FACES VIRUS OUTBREAK MLB ‘MacGyver’ star Till COVID-19 cases Teams facing discusses coping with rise among troops pitching puzzle in alleged abuse on set in South Korea shortened season Page 15 Page 9 Back page Lawmakers urge change in wake of female soldier’s slaying » Page 4 stripes.com Volume 79, No. 69 ©SS 2020 THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas ‘Very frightening’ Opposition grows to US agents in cities BY GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — The Trump administration is facing growing pushback — in the courts and on the streets — to sending federal agents to Portland, Ore., where protests have spiraled into violence, and vowing to do the same in other Democratic-led cities. Far from tamping down the un- rest that followed George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapo- lis police, the presence of federal agents on the streets of progres- sive Portland — and particularly allegations they have whisked people away in unmarked cars without probable cause — has energized two months of nightly protests that had begun to devolve into smaller, chaotic crowds. SEE AGENTS ON PAGE 12 Esper worried federal agents in Federal officers use chemical irritants and crowd camouflage look control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield United like US troops States Courthouse on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. Page 12 NOAH BERGE / AP House passes defense bill, but draws Trump veto threat over base names BY COREY DICKSTEIN Defense Authorization Act passed boost in the active-duty force, a virus] pandemic, and strongly be- Stars and Stripes 295 to 125 with support from $3.58 billion effort to begin a new lieve the [fiscal year 2021] NDAA House Democrats and Republicans. The initiative to curb Chinese aggres- is an excellent piece of legislation Appropriations WASHINGTON — House law- passage sends the measure to the sion in the Indo-Pacific region, that delivers for our service mem- makers easily passed their $740.5 Senate, where lawmakers are ex- and new measures aimed at iden- bers and their families,” said Rep. Committee billion version of the yearly de- pected later this week to finalize tifying and curbing groundwater Adam Smith, D-Wash., chairman fense authorization bill Tuesday, approves their version of the bill, which sets contamination at military sites. of the House Armed Services drawing a White House veto threat annual spending and policy priori- “I am incredibly proud of the Committee. “Thanks to the work funding for Stars primarily over a provision to strip ties for the Pentagon. work that the House Armed Ser- of my colleagues on both sides of Army installations of Confeder- The House version of the NDAA vices Committee was able to ac- the aisle, the bill we passed today and Stripes ate-linked names. includes a 3% pay raise for U.S. complish this year, despite the The fiscal year 2021 National troops, a more than 5,000-troop challenges posed by the [corona- SEE BUDGET ON PAGE 6 Page 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Thursday, July 23, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Facebook’s labels on election posts sow confusion Military rates Switzerland (Franc)........................... 0.9305 Euro costs (July 23) .............................. $1.13 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 31.62 Dollar buys (July 23) .........................€0.8417 Turkey (New Lira) .............................. 6.8521 Associated Press British pound (July 23)......................... $1.24 (Military exchange rates are those The simple labels read “get offi- and voting,” said Nina Brown, a Japanese yen (July 23) ......................105.00 available to customers at military banking cial voting info” and direct people Syracuse University professor who South Korean won (July 23) ..........1,163.00 facilities in the country of issuance OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the to a hub with information from au- studies misinformation. But Face- has started adding informational Bahrain (Dinar) ................................... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For thoritative election sources . book “missed the opportunity to do British pound .................................... $1.2717 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., labels to all posts about voting by The intention, as Facebook laid so in a clear and meaningful way.” Canada (Dollar) .................................. 1.3438 purchasing British pounds in Germany), federal elected officials and candi- China (Yuan) ....................................... 6.9958 check with your local military banking out in June, was to provide links to Further adding to the confu- Denmark (Krone) ............................... 6.4229 facility. Commercial rates are interbank rates provided for reference when buying dates in the U.S., as it said it would Egypt (Pound) ................................... 16.0046 unbiased information about when sion, Facebook also announced it currency. All figures are foreign currencies do. But the move appears to be and how to vote on election-relat- will start labeling all “newswor- Euro ....................................... $1.1591/0.8628 to one dollar, except for the British pound, Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................. 7.7510 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, sowing confusion, not dispelling ed posts. Instead, though, they’re thy” posts from politicians that Hungary (Forint) ................................ 300.89 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) it. Israel (Shekel) .................................... 3.4204 being misinterpreted — in some break its rules, including those Japan (Yen) .......................................... 107.18 This week, the social network cases as an endorsement of mis- from Trump. But that’s a differ- Kuwait (Dinar) .................................... 0.3072 INTEREST RATES applied labels to posts by President leading or false claims. ent label, not the one on election Norway (Krone) .................................. 9.1105 Philippines (Peso)................................ 49.35 Prime rate ................................................3.25 Donald Trump and by Joe Biden, “There is inherently no problem posts, which do not currently Poland (Zloty) ......................................... 3.81 Discount rate .......................................... 0.75 the presumptive Democratic pres- with Facebook deciding to add la- break Facebook’s rules, even if Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .......................... 3.7503 Federal funds market rate ...................0.08 Singapore (Dollar) ............................. 1.3837 3-month bill ............................................. 0.01 idential nominee, among others. bels to all posts about elections they are false. South Korea (Won) ......................... 1,195.77 30-year bond ...........................................3.87 WEATHER OUTLOOK THURSDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST THURSDAY IN EUROPE FRIDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 70/65 Kabul 91/71 Seoul 76/67 Baghdad 114/81 Kandahar 104/67 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 73/69 78/73 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 68/57 64/54 76/70 Iwakuni 78/74 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 99/93 Brussels 65/54 Guam 107/87 69/51 Ramstein 78/75 83/79 Lajes, 72/55 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 106/90 103/87 69/66 75/56 81/64 Aviano/ Vicenza 81/67 Naples 87/71 Okinawa Morón 84/81 102/66 Sigonella Rota 95/62 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 102/89 82/69 78/75 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified .................. 13 Comics ...................... 18 Crossword ................. 18 Faces ........................ 15 Opinion .................16-17 Sports .................. 19-24 Thursday, July 23, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Air Force unveils new strategy for Arctic BY COREY DICKSTEIN Air Base and Clear Air Force Sta- Stars and Stripes tion [in northern Alaska] are the front lines for our [Space] forces WASHINGTON — Air Force to protect our nation. On top of the and Space Force leaders said world at the [North] Pole gives us Tuesday that the United States great access to those satellites … must invest in upgrading its aging [and] makes it an extremely ad- but critical Arctic-based home- vantageous place to operate from. land defense infrastructure and Although, it’s not easy to operate increase training in the world’s from there.” northernmost region as other Much of the infrastructure that global powers challenge for mili- Air Force and Space Force troops tary influence within the Arctic use in their missions at those lo- Circle. cations dates back to the Cold The United States can no longer War, Barrett said. She vowed an simply look at the Arctic region increase in technology for those as a conflict-free buffer zone as locations. it has for decades because other The new Air Force Arctic strat- world powers, including Russia egy also calls for the service to and China, have turned their at- work closely with allied and part- tention to the region for military ner nations, especially training in purposes and to exploit plentiful the Arctic, where long stretches natural resources, said Air Force of darkness and deeply cold tem- Secretary Barbara Barrett, who peratures make working condi- spoke alongside the top generals tions difficult. for the Air Force and Space Force Goldfein, who is set to retire in an Atlantic Council video event next month, said he expects air- to unveil the Air