FACES MILITARY NBA DRAFT Megan Thee Stallion’s Navy tests ability Proceedings are anticipated debut album to intercept missile expected to again among week’s releases from destroyer have foreign flair Page 18 Page 3 Page 24

Study finds female combat deaths don’t erode war support ›› Page 3

stripes.com

Volume 79 Edition 153 ©SS 2020 NOVEMBER 18, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Pentagon plan calls for pulling all US troops from Somalia

BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes STUTTGART, Germany — A White House plan to reduce the number of U.S. forces in conflict areas includes removing more than 700 troops based in Somalia, where the military in recent years has expanded operations against al-Qaida-linked fighters, news re- ports say. The plan circulating in the Pen- tagon would cut virtually all troops in Somalia, who conduct counterterrorism and training missions, The New York Times re- ported Monday. President Donald Trump has made it a priority during the last months of his administration to sharply scale back both the 19- year-old war in Afghanistan and ongoing missions in Iraq. The ALEJANDRO LICEA/1st Armored Division plan, reported by numerous news U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason N. Bobo, with 82nd Airborne Division, helps secure the landing zone as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to outlets citing unnamed govern- land on Dec. 29 in Southern Afghanistan. ment officials, leaves small resid- ual forces in those countries. The Somalia plan does not affect U.S. forces in neighboring Djibou- ti, where the military has a major hub that supports drone strikes in Afghans warn US pullout Somalia and other missions in Africa, government officials told The New York Times. Keeping drone assets in the re- gion means the military would still be able to carry out strikes against could embolden terrorists the al-Shabab militant group, but elimination of forces in Somalia could curtail the intelligence- BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN pected to end, The Associated Press and other “Such policy blunders don’t mitigate the risks gathering capabilities that come Stars and Stripes news outlets reported Monday. and embolden the threat of global terrorist with having special operations KABUL, Afghanistan — President Donald The possible move falls short of a goal he networks to our region and the world.” units on the ground. Trump is reportedly planning to cut the num- touted throughout his tenure to end the coun- Faisal referred to the release of about 5,000 Meanwhile, as talk in Washing- ber of U.S. troop in Afghanistan to 2,500, news try’s “forever wars,” but defies the advice of Taliban prisoners, which the Afghan govern- ton swirled in recent months that met with warnings from Afghan security generals and others who have advocated for ment reluctantly agreed to under the assump- about possible drawdowns in con- officials that a rapid drawdown would em- larger footprints as peace talks between Ka- tion that the U.S. would continue to provide flict areas, to include Somalia, bolden terrorists and hamper Afghan military bul and the Taliban continue. military support until conditions were right U.S. Africa Command’s airstrike efforts to fight its enemies. “To release thousands of terrorists, get for a withdrawal. campaign in the country has Trump is preparing to reduce the U.S.’s nothing in return, and then withdraw, is a The 2,500 figure was first mentioned in Oc- slowed down dramatically. footprint in Afghanistan to 2,500 troops and failed strategy for war and peace,” Javid Fai- tober by national security adviser Robert draw down to the same number in Iraq by Jan. sal, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National SEE EXIT ON PAGE 4 SEE SOMALIA ON PAGE 4 15, just five days before his presidency is ex- Security Council, said Monday on Twitter. PAGE 2 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EasyJet posts its first annual loss Twitter to offer short-lived tweets ASSOCIATED PRESS tweets. Associated Press 38% of its planned capacity during not expected in time to salvage the Fleets can’t be retweeted and LONDON — British airline the peak holiday season. winter flying season for the avia- Twitter is launching tweets that they won’t have “likes.” People easyJet posted its first full-year Chief Executive Johan Lund- tion industry, and easyJet said disappear in 24 hours called can respond to them, but the re- loss in its 25-year history as a re- gren said the company had re- Tuesday that it does not expect to “Fleets” globally, echoing social plies show up as direct messages sult of the coronavirus pandemic sponded “robustly and decisive- fly more than around 20% of its media sites like Snapchat, Face- to the original tweeter, not as a but laid out hope that the rollout of ly” to the crisis and cheered “wel- planned services in the current book and Instagram that already public response, turning any vaccines will help it bounce back come news” on a possible vaccine. quarter amid a resurgence of the have disappearing posts. back-and-forth into a private con- strongly next year. Already this month two candidate virus in Europe. That's down from The company says the ephem- versation instead of a public dis- The airline reported a pretax vaccines have revealed positive an anticipated 25%. eral tweets, which it calls “fleets” cussion. loss of $1.7 billion for the year results, which has raised hopes Easyjet has slashed costs by because of their fleeting nature. Fleets are a “lower pressure” through September as passenger that everyday life could be return- 31% and bolstered its finances to They are designed to allay the way to communicate “fleeting numbers halved to 48.1 million. ing to normal in the first half of weather the crisis, including rais- concerns of new users who might thoughts” as opposed to perma- The summer was particularly next year. ing 3.1 billion pounds. It is also opt- be turned off by the public and nent tweets, Twitter executives tough, with the airline flying just Still, the vaccine or vaccines are ing against paying a dividend. permanent nature of normal said in a blog post. WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

Misawa 68/54

Kabul Seoul 52/34 65/43 Baghdad 73/48 Tokyo Drawsko Osan Kandahar Mildenhall/ 66/35 72/50 60/40 Pomorskie Busan Lakenheath 51/44 60/46 69/47 Iwakuni Kuwait City 73/57 Bahrain Brussels Zagan Sasebo Guam 76/58 83/73 Ramstein 52/45 70/64 58/47 58/47 86/78 Riyadh Lajes, 81/57 Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 62/56 57/45 86/72 Aviano/ 54/40 Vicenza 64/49

Naples 69/50 Okinawa Morón 79/75 78/60 Sigonella Rota 68/56 The weather is provided by the Djibouti 74/54 Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 86/77 65/53 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. TODAY American Roundup ...... 11 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 16 Crossword ...... 16 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 14 Sports ...... 19-24 Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 3 MILITARY War support not affected by female deaths Joint study seeks public views on combat fatalities

BY NANCY MONTGOMERY Screenshots from Missile Defense Agency Stars and Stripes Screenshots show animation of a U.S. Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System intercepting and Women’s combat deaths do not destroying an intercontinental ballistic missile target with a Standard Missile­3 Block IIA missile Monday. erode public support for armed conflicts any more than the deaths of male soldiers, according to a new study. Navy destroys ICBM using And although the thought of fe- male combat deaths appears to re- inforce women’s views on gender new interceptor missile equality, it does not do so among Kandi Huggins/U.S. Army men, said “At War and at Home: Capt. Johanna Smoke, left, BY CHAD GARLAND The Consequences of U.S. Women deployed to Zabul province, Stars and Stripes Combat Casualties.” Afghanistan, in 2013. A study A Navy ship has for the first The joint study by Rice Univer- found that thoughts of female time destroyed an intercontinen- sity, Harvard University and the soldiers dying in combat does not diminish war support. tal ballistic missile using a stan- University of Nebraska-Lincoln dard missile, providing the U.S. surveyed a nationally representa- with a complement to shore-based tive sample of 1,400 adults and Respondents were also asked a defenses as it guards against more than 4,000 respondents in set of standard questions designed threats from rogue states with de- follow-up surveys. to ascertain their views of wom- veloping nuclear missile technol- “Many of the policy arguments en’s roles in public and private life ogy. about whether women ought to be after reading the scenarios. The destroyer USS John Finn, allowed to serve in combat rest “Women dying in combat in- equipped with an Aegis Ballistic upon untested empirical claims creases support for gender equal- Missile Defense System, shot about the consequences of allow- ity, particularly in the public down the ICBM on Monday north- ballistic missiles, though data col- test of an Aegis BMD-equipped ing them to do so,” said the report sphere of work and politics, but east of Hawaii with the latest ver- lected by its radar systems could vessel using the SM-3 Block IIA. published in the Journal of Con- only among women respondents,” sion of the Standard Missile-3, the be used to help other systems Originally planned for May, it was flict Resolution. “This study the study found. U.S. Missile Defense Agency said track and destroy ICBMs, the delayed by restrictions on move- brings new evidence to bear on “Telling women they can serve in a statement. Congressional Research Service ment of equipment and personnel these speculative debates.” in these roles — it becomes some- “This was an incredible accom- said in a recent report. aimed at slowing the spread of the In 2015, the Defense Depart- what aspirational for women,” Co- plishment and critical milestone About three years ago, Con- coronavirus. ment ordered that women be al- hen said. for the Aegis BMD SM-3 Block gress mandated that the military The interceptor was originally lowed in all combat positions de- The willingness to fight and die IIA program,” said Vice Adm. Jon evaluate by the end of this year the intended for use in regional de- spite resistance from some quar- in combat is inextricably linked Hill, the agency’s director. feasibility of using an SM-3 to de- fenses, but ships allow it to be ters, including the Marine Corps. with what it means to be a full and The missile, designed to kill feat an ICBM. “surged in a crisis or conflict to Opponents suggested that fe- equal citizen of the state, the study midcourse enemy missiles in Preliminary data show that thicken defensive capabilities for male casualties would dampen noted, citing the examples of space, has longer range and high- Monday’s test met that objective, the U.S. homeland” against long- public support for a war and that Black soldiers until the early er speed than its predecessors. It the Missile Defense Agency said. range missile threats, the Penta- political leaders “might find their 1950s, and gay, lesbian and bisex- could be used to protect Hawaii, The Raytheon-built SM-3 is gon said in a January 2019 review. ability to fight and win wars se- ual service members until 2010. Guam and other U.S. interests in equipped with a “hit-to-kill” war- It could also be used on land, verely diminished,” the study But male participants in the the Pacific, as well as Japan, head that collides with the target though it isn’t considered a re- said. study were no more likely to say against missile threats from North missile’s warhead to destroy it. placement for larger land-based But study author Dara Cohen, a they thought women made good Korea. The Block IIA variant has a larger interceptors. professor at Harvard University, leaders after reading scenarios in The same interceptor could be diameter than other versions, al- The Aegis Ashore system based said “we found no evidence of that which valorous female troops used in Romania and Poland lowing for more fuel, a higher in Romania as a defense against whatsoever.” were killed in action. against threats in that region. maximum velocity and a larger potential Russian aggression has The study presented respon- Supporters of female combat- An animation of the successful warhead, the CRS report said. been upgraded to fire the new dents with hypothetical battle sce- ants have argued that allowing intercept shows the missile firing This week’s test used “engage- SM-3 variant, Hill said earlier this narios featuring either soldier women into combat positions was from USS John Finn as the ICBM on-remote” capabilities, in which year. “Molly Ryan” or soldier “Todd crucial for their career advance- target launches from the Ronald data from systems other than the The missile threat from U.S. ad- Ryan.” ment and that it would spur efforts Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense ship’s own radar provide the tar- versaries is complex and includes They were then asked to answer for full female equality in the mil- Test Site on Kwajalein in the Mar- geting solution to guide the mis- evolving ballistic and hypersonic questions meant to measure sup- itary. shall Islands, and arcing through sile. missile threats, he said, and the port for such a conflict, including From 2001 through July 2020, space over the Hawaiian island The tracking information was U.S. needs to develop defensive whether it was a mistake. some 173 female service members chain. fed to the destroyer from the Mis- capabilities to outpace “rogue “In sum … we find an abun- had been killed in Iraq, Afghanis- Nearly all Navy cruisers and de- sile Defense Integration and Op- state offensive missile capabili- dance of evidence challenging the tan and Syria, according to the stroyers have a variant of the Ae- erations Center, based at Schriev- ties.” idea that women fighting and dy- Congressional Research Service. gis BMD system, which was origi- er Air Force Base, near Colorado ing in combat will erode the publi- nally designed to intercept short-, Springs, Colo. [email protected] c’s willingness to mobilize and to [email protected] medium- and intermediate-range The event was the sixth flight Twitter: @chadgarland support war efforts,” it said. Twitter:@montgomerynance PAGE 4 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 WAR ON TERRORISM NATO chief warns against US Afghanistan withdrawal

Bloomberg ghanistan the terror caliphate it ly a staunch Trump ally, said on NATO Secretary General Jens lost in Syria and Iraq." the Senate floor Monday that Stoltenberg warned Tuesday that Trump is poised to order a there's little support in Congress withdrawing troops from Afghan- drawdown of U.S. troops in Af- for "simply walking away" from istan prematurely risks a resur- ghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 in each the conflicts. gence of international terrorism country by Jan. 15, a U.S. defense "The consequences of a prema- as U.S. President Donald Trump official said, as the president ture American exit" from Afghan- is expected to issue a formal order works to deliver on his longtime istan "would likely be even worse drawing down American forces. pledge to exit from "endless wars." than President [Barack] Obama's The North Atlantic Treaty Or- U.S. Central Command has re- withdrawal from Iraq back in FRANCISCO SECO / AP ganization currently has about ceived an informal warning order, 2011, which fueled the rise of ISIS NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a 12,000 multinational troops in Af- according to the official. The ex- and a new round of global terror- ceremony marking the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks at ghanistan to train and assist Af- pected order, reported Monday by ism," McConnell said. "It would be NATO headquarters in Brussels earlier this year. ghan security forces, and the orga- CNN, would reduce troops from reminiscent of the humiliating nization is committed to funding about 4,500 in Afghanistan and American departure from Saigon for our own security." Stoltenberg has praised Biden them through 2024. The U.S. con- from about 3,000 in Iraq before in 1975." The criticism of Trump's plans as a "strong supporter" of the de- tributes troops and logistical sup- Trump leaves office. Stoltenberg noted that NATO marks a change in tone for Stolten- fense grouping. port. Trump's deadline would come went into Afghanistan to prevent berg as he prepares for Biden to Trump's move comes after he "The price for leaving too soon five days before President-elect that nation from continuing to har- lead the U.S., which dominates the fired Defense Secretary Mark or in an uncoordinated way could Joe Biden takes office. Pentagon bor international terrorists after 30-nation NATO. Stoltenberg suc- Esper and replaced other top offi- be very high," Stoltenberg said in officials didn't immediately com- the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. cessfully maintained relations cials at the Pentagon with loyalists an emailed statement. "Afghanis- ment when asked about the draw- "We went into Afghanistan to- with Trump, offering frequent last week. Esper sent a classified tan risks becoming once again a downs. gether. And when the time is right, praise of the president even as memo to the White House this platform for international terror- But the planned troop cuts drew we should leave together in a coor- Trump blasted NATO members month expressing concerns about ists to plan and organize attacks on sharp criticism from Senate Ma- dinated and orderly way," Stolten- for spending too little on defense additional troop cuts, The Wash- our homelands." He said Islamic jority Leader Mitch McConnell. berg said. "I count on all NATO al- and sometimes threatened to quit ington Post has reported, citing State, or ISIS, "could rebuild in Af- The Kentucky Republican, usual- lies to live up to this commitment, the alliance. two unidentified senior officials. Exit: Report deepens concerns over Afghan security capabilities

FROM FRONT PAGE 1 curity forces about the continued Capt. Ghulam Rahman, who has peace. “We went into Afghanistan to- O’Brien, who expected it to be re- development of their capabilities. served in the Afghan army for sev- Under February’s U.S.-Taliban gether. And when the time is right, ached early next year. “If the U.S. draws down to 2,500 eral years and is currently sta- deal, the U.S. agreed to fully with- we should leave together in a coor- However, that assessment was so soon, it will create a lot of prob- tioned in eastern Laghman prov- draw from Afghanistan along with dinated and orderly way,” Stolten- dismissed as speculation by lems throughout our military, es- ince, was more optimistic about all other international forces by berg said. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of pecially in the Afghan air force,” the nation’s self-sufficiency. May if the Taliban met certain In the U.S., Republican Senate Staff Gen. Mark Milley, who told Col. Abdul Fattah Ishaqzai, head “We are well-trained and capa- conditions, one of which was se- Majority Leader Mitch McCon- NPR on Oct. 11 that any drawdown of maintenance for the Afghan air ble of defending our country,” vering ties with al-Qaida. nell praised the administration for below 4,500 troops would be “con- force, told Stars and Stripes in a Rahman said. “We will do that un- However, the Taliban main- fighting terrorism but warned ditions-based” to safeguard U.S. phone interview. til we die.” tains links with the terrorist against a premature exit from Af- national security interests. Ishaqzai said he was particular- A further drawdown will likely group, according to recent assess- ghanistan. The U.S. military in Afghanis- ly concerned about how they be welcomed by the Taliban, who ments by the United Nations and “It would be reminiscent of the tan on Tuesday would not answer would be able to maintain the fleet reacted favorably to a Trump the Pentagon. humiliating American departure questions as to whether conditions of American aircraft the U.S. tweet in October that said all U.S. NATO will continue its train, from Saigon in 1975,” McConnell on the ground are now appropri- spent billions on without further troops should be out of Afghanis- advise and assist missions, “even said on the Senate floor Monday. ate for a drawdown below 4,500, training. tan by Christmas. with further U.S. reductions,” “We’d be abandoning our part- and referred all queries to the “I think our American col- The insurgent group, which be- Secretary General Jens Stolten- ners in Afghanistan.” Pentagon, which did not immedi- leagues should look at the situa- gan talks with the government and berg said in a statement Tuesday, ately reply to Stars and Stripes. tion in the country and be very other Afghan representatives in warning that withdrawing hap- Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report. The reports deepened concerns careful about withdrawing,” Ish- September, said such a move hazardly and too soon could come [email protected] among some in Afghanistan’s se- aqzai said. would be a positive step toward with a heavy price. Twitter: @pwwellman Somalia: AFRICOM says various factors determine pace of strikes

FROM FRONT PAGE 1 “There are various factors that death of any militants, it wasn’t AFRICOM officials have said malia — both militarily and at the The last strike in Somalia to influence our strikes. The US ap- publicly reported, AFRICOM al-Shabab, which hasn’t demon- diplomatic level — than at any eliminate an al-Shabab target was proach and commitment to de- said. strated a capability to strike be- time since the notorious Battle of in late August, which means grading Al-Shabaab remains If the decision to pull more than yond eastern Africa, could be- Mogadishu in 1993 that left 19 AFRICOM has now gone its long- strong,” Lt. Cmdr. Christina M. 700 troops from Somalia is put into come a larger security threat if left Americans dead. Aside from se- est stretch in several years with- Gibson said in a statement earlier action, it will likely put additional unchecked. Al-Shabab has proven cret special operations missions, out a lethal strike. Under Trump, this month. “We remain commit- pressure on Somali forces to oper- resilient and is able to carry out the U.S. largely walked away from the military had ramped up air- ted to supporting our African ate independently in the fight high-profile attacks in the country Somalia in the years that followed. strikes in Somalia, where a record Partners to enhance regional se- against al-Shabab. Much of AFRI- and neighboring states such as But by 2018, conditions improved 63 strikes were carried out in 2019. curity and stability.” COM’s focus over the past two Kenya, where three Americans enough that the U.S. established When asked about the nearly The last lethal strike reported years has been on building up a were killed in January when a its first diplomatic mission in So- three-month strike lull, AFRI- by AFRICOM on Aug. 25 killed specialized commando brigade in base used by U.S. forces was am- malia in nearly 30 years. COM said the slower pace wasn’t one terrorist. On Oct. 18 there was Somalia that has emerged as a key bushed. indicative of the military taking its an unreported strike in the coun- force in the fight to reclaim terri- Despite those attacks, the U.S. is [email protected] eye off al-Shabab. try, but since it didn’t result in the tory held by al-Shabab. much more involved today in So- Twitter@john_vandiver Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 5 MILITARY Spangdahlem F-16s deploy to Middle East

BY JENNIFER SVAN East in 2016. About 300 personnel, Stars and Stripes including pilots, maintainers, op- KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- erations support, logistics supply ny — Hundreds of airmen and and intelligence, deployed with more than 10 F-16 fighter jets from the squadron, McFarland said. Spangdahlem Air Base have de- He declined to disclose the ployed to the Middle East to sup- length of the deployment due to port combat operations and train operational security concerns. with regional allies, Air Force offi- The squadron’s move to Al Dha- cials said Tuesday. fra is an example of what the Air The aircraft arrived at Al Dha- Force calls a “dynamic force em- fra Air Base in the United Arab ployment.” That concept, McFar- Emirates on Nov. 12, the Air Force land said, provides “joint force said, two weeks after a squadron commanders the flexibility to of F-35A Lightning II fighters move forces into, out of and across from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the theater in order to seize, retain returned from a five-month de- and exploit the initiative against” ployment to the same base. adversaries at any given moment. The unit is expected to integrate The 480th Fighter Squadron was with coalition and partner forces tapped to relocate to Aviano Air and conduct combat missions in Base in Italy as part of a Pentagon support of Operation Inherent Re- plan announced in July to pull solve, said Maj. Chase McFarland, 12,000 troops out of Germany, but a U.S. Air Forces Central Com- no details or a timeline for the mand spokesman. move have been made public. The F-16 Fighting Falcons are ZADE VADNAIS / U.S. Air Force th part of the 480 Fighter Squadron, [email protected] A U.S. Air Force F­16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, which last deployed to the Middle Twitter: @stripesktown Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, lands Thursday at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Former Green Beret scheduled Trump explored to plead guilty in espionage case military strike on Associated Press Russian intelligence, according to a Russian linguist. FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A for- the indictment issued earlier this The indictment alleges he pro- mer Army Green Beret charged year. vided information and names of with espionage activity on behalf It began in late 1996 when he his fellow Special Forces mem- Iran, reports say of Russia is scheduled to plead was still an ROTC undergrad at bers while he was on assignment guilty to federal charges. the University of Minnesota and in Azerbaijan and Georgia. BY DAVID JACKSON Chairman Mark A. Milley. A plea hearing has been sched- on a visit to Russia for an inde- Debbins’ mother was born in USA Today Under a 2015 agreement signed uled Wednesday in federal court pendent study program gave a the Soviet Union, and Debbins WASHINGTON — President by the Obama administration, the in Alexandria for Peter Rafael Russian handler the names of four met his wife in the Russian city of Donald Trump asked advisers United States and United Nations Dzibinski Debbins, 45, of Gaines- Catholic nuns he had visited. Chelyabinsk, where they were about options for a military strike allies agreed to reduce economic ville, Va. He joined the Army as an ac- married in 1997, according to the against Iran last week, but held off sanctions on Iran as it gave up the Court records do not spell out tive-duty officer in 1998 and indictment. ordering an operation that would means to produce nuclear weap- the specific charge to which he is served through 2005, the last two According to the indictment, inflame Middle East tensions dur- ons. Trump abandoned the deal in expected to plead; when he was years as a Special Forces officer. Debbins told Russian intelligence ing his last two months in office, 2018, claiming, without evidence, arrested in August, he was He was discharged and lost his he considered himself a “son of according to reports. that Iran was cheating. charged under the federal Espion- security clearance after violating Russia.” It also says that he Trump explored the idea of a Since then, Trump and his ad- age Act with divulging U.S. mili- protocols while on assignment in thought that the United States was military strike against Iran over ministration have increased eco- tary secrets about his unit’s activ- Azerbaijan, including bringing his too dominant in the world and an inspection report showing Teh- nomic sanctions on Iran and ities in former Soviet republics to wife with him to the country and needed to be cut down to size.” ran had stepped up the means to claimed it will eventually return to Russian intelligence agents. allowing her to use a government- In a handwritten confession fil- make nuclear weapons, according the bargaining table. Debbins' attorney did not return issued cellphone, according to of- ed in court, Debbins wrote that in to The New York Times and The Some analysts expressed con- an email Monday seeking com- ficials. 1997 he gave Russian intelligence Wall Street Journal. cern that Trump is looking to end ment. As a civilian, he later worked for a signed statement saying that “I At a meeting Thursday, Trump his presidency with a dramatic Debbins, a Minnesota native, military contractors in counterin- want to serve Russia.” and members of his national secu- military strike against Iran that had a 15-year relationship with telligence roles, including work as rity team discussed potential mil- would limit the ability of Presi- itary and cyber attacks on Iranian dent-elect Joe Biden to revive di- nuclear targets, but aides warned plomacy with Tehran after he him that “a strike against Iran’s fa- takes office Jan. 20. Official: Europe must do more for its defense cilities could easily escalate into a “There was this diplomatic broader conflict in the last weeks agreement that had rolled back Associated Press it remains dependent on the U.S. in recent years by President Do- of Mr. Trump’s presidency,” the Iran’s nuclear program without a BERLIN — Germany’s defense for its security even as it aims to do nald Trump’s sharp criticism of Times reported. war,” tweeted Ben Rhodes, a for- minister said Tuesday that Eu- more to stand on its own legs. the low military expenditure by Citing anonymous sources, the eign policy adviser to President rope must do more for its own pro- “The idea of Europe’s strategic some NATO members, chiefly Times said officials left the meet- Barack Obama, who negotiated tection, even as it seeks to ensure autonomy goes too far if it feeds Germany. ing with Trump “believing a mis- the 2015 agreement Iran and other that the United States remains the illusion that we can ensure se- France’s President Emmanuel sile attack inside Iran was off the countries. vested in the continent’s security curity, stability and prosperity in Macron recently insisted that the table.” Last week, the International interests. Europe without NATO and with- change of administration in the The meeting included Vice Atomic Energy Agency reported Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer out the U.S.,” she said. United State should be used as an President Mike Pence, Secretary that Iran’s uranium stockpile at a told students at a German military Doubts over the future of Eu- opportunity to pursue Europe’s of State Mike Pompeo, Acting De- key facility is now 12 times larger university in Hamburg that Eu- rope’s post-World War II reliance strategic independence, not back- fense Secretary Christopher C. than permitted under the nuclear rope must accept the paradox that on the United States were stoked track on it. Miller, and Joint Chiefs of Staff agreement. PAGE 6 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 MILITARY Virtual events remove some barriers for troops

BY ERICA EARL Stars and Stripes Virtual events are replacing many in-person military meetings during the coronavirus pandemic, but they’re also giving service members space to tell their lead- ers things they wouldn’t otherwise AKIFUMI ISHIKAWA/STARS AND STRIpes say, a management expert said re- People wearing masks stroll near Yamashita Pier in Yokohama, Japan. cently. The U.S. military reported 11 new cases in Japan on Tuesday. The rise of social media plat- forms for official business makes leaders more accessible to their US military reports subordinates, sometimes in a ca- sual manner unfamiliar in the mil- itary, according to Holly Raider, a 11 new cases in Japan clinical professor of management and leader of the U.S. Army learn- BY JOSEPH DITZLER AND post by the naval base. That per- ing exchange program at North- AYA ICHIHASHI son’s contacts are being traced. FACEBOOK / Facebook western University’s Kellogg Stars and Stripes Yokosuka last reported four School of Business. The commander of U.S. Army Japan, Maj. Gen. Viet X. Luong, hosts a new cases on Friday and now has “While social media can be an virtual town hall meeting via Facebook in August. TOKYO – The U.S. military in 15 active infections. effective and enriching form of Japan reported 11 new coronavi- Yokota Air Base, headquarters communication, people tend to to ones held in person before the rus cases as of 7 p.m. Tuesday. of U.S. Forces Japan in western feel emboldened when they are While social coronavirus social distancing The Navy announced two, the Tokyo, reported five new patients not talking face to face,” she said measures, Krejcarek said. Army three and the Air Force six. Tuesday, all of whom tested posi- during a Zoom interview Nov. 10. media can be an The main ballroom on Camp Za- At least four are recent arrivals to tive between Saturday and Mon- “The fabric of group cohesion can ma, where the U.S. Army Japan Japan. day, according to a Facebook post. get frayed by this medium.” effective and town halls were previously held, One of the Navy’s new patients Public health authorities were Virtual town halls and live can hold about 400 people, he said. acquired the infection locally, ac- tracing their contacts, said the events on official unit and base enriching form of The installation’s first virtual cording to a Facebook post by Yo- base, which did not specify how Facebook pages allow open, some- town hall March 26 had more than kosuka Naval Base. At least one of those individuals acquired the vi- times freewheeling comments. communication, 900 attendees, according to Face- the new cases at Yokota Air Base rus. This means protocols for address- book analytics. also apparently acquired the virus Yokota High School announced ing people, such as military offi- people tend to Raider said she teaches her locally, according to a post by the on Tuesday that a student’s family cers, can get lost amid the feeling business students methods for air base. member had tested positive, ac- of anonymity that comes from typ- feel emboldened avoiding the temptation of casual Japanese authorities confirmed cording to a letter from Principal ing on a screen, Raider said. comments while at work on social Monday that a person attached to Marian Leverette to families and Both Raider and Kevin Krejca- when they are media. She recommends main- the Army who arrived two days staff. Contact tracing discovered rek, a spokesman for U.S. Army taining good posture during a vir- earlier was infected with the coro- no cases within the school itself, it Japan, agreed that social media not talking face tual meeting, dressing the part navirus, according to a U.S. Army said. can eliminate barriers, but it may and setting intentions around the Japan news release. The high school reported one also distract from the intended to face. purpose of the virtual interaction. The service did not elaborate, case at the school in October. The message or mission. Military members who tele- but Japanese authorities typically six are the only coronavirus pa- Holly Raider work or work in a nontraditional test new arrivals at international tients currently at Yokota, accord- ‘Is it Bass or Bass?’ Kellogg School of Business environment should wear their airports such as Haneda and Nar- ing to the base. uniforms, down to their boots, Last month, a Facebook post ita in the Tokyo area. In Tokyo, the metropolitan gov- while engaging with their peers from Chief Master Sgt. of the Air from digital events, he said. That patient did not experience ernment Tuesday reported anoth- and superiors for official purposes Force JoAnne Bass stirred up con- “Though virtual town halls are symptoms of COVID-19, the respi- er 298 people infected with the vi- online, she said. versation when a staff sergeant the best to keep our audience in- ratory disease caused by the virus, rus, according to public broad- Raider also recommends lead- left a cheeky comment about the formed in this current COVID-19 and went from restricted move- caster NHK. ers of digital meetings check in to pronunciation of her name: “is it environment, it does not replace ment into quarantine, according Tokyo is off-limits except for of- see not only how participants are to the Army. An unspecified num- ficial business to most U.S. mili- Bass or Bass?” live attendance, which offers a interacting with their superiors ber of contacts are also quarantin- tary personnel in Japan. The Air Force’s top enlisted more direct, face-to-face encoun- but also with each other. ed, the service said. On Okinawa, the southernmost leader was quick to call out the re- ter,” he wrote in an email. CO- “Sometimes communication is Two other individuals with the prefecture, the government on mark. VID-19 is the respiratory disease made more of a challenge than it “Oh, I absolutely have a sense of caused by the coronavirus. needs to be,” she said. “Leaders Army arrived Nov. 3 at Kadena Tuesday reported 24 new corona- humor,” Bass replied in a com- Krejcarek said the potential for should be intentional on their Air Base on Okinawa and tested virus cases on Tuesday, a public ment Oct. 18. “Love to have fun unprofessional remarks on social message and purpose to rein in fo- positive Monday while in restrict- health official told Stars and and laugh. But disrespect, trolling, media is worth the accessibility, cus in the comments section.” ed movement, according to the Ar- Stripes. The island is home to doesn’t go over well with me.” as senior leaders like Maj. Gen. Krejcarek said the Army uses a my. They were then moved from nearly 30,000 U.S. service mem- In a subsequent post, Bass said Viet X. Luong support and encour- guide for social media engage- restricted movement into quaran- bers. she spoke to the staff sergeant of- age junior members to speak up. ment training called “think, type, tine. The prefecture also reported fline. “The U.S. Army Japan com- post,” as an attempt to counterbal- The Army last reported a new three new coronavirus cases at “I wanted to understand where mander has reiterated a number ance inappropriate incidents. case on Nov. 9, also a new arrival Kadena Air Base, which had not he was coming from and get his of times that either negative or “Think about what message you in Japan. confirmed those cases as of 7 p.m. thoughts on how our values should positive comments raised are to are communicating and who Yokosuka, headquarters of the Tuesday. Kadena last reported a translate in the social media land- bring about making a better com- might view it, type only messages 7th Fleet south of Tokyo, said one new patient on Monday. Including scape,” she wrote Oct. 19. mand and community,” Krejca- or content that are consistent with person tested positive while still in the Monday case, the base has re- Krejcarek said moderators rek said. “The open dialogue is Army values,” he said, “and post restricted movement after arriv- ported 55 cases since July. monitor comments during U.S. paramount.” only if it demonstrates dignity and ing in Japan. Army Japan’s virtual meetings for respect for yourself and others.” Another person acquired the unsavory comments, or “trolling,” ‘Think, type, post’ disease locally and was tested af- [email protected] ter showing symptoms of CO- Twitter: @JosephDitzler in internet speak. Nonetheless, an Online, virtual town halls also [email protected] [email protected] interactive element is missing draw a higher turnout compared Twitter: @ThisEarlGirl VID-19, according to a Facebook Twitter: @AyaIchihashi Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Over 300 at Wash. state wedding to get tested Associated Press cism from across the political RITZVILLE, Wash.— Health spectrum for his handling of CO- officials are asking more than 300 VID-19, from those who think he's attendees of a wedding near Ritz- not doing enough to address rising ville on Nov. 7 to get tested for CO- case counts to those who think he’s VID-19 after several people tested been overreaching in his ap- positive. proach. The Grant County Health Dis- He issued a new disaster decla- trict said in a news release Mon- ration, which took effect Monday, day that anyone who attended the despite questions from some law- wedding is being asked to quaran- makers about its legal underpin- tine through Nov. 21. nings. He has urged calm in ask- County officials said as of Mon- ing Alaskans to take precautions day, 17 county residents have test- but last week, amid what he called ed positive and that attendees di- an escalating crisis, issued his call agnosed with COVID-19 have also for residents “to sacrifice a little been linked to two subsequent out- more by changing your daily rou- breaks. Officials said they were tines." alerting the public because they Rep. Zack Fields, an Anchorage won't be able to otherwise find ev- Democrat, said if Dunleavy were MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP ery person who attended the to issue a statewide face mask A woman walks past a produce stand Monday at the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. event. mandate it would “depoliticize At the time of the wedding, cere- masks among that fringe group new COVID-19 cases, compared day that if cases continued to been more than 450 reports of stu- monies had been limited to 30 peo- that has been most resistant to with about 4,900 per day the last surge in the next couple of days, dents at the University of North ple. As of Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee wearing them.” two weeks of October. his administration will have to Carolina at Chapel Hill violating has prohibited receptions and is Eagle River Republican Sen. “The nation has been swept by a take additional steps to slow the COVID-19 safety rules set by the putting in place other restrictions Lora Reinbold has been a promi- COVID storm ... and with nearly spread of the coronavirus. school, according to a report re- in an effort to stem a recent spike nent critic of Dunleavy, saying in a no mitigations in the states bor- “We just need more people day leased by the university. in cases of the coronavirus that recent Facebook post that he dering us, and no national strategy in and day out, trying to do the ve- The report released Monday threatens to overwhelm the health “wants us to dramatically change to reduce the spread, we’re in for a ry best for those around them,” he said there were about 55 cases of care system. our lives” to help frontline work- very difficult next few months,” said. “I don’t want the state to ever students being removed from Additional governors and may- ers who “have supposedly been Pritzker said at his daily coronavi- see a refrigeration truck coming campus housing for breaking the ors are also ratcheting up restric- gearing up to take care of patients rus briefing in Chicago. in because we need it for for our university’s rules. The majority of tions ahead of Thanksgiving for all year.” Officials are concerned about lost loved ones.” the cases resulted in written warn- fear that holiday travel and family the coming collision of cold weath- The Democratic governor add- ings and other lesser disciplinary gatherings will only worsen the Illinois er, traditional holidays and flu ed that the specific type of action actions. record-breaking, coast-to-coast SPRINGFIELD — With more seasons, all which have the capac- would not be similar to what oc- When students began classes at resurgence of the virus. people hospitalized with CO- ity to spread or exacerbate the vi- curred in March and April. the campus this fall, they had all State health officials on Monday VID-19 in Illinois than during the rus. “We know too much about the signed agreements to follow the reported an additional 1,492 CO- bleakest period of the coronavirus “It is not too late to rethink your virus now; we won't have to go to school’s virus safety guidelines VID-19 cases and 29 deaths onslaught last spring, Gov. J.B. Thanksgiving Day plans,” said Dr. those lengths,” he said at a virtual that includes wearing masks and throughout Washington. Pritzker on Monday turned to pro- Ngozi Ezike, the state public news briefing. social distancing. The report does The latest update brings the fessionals in the field to make per- health director. "They need to be Kentucky reported 1,514 new not provide details on the inci- state’s totals to more than 131,500 sonal pleas for precautions to slow more aligned with COVID-19 pre- confirmed coronavirus cases dents, but said the complaints cases and 2,548 deaths, according the relentless pandemic. cautions. We can all see it. Things Monday, the highest number of were made between Aug. 1 and to the state Department of Health. The state reported 11,632 new are getting worse." cases on a Monday for the state Oct. 31. infections, down from repeated since the pandemic began. The school closed dorms and Alaska record-breaking days last week, Kentucky moved classes online after spikes JUNEAU — Alaska Republican but November has seen a daily av- LOUISVILLE — Kentucky North Carolina in coronavirus cases were report- Gov. Mike Dunleavy faces criti- erage of approximately 10,500 Gov. Andy Beshear warned Mon- CHAPEL HILL — There have ed in residence halls in August. PAGE 8 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Pandemic politics stalls DC as virus cases surge

Associated Press nounced,” Trump tweeted Mon- tion plans with his own incoming WASHINGTON — With the na- day morning after Moderna an- administration, warning that tion gripped by a resurgent coro- nounced that its candidate ap- “more people may die if you don’t navirus and looking to Washing- peared in early testing to be 95% coordinate.” ton for help, President Donald effective against the virus. “For Saying vaccine plans are vital to Trump and lawmakers in Con- those great ‘historians’, please re- repairing the nation’s economy, gress have a message for strug- member that these great discov- Biden said, “If we have to wait un- gling Americans: Just keep wait- eries, which will end the China til Jan. 20 to start that planning, it ing. Plague, all took place on my puts us behind.” The urgency of the nationwide watch!” Biden said he was hopeful that surge in virus cases, spiking hos- On a call Monday with gover- Trump “will be mildly more en- pitalizations and increasing death nors, Vice President Mike Pence, lightened before we get to Jan. tolls has hardly resonated in the who heads the White House coro- 20.” He said he understood nation’s capital as its leaders are navirus task force, struck a rosy Trump’s “reluctance” to admit de- vexed by transition politics and tone and asked states to give their feat and share his administration's trying to capitalize on the promise residents comfort that vaccines plans but called it “a shame.” DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP of a coming vaccine. The virus has are coming and that “America and There’s no progress in Congress A pedestrian wears a face mask while moving along Main Street on killed more than 247,000 Ameri- your state has never been more yet, either. The split-decision elec- Monday, in Littleton, Colo. cans this year and infected at least prepared.” tion — in which Democrats ab- 11.1 million — some 1 million of That didn't stop Louisiana Gov. sorbed sizable losses in House Capitol Hill and no deal is possible hensive relief bill rather than the them in just the past week. John Bel Edwards from appealing races despite defeating Trump — without his buy-in, or at least his more targeted approach favored Yet in Congress, where talks to Pence and Trump for a more hasn’t sparked any progress or signature. Without a better and by Republicans. over economic relief bills stalled unified message on the impor- prodded House Speaker Nancy more reliable signal of Trump’s And for now, Pelosi is devoting out months ago, lame-duck ap- tance of social distancing and Pelosi, D-Calif., or Senate Major- intentions, both McConnell and her energies to soothing her un- proval of aid is hardly front-of- wearing masks. And Dr. Deborah ity Leader Mitch McConnell, R- Pelosi could be wary of navigating happy Democratic caucus in ad- mind. Across town at the White Birx, the task force coordinator, Ky., to move from their pre-elec- the turbulence required to forge vance of leadership elections this House, Trump is more focused on reported that 27 states were in the tion postures. an agreement. week. It seems like the wrong mo- getting credit for the vaccine de- “red zone” for widespread trans- Pelosi wants to go big, say $2 The results of the election have ment to telegraph concessions to velopment push and blocking mission of the virus — more wide- trillion; McConnell wants a small- also weakened the negotiating po- McConnell and the Republicans. President-elect Joe Biden from spread and worrisome than spikes er package in the $500 billion sition of Pelosi, who played hard- The two longstanding adversar- getting the information needed to seen earlier this year. range that his rightward-tilting ball during the weeks leading up ies are formidable when their in- ensure the new administration Biden, who has warned of a colleagues can live with. Moving to the election, only to come away terests align, but their offices say can smoothly take over the fight “dark winter” ahead on the virus, toward somewhere in the middle empty-handed. But she is not — they have not spoken since the against the pandemic. called for the Trump administra- would be difficult for both camps. yet — wavering from her insist- election and don’t know when they “Another Vaccine just an- tion to share its vaccine distribu- Trump is a disruptive factor on ence on a sweeping and compre- will. Fla. Army reservist is Germany might ban 10th service member anti-lockdown rallies to die of coronavirus outside of parliament BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY three years on active duty from Associated Press ly refuse to permit” protests from Stars and Stripes 1994 to 1997 as a light wheel vehi- BERLIN— German security of- taking place within a specially WASHINGTON — A Florida cle mechanic. He then transferred ficials are considering banning designated zone around the par- Army reservist is the 10th service to the Reserve in 1997 as a motor rus this year, as well as two Army protests this week outside the fed- liament building, the official, member to die from the coronavi- transport operator, according to National Guard members. An ac- eral parliament by people op- Frank Grussendorf, said in his rus, the second military death Flake. While Ogletree served as tive-duty sailor assigned to the air- posed to coronavirus lockdown email, a copy of which was ob- from the disease this month, ac- an active-duty soldier, he was sta- craft carrier USS Theodore Roo- measures over fears a rally could tained by The Associated Press. cording to the Pentagon. tioned in Germany and Bosnia and sevelt also died from the virus. turn violent. Lawmakers are due to vote Sgt. 1st Class Calvin Ogletree Herzegovina. In the Reserve, he Chief Petty Officer Charles Rob- The unusual move comes amid Wednesday on a bill that will pro- III, 45, from Lakeland, Fla., died completed a combat tour to Iraq in ert Thacker Jr., 41, died April 13 at concerns that extremist groups vide the legal underpinning for so- Thursday at Bartow Regional 2003. a naval hospital on Guam. could try to use a rally initially cial distancing rules, require- Medical Center, according to Lt. Recently, Ogletree served as a The military has had 67,443 planned for Wednesday to attack ments to wear masks in public and Col. Simon Flake, a spokesman for senior writer instructor for the 8th cases of the coronavirus as of the Bundestag, echoing an unsuc- the closure of stores. While such the Army Reserve. His death was Battalion, 108th Regiment (Trans- Monday, according to the Penta- cessful attempt to storm the par- measures, designed to stop the first reported only as an increase portation) in Jacksonville, Fla., ac- gon. About 785 service members liament building during a similar spread of COVID-19, are support- in the Pentagon’s coronavirus cording to Flake. have been hospitalized and 43,760 demonstration in August. ed by most people in Germany, a case chart that was updated Mon- His awards include the Army have recovered. According to an email sent to vocal minority has staged regular day. Achievement Medal, Army Good The United States continues to German lawmakers Tuesday by a rallies around the country arguing The last service member to die Conduct Medal, four Army Re- struggle with the pandemic, re- parliamentary security official, a that the restrictions are unconsti- from the virus was a member of serve Component Achievement cently surpassing 11 million cases, risk assessment by Berlin state tutional. the Texas Air National Guard. Medals, and the Armed Forces the highest amount in the world, police “has given rise to the expec- In the email, Grussendorf said That person’s death was reported Expeditionary Medal. according to Johns Hopkins Uni- tation ... that attacks on the Bun- that gatherings outside the special by the Pentagon on Nov. 4. No oth- Ogletree is survived by his versity. The U.S. also has the high- destag building and on persons" security perimeter around parlia- er details about the individual was mother Kathy Ogletree, sister est number of deaths in the world are to be expected if the protest ment will be permitted. provided by the Texas Military Sheletta Ogletree, and brother at 246,586 as of Monday. goes ahead. German lawmakers have in re- Department. Warren Johnson, Flake said. “The (Interior) Ministry will cent days been subjected to a flood

Ogletree had served in the Ar- Five other Army reservists [email protected] therefore, with the agreement of of emails, apparently automatical- my for 27 years, starting with have also died from the coronavi- @caitlinmkenney the speaker of the Bundestag, like- ly generated by protesters. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 9 NATION Head of GSA under pressure to have transition proceed

BY AAMER MADHANI you do the right thing, then all you Associated Press have to do is live with the conse- WASHINGTON — The head of quences of it.’” an obscure federal agency that is It’s been 10 days since Presi- holding up the presidential transi- dent-elect Joe Biden crossed the tion knew well before Election 270 electoral vote mark to defeat MANUEL BALCE CENETA/AP Day that she might soon have a President Donald Trump and win President Donald Trump walks toward his golf cart as he plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in messy situation on her hands. the presidency. Unlike the 2000 Sterling, Va., as seen from the other side of the Potomac River in Darnestown, Md., on Sunday. Prior to Nov. 3, Emily Murphy, election, when the winner of the the head of the General Services election was truly unknown for Administration, held a Zoom call weeks, this time it is clear that Bi- with Dave Barram, 77, who was in den won, although Trump is refus- Trump campaign lawsuit her shoes 20 years earlier. ing to concede. The conversation, set up by mu- But Murphy has yet to certify tual friends, was a chance for Bar- Biden as the winner, stalling the in Pa. vote heads to court ram to tell Murphy a little about launch of the official transition his torturous experience with “as- process. When she does ascertain Associated Press den the state's 20 electoral votes, Camp Hill lawyer Mark Scari- certainment” — the task of deter- that Biden won, it will free up A hearing on the Trump cam- suing over election procedures ngi, a losing candidate in the 2012 mining the expected winner of the money for the transition and clear paign's federal lawsuit seeking to that were not uniform across the Republican U.S. Senate primary, presidential election, which the way for Biden’s team to begin prevent Pennsylvania officials state. notified the judge he was stepping launches the official transition placing transition personnel at from certifying the vote results re- Pennsylvania Secretary of State in, but did not get the delay he process. federal agencies. mains on track for Tuesday after a Kathy Boockvar has asked to have sought. Barram led the GSA during the Trump administration officials judge quickly denied the cam- the lawsuit thrown out, calling its The Associated Press has de- 2000 White House race between also say they will not give Biden paign's new lawyer's request for a allegations in court filings “at best, clared Biden the winner of the Republican George W. Bush and the classified presidential daily delay. garden-variety irregularities.” presidential contest, but Trump Democrat Al Gore, which was de- briefing on intelligence matters U.S. Middle District Judge Mat- Brann scheduled the hearing to has refused to concede and is cided by a few hundred votes in until the GSA makes the ascer- thew Brann told lawyers for Do- discuss the campaign's request for blocking Biden’s efforts toward a Florida after the U.S. Supreme tainment official. nald J. Trump for President Inc. a temporary restraining order as smoother transition of power. Court weighed in more than a Murphy declined to be inter- and the counties and state election well as the defendants' request to With Georgia the only uncalled month after Election Day. viewed for this article. A GSA spo- official it has sued that they must have the case dismissed. state, Biden has collected at least “I told her, ‘I’m looking at you kesperson, who refused to be iden- show up and “be prepared for ar- After Pittsburgh lawyers drop- 290 electoral votes — just enough and I can tell you want to do the tified by name because of the sen- gument and questioning” at the ped out of representing Trump's that overturning Pennsylvania's right thing,’” recalled Barram, sitivity of the matter, confirmed Williamsport federal courthouse. campaign on Friday, Philadelphia result would not open an avenue who declined to reveal any details that Murphy and Barram spoke The Trump campaign wants to election lawyer Linda Kerns and for a second term for Trump. of what Murphy told him. “I’ll tell prior to the election about his ex- prevent certification of results two Texas lawyers also withdrew Biden's margin in the state is you what my mother told me: ‘If perience in the 2000 election. that give President-elect Joe Bi- Monday. now nearly 70,000 votes. Georgia elections chief fights fellow Republicans and Trump

BY JEFF AMY lous.” root out “illegal” votes. election cycle. He also insisted They've joined Kemp in pushing Associated Press The current battle is a switch for “The secretary of state has that all votes — not just a sampling investigations, but have stopped ATLANTA — Georgia's secreta- Raffensperger. The 65-year-old, failed to deliver honest and trans- of ballots, as is the norm for audits short of attacking Raffensperger. ry of state is a man on an island, bespectacled engineer spent most parent elections,” GOP Sens. Da- — be recounted, and that the tally A few Republicans have even and the political flood is rising of his first two years in office tak- vid Perdue and Kelly Loeffler — be conducted by hand. publicly supported him. fast, as President Donald Trump ing abuse from Democrats, who both of whom failed to win enough Not shying away from the fact “From the standpoint of what and his allies vent their outrage at filed lawsuits alleging that Geor- votes to avoid January runoffs that he's a Republican, Raffen- I've seen, there just is no wide- the fellow Republican over unsup- gia, under then-Secretary of State with their Democratic opponents sperger has said publicly that he spread fraud in the election proc- ported claims that mismanage- Brian Kemp, engaged in illegal — said last week in a statement, wished Trump had won. But he's ess leading up to the general elec- ment and fraud tainted the state's voter suppression in 2018. Kemp, without offering evidence to back also held firm in saying that he has tion,” said Saxby Chambliss, a Ge- presidential election. the Republican candidate who up their assertion. “He has failed seen no evidence of widespread orgia Republican who served two Trump spent the weekend at- narrowly won the governorship the people of Georgia, and he fraud or voting irregularities — terms in the U.S. Senate. tacking Brad Raffensperger on so- over Democrat Stacey Abrams should step down immediately.” and that he expects Biden’s Georgia has seen years of con- cial media, at one point calling that year, denies the claims. Collins, responding to Raffen- 14,000-vote lead to hold up once tention over voting that predate him “a so-called Republican (RI- Also left in Raffensperger's lap sperger's “liar” label, fired back the audit is complete. Abrams' loss. While Republicans NO),” an acronym for “Republi- was a breakneck race to replace Monday on Twitter: “In a year of “We knew that it was a silly ar- have newly labeled Raffensperg- can in name only.” Raffensperger Georgia's outdated voting ma- political division in Georgia, few gument,” Raffensperger said of er as an enemy, some Democrats punched back, disputing Trump's chines in time for 2020 — an un- things have unified Republicans the fraud allegations, in an inter- find themselves partially molli- claims that he made it easier for dertaking complicated in its clos- and Democrats — one of them is view Monday with WDUN-AM ra- fied. Democrats to cheat using mail-in ing stretch by the coronavirus Brad Raffensperger’s incompe- dio. “But the hand recount puts “I think on the whole he respon- ballots. The secretary also called pandemic. tence as Secretary of State.” that to bed.” ded very well to changing the op- U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, who is Through it all, Raffensperger — Raffensperger has sought to The elections chief has largely erations of the election to accom- running Trump’s Georgia recount currently in quarantine after his weather the beating by appeasing been left to fight on his own. The modate the pandemic,” said Da- effort, a “liar.” On Monday, Raf- wife tested positive for COVID-19 Trump supporters. After the state's eight GOP U.S. House vid Worley, a former Georgia fensperger told The Washington — has insisted he's an impartial Trump campaign asked for a hand members have demanded, again Democratic Party chairman who Post that he believed South Caroli- administrator of Georgia elections recount of all 5 million votes cast without citing evidence, that the now serves on the state elections na Republican Sen. Lindsey Gra- with no desire or agenda to sway in Georgia, Raffensperger chose secretary of state investigate board. Worley said Raffensperger ham was pressuring him to impro- the outcome. the presidential election for an au- Trump’s claims. Lt. Gov. Geoff has been a better manager and perly discard ballots. Graham dis- Trump and his allies claimed dit, which Georgia law now re- Duncan and state House Speaker less partisan than Kemp was as missed the allegation as “ridicu- Raffensperger didn't do enough to quires for one statewide race each David Ralston are exceptions: secretary of state. PAGE 10 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 NATION Pompeo visit draws Turkish officials’ ire

Associated Press ministers. ISTANBUL — U.S. Secretary Turkish media reports said of State Mike Pompeo met Tues- Turkish officials were giving day with the Istanbul-based spiri- Pompeo the cold-shoulder, after tual leader of the world’s Ortho- he allegedly refused to travel to dox Christians during a short trip the capital to pay an official visit. to Turkey that has raised the ire A senior Turkish Foreign Minis- of Turkish officials and includes try official would not comment on no meetings with any of them. the reports or say why Pompeo Pompeo, who is on a seven- wasn’t meeting with Turkish offi- country tour of Europe and the cials. Middle East, tweeted pictures of Turkey insists that it protects him being greeted by Ecumenical the rights of citizens of various Patriarch Bartholomew I, the faiths to freely practice their reli- leader of some 300 million Ortho- gions even though it recently dox Christians, after being shown drew criticism for reconverting around the Patriarchate. He was Istanbul’s landmark Haghia also scheduled to meet with the Sophia into a mosque, ignoring apostolic nuncio to Turkey, Arch- calls for the former cathedral to bishop Paul Russell. be kept as a museum in recog- The talks were to center on re- nition of the city’s multicultural ligious freedoms in Turkey, past. which has angered Ankara and Meanwhile, around 25 mem- prompted officials to call on bers of a left-wing nationalist Washington to focus on human PATRICK SEMANSKY / AP group staged a brief demonstra- rights violations in the United Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and his wife, Susan, tour the Patriarchal Church of St. George in tion near the Patriarchate under States. Istanbul on Tuesday. heavy police presence, protesting Last week, Turkey issued a Pompeo for meeting with Bartho- sharply-worded statement criti- we continue to champion reli- sion to purchase Russia’s S-400 uling issues during the brief stop. lomew instead of state officials. cizing Pompeo’s plans and said gious freedom around the globe.” anti-aircraft system, which They said meetings had been The demonstrators chanted Washington should “look at the The trip comes amid already Washington says is a threat to its sought but Turkish officials were “Down with U.S. imperialism,” mirror” and deal with issues such frayed ties between the two NA- F-35 fighter aircraft. Washington unable to come to Istanbul from according to Turkey’s state-run as racism, Islamophobia and hate TO allies over a series of issues, has kicked Turkey out of the F-35 the capital of Ankara during the Anadolu Agency. crimes. even though Turkey’s President program and has also threatened time Pompeo will be there. The Later stops on Pompeo’s tour But the talks went ahead, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. to sanction the country. officials noted that Pompeo and will include visits to Israeli settle- Pompeo on Tuesday tweeted that President Donald Trump have Senior State Department offi- his Turkish counterpart plan to ments in the West Bank that have “as leader of the Orthodox world” maintained friendly personal ties. cials said the lack of official meet- see each other in early December been avoided by previous secre- Bartholomew “is a key partner as Those include Turkey’s deci- ings in Turkey was due to sched- at a meeting of NATO foreign taries of state. Appeals court weighs Philadelphia supervised injection site Associated Press in South Philadelphia in Febru- that (our) purpose was to promote Under the Safehouse plan, peo- needle exchanges and counseling PHILADELPHIA — A federal ary, but the opening was thwarted drug use,” Safehouse lawyer Ilana ple could bring drugs to the clinic- services. The Safehouse program appeals court became the latest by neighborhood opposition and Eisenstein told the three-judge like setting, use them in a parti- goes a step too far, in his view, in panel to wrestle with the nation’s shutdowns linked to the coronavi- panel. “Statehouse’s purpose is … tioned bay and get medical help if allowing people to consume drugs opioid epidemic as judges re- rus pandemic. McSwain mean- to provide life-saving care for peo- they overdose. They would also onsite. viewed a long-debated plan Mon- while pursued the appeal. ple suffering from addiction.” have access to counseling, treat- “Safehouse is inviting scores of day to open a medically super- He argued in court again Mon- By comparison, she said, an ment and other health services. people to come into one place … to vised injection site in Philadel- day that the proposal violates a emergency room does not exist to Supporters include Philadel- inject themselves with heroin or phia. 1980s-era drug law known as the promote heart attacks, but to treat phia Mayor Jim Kenney and for- fentanyl or whatever,” he said. U.S. Attorney William “crackhouse statute,” which them. mer Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Ren- “That, in our view, is illegal.” McSwain, an appointee of Presi- makes it illegal to own or operate a The three-judge panel did not dell, a Safehouse board member Similar facilities have long op- dent Donald Trump, opposes the property for the purpose of mak- indicate when it would rule, but touched by the overdose death of a erated in Canada and Europe and idea and hopes to overturn the ap- ing, using or distributing drugs. the case could reach the U.S. Su- family friend. More than 1,100 have been considered by several proval of a federal judge who Safehouse founders say their mis- preme Court unless the Justice people died of overdose deaths U.S. cities, including New York heard the case last year. sion is anything but that. Department under President- last year, according to city data. and Seattle. Smaller, unofficial Safehouse, a nonprofit group, “There will be cynical people elect Joe Biden decides not to McSwain noted that other pro- sites have also popped up in some had announced plans to open a site out there who will try to proclaim challenge the case. grams in the city already offer places across the U.S. Ex-Harvard coach, businessman charged in $1.5 million bribes scheme

Associated Press commit federal programs bribery. cused of exchanging more than home and sold it for a steep loss 17 unnamed co-conspirator about BOSTON — The former fencing Their arrest comes more than a $1.5 million in bribes for their own months later, the newspaper re- Zhao in 2012: “Jack doesn’t need to coach at Harvard and a wealthy year after a newspaper reported personal benefit,” Joseph Bonavo- ported. take me anywhere and his boys Maryland businessman were ar- that Brand sold his home for near- lonta, head of the FBI Boston Divi- Zhao, who is CEO of a telecom- don’t have to be great fencers. All I rested Monday on accusations ly double its assessed value to sion, said in an emailed statement. munications company, told The need is a good incentive to recruit that the coach accepted $1.5 mil- Zhao. Prosecutors say Zhao also Questions about the relation- Globe in an interview last year them.” In 2013, Zhao gave $1 mil- lion in bribes in exchange for help- paid for Brand's car and made col- ship between Brand and Zhao first that he purchased the home as an lion to a fencing charity, which in ing the businessman get his two lege tuition payments on behalf of surfaced last year when The Bos- investment and as a favor to Brand turn gave $100,000 to a charitable sons into the Ivy League school as Brand's son. ton Globe reported that Brand re- and denied it was done to help his entity established by Brand and recruited fencers. “Today’s arrests show how Pe- ceived nearly $1 million in 2016 for son get into the prestigious univer- his spouse, according to court doc- Peter Brand, 67, who was fired ter Brand’s and Jie Zhao’s plan to the three-bedroom house on a sity. Brand was fired in July 2019 uments. Zhao's older son was ad- by Harvard last year, and Jie circumvent the college admis- quarter-acre in Needham, which for violating Harvard’s conflict- mitted to Harvard as a fencing “Jack” Zhao, 61, of Potomac, Md., sions process ended up backfiring was assessed at the time at of-interest policy. recruit in December of that year, face a charge of conspiracy to on both of them. Now they are ac- $549,300, Zhao never lived in the Prosecutors say Brand told an prosecutors said. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP

School asks people for most hated words SAULT STE. MARIE — MI Is there a word or phrase that really bugs you? A peeve, pique or provocation? Lake Superior State University is accepting candidates for its 46th annual tongue-in-cheek list of words that should be banished. “It’s our tradition to publish the world-famous banished words list on Dec. 31 so that people don’t be- gin the new year by putting their foot in their mouth,” LSSU Presi- dent Rodney Hanley said. “No- brainer — which also made our list in the past.” The deadline to submit online entries is 8 a.m. EST on Nov. 30. More than a dozen words or phrases were added last year, in- cluding “artisanal,” “influencer,” “living my best life” and “chirp.” State reports $285M in September sports bets SPRINGFIELD — The IL latest numbers released by the Illinois Gaming Board show bettors in the state wagered more than $285 million on sports con- tests in September. Gamblers can place bets on sporting events at seven of Illinois' casinos and one horse racing track. The state’s most lucrative ANDRE KEHN, (LEWISTON, MAINE) SUN JOURNAL/AP casino and its first to start taking sports bets, Rivers in Des Plaines, accepted about $105 million in wa- Flying again gers in September, the most of any A jet is placed on concrete pedestals by crane at Veterans Memorial Park in Lewiston, Maine. The A­7D Corsair II, which had been in an airfield Illinois casino, according to the in Helena, Mont., was painted in the camouflage pattern used during the Vietnam War and was assembled and repaired with help from local gaming board. Vietnam veterans. Sports betting has generated about $3 million in tax revenue for lot was hospitalized with life- THE CENSUS viving handwritten copies. The Illinois in its first three full threatening injuries after his 1863 speech starts, “Four score months. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office homemade aircraft crashed in The number of stores William Henry, 32, is suspect of robbing in and seven years ago ...” Lincoln has suggested it could eventually Baker County. 5 Las Vegas over a five-day span, police said. Las Vegas Metropolitan delivered it at the dedication of a generate more than $100 million Officials said the pilot was alone Police officials said Henry is facing seven counts of burglary while in possession cemetery for soldiers killed in the in revenues. when the single-engine red air- of a firearm or deadly weapon, five counts of robbery with the use of a deadly Battle of Gettysburg. craft crashed. Nobody on the weapon and one count of attempted robbery with the use of a deadly weapon or Most of the time the document is Firefighter sues alleging ground was injured, state troopers tear gas. kept in a climate-controlled vault sexual harassment said, and the pilot's name wasn't to protect it from light and humid- released. Gardens honors each of the ship’s The Bradford County Sheriff's ity. DUBUQUE — A Du- The pilot was flying east from a 1,512 crew members, including Office said that a team of skydiv- The exhibit opens Wednesday IA buque firefighter is suing hangar the aircraft lost power. the 1,177 who died in the explosion ers were practicing a jump when and ends Nov. 30. An actor por- the city because she said she has When the pilot turned the aircraft caused by one torpedo and eight the accident happened. The group traying Lincoln will visit the mu- endured sexual harassment on the to fly west back to the hangar, bombs hitting the battleship. of seven men, all originally from seum to answer questions about job since she started in 2011. that's when he started to rapidly One survivor of the attack was Cuba, were practicing for a week- the speech and there'll be an on- Jami Boss cited a number of in- descend. The nose of the craft Paul Howard Egan. He died in end event that honors the families line discussion on Thursday. cidents in her lawsuit including struck the ground and injured the 1992 at age 71 and his ashes were of fallen police officers. being told by a lieutenant that she pilot, officials said. interred on the USS Arizona in “We just wanted to give back County sees rise in was only hired because she was a The craft was not registered 1993. thanks to law enforcement,” said speeding tickets girl. Boss said male firefighters with the Federal Aviation Admin- The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Perdomo. “Yuset was very big into used the women's restroom and istration, which said it is not inves- Indian Community funded and what he considered his country BALTIMORE — sometimes walked in on Boss tigating the crash because it built the gardens, which opened in and this was a way of giving back MD Drivers have become while she was in there. And in one doesn’t handle incidents involving February. — to jump with flags on behalf of more aggressive during the pan- incident, a coworker shoved his unregistered aircraft. The venue honors each of those all the fallen officers.” demic. And the proof is in Balti- hand down the back of Boss' pants, The Highway Patrol and the who were aboard the USS Arizona Maj. Brad Smith of the Bradford more County. according to the lawsuit. Baker County Sheriff’s Office are at the time of the Imperial Japa- County Sheriff’s Office said res- The county has seen a 10% in- Boss also said in her lawsuit that investigating. nese Navy Air Service’s attack cue workers were sent to search a crease in speed camera violations officials retaliated against her af- with metal monuments of stacked wooded area so far in 2020. It issued more than ter she filed complaints about the Tribe builds 5-acre blocks with names and ranks en- 180,000 citations between January way she was treated. And she says memorial to USS Arizona graved on them, according to the Gettysburg Address to be and Oct. 13. The same period last she was passed over for promotion Republic. shown at Lincoln museum year saw 164,000 citations. in favor of male colleagues who PHOENIX — The Salt At the same time, revenue from had less experience than Boss. AZ River Pima-Maricopa Skydiver dies after SPRINGFIELD — A speed cameras rose by nearly Indian Community has built the 5- parachute failed IL handwritten copy of 38%. And more than $4.56 million Pilot hospitalized after acre memorial near Scottsdale as Abraham Lincoln’s most famous in speeding fines were collected homemade craft crashes a tribute to those who were aboard BOCA RATON — Au- speech will be on display for two compared to $3.31 million. the USS Arizona when it was at- FL thorities said a Miami weeks in a Springfield museum. Baltimore City also saw a rise in MACCLENNY — The tacked and sank at Pearl Harbor skydiver died in North Florida Officials with the Abraham Lin- citations. Citations were up by 7% FL Florida Highway Patrol in December 1941. when his parachute didn’t deploy coln Presidential Library and Mu- by more than 500,000 through said a 53-year-old Jacksonville pi- The USS Arizona Memorial correctly during a jump. seum said it is only one of five sur- September. PAGE 12 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 WORLD Iota batters region still recovering from Eta

Associated Press double destruction,” he said, re- MANAGUA, Nicaragua — In a ferring to the damages wrought by one-two punch, Hurricane Iota Eta. “This is coming in with fury,” roared ashore as a dangerous Cat- said Artola Schultz. egory 4 storm along almost exact- Iota came ashore just 15 miles ly the same stretch of Nicaragua’s south of where Hurricane Eta Caribbean coast that was devas- made landfall Nov. 3, also as a Cat- tated by an equally powerful Hur- egory 4 storm. Eta’s torrential ricane Eta 13 days earlier. rains saturated the soil in the re- Iota had intensified into an ex- gion, leaving it prone to new dead- tremely dangerous Category 5 ly landslides and floods, forecast- storm during the day Monday, but ers warned. the U.S. National Hurricane Cen- “The situation is exacerbated ter said it weakened slightly as it by the fact that Iota is making neared the coast late Monday and landfall in almost the exact same made landfall with maximum sus- location that Category 4 Hurri- tained winds of 155 mph. It hit the cane Eta did a little less than two coast about 30 miles south of the weeks ago,” the Hurricane Center Nicaraguan city of Puerto Cabe- said in a statement. zas, also known as Bilwi. Eta killed more than 130 people People hunkered down in Bilwi in the region as torrential rains even before the hurricane arrived, caused flash floods and mudslides already battered by screeching in parts of Central America and winds and torrential rains. Mexico. Business owner Adán Artola “This hurricane is definitely Schultz braced himself in the worse” than Eta, Jason Bermudez, DELMER MARTINEZ / AP doorway of his house as strong a university student from Bilwi, Neighbors help each other evacuate Monday before Hurricane Iota made landfall in San Manuel Cortes, gusts of wind and rain drove water said as winds roared before Iota Honduras. The Category 4 storm slammed into the region, which was battered by Hurricane Eta on Nov. 3. in torrents down the street. He came ashore. “There are already a watched in amazement as wind lot of houses that lost their roofs, Cairo Jarquin, Nicaragua emer- Eta. People had been working fu- farther inland he was not able to ripped away the metal roof struc- fences and fruit trees that got gency response project manager riously to put roofs back over their reach due to road conditions. ture from a substantial two-story knocked down,” said Bermudez. for Catholic Relief Services, had families’ heads, but Iota threat- Iota is the record 30th named home and blew it away like paper. “We will never forget this year.” just visited Bilwi and smaller ened to take what was left. storm of this year’s extraordinari- “It is like bullets,” he said of the Forecasters warned that Iota’s coastal communities Friday. “The little that remained stand- ly busy Atlantic hurricane season. sound of metal structures banging storm surge could reach 15 to 20 In Wawa Bar, Jarquin said he ing could be razed,” Jarquin said. It’s also the ninth storm to rapidly and buckling in the wind. “This is feet above normal tides. found “total destruction” from There were other communities intensify this season. Peru’s Congress selects centrist lawmaker to be new leader Associated Press and-white flag and blared horns ing him next in line. Applause erupted in the legisla- to return hope to the people and outside the gates of Congress as It will now fall on Sagasti to heal tive palace as Sagasti clinched the show them they can trust in us,” he LIMA, Peru — Peru’s political Francisco Sagasti, 76, of the cen- a nation bruised by a week of up- required majority vote. A respect- said in his first remarks. crisis appeared on the verge of trist Purple Party was selected the heaval. ed academic, he has also spent Many in the Latin American na- resolution Monday as Congress legislature’s new president. The “What’s at stake is taking a first decades consulting government tion are hopeful Sagasti’s appoint- cleared the way for an elder engineer has not yet been sworn step toward rebuilding confidence institutions and held a post at the ment will mark the end of a tumul- statesman and consensus candi- into office, but as head of Congress between the people and the state,” World Bank. Shortly after the tuous week in which thousands date to become the country’s third becomes the nation’s chief of state said Samuel Rotta, president of vote, he took an oath to become took to the streets outraged by president in a week. by default. Peru currently has no the Peruvian chapter of Transpar- Congress’ president. Congress’ decision to oust ex- People waved the nation’s red- president or vice president, mak- ency International. “We will do everything possible President Martín Vizcarra. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 13 WORLD Ethiopia's PM vows 'final and crucial' offensive in Tigray Associated Press and de-escalation in the two- because of the COVID-19 pan- NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s week conflict in the Horn of Afri- demic and considers Abiy's fed- prime minister says “the final ca that has spilled into the neigh- eral government illegal, saying and crucial” military operation boring country of Eritrea and its mandate has expired. will launch in the coming days sent more than 25,000 frightened Ethiopia’s federal government against the government of the Ethiopian refugees pouring into on Tuesday also confirmed carry- country’s rebellious northern Ti- Sudan so far. ing out new airstrikes outside the gray region. Alarmed African neighbors in- Tigray capital of Mekele, calling Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in cluding Uganda and Kenya are them “precision-led and surgi- a social media post on Tuesday calling for a peaceful resolution, cal” and denying the Tigray gov- said that a three-day deadline but Abiy’s government regards ernment’s assertion that civilians given to leaders and special the Tigray regional government had been killed. forces in the Tigray region “has as illegal after it defiantly held a Communications and transport expired today.” local election in September. The links with the Tigray region re- Abiy, last year’s Nobel Peace Tigray regional government ob- main almost completely cut off, MARWAN ALI / AP Prize winner, continues to reject jects to the postponement of na- making it difficult to verify either Ethiopian refugees gather in eastern Sudan's Qadarif region on Mon­ international pleas for dialogue tional elections until next year side’s claims. day. More than 25,000 have fled violence in Ethiopia to reach Sudan. Raids, arrests as German police probe Dresden jewels theft Associated Press The operation was coordinated other states, as well as federal The focus was centered on tains the treasury of Augustus the BERLIN — More than 1,500 by both police and prosecutors in special police forces, searched a Berlin's Neukoelln district, they Strong of Saxony, comprising ap- police carried out a series of Dresden, investigating the Nov. total of 18 places, including 10 said. proximately 4,000 objects of gold, searches in Berlin and arrested 25, 2019, theft of a large diamond apartments as well as garages Three people, identified only precious stones and other materi- two people in a massive oper- brooch, a diamond epaulette and and vehicles. as German citizens, were arrest- als. ation connected to the spectacu- various other treasures from the Their target was “art treasures ed on suspicion of organized rob- Shortly after the theft, author- lar theft of 18th-century jewels Saxony city's Green Vault Mu- and possible evidence such as bery and arson. ities offered a $593,000 reward from a unique collection in Dres- seum. computer storage media, clothing The Green Vault is one of the for information leading to the re- den last November, authorities A total of 1,638 police officers and tools,” Dresden police and oldest museums in the world. It covery of the jewels or the arrest said Tuesday. from Saxony, Berlin and several prosecutors said. was established in 1723 and con- of the thieves. PAGE 14 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 OPINION

Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump’s attempt to overturn the election Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY FRED HIATT tries” are with you. A pliant Attorney Gen- preclude any action. The court filings in EDITORIAL The Washington Post eral William Barr instructed prosecutors to battleground states are pathetic efforts to Terry Leonard, Editor e are living through some- be on the lookout for fraud; the Defense De- assuage a wounded ego, pursued by second- [email protected] thing unprecedented — all partment seemed less reliable, so Trump rate lawyers, with no hope of success. the more alarming because fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. Of course, the three scenarios might be Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor [email protected] Wwe can’t be sure what that Other firings will follow as needed, and less in conflict that they seem. If the election something is. then every base will be covered: State offi- had been closer, then overturning the re- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content Three scenarios fit the known facts: cials buy into the Big Lie, the Senate plays sults might have been plausible, and a [email protected] Scenario 1: President Donald Trump is along, the Supreme Court slaps down any friendly Supreme Court might have come Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation trying to overturn the results of a freely con- challenge, and military, intelligence and into play. [email protected] ducted election. law-enforcement agencies are ready to deal Now that Trump has lost so definitively, He told us before the election, many with any popular objections. he might be going through the motions of a Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital times, that if he lost he would declare it to be Scenario 2: Trump knows he has lost and coup — because, why not try? — but with an [email protected] rigged. He made sure the Senate installed must leave office Jan. 20, but he is salting eye toward life in exile. And he might be do- what he believed to be a decisive swing vote the soil to make governing impossible for ing so with more angry improvisation than BUREAU STAFF at the Supreme Court. Biden while preparing his own political and careful forethought. Europe/Mideast Once he lost, he put his plan into motion. financial comeback. One thing is sure: Trump’s refusal to ac- Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Start with the Big Lie: that President- In this scenario, the Big Lie is not a means knowledge his defeat is harming American [email protected] elect Joe Biden stole the election. Proclaim to overturn the election but a stratagem to democracy. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 it from the moment polls close, repeat it of- persuade as many of Trump’s nearly 73 mil- Until now, most of us had no clue about Pacific ten and loudly. Pressure right-wing media lion voters as possible that Biden is not a le- the inner workings of the electoral process Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief to amplify the lie, and crack the whip so gitimately elected president. They, in turn, — no idea that Michigan even had a Board [email protected] your party echoes it. will press Republicans in Congress to ob- of State Canvassers, let alone that it needed +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Send out the lawyers to collect tales of struct Biden’s efforts to heal division and to certify the results — because we didn’t Washington fraud. There is none, but no matter; gener- get things done. need to know. We assumed we voted, and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ate nonsense, and then pressure county and After he leaves office, Trump will stoke whoever won the vote would become presi- [email protected] (+1)(202)886-0033 state Republicans to overturn honest counts the resentments to raise funds to support dent. We assumed that, unlike in so many Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News and replace duly chosen electors. new businesses and pay old debts. The sto- countries in the world, losing incumbents [email protected] Make sure that when the impostor slates len election will be the lost cause that he re- would gracefully give way, knowing that CIRCULATION reach Congress, your party will endorse the deems by running for president again in they — or their party — would have a charade. On that front, he can still hope: af- 2024. chance another day. Mideast ter all, Republicans such as House Minority Scenario 3: Trump has no plan but is lash- Trump has changed that. In the world he Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager Leader Kevin McCarthy, of California; Sen- ing out in anger and disbelief that he could is shaping, election results are something [email protected] ate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lind- have lost an election. you press partisan officials to overturn. Re- [email protected] DSN (314)583-9111 sey Graham, of South Carolina; and Senate In this scenario, the Pentagon purge is a ality is what you say it is. Peaceful transfers Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Ken- settling of scores against people he resents of power are for chumps. McConnell and Europe tucky, so far are cheering or acquiescing in and a frantic effort to declassify intelligence McCarthy and the rest of their craven Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager [email protected] his fiction. he thinks will burnish his image. McConnell bunch are enabling this degradation. The [email protected] Make sure, too, as Washington Post con- and others are just playing along until his lessons won’t disappear when Trump does. +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 tributing columnist Robert Kagan outlined rage burns out. Barr’s memo is intended to Pacific before the election, that the “power minis- appease the president, worded carefully to Fred Hiatt is The Washington Post's editorial page editor. Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 CONTACT US There’s a lot Biden can do for rural America Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 BY JENNIFER RUBIN
Expand broadband, or wireless broad- ports to the rest of the world may be a non- 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 The Washington Post band via 5G, to every American. starter given Biden’s climate-change plans. Reader letters n a preliminary study of the 2020
Invest in rural public schools and colleg- Cheney and Wyoming voters did not get [email protected] election, the Brookings Institution es. those things under Trump. Biden should found that President-elect Joe Bi-
Conserve our public lands, bolster com- deliver, not least because Cheney is likely to Additional contacts den’s “winning base in 477 counties munity resilience, and address the be an ally when he comes looking for mea- stripes.com/contactus I encompasses fully 70% of America’s eco- changing climate. sures to get tough with Russia and Turkey. OMBUDSMAN nomic activity, while [President Donald] As Biden designs his stimulus plan, he Republicans are not likely to pull out ex- Trump’s losing base of 2,497 counties rep- would be smart to call in a fleet of red-state cuses about fiscal sobriety and big govern- Ernie Gates resents just 29% of the economy.” Trump senators and start cutting deals with them. ment when their constituents are getting The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow did not win over these voters by addressing In addressing the pandemic, Biden should badly needed help. Biden’s philosophy is of news and information, reporting any attempts by the military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s their needs. To the contrary, the gap be- go beyond lecturing red-state leaders about that recovery is not a zero-sum game; lots of independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns tween rural and urban-suburban America the value of lockdowns and masks and make Americans need assistance. Unlike Trump, and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fairness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman on everything from life span to education to clear what he is going to do for them. Biden is not going to play politics with peo- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted by wealth continues to widen. Poverty is most Skeptical Republicans are already giving ples’ lives. If he produces results, threats of email at [email protected], or by phone at 202.886.0003. acute in rural America. hints about what they need. Rep. Liz Che- “socialism” and “radical Democrats” will Trump won over these voters in large ney, R-Wyo., recently wrote that Biden can seem less relevant. Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- part by telling them that urban elites looked prove he is a president for all Americans by Recall that it was Stacey Abrams who be- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and down on them. He made every effort to in- addressing the hardship created by the gan building an organization that included Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals crease their resentment and rage while do- death of the coal industry. On her wish list rural Georgia in her 2018 gubernatorial run, postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, ing nothing to improve their lives. (You will are “Opportunity Zones” that “provide sig- understanding that poor whites need Med- APO AP 96301-5002. This newspaper is authorized by the recall Republicans’ plan to repeal “Obama- nificant tax benefits to companies interest- icaid extension as much as Democrats’ tra- Department of Defense for members of the military services overseas. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are care” generally wound up costing rural ed in starting or relocating to coal commu- ditional constituencies in the cities. She got unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views Americans more and endangering rural nities”; extending “unemployment benefits to know these voters and addressed issues of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspa- per, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official hospitals.) His tariff wars sent farm bank- to workers who lost their employment as a they cared about. She got more votes than channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote locations where overseas DOD personnel are located. ruptcies skyrocketing. Now, red states are result of mine closures or reductions in coal any Democrat in Georgia’s history in her The appearance of advertising in this publication does among the hardest-hit by the coronavirus. production”; and providing federal protec- narrow loss. And no one is more responsible not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. Biden seems uniquely situated to turn tion “for pension and other retirement obli- than she for keeping irregular voters en- Products or services advertised shall be made available for away from culture wars and actually help gations that have been lost or put at risk as a gaged and helping Biden turn Georgia blue purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical rural Americans. His Build Back Better result of recent bankruptcies. If we can pro- in 2020. handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of plan has a number of elements directed at tect banks after the 2008 mortgage crisis, If their outreach can work in Georgia, it the purchaser, user or patron. rural America, among them: we can certainly find the will to prop up our might just work for Democrats in a whole © Stars and Stripes 2020
Protect and build on the Affordable Care mining communities.” lot of states. stripes.com Act to expand access to health care in ru- None of that strikes me as unreasonable, ral communities. though her fourth request to ease coal ex- Jennifer Rubin writes reported opinion for The Washington Post. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 15 PAGE 16 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Eugene Sheffer Crossword Frazz Dilbert

ACROSS 57 Ringlet 23 Jeans material 1 Tropical tuber 58 Utter 25 Clear the tables 5 Ewe’s mate 59 Eyelid 26 Train lines (Abbr.) 8 “— girl!” woe 27 Kind of missile

Pearls Before Swine Pearls Before 12 Sir Guinness 29 Mani counterpart 13 Half of bi- DOWN 31 Be sick 14 Stentorian 1 Highland caps 32 Layer 15 Like a father-son 2 Jai — 34 United nations talk, perhaps 3 Monthly payment 38 Macaroni shapes 17 Actor Jared 4 Eight-note range 40 Chip giant 18 Ravi’s instrument 5 Pirates’ drink 42 Allow 19 Gap 6 Santa — winds 43 College VIP 21 Nullify 7 Ho Chi — City 44 Video-streaming

Non Sequitur 24 HBO rival 8 God, in Islam brand 25 Highland hillside 9 Battling at 45 Praiseful pieces 28 “Ed Wood” star close range 47 Redact 30 Light touch 10 Ballet wear 48 Suggestive 33 Swiss canton 11 Big fusses 49 Youngster 34 “Seinfeld” 16 Granada gold 52 Glamorous character Elaine 20 AOL and MSN Gardner 35 Peanut product 22 Notion 53 “Rah!” 36 Old map letters Answer to Previous Puzzle

Candorville 37 Deposited 38 Slithery 39 Uncle (Sp.) 41 Pepper dispenser 43 Mustang 46 Critic Roger 50 Castle defense 51 Routine

Carpe Diem 54 Tom Joad, for one 55 Ms. Longoria 56 Candle part Beetle Bailey Bizarro Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 17 PAGE 18 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 FACES Van Halen’s son releases tribute track From wire reports Wolfgang Van Halen, bassist for the band Van Halen and son of the late rock god Eddie Van Halen, re- leased his first solo song and its ac- companying music video Monday. “No matter what the distance is, I will be with you,” Wolfgang Van Halen sings to his dad in “Dis- tance.” “No matter what the dis- tance is, you’ll be OK.” Van Halen, 29, wrote the track while his father was battling throat cancer and recorded the track un- der the name Mammoth WVH (a nod to the Van Halen band’s origi- nal name). “I never intended ‘Distance’ to be the very first piece of music peo- ple would hear from me, but I also thought my father would be here to celebrate its release,” Wolfgang wrote in a YouTube caption. “This is for him. I love and miss you, Pop.” TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX/AP Eddie Van Halen died at 65 in Kristen Stewart is pictured in a scene from "Underwater," debuting on HBO this Saturday. early October. Other news
Universal Pictures and the Cinemark theater chain an- nounced Monday a multiyear deal New this week: Megan Thee Stallion, that guarantees three full week- ends, or 17 days, of theatrical ex- clusivity for Universal and Focus Feature titles before a film can be- ‘Big Sky’ and an angelic Dolly Parton come available to rent on demand. Films that open to $50 million or more, however, will stay in thea- Associated Press Abyss,” part “Aliens,” this creature-feature ducer David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”), is a ters exclusively for at least five full Here’s a collection curated by The Associat- got mixed reviews when it played in theaters in Montana-set thriller driven by the kidnappings weekends, or 31 days. Earlier this ed Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s January, including from the AP’s Mark Kenne- of two sisters on a road trip. There’s marital summer, Universal made a similar arriving on TV, streaming services and music dy who wrote that the film, “certainly isn’t as discord and a rift among the private detectives agreement with the nation’s large- platforms this week. bad as it could have been but it is leaking badly on the case, to boot. Kylie Bunbury, Katheryn st chain, AMC Theaters. long before it reaches its limp conclusion.” Winnick and Ryan Phillippe top a cast that in-
New York rapper Benny the Movies While it might not have been prudent to spend cludes sterling character actors John Carroll Butcher was shot during a robbery “12 Years a Slave” and “Widows” filmmaker money going to the theaters to see “Underwa- Lynch (“The Founder,” “Fargo”) and Valerie attempt outside of a store in Hous- Steve McQueen’s latest project, “Small Axe,” ter,” it’s also the kind of movie that’s made for a Mahaffey (“Dead to Me,” “Young Sheldon”). ton, authorities said Sunday. Hous- begins rolling out on Amazon Prime Video this “why not” click at home. The series, which debuted Tuesday, is based ton Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva week in the U.S. Comprised of five unique sto- — AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr on novels by C.J. Box featuring investigator said the 35-year-old performer, ries, the anthology film series about London’s Cassie Dewell, played by Bunbury. whose real name is Jeremie Pen- West Indian community in the 1960s, ’70s and Music Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney, nick, was in stable condition and ’80s kicks off Friday with “Mangrove,” about a With several platinum-selling Top 40 hits, whose subjects have ranged from the collapse expected to survive. Two others group of Black activists who were arrested and including two No. 1 smashes, as well as an EP of Enron to the inner workings of Scientology, with him during the shooting were put on trial on charges of trying to incite a riot. and mixtape reaching the Top 10 on the pop turns his attention to murder in HBO’s “Crazy, not wounded. Silva said five sus- The “Mangrove Nine” were protesting police charts, it might sound weird, but Megan Thee Not Insane,” which debuts Wednesday. The pects were at large and an investi- targeting of a Caribbean restaurant in the Not- Stallion is finally releasing her debut album film details psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis’ gation is underway. A description ting Hill area that served as a gathering place Friday. “Good News” is one of the year’s highly research into why people kill, including a focus of the suspects was not immediate- for activists and intellectuals of Britain’s civil anticipated albums, although details around on experiences and brain dysfunction. Among ly released, but investigators said rights movement and was routinely raided by the project have been tight (its release was just the cases she’s examined: convicted serial kill- they were seen in a Chevy Malibu. the police. Letitia Wright, best known for play- announced last week). Megan Thee Stallion’s ers Arthur Shawcross and Ted Bundy. In a Pennick is at least the third rapper ing Black Panther’s little sister Shuri, stars. had major success with the 2019 mixtape “Fe- change of filmmaking style, Gibney relies on a in less than a week to become the Once you’re finished with “Mangrove,” per- ver,” this year’s “Suga” EP and the singles mix of cinema verité, animation and home mo- victim of gun violence in Texas. haps you’d like to indulge in a little holiday fan- “WAP” with Cardi B, “Savage” with Beyonce vies to convey the intricacies of the mind.
The family of comedian Sin- tasy, like, say, “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on and “Hot Girl Summer.” Looks like she’s Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel “Black Narcis- bad, 64, said the comedian-actor is the Square,” a glossy musical coming to Netflix bound to have a hot girl winter, too! sus” was the basis of a 1947 movie starring recovering from a stroke. The Ad- on Sunday. Christine Baranski plays a Scrooge A musical family plus quarantining together Deborah Kerr and Jean Simmons. It’s back on kins family said in a statement to in stilettos who is trying to evict an entire town equals a new album. That’s what happened to screen, adapted for a three-part FX series de- The Associated Press on Monday by Christmas Eve. Dolly, naturally, plays an the Fogerty family after the pandemic hit in buting in full Nov. 23. The series is set during that “it is out of sincere love that we angel who visits to convince her otherwise. March. John Fogerty, his daughter Kelsy and British rule in India, with Anglican nuns led by share Sinbad, our beloved husband And if that weren’t enough, it was directed and his sons Shane and Tyler recorded “Fogerty’s ambitious Sister Clodagh (Gemma Atherton) and father, is recovering from a re- choreographed by none other than Debbie Al- Factory” in their home studio. The 12-track al- seeking to turn a clifftop palace into a mission cent stroke. “Sinbad is a light len. bum will be released Friday — just in time for and stirring dark waters along the way. Kulvin- source of love and joy for many Or maybe you’re looking for escapism of the the holidays. der Ghir and Jim Broadbent are in the cast, generations. While he is beginning silly sci-fi action-horror variety. If so, “Under- — AP Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu along with Diana Rigg — another chance to sa- his road to recovery, we are faithful water,” starring Kristen Stewart as a mechani- vor the work of the actor who died last Septem- and optimistic that he will bring cal engineer working on a deep-sea drilling fa- Television ber at age 82. laughter into our hearts soon,” the cility, debuts Saturday on HBO. Part “The ABC’s “Big Sky,” from veteran writer-pro- — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber statement continued. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 19 PAGE 20 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 SCOREBOARD/NBA/COLLEGE FOOTBALL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AP Top 25 schedule No. 1 Alabama vs. Kentucky, Saturday No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 9 Indiana, Satur- day Bucks get Holiday from Pelicans No. 4 Clemson at Florida State, Saturday No. 5 Texas A&M vs. Mississippi, ppd. No. 6 Florida at Vanderbilt, Saturday No. 7 Cincinnati at UCF, Saturday BY TIM REYNOLDS the one they had last season — No. 8 BYU vs. North Alabama, Saturday Associated Press No. 10 Wisconsin at No. 19 Northwestern when Milwaukee had the NBA’s No. 11 Oregon vs. UCLA, Saturday Point guard Jrue Holiday is be- best regular-season record for the No. 12 Miami vs. Georgia Tech, Saturday No. 13 Georgia vs. Mississippi State, Sat- ing traded from New Orleans to second consecutive season, but urday No. 14 Oklahoma State at No. 18 Oklaho- Milwaukee, which is aiming to fell short of making the NBA Fi- ma, Saturday give two-time reigning NBA MVP nals anyway. This past season, No. 15 Marshall vs. Charlotte, Saturday No. 15 Coastal Carolina vs. Appalachian Giannis Antetokounmpo the im- they were ousted by the Miami State, Saturday No. 17 Iowa State vs. Kansas State, Sat- proved roster that he seeks with Heat in the second round. urday the decision on his supermax con- “Fun, busy, exciting time of the No. 20 USC at Utah, Saturday No. 21 Liberty at NC State, Saturday tract extension looming, a person year,” Horst said. “We are heavily No. 22 Texas at Kansas, Saturday No. 23 Auburn vs. Tennessee, Saturday with knowledge of the situation focused on continuing to improve No. 24 Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Central said Tuesday. the team. ... A lot of action. A lot of Arkansas, Saturday No. 25 Tulsa vs. Tulane, Thursday The Pelicans are getting Eric activity..” PRO SOCCER Bledsoe, George Hill and a pack- Holiday will almost certainly age of future first-round draft make them better. Widely consid- MLS playoffs picks from the Bucks, the person ered one of the best defenders in Play-in Eastern Conference told The Associated Press. the NBA, he averaged 19.1 points Friday The person spoke on condition and 6.7 assists last season and now (9) Montreal at (8) New England (10) Inter Miami at (7) Nashville of anonymity because no deal had joins Antetokounmpo and Khris First Round been finalized. Middleton on a Milwaukee roster Eastern Conference Saturday ESPN, The Athletic and The that will obviously look very dif- Orlando City vs. New York City FC New York Times first reported de- ferent than it did this past season. Columbus vs. New York tails of the Holiday trade. ESPN Holiday is due to earn $25.4 mil- Tuesday, Nov. 24 Toronto vs. higher-seeded play-in win- also said the Bucks were execut- lion this season and holds a $26.3 ner Philadelphia vs. lower-seeded play-in ing a second trade with Sacramen- million player option for next sea- winner to, with Bogdan Bogdanovic and son. Therein lies the gamble for Western Conference Justin James going to Milwaukee the Bucks: There’s no guarantee Saturday, Nov. 22 Sporting Kansas City vs. San Jose for Donte DiVincenzo, D.J. Wilson that Holiday will stay more than a Minnesota United vs. Colorado Portland vs. Dallas and Ersan Ilyasova. year, and Antetokounmpo’s future Tuesday, Nov. 24 The trade of Holiday was the in Milwaukee remains in at least Seattle vs. Los Angeles FC second blockbuster involving a some question as well. And it’s Conference Semifinals Eastern Conference point guard since the league al- now almost certain that the Bucks Sunday, Nov. 29 lowed transactions to begin again will have to fill out their roster for Game 1: Teams TBD MICHAEL CONROY / AP Game 2: Teams TBD Monday. Chris Paul was traded to this season with several mini- Western Conference the Phoenix Suns by the Oklaho- The Milwaukee Bucks acquired guard Jrue Holiday from the New mum-salary players, since they’ll Tuesday, Dec. 1 ma City Thunder earlier Monday; Orleans Pelicans on Monday. The Bucks are aiming to give two­time owe about $86 million to just Ante- Teams TBD reigning NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo the improved roster that Wednesday, Dec. 2 Paul and Holiday had been men- tokounmpo, Middleton and Holi- Teams TBD tioned throughout the offseason as he seeks with the decision on his contract extension looming. day this season. Conference Championships point guards who could be moved It is the second consecutive off- Sunday, Dec. 6 Game 1: Teams TBD and were expected to be in high be worth more than $200 million ... I’ve got to keep getting better. I season in which New Orleans Game 2: Teams TBD demand. for five years — before Dec. 21. want to be a champion.” traded a standout for a haul of MLS Cup Saturday, Dec. 12 Hours after the Paul deal got When Antetokounmpo was an- Bucks general manager Jon players and draft picks. In 2019, it Teams TBD done, Holiday was headed to Mil- nounced as the back-to-back MVP Horst, speaking to reporters earli- was Anthony Davis to the Lakers DEALS waukee. The Bucks’ message is in September, he stated his inten- er Monday about the draft and the in a move that saw reigning Most clear: They want to win a title, and tion openly. free-agent period that starts Fri- Improved Player Brandon In- Monday's transactions they want to give Antetokounmpo “I’m happy for this, I’m happy day, seemed to drop hints that the gram and more coming to New Or- BASEBALL Major League Baseball enough incentive to sign his su- for this award,” Antetokounmpo Bucks expected to put together a leans; now, it’s Holiday to the American League permax extension — one that will said at the time. “But I want more. roster that would be better than Bucks. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Received RHP Miguel Padilla from Houston to complete the July 29 trade with RHP Hector Velaz- quez. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed LHP Drew Smyly to a one-year contract. More games shuffled due to COVID-19 FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Activated CB Brian Allen to the practice squad from the BY RALPH D. RUSSO A&M and Arizona State as teams that will now game. The Aggies are scheduled to play the reserve/COVID-19 list. Associated Press go two weeks without playing. make-up against the Volunteers on Dec. 12. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed head coach Andy Reid and general manager No. 12 Miami had its remaining three games The number of games across major college To accommodate for Miami's issues, the ACC Brett Veach to six-year contract exten- sions. rescheduled Monday because of COVID-19 football scheduled for this weekend that have moved up the Wake Forest at Louisville game cases in the program, forcing the Atlantic Coast already been called off is up to seven after four from Dec. 5 to Nov. 28 and moved Louisville at AP SPORTLIGHT Conference to shuffle a total of six games over went down Monday, including Mississippi at Boston College back from Nov. 27 to Dec. 12.

Nov. 18 the last month of the season. Texas A&M and Charlotte at No. 15 Marshall. Also, the Big 12 officially set the date of its 1970 — Joe Frazier knocks out Bob Foster Georgia Tech at Miami scheduled for Satur- Aggies coach Jimbo Fisher said the program conference title game for Dec. 19. in the second round to retain the world heavyweight title in Detroit. day, is now tentatively set for Dec. 19, the date of had only one active COVID-19 case but the Last week, 15 FBS games were called off be- 1974 — Charley Johnson of the Denver the ACC championship game. Miami's game at number of players available to practice was “in cause of COVID-19, the most yet this season. Broncos passes for 445 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-34 loss against the Wake Forest that was scheduled for Nov. 28, the 40s,” about half of what it would usually be. The total since schedules were set in late Au- Kansas City Chiefs. 1978 — Vanderbilt’s Frank Mordica rush- was moved to Dec. 5, and its game against North Most of the absences were due to individuals gust is nearing 70. es for 321 yards and five touchdowns in a Carolina was moved back a week to Dec. 12. being quarantined after being exposed to some- Major college football conferences have 41-27 victory over Air Force. Mordica scores on runs of 48, 30, 6, 70 and 77 yards. “What we know is we don’t have a coronavi- one who tested positive for the virus. been tweaking policies to provide their schools 1990 — Monica Seles captures the first five-set women’s match since 1901, de- rus-in-college-football problem. We have a cor- The Aggies missed last weekend’s visit to flexibility to schedule games on short notice. feating Gabriela Sabatini 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, onavirus-in-America problem,” Miami coach Tennessee. The Pac-12 signed off on California playing at 6-2 in the final of the Virginia Slims Cham- pionships. Manny Diaz said Monday. “And everyone, I “We were wondering if we’d even have foot- UCLA on Sunday, less than 48 hours after the 1995 — Iowa State’s Troy Davis becomes the fifth player in NCAA Division I-A to rush hope, can see or I would hope can see — you ball. So we can complain about this and this and Bears and Bruins had their original Saturday for 2,000 yards, reaching that plateau in a 45-31 loss to Missouri. can’t say everyone can see, because the way that but, listen, we’re still getting to play foot- opponents postpone. Utah, which has had to 2000 — Indiana’s Antwaan Randle El be- things are in 2020 everybody can’t agree on ball,” Fisher said. "The season’s going on. So postpone its first two games because of CO- comes the second player in NCAA Division I-A history to rush for 200 points and pass anything — but certainly the math is saying that those are great things for us and the SEC and ev- VID-19 cases, is scheduled to host No. 20 South- for 200 points in a career in a 41-13 loss to Purdue. the numbers are really, really getting to a bad erybody in college football.” ern California this Saturday. 2006 — Top-ranked Ohio State beats No. place.” The Southeastern Conference has had eight If the Utes still can't play, USC and Colorado 2 Michigan 42-39 in Columbus in the regu- lar-season finale. The Big Ten rivals had Georgia Tech, which had its game last week games postponed this season. The SEC said the might be able to instead. The Trojans and Buffa- the top two spots in The AP football poll since Oct. 15. against Pittsburgh postponed because of CO- Texas A&M-Ole Miss game could be made up loes are currently scheduled to meet in Los An- VID-19 issues with both teams, joins No. 5 Texas Dec. 19, the day of the league championship geles on Nov. 28. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 21 NBA DRAFT Flavor: Hayes honed skills with French youth teams

mer NBA players Frank Ntilikina, FROM PAGE 24 Evan Fournier, Clint Capela, Bo- He had all of Cholet buzzing ris Diaw and Parker. about his game. Hayes earned co- Maledon and Parker grew up in MVP honors at the Jordan Brand the same city: Rouen in the Nor- Classic International Game in mandy region. And like Parker, 2017. He also played for French Maledon has considerable pro ex- youth teams before declining an perience playing in France — and invitation to play for a French Un- in the EuroLeague. der-20 team. He later moved to He also played for Parker’s Germany. team, ASVEL in the city of Lyon. Hayes said his agent told him to Parker bought the team while he expect to be drafted somewhere was still playing for the San Anto- between No. 2 and 10. nio Spurs. Some other international NBA Maledon, 6-4 and about 175 prospects to keep an eye on: pounds, missed time early last season with a shoulder injury and KAREN PULFER FOCHT / AP Deni Avdija acknowledges that his draft stock Georgia guard Anthony Edwards shoots as Memphis forward Precious Achiuwa defends last season. Ed­ Scouts really like the versatility may have slipped a bit. wards is expected to be the first shooting guard taken in the NBA Draft on Wednesday. of the 19-year-old from Israel but “That kind of stays in my head. I they are not as enamored by his got a chip on my shoulder for poor free-throw shooting. Avdija that,” he said in a media video call. says not to worry. But “it's only on the court that you At 6-8, he can play several posi- can prove things.” Georgia’s Edwards tops tions and does a little of every- thing. His stat line from the 2019 Leandro Bolmaro under-20 European Champion- Bolmaro of Argentina is another ships final: 23 points, 5 rebounds, versatile international prospect. 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal. Is- At 6-6 and 185 pounds, he can play list of shooting guards rael beat Spain for the gold and small forward and both guard po- Avdija was the tournament MVP. sitions. BY AARON BEARD Tom Crean said. point range over two seasons at In 59 games for Maccabi Tel The 20-year-old Bolmaro is also Associated Press Concerns: While Edwards is Florida State. Aviv last season, he shot just un- gaining experience coming off the There’s no question about An- difficult to slow, his efficiency and Concerns: The 20-year-old der 59% from the free-throw line bench for Barcelona in Spain's thony Edwards’ position atop the consistency are questions. Ed- must add strength to his 194- and 33% from three-point range. strong domestic league as well as list of shooting guards in this wards shot just 40.2% from the pound frame to handle matchups “It’s a matter of time and I think the continental club competition year’s NBA draft. field and made at least half his with bigger opponents and contin- it’s a matter of the head,” Avdija EuroLeague. The top tier of shooting guard shots only seven times in 32 ue expanding his offensive game said of the dismal percentage in a Bolmaro is comfortable using prospects also includes versatile games. He also shot just 29.4% beyond his spot-up shooting. media video call. “I think I can pick-and-rolls and attacking the players like Florida State’s Devin from 3-point range, including shoot even above 70%. I’m going to paint to either finish himself or Vassell and Auburn’s Isaac Okoro, empty lines in losses to LSU (1 for Isaac Okoro get there.” pass to teammates in space. both possible lottery selections. 12), Mississippi (1 for 9), South Like Vassell, Auburn freshman Just don’t compare him to Dal- A quick look: Carolina (0 for 7) and Alabama (0 Okoro has high-end defensive po- las Mavericks guard Luka Doncic Aleksej Pokusevski for 6). tential. — or anyone else for that matter. Serbian 7-footer Aleksej Poku- Anthony Edwards Strengths: The 19-year-old has “I just want to be the best Deni sevski has mostly played in the The 19-year-old started fast and Devin Vassell a strong 6-6, 225-pound frame that Avdija I can be," he said. “I just Greek second division. NBA fans finished as Southeastern Confer- The sophomore could boost a could allow him to play as a shoot- don’t want to be compared to any- might not remember, but that’s ence’s freshman of the year. team’s defense and outside shoot- ing guard or small forward. He body.” where Giannis Antetokounmpo Strengths: The 6-foot-5, 225- ing. made the Southeastern Confer- played before being drafted in pound Edwards has the ability to Strengths: The 6-7 Vassell is a ence’s all-defensive team while Theo Maledon 2013. score from all over the court. He good athlete with size and length, averaging 12.9 points and shooting The 19-year-old Maledon is a Not that anyone is comparing put it all on display six games into allowing him to play as a shooting 51.4%. French point guard who draws the 18-year-old Pokusevski with his college career at Georgia, go- guard or a small forward with a Concerns: His offensive game, comparisons to Tony Parker. the Greek Freak, but the Serbian ing for 33 of his 37 points after 6-9 wingspan. His biggest poten- and shooting touch, is a work in Maledon was 17 when he was has impressed scouts . halftime in an impressive one- tial comes as a versatile perimeter progress. While his overall shoot- named “best young player” of the Playing for the Olympiacos B man show in a loss to then-No. 3 defender capable after averaging ing percentage was solid, he shot French league in 2018-19. That team, Pokusevski averaged nearly Michigan State. 1.4 steals and nearly a block per just 29% from three-point range puts him in good company. Past 10 points per game, 7.3 rebounds “He’s just scratching the sur- game last year with the Seminoles. and made only 20 shots from be- winners include current and for- and 1.7 blocks. face, he really is,” Georgia coach He also shot 41.7% from three- hind the arc in 28 games. PAGE 22 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 NBA DRAFT Toppin, Williams, Avdija lead list of top forwards

BY AARON BEARD averaged 7.5 rebounds but hit Associated Press double figures only eight times in Obi Toppin needed one season 31 games last year despite his ex- to go from developmental project plosiveness. It’s also unclear how to potential NBA lottery pick. well he’d handle quicker oppo- He blossomed last year for nents when roving or switching Dayton to turn the Flyers into a along the perimeter, though Top- Final Four contender while be- pin said workouts with other NBA coming a sought-after pro pros- players and draft prospects would pect ahead of Wednesday’s draft. helped prepare him for that. He’s among the headliners of this “Playing against those guys has year forwards, players offering been helping me a lot, especially enough size or length to tussle in- for defense — having to play some side or contribute on the perime- bigs, having to play some guards,” ter. Toppin said in a virtual news con- The list includes international ference, adding he’s working to prospect Deni Avdija and Florida “prove a lot of people wrong” on State’s Patrick Williams as other defense. potential lottery picks. AARON DOSTER / AP Here’s a look at some of the top Deni Avdija Dayton's Obi Toppin averaged 20 points a game despite taking 20 shots in a game only once last season. prospects: The 19-year-old from Israel is a The 6­9 forward is a potential lottery pick in Wednesday's NBA Draft. versatile playmaker with size and Obi Toppin a still-developing game. During a predraft virtual news he played 30-plus minutes only aged 15.8 points and 10.8 re- Toppin was once a 6-foot-2 high Strengths: The 6-9, 225-pound conference, Avdija said he’s been twice — yet had a team-high 30 bounds while swatting a team- school junior who had never Avdija helped Israel win the FIBA working to make his stroke more blocks. He also shot 83.8% from best 58 shots, two-way production dunked in a game and then a se- U-20 European Championships in efficient as he gets stronger, add- the foul line. that could land him midway nior lacking Division I offers. Now 2018 and 2019. And despite play- ing: “I’m a guy who likes to im- Concerns: Williams was a per- through the first round. he’s a high lottery prospect as a ing opponents 1 or 2 years older in prove, who’s looking forward to fect fit as a complementary piece Saddiq Bey: The 6-8 sophomore rangy power forward. that second title run, Avdija was improve.” for FSU, but teams will have a led Villanova in scoring (16.1), Strengths: The 6-9, 220-pound most valuable player by averag- limited body of work to evaluate shot 45% from three-point range Toppin’s development, which in- ing 18.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5.3 Patrick Williams while projecting him for a more and won the Julius Erving Award cluded a stop in prep school and a assists, 2.4 blocks and 2.1 steals. The 19-year-old freshman of- extensive role. Williams must for college basketball’s top small redshirt season, turned him into He’s a good ballhandler with the fers positional versatility after continue developing his outside forward. Bey, who has a 6-11 an efficient scorer and high-flying versatility to lead the break, run playing in solely as a reserve. shot after shooting 32% from wingspan, is a first-round pros- dunker. He averaged 20 points the offense in half court or play Strengths: The Atlantic Coast three-point range and making just pect who has climbed into the lot- despite taking 20 shots in a game from the post. He also became the Conference’s sixth man of the 16 in 29 games. tery in some mock drafts. only once all year. He shot 64.7% youngest player ever to play for year helped the Seminoles win Jaden McDaniels: The 6-10 from the floor over two seasons Maccabi Tel Aviv to start his pro- their first league regular-season Others to watch Washington freshman and former and became a more frequent fessional career in 2017. crown. He brought athleticism Precious Achiuwa: The 6-9, McDonald’s All-American has the three-point shooting threat last Concerns: Avdija’s shooting and strength in a 6-8, 225-pound 234-pound Memphis freshman tools to be a first-round pick. But year (39%). The Associated Press touch just hasn’t been there. Last frame with a nearly 7-foot wing- used this athleticism to become he had a bumpy year with incon- men’s college basketball player of year, he made just 33% of three- span, giving him the ability to de- the first player named player of sistency — he fouled out eight the year also averaged 1.2 blocks. pointers and 59% of free throws in fend multiple positions. He aver- the year and freshman of the year times and picked up six technicals Concerns: It’s unclear how 59 games with Maccabi Tel Aviv aged 9.2 points and 4.0 rebounds in the American Athletic Confer- — while also committing a team- good of a rebounder he will be; he in Israeli and Euroleague play. in just 22.6 minutes per game — ence in the same season. He aver- high 100 turnovers. Inexperienced Wiseman, Okongwu are top big men

BY AARON BEARD Strengths: The 19-year-old has and the NCAA suspended him for 2.7 blocks per game, including Strengths: The 6-10 Smith was a Associated Press a mobile 7-foot-1, 247-pound 12 games before he withdrew from eight in his first college game top-20 recruit in 2018 then thrived James Wiseman was consid- frame that will make him a pres- school last December, a sequence against Florida A&M, seven in his second year. He bettered his ered a possible No. 1 overall NBA ence at both ends of the court, par- that cost him nearly a full season against TCU of the Big 12 and six numbers across the board, ave- Draft pick before he ever played ticularly on the glass and in pro- of college development. against Oregon in Pac-12 play. raging 15.5 points and 10.5 re- in college. Things haven’t tecting the rim. He ran the floor Concerns: He’ll have to contin- bounds while shooting 53.8% from changed, even after only three well and displayed a soft touch in Onyeka Okongwu ue to expand his offensive game the floor. More impressively, he games at the college level. the paint at Memphis. The nation’s The 19-year-old freshman of- overall beyond overpowering op- has developed into a capable The Memphis freshman head- top-ranked recruit had 28 points fers plenty of defensive and re- ponents down low or around the three-point shooter. lines the list of big men in Wednes- and 11 rebounds against South bounding potential. rim. It’s unclear exactly how Concerns: Smith helped him- day’s draft and he’s unlikely to fall Carolina State in his first game Strengths: The 6-9, 245-poun- much shooting range he will offer self by bulking up about 10 pounds out of the top three picks. and had a double-double (14 der arrived as a top-25 national to pull defenders outside after he to 225 as a sophomore, but he’ll Here’s a look at some of the top points, 12 rebounds) in his last recruit and immediately became attempted just four college three- need to add more strength to han- prospects: against a ranked Oregon team. USC’s low-post presence. He av- pointers (making one). dle contact in the paint and phys- Concerns: Wiseman’s last game eraged a team-best 16.2 points ical defenders. He also needs to James Wiseman was a year ago Thursday, so while shooting 61.6% from the Jalen Smith improve ballhandling and creat- His college stint with the Tigers, there’s little for any team to study floor, finishing through contact The 20-year-old blossomed as a ing his own shot as he develops his cut short by NCAA eligibility is- since his days dominating the high and at the rim — frequently for sophomore for the Terrapins and game further, with much of his sues, showcased a tantalizing school ranks. Memphis ultimately dunks. As a defender, he ranked showed an improving inside-out production in college coming off glimpse at his skillset. withheld him from competition ninth in the country by averaging game. feeds from Maryland’s guards. Wednesday, November 18, 2020 • STARS AND STRIPES • PAGE 23 NFL Scoreboard Can the Saints survive minus Brees? American Conference

East BRETT MARTEL WLTPct PF PA Associated Press Buffalo 7 3 0 .700 272 265 NEW ORLEANS — While the Miami 6 3 0 .667 251 182 Saints are riding a six-game win- New England 4 5 0 .444 189 211 N.Y. Jets 0 9 0 .000 121 268 ning streak and sitting atop the NFC South, their resourcefulness South and resilience will be tested in the WLTPct PF PA upcoming weeks. Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 242 177 A 27-13 victory over San Fran- Tennessee 6 3 0 .667 249 235 cisco on Sunday was a costly one Houston 2 7 0 .222 200 252 in terms of injuries that affected Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 199 271 quarterback Drew Brees, left North tackle Terron Armstead, corner- WLTPct PF PA back Marshon Lattimore and oth- Pittsburgh 9 0 0 1.000 271 171 ers. Baltimore 6 3 0 .667 244 165 While coach Sean Payton de- Cleveland 6 3 0 .667 216 244 clined to comment on any injuries Cincinnati 2 6 1 .278 204 250 until the first injury report of this West week is due out Wednesday after- WLTPct PF PA noon, a person familiar with the Kansas City 8 1 0 .889 286 183 situation said Brees has multiple Las Vegas 6 3 0 .667 255 241 rib fractures and also was diag- Denver 3 6 0 .333 186 254 nosed with a collapsed lung. L.A. Chargers 2 7 0 .222 226 245 Brees is expected to miss sever- National Conference al games while his lung and ribs heal, meaning the offense will now East be primarily in the hands of Ja-

WLTPct PF PA meis Winston, who was selected MAX BECHERER / AP Philadelphia 3 5 1 .389 203 232 first overall by Tampa Bay in the New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees remains on the ground after being sacked by San Francisco N.Y. Giants 3 7 0 .300 195 236 2015 NFL draft. 49ers' Kentavius Street during the Saints' 27­13 win Sunday in New Orleans. Brees has been diagnosed Dallas 2 7 0 .222 204 290 During his five seasons with the with multiple rib fractures and a collapsed right lung, a person with knowledge of the situation said. Washington 2 7 0 .222 180 218 Bucs, Winston was as mercurial as South he was prolific. His statistics last When Winston signed a one- first approach to how he talks Winston was 6-of-10 passing for WLTPct PF PA season were a case in point. He year deal with New Orleans, he about his goals when he’s under 63 yards and led two scoring New Orleans 7 2 0 .778 271 213 passed for 5,109 yards and 33 said he did so with a willingness to center in place of the injured drives that resulted in 10 insur- Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 296 226 touchdowns, but also threw 30 in- serve as a backup and refine his Brees. ance points in the second half of Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 243 251 terceptions. His lack of consisten- game while learning from Payton “My main job’s to serve my Sunday’s victory. Carolina 3 7 0 .300 233 272 cy and penchant for risky throws and Brees, who have formed one teammates, and help put us in a Brees, who watched from the North led the Buccaneers to pursue for- of the most prolific coach-quarter- position to win a football game,” sideline, said after Sunday’s game WLTPct PF PA mer New England QB Tom Brady back tandems in NFL history. Winston said. “We all fight in this that he thought Winston “did Green Bay 7 2 0 .778 277 224 last offseason and let Winston go. Now Winston is taking a team- thing together.” great.” Chicago 5 5 0 .500 191 209 Detroit 4 5 0 .444 227 267 Monday Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 236 247 Vikings 19, Bears 13 West Cousins gets first MNF win Minnesota 7 0 6 6 — 19 WLTPct PF PA Associated Press nesota’s Ifeadi Odenigbo as he 135 yards and tied Randy Moss’ Chicago 3 3 7 0 — 13 Arizona 6 3 0 .667 266 210 First quarter L.A. Rams 6 3 0 .667 216 168 CHICAGO — Kirk Cousins will threw the ball away. club rookie record with his fourth Min—Thielen 17 pass from Cousins (Bai- Seattle 6 3 0 .667 290 266 take a victory any day of the week. Patterson joined Josh Cribbs 100-yard receiving game. ley kick), 6:29. San Francisco 4 6 0 .400 238 234 That he finally got one on a Mon- and Leon Washington as the only The defense did not allow an of- Chi—FG Santos 23, :32. day night didn’t seem to matter. players with eight kick returns for fensive touchdown for the first Second quarter Cousins threw for 292 yards and touchdowns when he ran back the time in 20 games, including the Chi—FG Santos 42, :49. Sunday, Nov. 15 two touchdowns, and the Minne- opening kickoff of the second half playoffs, and the Vikings won for Third quarter Cleveland 10, Houston 7 Chi—Patterson 104 kickoff return (San- Detroit 30, Washington 27 sota Vikings overcame a 104-yard to give Chicago a 13-7 lead. It was just the fourth time in 18 games at tos kick), 14:46. Green Bay 24, Jacksonville 20 Min—FG Bailey 37, 10:50. N.Y. Giants 27, Philadelphia 17 kickoff return by Chicago’s Cor- the longest kickoff return in fran- Soldier Field since it reopened in Min—FG Bailey 43, 1:52. Tampa Bay 46, Carolina 23 Arizona 32, Buffalo 30 darrelle Patterson to beat the chise history, surpassing Gale 2003 following renovations. Fourth quarter Las Vegas 37, Denver 12 Bears 19-13. Sayers’ 103-yarder against Pitts- “It’s a goofy year for everybo- Min—Thielen 6 pass from Cousins (pass Miami 29, L.A. Chargers 21 failed), 10:06. L.A. Rams 23, Seattle 16 Cousins won for the first time in burgh on Sept. 17, 1967. dy,” said Harrison Smith, who had New Orleans 27, San Francisco 13 Pittsburgh 36, Cincinnati 10 10 career Monday night starts. He Patterson had all the room he an interception. “We’re starting to Min Chi New England 23, Baltimore 17 hit Adam Thielen with a 6-yard needed as he sprinted up the side- have a little bit of a feeling of how Open: Kansas City, N.Y. Jets, Atlanta, First downs 19 10 Dallas touchdown early in the fourth line and raised two fingers as he to make our own energy and our Total Net Yards 385 149 quarter to put Minnesota ahead by closed in on the end zone. own confidence. I think we’re Rushes-yards 33-99 17-41 Monday's game Passing 286 108 Minnesota 19, Chicago 13 the final margin, and the Vikings “I don’t know what I did, man. I starting to figure it out a little bit.” Punt Returns 1-0 3-44 Thursday, Nov. 19 Arizona at Seattle (4-5) held on for their third was blacked out at the time,” Pat- Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-142 Sunday, Nov. 22 straight win. They also snapped a terson said. Struggling offense Interceptions Ret. 1-8 1-33 Atlanta at New Orleans Comp-Att-Int 25-36-1 16-31-1 Cincinnati at Washington four-game losing streak against The record return was the lone With offensive coordinator Bill Detroit at Carolina. Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 2-16 New England at Houston Chicago (5-5). bright spot for the Bears as they Lazor calling the plays after Nagy Punts 5-41.6 5-44.2 Philadelphia at Cleveland “Great to get a win,” Cousins lost their fourth in a row and handed off those duties in an effort Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-1 Pittsburgh at Jacksonville Tennessee at Baltimore said. “We’ll try to keep building on matched their longest skid since to lift a unit that ranks near the Penalties-Yards 4-35 1-5 Miami at Denver Time of Possession 35:50 24:10 N.Y. Jets at L.A. Chargers it now, and it’ll be so important to Nagy was hired in 2018. bottom of the NFL, the Bears man- Dallas at Minnesota keep stringing these together if we Cousins completed 25 of 36 pas- aged 149 yards. It was their lowest INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Green Bay at Indianapolis Kansas City at Las Vegas can. That’s really what the rest of ses with two touchdowns to Thie- total since they had 147 against RUSHING—Minnesota, Cook 30-96, Mat- Open: Buffalo, Chicago, N.Y. Giants, San tison 2-4, Cousins 1-(minus 1). Chicago, Francisco the season will be all about.” len, who has nine on the season. San Francisco on Dec. 3, 2017. Patterson 12-30, Pierce 3-9, Foles 1-2, Nall Monday, Nov. 23 Bears quarterback Nick Foles His one-handed TD grab in the “We need to make sure that 1-0. L.A. Rams at Tampa Bay PASSING—Minnesota, Cousins 25-36-1- Thursday, Nov. 26 got taken from the field on a cart in first quarter was particularly im- we’re really honestly going back 292. Chicago, Foles 15-26-1-106, Bray 1-5-0- Houston at Detroit 18. Washington at Dallas the game’s final minute. Coach pressive. now and saying OK, what’s going RECEIVING—Minnesota, Jefferson 8-135, Baltimore at Pittsburgh Rudolph 4-63, Thielen 4-43, Cook 4-16, Sunday, Nov. 29 Matt Nagy said Foles’ leg and hip Minnesota’s Dalvin Cook ran on, where are we at now that we Beebe 2-16, Conklin 2-11, Ham 1-8. Chica- L.A. Chargers at Buffalo were being evaluated after he got for 96 yards on 30 attempts. Justin have some time to really see,” Na- go, Robinson 6-43, A.Miller 2-28, Patterson N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati 2-19, L.Miller 2-6, Mooney 2-3, Nall 1-18, Miami at N.Y. Jets slammed on his right side by Min- Jefferson caught eight passes for gy said. Kmet 1-7. PAGE 24 • STARS AND STRIPES • Wednesday, November 18, 2020 Life without Brees SPORTS QB expected to miss several games due to broken ribs ›› NFL, Page 23

NBA DRAFT Foreign flavor As usual, international players expected to have a big impact BY KEN MAGUIRE Germany — Hayes showed he has room to improve. Associated Press He was inconsistent from three-point range (21.8% in ost NBA fans are just now learning the 20 domestic league games; 39% in 10 EuroCup name Killian Hayes, the 19-year-old games), but is crafty with the basketball. French-American point guard who “He hit me with a really good move at the top of the Mcould be a top-five pick in Wednesday key — made me stumble and fall,” said Siva, who night’s draft. played one season with the Detroit Pistons. Hayes The shifty 6-foot-5 lefty is among several interna- finished with 20 points and 10 assists in the loss to Si- tional prospects, continuing the NBA’s global reach. va's team. Others include Deni Avdija, Israel; Théo Maledon, Although quiet, Hayes does not lack confidence. France; Leandro Bolmaro, Argentina; and Aleksej Hayes told the French sports daily L'Équipe about Pokusevski, Serbia. questions NBA teams ask during pre-draft inter- There were 108 international players on opening- views. One asked if he was a “dog” on the court, and night rosters for the 2019-20 season. That number Hayes replied yes. What type? He said, “Rottweiler.” could increase this year and Hayes will be one the Hayes was born in Florida but grew up mostly in new faces. his mother's hometown of Cholet in western France He has the ability to create space for himself or where his American father played basketball. teammates. He'll benefit from the NBA's defensive DeRon Hayes played at Penn State and in Europe. three-second rule and is effective running the pick- Killian debuted for Cholet at age 16. and-roll. In Europe, defenders can clog the lane. “Killian's dad would be at every practice,” ex- “When he gets in the paint he’s able to find his shoo- teammate Antywane Robinson said, “in the same ters, he’s able to find his big men,” said Peyton Siva spot at the top of the stands. Their relationship is a Jr., who plays for Alba Berlin in the German league. beautiful one.” “That’s when he’s more dangerous, when he’s able to Hayes' mother, Sandrine, never missed a game and create for others.” cousins would also be in attendance. Playing in Ulm — Albert Einstein’s hometown in SEE FLAVOR ON PAGE 21

AP photos Above: Cholet's Killian Hayes shoots during the French Cup under­17 final Chalon­sur­Saone in Paris on April 22, 2017. The 19­year­old French­American point guard will likely be a top­five pick in Wednes­ day night’s draft. Left: Alba Berlin's Peyton Siva Jr., who played one season with the Detroit Pistons, says Hayes is most dangerous when he's creating plays for other players.

COVID-19 forces more postponments ›› College football, Page 20