all of these bronzed reporters last week were a pretty good re- plausible? Why wouldn’t an otherwise in- Washington white men, and that there’s bound to be minder of why Biden fits the moment. The spiring leader like Duckworth simply say, Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief some excesses in the process, and that all presumptive Democratic nominee drew a “No, I don’t believe we need to dishonor [email protected] of this is trivial when compared with how wise distinction between statues of Con- Washington or Jefferson or any other (+1)(202)886-0033 the country is suffering right now. American president in order to more fully Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News federate heroes who tried to destroy the [email protected] Well, all right. But if you want that suf- Union, which should be removed from pub- realize their vision for the country”? fering to continue, go ahead and wage war lic plazas, and those of imperfect Ameri- If Duckworth can’t summon the convic- CIRCULATION on the Founding Fathers. See where that cans who tried mightily to improve it. tion even to echo Biden’s position on this, gets you. But the cultural left has a more declara- then she probably doesn’t deserve to be on Mideast I’ve been thinking lately about the Tal- tive recasting of our history in mind, one the ticket, and wouldn’t do it much good in Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager iban. (No, I’m not comparing liberals to that leaves no room for nuance. There’s any event. The same goes for any other po- [email protected] tential running mate. [email protected] Afghanistan’s radical mullahs. Stay with lately been a movement, for instance, to DSN (314)583-9111 me here.) For about five years, beginning tear down the Emancipation Memorial Indiscriminately attacking the nation’s in the mid-1990s, the Taliban went around in Washington, which depicts Abraham memorials is chilling. Letting Trump have Europe terrorizing women and lopping off limbs Lincoln and a kneeling freed slave. At its a debate about it is just plain dumb. Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager and basically behaving like the Khmer unveiling ceremony in 1876, Frederick [email protected] Matt Bai, a Washington Post contributing colum- [email protected] Rouge. In the West, most people yawned. Douglass delivered one of the greatest nist, is a journalist, author and screenwriter. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 This isn’t the promised response to the addiction crisis

CONTACT US BY ROBERT GEBELHOFF the horror on the ground. Places where manded that Congress do more to shore Washington The Washington Post things seemed to be improving are start- up treatment centers. He hasn’t pushed tel: (+1)202.886.0003 ing to look like they did at the height of the his administration to draw attention to the 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 here was a time when President epidemic just a few years ago. Coroners’ surging deaths. Instead, his administration Donald Trump talked a lot about facilities are overrun with bodies. Emer- has too often used the spike in deaths as a Reader letters the opioid epidemic gripping the gency responders are struggling to keep political prop to argue that coronavirus [email protected] TUnited States. “This scourge of up. Families must navigate the trauma of lockdowns were unjustified. Lockdowns drug addiction will stop,” he pledged in Additional contacts needless death on top of planning a funeral were always inevitable; the question is stripes.com/contactus March 2018. “It will stop.” during a pandemic. whether the government was prepared to Well, it hasn’t. In fact, thanks in large Two factors are driving this crisis. The deal with the fallout. Clearly, this adminis- OMBUDSMAN part to the social and economic impact of first is the persistence of dangerous syn- tration was not. the new coronavirus, 2020 might end up thetic opioids such as fentanyl, often mixed The lack of leadership on the opioid crisis Ernie Gates being the worst year on record for over- in with other drugs such as methamphet- predates even the pandemic. Public health dose deaths. Yet Trump — who once vowed amine and cocaine. The Centers for Dis- experts regularly bemoan the administra- The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow that “we will not rest until the end” — has ease Control and Prevention has yet to tion’s inability to secure any meaningful of news and information, reporting any attempts by the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s not been heard from on the topic. release final data for 2019, but preliminary funding to address the problem. Treatment independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns Trump is not to blame for the recent data show that despite progress in reduc- drugs remain far too difficult for people to and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- surge in overdose deaths. Dealing with ing deaths in 2018, they began to inch up- access; the White House itself reported in ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted addiction is difficult in the midst of a pan- ward again last year. February that almost 400,000 people with by email at [email protected], or by phone at demic, when services are harder to access The second is the coronavirus, which drug addiction attempted to get treatment 202.886.0003. and individuals are suffering from stress has devastated the economy and caused in 2018 (the most recent data available) but and loneliness. But it is fair to ask wheth- a torrent of stress and social isolation that failed to do so. er an administration that touted itself as exacerbates substance abuse. Meanwhile, The administration has made much of Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday “dedicated” to ending the opioid epidemic many treatment centers — starved of rev- its effort to curtail the flow of dangerous through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and could have done more. enue because of social distancing and con- drugs from outside the country, casting Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals The numbers are still incomplete, but fronted with massive new costs for personal China and drug dealers south of our bor- postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, the available information is bleak. The protective equipment — have been forced ders as convenient political villains. But APO AP 96301-5002. White House drug policy office reported to close or pare back programs. Many tee- given the ongoing threat of fentanyl, that, This newspaper is authorized by the Department of an 11.4% year-over-year increase in over- ter on the cusp of financial collapse. too, has been a failure. Defense for members of the military services overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, dose deaths for the first four months of The administration has taken some use- Perhaps the president’s rhetoric on the and are not to be considered as the official views of, or 2020. Data from the Overdose Detection ful steps in response to the pandemic. It addiction epidemic was empty all along. endorsed by, the U.S. government. 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Meanwhile, many men- Care Act — and with it the expanded Med- Products or services advertised shall be made available for Overdoses in February were 16% higher tal health and addiction treatment centers icaid coverage that so many people fight- purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, ing addiction rely upon. religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical than they were in February of last year. received either too little aid from the feder- handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor Since then, it has only gotten worse: March al aid package for health care providers or Or perhaps Trump isn’t talking about of the purchaser, user or patron. overdoses were up 18% compared with last were left out of the package entirely, mean- these “forgotten men and women” because © Stars and Stripes 2020 year, April overdoses increased 29%, and ing they’re desperately holding out for an- he has forgotten them, too. May overdoses rose a stunning 42%. other round of money from Congress. Robert Gebelhoff is an assistant editor for The stripes.com Those sterile statistics don’t capture So where is the president? He hasn’t de- Washington Post’s Opinions section. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 OPINION

“We must demand that our children What newspapers are taught once again to see America as did Rev. Martin Luther King,“ Trump de- clared. “When he said that the Founders are saying at home had signed ‘a promissory note’ to every fu- ture generation. Dr. King saw that the mis- The following editorial excerpts are se- sion of justice required us to fully embrace lected from a cross section of newspapers our founding ideals.” throughout the United States. The editori- Predictably, the activist media declared als are provided by The Associated Press the speech to be “dark” and “ominous,” and other stateside syndicates. but it was anything but. It was a promise to good people that their government sup- Facts before politics on claims ports them and a reaffirmation that we are a great country and will forever strive to that Russia paid bounties be greater. The New York Times Now, it is up to Trump to rise to a great There’s a lot still missing from the cause and resist the temptation to mire reports that Russia paid for attacks on himself in trivial matters while the coun- American and other coalition forces in Af- try needs him. We hope this is his moment. ghanistan. That’s why it’s critical that emo- We shall see. tions and politics be kept at bay until the facts are in. The charges are explosive, and the pub- Maxwell owes it to Epstein’s lic — especially the families of fallen sol- victims to be forthright diers — deserves some honest answers. Miami Herald The reports cite intelligence findings that AP Ghislaine Maxwell finally has been ar- a Russian military intelligence unit re- rested. We’ve all been waiting for this shoe warded fighters linked to the Taliban for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, driven by Britain’s Prince Andrew, leaves the to drop. targeting American troops, possibly dis- wedding of a former girlfriend of the prince, Aurelia Cecil, near Salisbury, England, The onetime girlfriend and alleged ac- bursing money through a shadowy Afghan in September 2000. Maxwell, who was accused by many women of helping procure complice of late Palm Beach millionaire middleman named Rahmatullah Azizi. The underage sex partners for Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested this month in New Hampshire. sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was charged findings are said to have been relayed to July 2 with six criminal counts alleging the White House in a regular intelligence agencies were “baseless.” Russian officials sharp contrast to the cultural unraveling she aided Epstein in his sexual abuse of briefing that President Donald Trump have said they’ll respond if and when they in which progressive activists and their teenage girls. says he never saw. hear concrete accusations. media allies look to tear down history and New York prosecutors should keep dig- The logical next step for the president Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has de- engage in a full assault against our institu- ging in South Florida and other parts of should have been to acknowledge the clined to comment on the specifics of the tions and values. Epstein’s far-flung empire of perversion. gravity of the allegations and demand a intelligence reports of bounties, but he “No nation has done more to advance the We are convinced that he couldn’t have full report. Instead, Trump dismissed the noted in a recent interview that Russia’s human condition than the United States pulled it off without many others enabling story in a tweet as “just another made up involvement in Afghanistan was nothing of America,” declared Trump. “And no his depravity, and no one was closer to him by Fake News tale that is told only to dam- new and was regularly raised with Rus- people have done more to promote human than Maxwell. age me and the Republican Party,” even as sian officials. “There are many folks using progress than the citizens of our great The same prosecutors — and Epstein he acknowledged that the information was the Taliban or who have used the Taliban nation.” victims who spoke exclusively to Miami contained in intelligence reports. Inevita- over years and years and years as proxy Then the president addressed the shock- Herald reporter Julie Brown for the paper’s bly, the response resurrected speculation forces,” he said, noting that Iran and Paki- ing images Americans are seeing in the award-winning “Perversion of Justice” in- about Trump’s unexplained affinity for stan have also provided aid to the Taliban streets almost nightly. vestigation — said Maxwell was more than Vladimir Putin, most recently displayed in over the years. “Angry mobs are trying to tear down just Epstein’s girlfriend. Between 1994 and attempts to include the Russian leader in a Afghanistan is a forbidding country statues of our Founders, deface our most 1997, they say she was a fixer, facilitator meeting of the Group of 7. that has repeatedly confounded invaders. sacred memorials, and unleash a wave of and participant in the scheme Epstein ran Robert O’Brien, the national security There is no question that the war there has violent crime in our cities. Many of these to keep Palm Beach high school girls visit- adviser, said this month that the Justice been rife with atrocities, shifting alliances people have no idea why they are doing ing his home with the promise of $200 for a Department was considering an investiga- and dubious sources of funds and arms. this, but some know exactly what they are massage, a ruse to sexually abuse them. tion into whomever may have leaked the Trump is right to try to pull Americans out doing.” Epstein’s waterfront mansion of horrors information. after more than two decades of inconclu- Indeed, at this point no connection be- housed this enterprise, and Maxwell was The Trump administration’s response sive fighting. tween the tragic killing of George Floyd his accomplice, at times taking part in the to this story raises critical questions about Yet the public anger aroused by the and the actions of the mob can be made. sexual abuse of the girls she helped recruit, whether it is focusing sufficient attention bounties story will not go away by claiming Hyper-progressives have hijacked the prosecutors alleged when they unsealed on the plight of American soldiers deployed “hoax,” or dismissing the payments as col- original protest and fueled a movement the indictment and arrested her in New far from their homeland and on dangerous lateral damage of a dirty war. Legislators based on destroying all symbols of history Hampshire. They say she “normalized” ground. John Bolton’s new book about his from both parties are already demanding — whether they be abolitionists or pro- the abuse by helping put the girls at ease time as Trump’s national security adviser explanations, and the House Armed Ser- slavery or even monuments paid for by during sex acts. If this is proved in court, is only the latest depiction of a president in- vices Committee voted by a large bipar- freed slaves themselves. she should get hard time. capable of absorbing policy briefings. tisan majority for an amendment to the In Boston, the Robert Gould Shaw and The door into Epstein’s dark world that But this issue is not solely a question of defense bill to make any further withdraw- the 54th Regiment Memorial was dam- closed when he was found dead in a New Trump’s competence. From the various al of American troops from Afghanistan aged by protesters. The monument recog- York jail last year while awaiting trial news accounts, others in the White House contingent on an assessment of whether nizes the first all-volunteer black regiment for new charges of trafficking girls could and Congress were also apparently advised any country has offered incentives for the of the Union Army. Over 2 million soldiers swing wide open. Maxwell’s arrest offers of the claims, yet no one reacted until the Taliban to attack American and other co- fought on the Union side during the Civil prosecutors the possibility of an insider’s allegations were made public. alition troops. War. Their Commander in Chief was Pres- knowledge of the extent of Epstein’s human Then there’s the question of the motives It is unfortunate to connect the issue of ident Abraham Lincoln, also a target in the trafficking. behind the leaks and the solidity of the possible Russian payoffs with the with- revisionist revolution of 2020. Maxwell knows names, times and plac- information. The Wall Street Journal, for drawal of U.S. troops. The administration At Mount Rushmore, Trump re-es- es. If the feds squeeze her in exchange for one, reported that the National Security ought to provide more information to law- tablished the truth about America’s 16th some leniency, she might just talk about Agency — which specializes in electronic makers . But whatever those investigations president. how, as prosecutors suspect, Epstein loaned espionage — strongly dissented from other reveal, the war in Afghanistan needs to be “Abraham Lincoln, the savior of our out girls to famous friends as he flew them intelligence agencies over the strength of brought to an end. Putin’s intelligence ser- union, was a self-taught country lawyer around in private jets. They are culpable, the intelligence. For agencies to differ in vices shouldn’t get a say in what is in the who grew up in a log cabin on the American too, and should receive harsh punishment their assessments of intelligence is not un- best interests of the United States. frontier. The first Republican president, he as well, if guilty. usual in the business of espionage, which The threat to Trump’s withdrawal deal rose to high office from obscurity, based on Already the association with Epstein, by its nature often deals in circumstantial alone should encourage the president to a force and clarity of his anti-slavery con- who used money and influence to move in evidence. What the differences were in get to the bottom of the issue, and if neces- victions … and he led the country through heady social circles, including the current this case is not known, but they probably sary to confront Russia with the numerous the darkest hours of American history, giv- president, a former president and a British account for Trump’s claim that the intelli- tools of statecraft at his disposal. ing every ounce of strength that he had to prince, has embarrassed universities that gence did not reach him because it “didn’t ensure that government of the people, by accepted his donations, along with politi- rise to that level.” Trump’s Mount Rushmore the people and for the people did not perish cians, prominent attorneys and CEOs. Other questions abound: When did from this Earth.” British socialite Maxwell started dat- the reported payments begin? Were they speech was on point, ignored The president reduced the threat to its ing Epstein in the ’90s and opened doors payback for American support of Afghan Boston Herald core: to people of influence for him — Britain’s militants against Soviet troops there in Amid the Independence Day celebra- “The radical ideology attacking our Prince Andrew, among them. The prince the 1980s, or something else? Were the tions, tucked between news stories of il- country advances under the banner of so- is also embroiled in the sex scandal, with payments a factor in the deaths of any legal fireworks in the streets and statue cial justice. But in truth, it would demolish one victim alleging she had sex with him American or other coalition troops? Was topplings in public squares, there was an- both justice and society.“ at Epstein’s request. the intelligence tweaked by people seeking other notable weekend event. Trump acknowledged that our education Epstein’s victims still are navigating to hinder efforts to withdraw American President Donald Trump spoke at South system bears some culpability in creating a winding road to restitution and justice. troops? Dakota’s 2020 Mount Rushmore Fire- a culture in which young people are taught With Maxwell under arrest, prosecutors A spokesman for the Taliban said the re- works Celebration, delivering perhaps that America is a force for evil, from front should make sure that whatever she knows ports of any deal with Russian intelligence his best speech to date. His words drew a to back. gets the victims closer to that goal. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 SCOREBOARD/SOCCER/AUTO RACING

Sports on AFN MLS reopens with moment of silence

Go to the American Forces Orlando City holds off Inter Miami in first match since March Scoreboard Network website for the most up-to-date TV schedules. BY MARK LONG myafn.net after scoring the go-ahead goal in the seventh min- MLS is Back tournament Associated Press ute of stoppage time. “We all want to change the At Orlando, Fla. world. We want a better world — no differences, no Group Stage KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Nani called it beautiful and discrimination. ... Everyone in the world should stop Group A – Eastern Conference Deals W L T GF GA Pts emotional. for a couple of minutes and think about our children Orlando City 1 0 0 2 1 3 He wasn’t talking about either goal he played a and teach them how to be a better person and create Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wednesday’s transactions Inter Miami 0 1 0 1 2 0 part in during Orlando City’s 2-1 victory over Inter a better world.” BASEBALL Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 Major League Baseball Miami on Wednesday night. The group setting the tone was formerly called New York City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 American League Nearly 200 players took the field for an 8-minute, Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed LHP the Black Players Coalition of MLS but changed its Group B – Western Conference Jose Quijada and OF Brandon Marsh on 46-second moment of silence to protest racial injus- name this week to Black Players for Change. Origi- W L T GF GA Pts the 10-day IL. Claimed RHP Jacob Rhame San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 off waivers from the Mets. tice before Major League Soccer’s return to action. nally announced on Juneteenth, the group started Seattle 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed RHP Players wore black T-shirts, black gloves and black in the wake of George Floyd’s death with the hope of Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 Luis Cessa and 2B DJ LeMahieu on the Group C – Eastern Conference 10-day IL. facemasks emblazoned with Black Lives Matter. combating systemic racism both in soccer and the W L T GF GA Pts TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed SS Aus- The shirts had varying slogans that included Black players’ communities. The league and the players’ D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0 0 tin Martin and RHP Nick Frasso to minor Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 league contracts. And Proud, Silence Is Violence and Black All The union endorsed the organization. New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 National League Time. Several other players from Orlando City and LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed RHP Group D – Western Conference Edwin Uceta, OF Cody Thomas and OF The players walked toward midfield, raised their Inter Miami took a knee near midfield during the W L T GF GA Pts Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zach Reks on the 10-day IL. right arms one at a time and held the pose so long MIAMI MARLINS — Placed C Will Ban- demonstration. Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 field on the 10-day IL. that some could be seen stretching fatigued muscles The two in-state teams delivered their own mo- Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Signed OF Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrett Mitchell to a minor league con- afterward. ment of silence by taking a knee along with the Group E – Eastern Conference tract. It was a poignant moment that put two of the referee and the line judges just before the opening W L T GF GA Pts FOOTBALL Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 National Football League nation’s most prominent changes over the last four kick. Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed QB months — masks and movements — at the forefront The national anthem was not played before or after New York Red Bulls Cam Newton. 0 0 0 0 0 0 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed WR of the sport’s return. the demonstration. MLS previously said it would not Group F – Western Conference W L T GF GA Pts Quez Watkins to a four-year contract. “I felt for a couple of minutes,” Nani said shortly be played because no fans were in attendance. DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Quintez Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cephus to a four-year contract. Signed LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 RB Jason Huntley to a four-year deal. Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 SOCCER Portland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Major League Soccer Wednesday, July 8 LOS ANGELES FC — Signed D Tony Le- Orlando City 2, Inter Miami 1 one, D Christian Torres and F Erik Due- Nashville SC vs. Chicago Fire, ppd. nas. Thursday, July 9 New York City FC vs. Philadelphia Montreal vs. New England Friday, July 10 Pro soccer Seattle vs. San Jose Saturday, July 11 Atlanta vs. New York Cincinnati vs. Columbus NWSL Challenge Cup Sunday, July 12 At Herriman Utah Toronto vs. D.C. United Sunday, July 5 Sporting KC vs. Minnesota United North Carolina 1, Chicago 0 Real Salt Lake vs. Colorado Portland 1, Washington 1 Monday, July 13 Wednesday, July 8 Los Angeles FC vs. Houston Utah 0, OL Reign 1 LA Galaxy vs. Portland Sky Blue 2, Houston 0 Tuesday, July 14 Sunday, July 12 Inter Miami vs. Chicago Washington vs. Houston Philadelphia vs. Nashville Chicago vs. Utah Orlando City vs. New York City FC Monday, July 13 Wednesday, July 15 OL Reign vs. Portland Montreal vs. Toronto Sky Blue vs. North Carolina Vancouver vs. San Jose Quarterfinals Thursday, July 16 Friday, July 17 Atlanta vs. Cincinnati Teams TBD D.C. United vs. New England Saturday, July 18 Columbus vs. New York Teams TBD Friday, July 17 Semifinals Sporting KC vs. Colorado Wednesday, July 22 Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United Quarterfinal winners Saturday, July 18 Championship Portland vs. Houston Sunday, July 26 Los Angeles FC vs. LA Galaxy Semifinal winners Sunday, July 19 New York FC vs. Chicago Philadelphia vs. Inter Miami Monday, July, 20 Auto racing Orlando City vs. Nashville Seattle vs. Vancouver Tuesday, July 21 Quaker State Sanitizer 400 Toronto FC vs. New England Atlanta vs. Columbus Lineup Montreal vs. D.C. United /AP Wednesday, July 22 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series JOHN RAOUX Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC Sunday Cincinnati vs. New York At Kentucky Speedway Orlando City players, left, raise their fists in the air in solidarity with other MLS teams before the start of Colorado vs. Minnesota United Sparta, Ky. Thursday, July 23 Lap length: 1.50 miles Wednesday’s match against Inter Miami FC in Kissimmee, Fla. The teams held an 8-minute, 46-second LA Galaxy vs. Houston (Car number in parentheses) Los Angeles FC vs. Portland 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. moment of silence in solidarity to combat systemic racism in soccer and in their communities. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. 3. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford. 4. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford. 5. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet. 6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. 7. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. 8. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet. NASCAR moving Watkins Glen race to Daytona 9. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota. 10. (21) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford. 11. (12) Ryan Blane, Ford. 12. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. BY JENNA FRYER tory of our nation and Watkins Glen Interna- health protocols during the 10-week playoff 13. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford. Associated Press tional,” racetrack President Michael Printup series. 14. (47) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet. 15. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford. said. “The dynamic situation we are all con- The revisions announced Wednesday cover 16. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR will move fronting is impacting our daily lives and ac- six Cup races at three tracks. Michigan Inter- 17. (42) Matt Kenseth, Chevrolet. 18. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet. its August road course race from Watkins tivities in unimaginable ways.” national Speedway will host a doubleheader 19. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. Glen in upstate New York because of state 20. (48) Jimmy Johnson, Chevrolet. NASCAR will return to Daytona two weeks before NASCAR’s debut on the Daytona road 21. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet. health restrictions, and the event will shift later as scheduled for the regular-season course. After that race, Dover International 22. (38) John H. Nemechek, Ford. instead to the road course at Daytona Interna- 23. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford. finale on the oval. The Aug. 29 event is un- Speedway will host a doubleheader, and the 24. (8) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet. tional Speedway. changed from the original 2020 schedule that playoff field will be finalized the next week at 25. (53) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet. 26. (77) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet. The move means the Cup Series will make has been patched back together following a Daytona. 27. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford. its debut on Daytona’s road course, which is 10-week shutdown because of the coronavirus NASCAR was not scheduled to compete on 28. (00) Quin Houff, Chevrolet. 29. (41) Cole Custer, Ford. used by the IMSA sports car series and incor- pandemic. the road course at Daytona until next Febru- 30. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford. porates part of the famed 2.5-mile oval. The NASCAR said Wednesday it will determine ary in the exhibition Busch Clash to kick off 31. (15) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet. 32. (37) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet. race on Aug. 16 was necessary to move from if fans are allowed at Cup races on a market- the season. 33. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet. Watkins Glen because NASCAR cannot meet by-market basis, in accordance with local and But many of the ideas for next year’s 34. (95) Christopher Bell, Toyota. 35. (51) Joey Gase, Ford. New York’s quarantine requirements for out- state guidelines. schedule have been forced into the present 36. (27) JJ Yeley, Ford. 37. (96) Daile Suarez, Toyota. of-state visitors. NASCAR is expected to run its Nov. 8 sea- as NASCAR attempts to complete its 38-race 38. (66) Timmy Hill, Toyota. “This is an unprecedented time in the his- son finale as scheduled, barring changes to schedule. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 NBA/WNBA Pandemic, protests and now, a playoff push

Blazers guard Lillard stayed busy when the NBA shut down, but says he’s fit and ready for league’s return

BY ANNE M. PETERSON about,” he said. Associated Press Lillard was averaging 28.9 points and 7.8 assists this season. PORTLAND, Ore. — Grieving In January he scored 61 points in the death of a cousin and miss- a game against the Warriors and ing his mother, Damian Lillard he had seven games with 40 or struggled emotionally after the more points. NBA shut down because of the He’ll be among those seques- coronavirus. tered at Disney’s Wide World of But he also found inspiration Sports Complex for games, but in his activism for Black Lives the resumption of the season Matter and his flourishing music comes as cases of COVID-19 are career. spiking in Florida. Some players The Trail Blazers were just have opted out, including Port- out of the playoff picture, sitting land’s Trevor Ariza and Caleb ninth in the Western Conference Swanigan. standings on March 11 when the But Portland will see the re- league was shuttered. The team turn of big men Jusuf Nurkic, will be among 22 that will depart now recovered from a broken next week for Orlando as part of leg last season, and Zach Collins, the restart. who was sidelined with a shoul- Portland will have eight games der injury. to secure a playoff berth, starting “They’ve been very diligent on July 31 with Memphis. about taking care of themselves, “We don’t have time to ease our BROOKE HERBERT, THE OREGONIAN/AP both in the weight room and on way in, we don’t have time to try the court, and treatment. So I’ve and figure stuff out, we’ve got to Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard marches alongside protesters toward downtown Portland on the been very impressed with all of come in assertive and aggressive Morrison Bridge, on June 4. Lillard also released a rap, “Blacklist,” during the pandemic. their conditioning,” Blazers coach and just go after it,” he said. “And Terry Stotts said. if we fail, we fail, but we gotta party facilities or trainers be- ing up and it wasn’t a sunny day, neapolis, touching off nationwide The NBA announced this week at least come out there with that cause of health concerns. it was messing with my mood. It protests over police brutality. Lil- that nine additional players had mentality of we don’t have time to While grateful that he had his was just tough,” Lillard said. “I lard marched in Portland. tested positive for the virus, kind of ease into it.” fiancée and son with him, Lil- got through it, just from having He also released a powerful bringing the total of league play- Lillard welcomes the chance to lard essentially sheltered in place a lot of my family around. That rap “Blacklist,’’ under his music ers who have contracted it to 25. resume playing . once he got back to Portland. He really helped. So I can see why persona, Dame D.O.L.L.A. “I feel like it’s still a possibility He admittedly had no idea how didn’t see his mom for more than somebody who is with one person “I grew up with Oscar Grant, for something to spread within serious the virus was when the a month. And then his cousin and or by themselves would have a re- who was killed at a BART station that bubble, just with there been league closed down. He went to personal chef, Brandon Johnson, ally hard time. Definitely a tough while handcuffed facedown. I’ve so many people and so many dif- Phoenix with his family, intent suddenly passed away. few months.” been racially profiled by cops, be- ferent things that we’ve got to fol- on finding a gym to stay in shape “It was tough, man. I think Always diligent about his fit- fore I was in the NBA. So I have low to be safe, even though we’re during the layoff. But the NBA that was when I got to the point ness, Lillard found a way to train. thoughts and feelings about this not exposed to the public,” Lill- said players couldn’t go to third- where I was like, if I was wak- Then George Floyd died in Min- stuff. That’s what Blacklist was lard said. Source: Leonard’s arrival at Disney will be delayed

BY TIM REYNOLDS is expected to join the team at the Disney Thursday and part of Friday satisfying points this season for the Clippers, who Associated Press complex near Orlando sometime in the quarantine requirements, and are expect- are currently second in the Western Con- next few days, said the person who spoke to ed to practice for the first time at Disney ference behind only the Lakers. He is the A person with knowledge of the situation The Associated Press on condition of ano- on Friday night. reigning NBA Finals MVP, after helping says that Kawhi Leonard did not accompa- nymity because the team did not publicly They will resume game play on July 30, Toronto win the title last season. ny the Los Angeles Clippers on their flight disclose the matter. matching up with the Los Angeles Lakers The Clippers are 38-13 when Leonard to Central Florida on Wednesday night for Yahoo Sports first reported that Leonard in the second game of a re-opening night plays, 6-7 when he doesn’t. They’re also the restart of the NBA season. was not on the flight to the Orlando area. doubleheader. 17-3 in games where he scores at least 30 Leonard’s absence was excused and he The Clippers are scheduled to spend Leonard is averaging a team-best 26.9 points this season. Delle Donne, Charles await medical review

Associated Press to 10 players on the roster. The panel of physicians decides whether a player NEW YORK — WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is would be medically excused and receive full salary waiting to have her case heard by the league’s inde- for the upcoming season, which is scheduled to start pendent panel of doctors to see if she’ll be medically at the end of the month at IMG Academy in Florida. excused for the season, the Washington Mystics said Players can still opt out and skip the season if the Wednesday. panel does not grant them a medical waiver. They The Mystics star, who was the league’s Most Valu- will not get paid if they opt out. able Player last year, has battled Lyme Disease since Delle Donne and Charles are two of a handful of 2008 and would potentially be at a higher risk for se- cases that are waiting to hear from the league’s in- rious illness if she contracted the new coronavirus. dependent panel of doctors. Delle Donne tweeted Wednesday night that she If the two players’ do have their cases approved was following protocol and waiting for the results by the panel, the Mystics won’t be able to sign re- from the panel. placements as they would be over the salary cap. “Missing my teammates but health and safety are Even if they could sign a player, it wouldn’t be as the priority,” she said. easy as previous seasons. Any player that Washing- Her new Washington teammate Tina Charles is ton or any other team would sign would have to get ALEX BRANDON/AP also waiting for a decision from the panel. Neither to Florida and be quarantined off campus for three player is in Florida with the team. days and then four additional days on campus. The Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne, center, is waiting to Charles was traded to the Mystics from the New player would be tested for COVID-19 each of those have her case heard by the league’s independent panel of doctors York Liberty in the offseason. If Delle Donne and days. The Mystics arrived on Monday and training to see if she’ll be medically excused for the season, She has been Charles miss the season, the Mystics would be down camp is slated to begin Friday. battling Lyme Disease since 2008. PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, July 10, 2020 COLLEGES/NFL ‘Heartbreaking day’ at Stanford School, facing coronavirus-connected budget shortfalls, cuts 11 of its its 36 sports

BY JOHN MARSHALL fall of nearly $70 million over the Associated Press next three years due to the pan- demic and estimated it would cost Stanford was already facing more than $200 million to sustain some difficult financial choic- the 11 sports that will be cut. es as it tried to support one of “We’ve been punching above the nation’s largest athletics our weight for quite some time,” departments. Muir said. “It just became TONY AVELAR/AP The coronavirus pandemic more acute, and became such a forced a dramatic and painful large issue we had to take this San Francisco 49ers postseason decision: Faced with a nearly $25 measure.” breakout running back Raheem million deficit next year, Stanford Stanford has one of the nation’s Mostert requested a trade from became the first known Power largest athletics departments, of- the team after not being able to Five school to eliminate athletic renegotiate his contract. Agent fering double the national aver- programs because of the pan- Brett Tessler made the request age of 18 varsity sports. demic, announcing Wednesday public on Wednesday. Earlier this year, football coach that 11 of its 36 varsity sports will David Shaw, basketball coach be shuttered next year. NAM Y. HUH/AP The school will discontinue Jerod Haase and members of the Mostert men’s and women’s fencing, field Stanford men’s volleyball was among the 11 sports the school athletics executive team took pay hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s announced it is cutting amid financial difficulties. The school will also cuts to help defray some of the rowing, coed and women’s sailing, end men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, financial hit caused by the pan- asks 49ers squash, synchronized swimming, men’s rowing, coed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized demic. Stanford also saved close men’s volleyball and wrestling swimming, and wrestling after the 2020-21 academic year. to $5 million with expense-cut- after the 2020-21 academic year. ting measures and asked some for trade Stanford also is eliminating 20 schools, which are already facing Stanford’s decision to drop of its programs to limit long-dis- support staff positions. questions about enrollment levels sports is likely the first of many tance travel in an attempt to shore “As you can imagine, this has and tuition shortfalls. by Power Five schools across the up the budget shortfall. BY JOSH DUBOW been a heartbreaking day for all of Fall sports such as football are country. “We had a structural deficit Associated Press us, especially with those student- still in question for some schools; “If it can happen at Stanford, coming in, so I don’t want to pin athletes and coaches involved,” the Ivy League, hours after Stan- it can happen any place,” Big 12 this all on COVID. That’s not the San Francisco 49ers postseason athletic director Bernard Muir ford’s announcement, called off Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. case,” Muir said. “When we real- breakout star Raheem Mostert said. “We came to this decision all fall sports. But some tough “They’re the broadest, most suc- ized coming off COVID, we knew requested a trade from the team only after exhausting all other choices have already been made. cessful program in the history we were going to take a financial after being unable to renegotiate viable alternatives. It recently At least 171 sports programs of college athletics and so to see hit. To blame this all on COVID his contract. became painfully clear we would from four-year schools have been them drop a third of their pro- would not be accurate, but it cer- Agent Brett Tessler made the not remain financially stable and cut since the pandemic began gram is a shocking thing.” tainly contributed to the growing request public on Wednesday support 36 varsity sports at a na- in the United States, according Stanford originally projected a deficit.” after talks with the 49ers failed tionally competitive level, which to research by The Associated deficit of $12 million for the 2021 The contracts of 24 coaches in to lead to a new deal to replace is what we desire.” Press. Of those disbanded teams, fiscal year, a number that more the 11 sports will be honored, as the three-year contract Mostert The pandemic shut down sports 51 are from 18 Division I schools. than doubled as it faced fewer do- will the scholarships for the more signed in 2019 when he was still in March, including the mas- One conference in Division II and nations, sponsorships and ticket than 240 athletes affected. All mostly a special teams standout. sive revenue-generating NCAA one in Division III suspended fall sales. Muir said the $25 mil- support staff who have been let “After months of unproductive basketball tournaments. With sports competitions and at least lion deficit for 2021 would likely go will get severance pay. talks with the 49ers about fairly adjusting Raheem Mostert’s con- no March Madness, the NCAA 18 small colleges across Division double if the football season is AP Sports Writers Eric Olson in Omaha, was short $375 million scheduled III and the NAIA won’t compete canceled. Nebraska, and Stephen Hawkins in tract (which paid him for spe- to be distributed to its member this fall. The school projected a short- Dallas contributed to this report. cial teams) we have requested a trade,” Tessler wrote on Twit- ter. “Disappointing that it would come to this for a guy who led all Fall: Ivy League decision consistent with campus policies NFL RBs in YPC & helped lead them to the Super Bowl.” FROM BACK PAGE At a White House summit Mostert has a base salary of $2,575,000 this season and going to go forward and do our ‘ This news is disappointing for all of us. on reopening schools earlier ’ Wednesday, President Donald $2,875,000 next season as part of own evaluation, and so far our Erin McDermott the deal he signed with the 49ers scientists and medical people are Harvard athletic director Trump asked University of Ala- bama chancellor Finis St. John if last year. Fellow running back telling us that we should stay the Tevin Coleman is set to be paid course, and learn as we go and the Crimson Tide will play foot- ball this year. $4.55 million this season despite move slowly and evaluate as we having more than six carries just sons can be moved to the spring. semesters will be held virtu- “I can promise you. We are go.” once in the final five regular-sea- But the conference noted that its ally; dorms will be open only to planning to play the season at the The Ivy League announcement son games and three playoff ap- schools already are limiting gath- freshmen and seniors. Yale said University of Alabama,” St. John affects not just football but soc- pearances after Mostert emerged erings, visitors and travel for stu- it would limit its dorms to 60% said. “Understand that creates cer, field hockey, volleyball and dents and staff. capacity and said most classes as the team’s top back. great difficulties and complexi- cross country, as well as the fall “As athletics is expected to would be conducted remotely. The 49ers already traded run- ties, and we are hoping for that. portion of winter sports like bas- operate consistent with campus Princeton will also do most of its ning back Matt Breida to Miami It’s important to a lot of people. ketball. Wednesday’s decision policies, it will not be possible for teaching online, with dorms at earlier this offseason, leaving But we’re doing our best on that means Harvard and Yale will not Ivy League teams to participate half capacity. Mostert, Coleman, Jerick McK- play football in 2020, interrupting in intercollegiate athletics com- But while Ivy League football one.” innon and Jeff Wilson as the a rivalry known as The Game for petition prior to the end of the fall remains a quaint extracurricu- Michigan football coach Jim veteran halfbacks on the roster. the first time since the two World semester,” the league said. lar activity, the sport drives mil- Harbaugh said on Wednesday he McKinnon has missed the past Wars. Ivy League schools are spread lions in revenues for Power Five and his team want to play — even two seasons with knee injuries. “This news is disappointing for across seven Northeastern states schools. According to USA Today, if it means moving the season to After being cut by six teams all of us,” Harvard athletic direc- that, as of mid-July, have seen the Longhorns football program the spring, or playing in front of and carrying the ball only eight tor Erin McDermott said. “While some success at mitigating the brought Texas more than $144 more than 100,000 empty seats times during his first three sea- the Fall 2020 experience will be spread of COVID-19. But most million in 2018. at Michigan Stadium, known as sons in the NFL, Mostert was a unlike any other, I am confident of those states still ban large Losing football would be a “The Big House.” key part of San Francisco’s NFC that we will find positive oppor- gatherings; under the Massachu- heavy blow for most schools. As “It (the pandemic) is part of our championship in his fifth year in tunities in this challenging time. setts reopening plan, Harvard Stanford announced it was cut- society and we’re going to have to 2019. We will keep moving forward would not be allowed to have fans ting 11 varsity sports, its ath- deal with it,” he said. “These kids He led the 49ers in rushing with through this painful but tempo- in the stands until a vaccine is letic director warned that a $25 have to do the same thing. They’ve 772 yards and ranked second in rary experience, together.” developed. million deficit forecast for 2021 got to go to school. They’ve been the NFL to Ravens quarterback The league said it has not yet Harvard has already an- would likely double if the football training their whole lives for the Lamar Jackson by averaging 5.64 determined whether some sea- nounced that all classes for both season is canceled. opportunity to play their sport.” yards per carry. Friday, July 10, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 23 MLB Cautiously moving ahead More players, teams return to the field after testing

BY DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press As Major League Baseball cau- tiously tiptoes closer toward be- ginning its delayed 2020 season, several teams welcomed back players who might have been ex- posed to the coronavirus, and the San Francisco Giants resumed workouts Wednesday after finally receiving the results of COVID- 19 tests administered over the weekend. The San Diego Padres, howev- er, revealed that newly acquired infielder Jorge Mateo’s intake test for coronavirus came back posi- MARK J. TERRILL/AP tive and he’s experienced symp- The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts, right, gestures toward manager toms. Mateo was obtained last Dave Roberts after scoring during intrasquad play in the restart of week from Oakland for a player to be named or cash in the first baseball spring training Monday in Los Angeles. ELISE AMENDOLA/AP trade since the transaction freeze was lifted. Red Sox interim manager Ron Roenicke, left, gives a socially distant Padres manager Jayce Tingler elbow greeting to Xander Bogaerts at training camp at Fenway Park. said Mateo has not been to the Dodgers adjusting ballpark and is self-isolating. The Indians kept Reyes away the league who have got the virus San Diego announced last week from Progressive Field after he and you’re surprised, and to see that outfielder Tommy Pham attended a holiday gathering with- the way that we haven’t had any to a new backdrop tested positive for coronavirus out wearing a mask. The Indians tests come back positive, I mean, and was asymptomatic. He has learned of Reyes’ off-field actions that’s unbelievable,” Schwarber not yet rejoined the team. on a social media posting. said. “I think it’s just a testament BY BETH HARRIS Meanwhile, closer Kenley In Boston, third baseman Ra- Manager Terry Francona said to what our guys did off the field Associated Press Jansen, outfielder A.J. Pollock, fael Devers practiced at Fenway Reyes was re-tested and can now taking this serious, knowing that infielder Gavin Lux, catching Park for the first time since the participate in the team’s training we can do something special here LOS ANGELES — The Los An- prospect Keibert Ruiz and pitch- Red Sox opened summer camp. camp. and we’re going to need every geles Dodgers were eager to show ers Scott Alexander, Pedro Baez Devers and an unspecified num- Also, Indians outfielder Delino single guy in it at the end of the off $100 million worth of stadium and Tony Gonsolin haven’t re- ber of other players were working DeShields Jr., who tested posi- renovations to fans and a national day.” ported to Dodger Stadium since out at nearby Boston College and tive for COVID-19, is traveling to With the start of the season just audience at the All-Star Game summer camp began a week ago. Cleveland after he had one nega- this summer. have since tested negative three more than two weeks away, sev- Roberts has said he can’t times. tive test. He will be tested again eral teams held intrasquad games Turns out, it appears only play- comment on the reasons for the when he arrives. ers are going to see the changes When tests reveal “pending” as the next step in gearing up for absences. “He was obviously excited. Said up close this season because of or inconclusive results, the Red the real thing. “I’m hopeful we’ll get all those he was planning on traveling like the coronavirus pandemic, which Sox have decided to keep those Washington ace Max Scher- guys back soon,” he said. the Michelin Man today through will keep the public out of the ball- players out of full-team workouts zer threw 48 pitches at Nationals Teams are prohibited from the airport,” Francona said. park for at least the early portion — even if a player hasn’t had a Park and made quite an impres- saying whether a player tested DeShields is in his first season of a 60-game schedule that begins positive test. sion on manager Dave Martinez. positive for COVID-19 unless with the Indians, who acquired July 23. The Dodgers won’t host “We have to be overly cautious,” “We wanted to keep him at 50, the player gives permission. The him in December from Texas the All-Star festivities until 2022. manager Ron Roenicke said. three full innings, but he looked COVID-19 injured list, which has The black tarp that served as Devers batted .311 with a in the trade involving ace Corey good,” Martinez said. “The key been added during the pandemic, the backdrop in center field is league-leading 54 doubles, 32 Kluber. now is his turnaround. Let’s see will be kept confidential. gone, replaced by a new center homers and 111 RBIs in 2019. In Oakland, right-hander Mike how he feels (Thursday).” Roberts and President of Base- field plaza that may take some He was scheduled to get a few at- Fiers returned to the field for Carter Kieboom, the rookie ball Operations Andrew Fried- getting used to for hitters. bats when the Red Sox hold their workouts after being delayed by who’s the favorite to replace man have said there have been First baseman Max Muncy was first intrasquad scrimmage on what manager Bob Melvin re- Anthony Rendon at third base positive tests among players, but hit by a pitch on his left ring fin- Thursday. ferred to as a “pending issue,” for the defending World Series didn’t reveal any names. which wasn’t injury-related. Fiers ger during the team’s intrasquad The Giants, meanwhile, re- champions, said it was his first “Being late to summer camp pitched his second career no-hit- game Tuesday. sumed workouts at Oracle Park time facing Scherzer since spring certainly puts them behind the ter last season and was the whis- “I couldn’t really see the ball,” after receiving test results from training in 2018. 8-ball because of the repetitions, tleblower in the Houston Astros’ he said Wednesday on a video Saturday, all of which were nega- “Same outcome as today,” Kie- getting your legs under you, get- tive for players and staff. A delay sign-stealing scandal last fall. conference call. “I’m trying to boom said. “I struck out.” ting the at-bats, the innings, build- in receiving the outcome of those The defending AL champion adjust to some of the changes out Tampa Bay’s Charlie Morton ing up, all that stuff. Certainly it tests forced the club to cancel Astros were without infielder there.” allowed two runs and four hits in makes it a little more difficult,” practice Tuesday. Alex Bregman on Wednesday Muncy said he’ll stop swinging four innings in a simulated game Roberts said. Devers wasn’t the only player because his test results were a bat while his finger heals, but at Tropicana Field. Left-handers Each of the missing players fig- in the big leagues to get a late delayed. he expects to be ready for open- Blake Snell and Ryan Yarbrough ures to have a role in the team’s start joining his team. “He’s probably frustrated be- ing day. and right-hander Trevor Rich- The new batter’s eye has a bar push to return to the World Series Texas Rangers first baseman cause I know how hard Alex after losing in back-to-back ap- Ronald Guzman was on the field works and how dedicated he is to ards also pitched. on top of it that is out of the hit- “It was nice to get the guys in ters’ view but where fans can pearances in 2017 and 2018. Wednesday after missing the first getting off to a good start,” man- the box, get them some live looks watch the game — under normal Jansen has been the team’s five days of workouts. Although ager Dusty Baker said. “There’s and also try to ramp up the inten- circumstances. There’s a new closer since 2012 and earned he was at the facility, he wasn’t nothing that we can do about it.” sity,” Morton said. pedestrian walkway behind the his 300th career save last year. cleared for workouts while still Pittsburgh Pirates reliever speaker towers in center field Pollock hit .266 with 15 home going through intake screening. Hector Noesi has opted out of The Detroit Tigers had their that encircles the stadium. runs and 47 RBIs in 86 games The only Texas players still not the season after speaking with first intrasquad scrimmage at “It’s different from what we’re last season, when he missed 2 ½ cleared to participate are right his family. The 33-year-old, who Comerica Park with no fans in used to,” Muncy said. “Pitchers months because of an elbow in- fielder Joey Gallo and left-hander pitched for Miami last year, was the stands. are pretty happy about the bat- jury. Pollock’s wife gave birth to Brett Martin, both of whom test- attempting to make the team as a “We’re just happy we got back ter’s eye out there.” a girl three months prematurely ed positive for coronavirus. nonroster invitee. on the field,” manager Ron Gar- Manager Dave Roberts said, in May. In Cleveland, outfielder Fran- The Cubs have thus far avoided denhire said. “You don’t want a player to not be “If there’s any chance of put- mil Reyes was cleared by the any positive tests, a development AP Sports Writers Bernie Wilson, able to see, to put him in harm’s ting her at risk, it gets to be a team’s medical staff to return to outfielder Kyle Schwarber in- Kyle Hightower, Tom Withers, Janie way. For Max to say he couldn’t difficult decision,” Pollock told the field after being isolated for sists cannot be attributed to mere McCauley, Jay Cohen, Kristie Rieken, Fred Goodall, Steve Whyno, Charles see the ball because of the back- SportsNetLA, the team’s TV net- attending a party over the July 4 luck. Odum, Stephen Hawkins and Larry ground, that’s a little unsettling.” work, last month. weekend. “You see some names around Lage contributed. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, July 10, 2020 From protests to playoffs Blazers PG Lillard excited for return SPORTS after busy shutdown » NBA, Page 21 FirstCOLLEGE to FOOTBALL fall

Ivy League puts all sports on hold due to pandemic

BY DOUG FEINBERG AND JIMMY GOLEN Football players in the Power Five confer- Associated Press NO TIME TO PLAY THE GAME ences have already begun workouts for a sea- son that starts on Aug. 29, even as their schools he Ivy League on Wednesday became Wednesday’s decision means Harvard and Yale will not weigh whether to open their campuses to stu- the first Division I conference to sus- play football in 2020, interrupting a rivalry known as dents or continue classes remotely. More than pend all fall sports, including football, The Game for the first time since the two World Wars. a dozen prominent programs from Clemson to leaving open the possibility of moving The Ivy League announcement affects not just football LSU to Oklahoma have reported positive tests some seasons to the spring if the coro- but soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country, as T well as the fall portion of winter sports like basketball. among their athletes in the few weeks since navirus pandemic is better controlled by then. voluntary workouts began. Some have tempo- “We simply do not believe we can create and SOURCE: Associated Press rarily shut down the workouts, including Ohio maintain an environment for intercollegiate State and North Carolina on Wednesday alone. athletic competition that meets our require- Though the coalition of eight academically elite Dr. Chris Kratochvil, the chair of the Big ments for safety and acceptable levels of risk,” schools does not grant athletic scholarships or Ten’s infectious disease task force, said there the Ivy League Council of Presidents said in a compete for an NCAA football championship, the is no “hard deadline” for a decision on sports. statement. move could have ripple effects throughout the “Of course, we watch everything that’s going “We are entrusted to create and maintain an big business of college sports. on,” said Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby, educational environment that is guided by health It was the Ivy League’s March 10 decision to whose league has schools in five states from and safety considerations. There can be no great- scuttle postseason play that preceded a cascade West Virginia to Iowa and Texas. “But we’re er responsibility — and that is the basis for this of cancellations. All major college and profes- difficult decision.” sional sports were halted within days. SEE FALL ON PAGE 22

Harvard players, students and fans celebrate a win over Yale in Boston on Nov. 17, 2018. The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports because of the virus pandemic.

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