Volume 79, No. 110B ©SS 2020 CONTINGENCY EDITION SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020 stripes.com Free to Deployed Areas Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg dies at 87 BY MARK SHERMAN should nominate, and the Republican-led election should choose Ginsburg’s replace- Associated Press Senate should confirm, her replacement, ment. “There is no doubt — let me be clear Inside: or if the seat should remain vacant until — that the voters should pick the president WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Jus- the outcome of his race against Democrat and the president should pick the justice tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering RBG’s Joe Biden is known. Majority Leader Mitch for the Senate to consider,” Biden told re- women’s rights champion who became the death could McConnell said late Friday that the Senate porters after returning to his hometown of court’s second female justice, died Friday will vote on Trump’s pick to replace Gins- Wilmington, Del., from campaign stops in at her home in Washington. She was 87. reshape the burg, even though it’s an election year. Minnesota. Ginsburg died of complications from presidential Trump called Ginsburg an “amazing Chief Justice John Roberts mourned metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court woman” and did not mention filling her Ginsburg’s passing. “Our Nation has lost a said. campaign, vacant Supreme Court seat when he spoke jurist of historic stature. We at the Supreme Her death just over six weeks before to reporters following a rally in Bemidji, Ginsburg Page 6 Court have lost a cherished colleague. Election Day is likely to set off a heated bat- Minn. tle over whether President Donald Trump Biden said the winner of the November SEE COURT ON PAGE 6 ‘Freedom of movement’ US deploys Bradleys, mechanized infantry to Syria to ‘ensure the protection of Coalition forces’ Page 4 Soldiers and airmen unload Bradley fighting vehicles from a C-17 aircraft near northeastern Syria on Friday. JENSEN GUILLORY/U.S. Army MIDEAST NATION MUSIC Iran vows ‘hit’ on Trump releases aid Guitarist Gossard, singer-songwriter those involved in to Puerto Rico for Jennings collaborate on adventurous Soleimani killing damage from Maria full-length album ‘Painted Shield’ Page 4 Page 7 Pages 12-13 Lakers top Nuggets in series opener » NBA, Back page PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Sunday, September 20, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES US stocks fall as market decline hits third week Military rates Switzerland (Franc) ........................... 0.9110 Euro costs (Sept. 21) ............................$1.16 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 31.12 Dollar buys (Sept. 21) ...........................€0.82 Turkey (Lira) ........................................7.5725 Associated Press amid worries that they have be- the first three-week losing streak British pound (Sept. 21) ...................... $1.26 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Sept. 21) ....................102.00 available to customers at military banking come too expensive. for the benchmark index since South Korean won (Sept. 21) ........1,136.00 Wall Street capped another Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance The sell-off wiped out the last last October. The Dow Jones In- for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ................................... 0.3771 turbulent week of trading Friday Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For of the solid gains the market saw dustrial Average dropped 244.56 British pound ....................................$1.2944 with a broad slide in stocks that nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ..................................1.3187 to start the week. points, or 0.9%, to 27,657.42. The purchasing British pounds in Germany), left the S&P 500 with its third- China (Yuan) .......................................6.7736 check with your local military banking “The market has been poised Nasdaq composite shed an early Denmark (Krone) ...............................6.2882 straight weekly loss. facility. Commercial rates are interbank Egypt (Pound) ...................................15.7597 to just pull back, take a breather,” gain, losing 116.99 points, or rates provided for reference when buying The S&P 500 fell 1.1%, led once Euro ....................................... $1.1833/0.8451 again by a sell-off in technology said Quincy Krosby, chief market 1.1%, to 10,793.28. Smaller stocks Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................7.7501 currency. All figures are foreign currencies strategist at Prudential Finan- also fell, with the Russell 2000 Hungary (Forint) ................................304.79 to one dollar, except for the British pound, companies, with Apple, Amazon Israel (Shekel) ....................................3.4229 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, and Alphabet weighing particu- cial. “Raising capital is prudent index of small caps giving up 5.82 Japan (Yen) ..........................................104.40 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) larly on the market. Technology during a month that is known points, or 0.4%, to 1,536.78. Kuwait (Dinar) ....................................0.3057 INTEREST RATES statistically, historically for being On Friday, several Big Tech Norway (Krone) ..................................9.0836 stocks and other companies that Philippines (Peso) ................................48.45 Prime rate ................................................3.25 powered the market’s strong difficult for the market.” stocks continued slipping. Apple Poland (Zloty) .........................................3.77 Discount rate ..........................................0.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ..........................3.7513 Federal funds market rate ...................0.09 comeback this year have sud- The S&P 500 fell 37.54 points dropped 3.2%, Microsoft fell 1.2% Singapore (Dollar) .............................1.3583 3-month bill ............................................. 0.10 denly lost momentum this month to 3,319.47. The decline marks and Amazon slid 1.8%. South Korea (Won) ..........................1163.74 30-year bond ...........................................1.45 WEATHER OUTLOOK SUNDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST SUNDAY IN EUROPE MONDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 75/63 Kabul 87/55 Seoul 76/55 Baghdad 107/75 Kandahar 94/57 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 70/61 Pomorskie 72/53 Busan Lakenheath 79/61 73/54 67/46 Iwakuni 77/63 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 102/88 Brussels 71/47 Guam 112/86 79/46 Ramstein 79/64 86/79 Lajes, 78/51 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 102/74 104/84 74/66 76/52 76/54 Aviano/ Vicenza 77/58 Naples 88/68 Okinawa Morón 79/75 81/64 Sigonella 84/68 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Rota Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 97/85 75/63 83/66 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 11 Books ....................... 14 Comics/Crossword ...... 15 Gadgets ......................16 Music ....................12-13 Opinion ..................... 17 Sports .................. 18-24 Sunday, September 20, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 3 MILITARY Marine colonel tapped to judge 9/11 trial BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY Daily News reported. retire, The New York Times reported. travel to Cuba during hearings and for the Stars and Stripes His case includes four Keane was given a letter Thursday from trial. other men for their Army Col. Douglas Watkins informing him Hearings for the case have been halted WASHINGTON— Marine Col. Stephen roles in the 9/11 at- that he will be the next judge for the case. since February due to the coronavirus Keane has been selected to be the newest tacks and their trial Watkins is a chief judge for the Office of pandemic’s travel restrictions, according military judge to preside over the Khalid is expected to begin Military Commissions, which is a military to The New York Times. There are 40 pris- Sheikh Mohammed 9/11 trial at Guanta- Jan. 11. oners at the military prison and 1,500 ser- namo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the Office court for violations of the laws of war. Keane, a military of Military Commissions said Friday. Keane will start immediately on the Mo- vice members assigned there. Mohammed is accused of being the mas- circuit judge at Camp hammed case, according to Ronald Fles- Keane’s first major decision for the case termind behind the 9/11 attacks on the Pendleton, Calif., is vig, a spokesman for the Office of Military will be a plan to get personnel associated taking over the case with the case back to Guantanamo Bay to United States and he was captured in Paki- Keane Commissions. While Keane is overseeing stan in 2003. He was transferred to Guan- from Air Force Col. the case, he will remain at Camp Pendle- resume hearings, according to Flesvig. tanamo in 2006 after being held by the CIA W. Shane Cohen, who announced his res- ton because he still retains his position as a [email protected] at undisclosed locations, The New York ignation from the case in March in order to circuit judge, according to Flesvig. He will @caitlinmkenney Democrats tour Fort Hood, leave ‘deeply concerned’ about conditions BY ROSE L. THAYER Stars and Stripes ‘ We came here today to get answers, AUSTIN, Texas — Eight Dem- but I feel like we not only don’t have ocratic members of Congress said Friday that they have many these answers but now we have more lingering concerns about the con- questions. ditions of Fort Hood after touring ’ Rep. Gil Cisneros the base this week and speaking D-Calif. with the soldiers and families who live there. “Behind me is the sign that says, ‘Fort Hood, the Great Place.’ five homicides and two illness- The commander acknowledged U.S. Army I don’ think that any of us feel that related deaths, drove the law- the problem and described his we can call it a great place right makers to further investigate the plan to meet with leaders and sol- An eight-member congressional delegation on Friday visited Fort now,” said Rep. Jackie Speier, D- central Texas base themselves. diers across the base to rebuild Hood, Texas, as part of an inquiry into the Army base. Calif. “I believe there are serious “I’m deeply concerned about the trust that has eroded this cultural and safety issues at this the soldiers here and their fami- year.