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BY COREY DICKSTEIN Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack fire the unit’s commander, its executive of- vestigation’s findings on Monday. Stars And Stripes Squadron 242 suffered from “inadequate ficer, its operations officer and its aviation The investigation, completed last month, oversight of training and operations” and safety officer, the Marine Corps said Mon- determined the pilot of the crashed Hor- WASHINGTON — Four Marine officers an “unprofessional command climate” day in a statement. net, Marine Capt. Jahmar Resilard, had were fired after investigators determined when the Hornet fighter jet crashed Dec. 6 The Corps announced in April the firing not been trained adequately to conduct a pilot’s inexperience conducting night- into the rear of the KC-130 Super Hercules of Lt. Col. James Compton, the commander tricky air-to-air refueling operations at time, in-air refueling and a toxic com- while conducting predawn air-to-air re- of the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni- night. However, the lead pilot, whose name mand climate within the unit contributed fueling over the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s based fighter squadron, but declined to was not released, approved Resilard’s use to the mid-air collision of an F/A-18 fighter coast, investigators probing the incident provide a specific reason for his removal . of an unusual maneuver after refueling and KC-130 air tanker late last year that determined. The investigation led Maj. It had not previously disclosed the removal — moving Resilard’s jet to the left side of killed six crew members, according to the Gen. Thomas Weidley, commander of the of the other three officers, who were not the KC-130. service. 1st Marine Aircraft Wing on Okinawa, to named in a statement announcing the in- SEE MARINES ON PAGE 4 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 MILITARY Army identifies Exchanges soldier found dead in Alaska plan to pull BY SETH ROBSON Stars and Stripes The Army has identified a soldier found dead on post in Alaska on Thursday. e-cigarette, Sgt. Ken Conrad Chambers, 33, was a signal support system specialist with the 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th In- fantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska officials vape items said in a statement provided to Stars and Stripes on Monday. The statement did not say where the BY SETH ROBSON death occurred, but Fort Wainwright THERON GODBOLD AND Criminal Investigation Division was look- Stars and Stripes ing into the incident. Chambers, of Upper Marlboro, Md., The Army and Air Force Exchange THERON GODBOLD/Stars and Stripes Service is pulling electronic cigarettes joined the Army in June 2007, the state- and vape products from on-base store The Army and Air Force Exchange Service said it plans to pull electronic cigarettes and ment said. shelves amid safety concerns, officials said vape products from store shelves by close of business on Sept. 30. He served combat tours in Iraq from Tuesday. April 2010 to March 2011 and Afghanistan The move, which takes effect Sept. 30, Navy officials didn’t respond to ques- because Japan doesn’t sell vape products from September 2012 to June 2013. follows a plan announced last week by re- tions about sales at Navy Exchange stores. containing nicotine. He plans to buy his Chambers’ awards include two Army tail giant Walmart to stop selling the prod- AAFES stores have sold vape products supplies online. Commendation Medals, four Army ucts amid concerns about links to severe since late 2012, spokeswoman Julie Mitch- Senior Airman Isaac Hoke, who was Achievement Medals, four Army Good lung disease. ell said in an email Friday. vaping at Yokota last Thursday, said he Conduct Medals, the Afghanistan Cam- The Army Public Health Center warned In 2018 exchange stores sold $1.8 million took up the habit four years ago and is now paign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, servicemembers Sept. 12 to avoid vape worth of vape products, down 11% from the addicted. the Global War on Terrorism Expedition- products after the Centers for Disease previous year, she said. “I don’t really see how they can say it’s ary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Control and Prevention said vaping may be “The category has never been more more dangerous than smoking or [chewing Service Medal, the Korea Defense Service linked to hundreds of cases of severe lung than 1 percent of tobacco sales for the Ex- tobacco] … I think it’s a much safer alter- Medal, the Military Outstanding Volunteer disease and at least six deaths in dozens of change,” she said. native,” he said. Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, states. Vape products sold at AAFES stores in- Authorities shouldn’t ban vaping since three Overseas Service Ribbons and the “Until the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis- clude the brands blu and myblu made by it’s no more dangerous than using other to- NATO Medal. tration’s work with the Centers for Disease Fontem Ventures and Vuse Vibe and Vuse bacco products, Hoke said. Chambers’ death happened the same day Control and Prevention and state health Solo made by R.J. Reynolds, Mitchell said. Another Yokota airman, Staff Sgt. Do- that another Alaska-based servicemem- departments to collect information on e- “Both manufacturers’ products are reg- menic Miner, said he vapes for stress ber, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Phillip Croley, cigarette and vape products is complete … istered with the [Food and Drug Adminis- relief. was found dead at Joint Base San Antonio, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service tration],” she said. “I understand what they’re saying [in the Texas, where he was on temporary duty. is removing these products from its as- The recent vaping news didn’t have the warning] but it’s like saying you shouldn’t Croley was assigned to the 354th Civil sortment, effective close of business Sept. support of servicemembers using the prod- drink or smoke,” he said. “It’s just one of Engineer Squadron at Eielson Air Force 30,” AAFES senior public affairs manager ucts at designated smoking areas at Yokota those things you’re going to do.” Base. The circumstance surrounding his Chris Ward said in an email Tuesday. Air Base, the home of U.S. Forces Japan Stars and Stripes reporters Christian Lopez and death were under investigation by the Air AAFES officials said last week that elec- and the 5th Air Force in western Tokyo. James Bolinger contributed to this report. Force Office of Special Investigations, ac- tronic cigarettes and vape products con- Airman 1st Class Mathew Betts, of [email protected] cording a statement by the service. Twitter: @SethRobson1 stitute a small and falling share of tobacco Frenchtown, Mont., said Tuesday that [email protected] [email protected] sales at overseas stores. going to off-base stores isn’t an option Twitter: @GodboldTheron Twitter: @SethRobson1 T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ...... 17 Business ...... 21 Classified ...... 19, 23 Comics ...... 22 Crossword ...... 22 Faces ...... 18 Opinion ...... 20 Sports ...... 25-32 Weather ...... 21 Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Chief of naval operations talks goals, China

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS ‘ Stars and Stripes I’m getting some great feedback and a sense of what YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Nervous chatter and the sound of shift- their challenges are, what’s ing boots filled the mess hall aboard the motivating them, what we can USS Shiloh on Monday as a group of junior sailors waited to meet the newly appointed improve on and what we need chief of naval operations. to sustain as far as what we’re On his first overseas trip since becoming doing well. the Navy’s top officer Aug. 22, Adm. Mike ’ Gilday made a point to speak to as many Adm. Mike Gilday chief of naval operations sailors as he could. His friendly manner appeared to put sailors at ease enough to share their stories. “I’m getting some great feedback and a and really our pacing threat.” sense of what their challenges are, what’s “Our focus for these ships is on their motivating them, what we can improve on current state of readiness, and that’s ev- and what we need to sustain as far as what erything from how we man them to how we’re doing well,” Gilday told Stars and well we train these crews to keep them to a Stripes. “This is a priority area of opera- high degree of proficiency in terms of their tions for the U.S. Navy, so we came to see material condition as well,” Gilday said. some frontline ships and some frontline As he toured the Shiloh on Monday, Gil- sailors.” day made a point to make eye contact and Just a month into his tenure, Gilday said shake the hand of each sailor he met, from he’s excited to lead the Navy through an Above and seaman apprentices to the ship’s com- era “focused on great power competition, left: Chief mander. As he spoke with each group, he and competition with China specifically as of Naval asked the sailors about their morale, why the leading threat for us.” Operations they joined the Navy and where they were The 2018 National Defense Strategy Adm. Mike from. listed the Indo-Pacific as a priority area Gilday, at “From these trips, you minimize the as China seeks “regional hegemony in right in both amount of filters you get on the information the near-term” and to displace the U.S. photos, you’re receiving — there’s no filters on this “to achieve global preeminence in the visits sailors two-way give-and-take,” he said. “There’s future.” aboard the nothing like hearing directly from sailors Before becoming chief of naval op- USS Shiloh on giving me honest feedback, and they erations, the service’s No. 1 officer and a at Yokosuka have today, in terms of what’s really going member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gilday Naval Base, well, and what stuff we need to put the heat served as director of the Joint Staff assist- Japan, on on — what’s not going well.” ing the Joint Chiefs. Monday . The admiral said he hopes to focus his “I am interested with a sense of urgency time as chief of naval operations on two in closing gaps that we have to either keep CHRISTIAN LOPEZ/Stars timelines, making sure the Navy of the us in a position of advantage against the and Stripes present is the one “the nation expects and Chinese or to close gaps quickly where we deserves” but also building toward a tech- can in order to put ourselves in a better po- savvy future. sition against them,” he said. “I need to balance resources so we Gilday declined to comment on the de- with sustaining our ships,” Gilday said. strategic importance, according to the 7th have a Navy that’s ready to fight tonight tails of those gaps. “The ship that we’re on right now is 27 Fleet website. and that we have a Navy that’s going to be Since 2010, China has been beefing up years old, so she’s been around for a while, That operational tempo was partly competitive in the future,” he said. “It’s re- its presence in the Indo-Pacific, militariz- and historically we have decommissioned to blame for the 2017 fatal collisions of ally exciting just based on the rapid turn of ing islands and reefs in the South China ships of this type well before this age but the fleet’s USS John S. McCain and USS technology and what we can leverage from Sea over which it has no internationally these crews have done a good job of keep- Fitzgerald. The Navy has since imple- industry right now.” recognized claim. ing these ships going.” mented about 100 changes, including im- Gilday said it is “the honor of [his] ca- Beijing has devoted more money to de- Gilday did not specify everything sailors proved sleep schedules, maintenance and reer” to serve as the Navy’s top officer. fense each year for two decades, becom- told him; his interactions with crews were certification standards to prevent future “It’s my hope that I can fulfill expecta- ing “the second-largest military spender kept confidential. tragedies. tions of not only the leadership above me, in the world” behind the U.S., according “They have given me some good feed- “As I told the [Shiloh chief petty officers] but also the sailors across the Navy that to the Defense Intelligence Agency’s 2019 back on things we need to do better to sus- today, people are my No. 1 priority and I be- I’m providing them what they need to do annual report to Congress on China mili- tain these frontline ships because we are lieve that people are an advantage against the mission that we expect them to do,” he tary power. operating them at a fairly high tempo,” he any adversary,” Gilday said. “That’s why said. On the listening tour in Yokosuka, Gild- added. I want the best-trained, the best-skilled, After Japan, Gilday will visit sailors in ay asked sailors what issues they think are The Yokosuka-based strike group based the best-motivated force that our Navy can South Korea and California, he said. He is most pressing in their jobs and what he can around the aircraft carrier USS Ronald produce.” also meeting with military leaders of both do to help them. He said he will take the Reagan — up to 12 ships and 75 aircraft He said he encouraged the chiefs to “re- Japan and South Korea during his tour. comments back to the Pentagon. — has a “higher operational tempo than main focused” and “to be ready” in the ef- [email protected] “Some of their challenges have to do other Navy vessels” in a region growing in fort against China “as our No. 1 concern Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos Prevention ideas are sought after 3 USS Bush sailor suicides

BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS based ship alone. and to care for those in need,” he the Navy personnel command ad- legal issues.” Stars and Stripes The three deaths occurred said. vises to avoid “presenting suicide “Chaplains, psychologists, separately and were unrelated to Last year, 68 active-duty sail- as an ‘epidemic’ ” so not to “nor- counselors, and leadership are Three sailors aboard the air- each other, he said. They bring ors died by suicide, the most in malize suicide to those at-risk,” engaged and available on board craft carrier USS George H.W. to at least 49 the number of ac- one year in the Navy since at in line with U.S. Surgeon General at all times to provide support Bush took their own lives last tive-duty sailors who have killed least 2016, according to data from National Strategy for Suicide Pre- and counseling to those griev- week, commanding officer Capt. themselves this year. Navy Personnel Command. That vention, according to its website. ing,” Bailey said in the post. Sean Bailey said in a post on the In the post, Bailey said his followed a steadily increasing In the Facebook post, Bailey Those in crisis should call ship’s official Facebook page “heart is broken” and called for rate of 43 suicides in 2015 , 52 in asked that shipmates “watch the Suicide Prevention Lifeline Tuesday morning. ideas on suicide prevention, add- 2016 and 65 in 2017. closely for stressors that anyone number, 1-800-273-8255. Ser- The deaths follow a rising ing that “there is never any stig- That represents an increase is experiencing when they face vicemembers may also call the number of suicides in the Navy ma or repercussion from seeking in the suicide rate from 13.1 per a significant life change such as Military OneSource hotline at since 2015. Bailey said the deaths help.” 100,000 sailors in 2015 to 20.7 per relationship problems,” as well 1-800-342-9647, according to the “mark the third, fourth and fifth “Now is the time to come to- 100,000 last year, according to as “personal or professional loss, post. Those in need can also text crew-member suicides in the last gether as a crew and as a family the personnel command. recent career transitions, finan- “home” to the Crisis Hotline at two years” on the Norfolk, Va.- to grieve, to support each other Despite the increase in suicides, cial difficulties” or “disciplinary/ 741741. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 MILITARY USAF says airmen can now fly while pregnant MARCO GARCIA/AP

BY BRIAN FERGUSON suring we’re doing everything to support The Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu is where Army Medic Michael Walker was Stars and Stripes them throughout their pregnancy.” working when his wife was killed in their home in November 2014. Airmen will not be forced to fly while Pregnant aircrew and missileers can pregnant, Hogg said, and those who have now perform their assigned duties during pregnancies without complications and pregnancy without a medical waiver, the choose to continue to fly may change their Ex-Army medic pleads guilty Air Force said in a statement Monday. mind at any time. The policy, which takes effect immedi- The policy change minimizes time out in Hawaii love triangle murder ately, gives certain fully qualified pilots, of the air, which will help airmen to “pre- remotely piloted aircrew and missile op- serve their individual skills and readiness BY JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER that his wife didn’t know he was bisexual erations duty crews the option to continue and retains the Air Force’s significant in- doing their jobs while pregnant. Associated Press and was having affairs with men. vestment in them,” said Lt. Col. Jammie Walker told Jackson he couldn’t simply It expands the time qualified airmen can Jamieson, the first operationally quali- fly during pregnancy and means airmen HONOLULU — A former Army medic divorce his wife because of financial con- fied female F-22 Raptor pilot assigned to a stationed in Hawaii pleaded guilty Mon- cerns and stood to receive $400,000, Brady with uncomplicated pregnancies will no combat coded unit — and also a mother of longer need a waiver to be able to return to day to the murder of his wife, about a week said. They plotted the killing in emails, three. flight, the statement said. before a trial was about to begin in a case during in-person discussions and in text The change is one of several in recent “We’re focused on eliminating barriers involving a love triangle. messages in which they called each other months intended to remove some of the ob- in our existing policies that signal to female Michael Walker pleaded guilty to sec- “daddycakes” and “babygirl,” according to stacles female airmen face. A new policy airmen and potential recruits that becom- ond-degree murder and said he arranged Walker’s plea agreement. released in August, for example, requires ing a parent and being an aviator, control- for the woman with whom he was hav- On Nov. 14, 2014, they met in a military ler or missile operator in our service are units to provide nursing mothers access to ing an affair to kill his wife while he was reservation’s gym parking lot, where Jack- incompatible,” said Lt. Gen. Jacqueline D. a lactation room and provides guidance for working in the emergency room at Tripler son said she would kill Catherine Walker Van Ovost, Air Force director of staff. lactation breaks. Army Medical Center in Honolulu so that that night, Brady said, describing how the The new policy replaces a standardized “Women shouldn’t feel like they must he would have an alibi. two came up with a text messaging code pregnancy regulation that placed all preg- choose between serving and being a moth- In 2015, Ailsa Jackson pleaded guilty to let Jackson know whether she should nant airmen under the same umbrella with er,” Christy Nolta, deputy assistant secre- to murder, describing in court how she enter the home through a window or use a one “that’s fully informed by the member’s tary of the Air Force for reserve affairs stabbed Catherine Walker and then waited key left in the gravel near the back door. If individual situation and the advice of her and airman readiness, said at the time. “A a half-hour to make sure she was dead. Michael Walker texted “good,” that would professional medical team,” the statement small policy tweak can actually make a dif- After meeting through an online dating mean use the window and “bad” would said. ference to our airmen. It adds up, improves site in September 2014, Michael Walker mean the key. “We recognize that each pregnancy is as quality of life and supports retention ef- told Jackson he was married and that his Walker texted “bad,” Brady said, and unique as our professional female aviators forts across the service.” “deepest desire” was to have his wife gone, at about midnight Jackson walked to the we trust to operate our weapon systems,” The Air Force is also reviewing if it can but he couldn’t divorce her, Assistant U.S. Walkers’ house at Aliamanu Military Res- said Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. allow pregnant aviators to perform flight Attorney Tom Brady said. ervation and found the key, Brady said. Dorothy Hogg. duties on all its platforms, but worldwide By gone, he meant, “I wanted her dead, Jackson said in court she “went inside “We’re empowering women to work mobility restrictions will continue to apply ma’am,” he told a judge Monday. and grabbed a knife and went upstairs and closely with their obstetrician and flight to all airmen during pregnancy. Walker also had other affairs, including stabbed her.” medicine providers to pick a path that is [email protected] with men who paid him for sex, Brady said. Jackson and Walker are scheduled to be tailored to their individual needs, while en- Twitter: @BrianFerg57 Walker told one of the men he had sex with sentenced on Feb. 10. Marines: Potential remains for more charges

FROM FRONT PAGE said the incident shows the service must “The investigation indicates [Resilard] constantly evaluate the risks its service- lost situational awareness, unintentionally members take during training, identify crossed over the top of the KC-130J from unsafe conditions and make certain inter- left to right and collided with the rear of nal rules are followed. the tanker,” investigators wrote. “[W]e must all learn from these failures Resilard, 28, was killed in the crash. and not repeat them,” wrote Lt. Gen. Stacy The others who died aboard the KC-130, Clardy, the commander of III Marine Ex- Maj. James Brophy Lt. Col. Kevin Herrmann Staff Sgt. Maximo Flores also assigned to MCAS Iwakuni, were: Lt. peditionary Force, who approved the in- Col. Kevin Herrmann, 38; Maj. James Bro- vestigation’s findings. phy, 36; Staff Sgt. Maximo Flores, 27; Cpl. Marine Corps officials said Monday that William Ross, 21; and Cpl. Daniel Baker, further investigation into the incident was 21. possible if directed by Gen. David Berger, Investigators determined both aircraft the Marine’s commandant. involved in the incident were in proper fly- They said the potential remained for ing condition before the crash. criminal charges or other nonjudicial “There is no evidence to suggest that punishment to be issued in relation to the either aircraft experienced any malfunc- crash. tions prior to the collision,” they wrote. [email protected] In their statement, the Marine Corps Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Cpl. Daniel Baker Cpl. Willian Ross Capt. Jahmar Resilard

Former Army specialist sentenced to 18 months for stealing handguns at Fort Bliss

BY ROSE L. THAYER from Nacogdoches, Texas, plead- Harris must spend in prison, he the lockers of at least 10 known September 2013 until February Stars and Stripes ed guilty on April 23 to two counts also received three years of su- servicemembers, according to 2017, according to his service re- of possession of stolen firearms, pervised release. U.S. District the statement. Harris used the cord. He left the Army as a spe- AUSTIN, Texas — A former one count of theft at Fort Bliss, Judge David Guaderrama handed stolen keys to break into vehicles cialist and had earned the Army Fort Bliss soldier was sentenced unlawful carrying of firearms on down the sentence in an El Paso and steal two handguns. Service Ribbon, Army Achieve- to 18 months in federal prison ment Medal, Army Good Conduct for theft and possession of stolen the base and simple possession courtroom. Agents with the Defense De- firearms at the west Texas Army of marijuana while at Fort Bliss, By pleading guilty, Harris ad- partment Criminal Investigation Medal, National Defense Service base, federal officials announced according to a news release from mitted he entered two Fort Bliss Command investigated this case, Medal and the Drive and Me- Thursday. the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the fitness centers from April 2017 along with Fort Bliss military chanic Badge. Christopher Darnell Harris, Western District of Texas. and June 2017 and stole wallets, police. [email protected] 25, a former Army truck driver In addition to the time that keys and other items from inside Harris was in the service from Twitter: @Rose_Lori Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY US again demands Berlin boost military spending

BY JOHN VANDIVER man and U.S. defense leaders Stars and Stripes ‘ With the largest economy in Europe, we believe Germany’s in a strong came less than three months be- position to make the investments needed to bolster the capabilities of fore NATO heads of state gather STUTTGART, Germany — in London for a summit marking When the new U.S. and German and help lead the alliance. the alliance’s 70th anniversary. defense chiefs held high-level ’ As he’s done at previous summits, talks in Washington this week, Mark Esper U.S. defense secretary Trump is expected to make bur- Defense Secretary Mark Esper den sharing and defense spend- wasted no time getting to his main ing central issues of the meeting. point — the dollars and cents of Even as Esper drove home the defense spending. message that Washington wants After welcoming German De- relationship since President Don- was in favor of higher German that we have made in the NATO Berlin to spend more on defense, fense Minister Annegret Kramp- ald Trump’s election in 2016, and defense spending, which cur- framework — for example, when he also thanked Kramp-Kar- Karrenbauer to the Pentagon was the focus of the talks between rently is less than 1.5% of gross it comes to financial burden- renbauer for Germany’s hosting Monday with an honor cordon, Esper and Kramp-Karrenbauer, domestic product. After Russia sharing and developing military more than 30,000 U.S. service- Esper spoke of the need for Berlin for whom the trip to the Pentagon invaded eastern Ukraine and capabilities,” Kramp-Karren- to play a larger role on the world to meet her American counter- annexed Crimea in 2014, NATO bauer said after Esper’s remarks, members. Esper, a former sol- stage “in this era of great power part was her first overseas mis- formally made it a goal for mem- repeating a pledge she made in a dier once stationed in Vicenza, competition.” sion as defense minister. ber states to spend at least 2% on speech in July when she became Italy, with the 173rd Airborne “And that, of course, begins Esper, like defense secretar- defense. defense minister. Brigade, frequently trained at the with investing much more in de- ies Jim Mattis and Pat Shana- Four countries including the At the time, however, the coun- U.S. Army ranges in Hohenfels fense,” Esper said as he addressed han before him, applied the usual U.S. already met that goal and try’s defense budget plans would and Grafenwoehr. his counterpart in front of media pressure. pledged to maintain defense see spending reach only 1.5% by “I got to know the German peo- assembled at the Pentagon. “I look forward to our conversa- spending, while member states the 2024 deadline, Germany’s ple, and it was a wonderful expe- “With the largest economy in tion today as we discuss opportu- that fell short said they would en- Deu tsche Welle broadcaster re- rience for me,” Esper said. Europe, we believe Germany’s nities to make these investments, deavor to reach the mark within ported. Kramp-Karrenbauer is While Trump in recent months in a strong position to make the to increase burden sharing, to 10 years. likely to face obstacles in push- has hinted that he was consider- investments needed to bolster the strengthen the alliance, to im- Germany’s critics say the coun- ing Germany closer to 2%, given ing pulling some U.S. forces from capabilities of and help lead the prove readiness and to recommit try still doesn’t have a clear plan political disagreement in Berlin Germany in favor of Poland, alliance,” Esper said. to defending a rules-based inter- to meet the deadline. over whether such increases are Esper did not address the matter. Germany’s defense spending national order,” Esper said. “I also want to make clear that needed. [email protected] has dominated the U.S.-German Kramp-Karrenbauer said she we do stand by our commitment The meeting between the Ger- Twitter: @john_vandiver Lawmakers urged to help secure return of vet captured in Syria

BY NIKKI WENTLING O’Brien, his chief hostage nego- tured,” Kodjak told one staff Stars and Stripes tiator, as his new national secu- member. “He’s now 38. That’s a rity adviser. O’Brien has worked lot of life.” WASHINGTON — The presi- on Tice’s case and has said he be- dent of the National Press Club lieves Tice is still alive. Staff writer Neil Fotre contributed to entered the office of House Mi- this report. “We are very happy to see him [email protected] nority Leader Kevin McCarthy, now in a position of more author- Twitter: @nikkiwentling R-Calif., on Monday morning, her ity and influence to continue to son, 12, by her side. Both wore T- push efforts for Austin’s release,” shirts emblazoned with the image Marc Tice told Stars and Stripes of an American journalist and over the weekend. Marine Corps veteran abducted Trump has praised his admin- in Syria. istration’s hostage negotiations. “We are here on behalf of Aus- In the past two years, at least tin Tice,” Allison Kodjak told a a dozen Americans have been staff member for McCarthy, who freed, including three basketball represents the 23rd District of players and rapper A$AP Rocky. California. “We would have to say the cur- She then delivered the same rent administration certainly well-practiced message she sounds and feels to us to have a would relay to several other con- gressional offices in quick suc- stronger, more action-oriented cession throughout the morning: commitment to bringing hostages /Stars and Stripes Tice’s parents, Marc and Debra, JOE GROMELSKI home,” Marc Tice said. Volunteers on Monday con- and the National Press Club want Debra and Marc Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, address volunteers sisted primarily of other journal- him freed, and they need the help who were about to distribute information about the missing journalist ists as well as high school and of Congress and President Don- to Capitol Hill offices in Washington on Monday. ald Trump. Georgetown University students. They spoke with lawmakers and “He’s the only American jour- lance journalist. He was report- the full weight” of his national staff members and, in some cases, nalist being held overseas right ing in Damascus when he was security team and send a special added their folders to the stacks now,” Kodjak told Daniel Bleiberg, abducted, and he’s believed to be envoy to Syria to help free Tice. foreign policy adviser for Rep. on lawmakers’ reception desks. held by the Syrian government or After seven years of their son’s Lois Frankel, D-Fla. “The idea is allied forces. When they did get to speak to captivity, the Tices have found to keep him at the forefront. Our Monday’s mobilization on Capi- someone, they made an earnest understanding is the more people tol Hill was organized by Tice’s new reason to be hopeful. Last appeal to get Tice home. talk about him, in Syria he be- family and the National Press week, Trump named Robert “He was 31 when he was cap- comes more valuable.” Club, which has been working Kodjak and her son, Forrest, with the Tices to make his re- were among 100 volunteers who lease a priority with the U.S. State dispersed across Capitol Hill on Department. Monday to raise awareness about Volunteers congregated in the Tice and build support for a let- Rayburn House Office Build- ter that lawmakers plan to send ing early Monday, where they to Trump, urging his administra- grabbed T-shirts with Tice’s tion to secure Tice’s release. image on the front and #FreeAus- Tice, a former Marine captain tinTice in bold lettering across the who fought in Iraq and Afghani- back. Each volunteer took a stack stan, was about to enter his final of folders containing information year at Georgetown Law School about Tice and a copy of the letter in 2012 when he went to Syria to to be sent to Trump. work for the summer as a free- The letter asks Trump to “use PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 MILITARY Trump: Friendship sparked military buildup in Poland

BY JOHN VANDIVER sidelines of the annual U.N. Gen- “You can see all the hard work Stars and Stripes eral Assembly, which Trump that both our teams have done,” and Duda were attending in New Pompeo said. President Donald Trump said York. Trump’s preference is for any his recent decision to increase Details of future deployments troop increase in Poland to come the number of troops in Poland to Poland are still being worked from other parts of Europe “as wasn’t a military imperative to out, Trump said, but “Poland has opposed to new troops going over counter Russia but the result of borne the expense.” there,” the U.S. president said his warm regard for Polish Presi- Warsaw has pledged to spend Monday. dent Andrzej Duda. “I think it’s just because we up to $2 billion to host American While Trump said the Poles troops on a permanent basis, but would be “building us facilities have a president of Poland who I TWITTER/The White House like, who I respect. And he asked the U.S. already has spent mil- that I’m sure will be very beau- whether or not we’d be willing lions on military infrastructure tiful,” there is no indication that Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, and U.S. President Donald to do that,” Trump said Monday projects in Poland and on troops any sort of mega-base is in the Trump met Monday in New York . Trump said his decision to increase during a joint news conference rotations over the past five years, works for servicemembers. More the number of troops in Poland was the result of his regard for Duda. with his Polish counterpart. designed to strengthen NATO’s likely, there will be an incremen- Trump and Duda signed a co- eastern flank. tal buildup of troops in locations headquarters Poznan, a logistics ing in so many different ways, operation agreement Monday Secretary of State Mike Pom- where the U.S. military already hub in Powidz and drone, missile and militarily, primarily,” Trump peo said Monday that he expected operates. defense and special operations that paves the way for the U.S. said. military presence in Poland to be the “full document” on the new U.S. soldiers and airmen are missions in other parts of the expanded. deal between the U.S. and Poland currently at numerous sites in country. [email protected] The deal was signed on the to be released soon. Poland including a small Army “We’re going to be cooperat- Twitter: @john_vandiver S. Korea: Nuke talks between US, North likely to resume soon

BY HYUNG-JIN KIM over U.S.-led economic sanctions Associated Press on North Korea. The two leaders held a brief, impromptu meeting SEOUL, South Korea — South at a Korean border village in late Korea’s spy agency told lawmak- June and agreed to resume talks. ers in a private briefing Tuesday MICHAEL MILLER, THE TEMPLE (TEXAS) DAILY TELEGRAM/AP In recent months, North Korea that nuclear negotiations between carried out a series of short-range Morgan’s Point Resort Fire and Rescue works on Lake Belton near the scene of an accident at Fort the United States and North Korea missile and other weapons tests Hood in June 2016. Army officials have decided not to publicly release findings of the investigation will likely resume within two to in an apparent bid to apply pres- report on the training accident during flash flooding that killed eight soldiers and a West Point cadet. three weeks, according to one of sure on Washington and increase the lawmakers who attended the its leverage ahead of future talks. session. Trump has downplayed the sig- The National Intelligence Ser- nificance of the recent North Ko- Army won’t release full report on vice gave its assessment on the rean weapons launches and said prospect for a resumption of he’s maintaining good relations nuclear diplomacy, hours after with Kim. deadly training accident in Texas President Donald Trump said an- On the sidelines of the annual other meeting with North Korean U.N. General Assembly meeting Associated Press entire text, explain how the investigation was con- leader Kim Jong Un “could hap- ducted or say who decided the training should go on on Monday, Trump met South KILLEEN, Texas — The U.S. Army is not public- pen soon.” despite a heavy storm. Korean President Moon Jae-in. ly releasing its full investigation into a 2016 training Kim Min-ki, one of the lawmak- Nicholas M. Satriano, the assistant to the Army’s ers who attended the NIS briefing, Moon’s office said the two lead- session at a Texas military base that left nine people ers exchanged opinions on how dead, arguing it has the right to protect privacy and General Counsel, justified the redactions to the quoted the spy service as saying newspaper in a letter dated Aug. 27, 2019. there is “a high possibility for to produce substantial progress not reveal its deliberations. in the working-level U.S.-North Eight soldiers and a West Point cadet died when “Here, we find that the U.S. Army Combat Readi- working-level talks (between the ness Center’s redactions are justified by (Freedom U.S. and North Korea) to restart Korea talks and reaffirmed their their vehicle was swept into the rain-swollen Owl resolve to improve ties with North Creek on Fort Hood during a flash flood on June 2, of Information Act) Exemption 5, 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(5) within two to three weeks.” Korea and establish permanent 2016. which protects from disclosure finding, recommen- The lawmaker said the NIS also peace on the Korean Peninsula. An internal investigation in the immediate wake dations, analysis, and other materials that might told them that another Trump- During Tuesday’s NIS brief- of the deaths determined that decisions made by reveal the deliberations of safety board members,” Kim summit could happen this ing, the South Korean spy service Staff Sgt. Miguel Angel Colonvazquez — who was Satriano wrote. year if the two countries make among the dead — led to the accident at the sprawl- Satriano also noted the agency can withhold infor- progress in those working-level also predicted the North Korean ing Army post about 64 miles north of Austin. mation that would “constitute a clearly unwarranted nuclear negotiations. leader could visit China again to His widow and colleagues said he was just follow- invasion of personal privacy.” Calls to the NIS seeking con- discuss the future of the nuclear ing orders. The June 2016 incident was one of Fort Hood’s firmation of the contents of the diplomacy with his country’s “But it’s really not fair,” said Ngo T. Pham, Colon- deadliest training sessions in modern history. briefing weren’t immediately an- biggest ally and aid provider, ac- vazquez’s widow. “My family won’t have full closure. Kameron Robinson was on the truck when it was swered. The NIS typically doesn’t cording to Lee Eun-jae, another It’s not enough my husband made the ultimate sacri- swept into the rain-swollen creek and is one of three comment on the contents of lawmaker who was present at the fice, now we’re having to deal with how the Army is survivors. To him, the Army’s move not to release closed-door briefings it provides briefing. being so secretive about the matter.” the full report means it’s not interested in exonerat- to lawmakers. After entering talks with The U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center, which ing Colonvazquez or shedding light on what trans- U.S.-led diplomatic efforts Trump last year, Kim has trav- investigates major Army accidents, conducted a pired that day. aimed at ending the North Ko- elled to China four times to con- separate investigation. The Killeen Herald News “This is the response I expected from them (the rean nuclear crisis have largely sult with President Xi Jinping. Xi made a Freedom of Information Act request for that Army),” Robinson said. “At the end of the day, remained stalled since the sec- went to Pyongyang in June, and accident report, which was provided in August 2017 they’re only going to take care of the people they ond Trump-Kim summit in Viet- some experts have speculated but with 14 pages of redacted text. want to take care of. Everybody else is just another nam in February ended without Kim will make a reciprocal trip Two years on, the Army still refuses to release the number to them.” any agreement due to squabbling to Beijing this year. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 WAR/MILITARY Report: Hike On way to collect in airfares harms war award, airman is embassies BY PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN Stars and Stripes KABUL, Afghanistan — An still ‘outstanding’ airline set up to support U.S. em- bassies in Afghanistan and Iraq has begun charging such high BY CHAD GARLAND Air Base in Japan, the pararescue- fares that it is hampering some Stars and Stripes man was the American who went diplomatic operations, a report deepest into Tham Luang Nang released Tuesday said. An airman traveling from Oki- MANDY FOSTER/U.S. Air Force Non cave in Thailand during the A seven-minute helicopter trip nawa to the U.S. to receive one effort to rescue 13 members of a Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ken O’Brien, of the 320th Special Tactics with Embassy Air in Afghani- of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the soccer team who became trapped Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, was one of 12 recipients of stan costs nearly $1,500, while a Year awards saved a child’s life there in June and July 2018. the Air Force Association’s award for outstanding airmen of 2019. one-hour plane journey in Iraq on the way — and that’s only one “He was essential in creating is priced at nearly $4,800, the of the impressive deeds attribut- the rescue plan,” the Air Force and Cyber Conference last week, Force Association write-up says. report by the State Department ed to Tech. Sgt. Ken O’Brien. Association said. “During the Slife said in an earlier post. Staff Sgt. Gary G. Jeffrey III, Inspector General said. The Indiana native has also mission, he also led the effort to An Air Force board selected a medical materiel technician as- Tenuous security means em- served on President Donald retrieve and successfully resusci- the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the signed to the 81st Medical Support bassy staff almost always have to Trump’s security detail during tate a Thai Navy SEAL.” Year from a pool of 36 nominees, Squadron at Keesler Air Force travel within each country by air his summit with North Korean He was “rightfully recog- officials said earlier this year. Base, Miss., “secured a cross-com- rather than road, and some bu- leader Kim Jong Un, saved a civil- nized” as one of the service’s Among them are airmen who led mand leech treatment transfer reaus have been unable to afford ian’s life after pulling the person 12 outstanding members, Slife military justice teams, secured within 24 hours,” avoiding a two- the prices on Embassy Air, the from a burning vehicle in South said in his post. The recipients air bases, oversaw major proj- week delay and saving a patient’s report said. Korea and “played an instru- were named in mid-August, but ects or supported warfighting op- limb, the association said. The Embassy Air program was mental role” in the 2018 Thailand O’Brien’s actions on the way to erations in the Middle East while The full list of recipients is established in 2009 to support the cave rescue mission, an Air Force collect the award seemed to con- also writing books, volunteering online at https://www.afa.org/ diplomatic missions in Kabul and Association write-up says. firm his worthiness. for good causes, developing new membership/awards/outstand- Baghdad. “I can’t decide if he’s Superman “On his flight back to the states time-saving systems or advanc- ing-airman-of-the-year High ticket prices have forced or Mayhem (the guy on the insur- from Okinawa last weekend … an ing their education. Slife was still trying to figure some offices to use other means ance commercials),” Lt. Gen. Jim infant starts choking and stops Master Sgt. Jahara Brown, a out how close he wanted to get of transportation, such as mili- Slife, head of Air Force Special breathing,” Slife said. plans and programs superinten- to O’Brien, he said in his post on tary or commercial airlines, and Operations Command, said in a “Our man OB leaps into ac- dent for the 78th Security Forces Sept. 17. officials to cancel visits to govern- Facebook post last week, noting tion,” he continued, referring to Squadron at Robins Air Force “Sheesh! I don’t know whether ment project sites, the IG found the tendency for “bad stuff” to O’Brien by a nickname, “clears Base, Ga., led security planning I want to be right next to him in in an audit of the airline, which happen around O’Brien. the breathing passage, resus- at home, streamlined the move- case some bad stuff goes down, or maintains fleets of several planes But O’Brien appears to be the citates the kid, hands him back ment of 1,500 weapons in 48 whether I want to be as far away and about two dozen helicopters one keeping bad stuff from get- to the parents and then goes on hours while deployed in support from him as possible because bad in the two countries. ting worse. about his business.” of anti-Islamic State operations stuff always seems to go down The $1,500 ticket price for A special tactics team element AFSOC personnel or units ac- and saved six airmen’s lives after around him,” he said. a seven-minute helicopter trip from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul leader assigned to the 320th Spe- cepted four other awards at the a vehicle rollover, despite being [email protected] cial Tactics Squadron at Kadena Air Force Association’s Air, Space injured in the incident , an Air Twitter: @chadgarland to nearby Camp Alvarado near the airport represents a nearly 400% increase from the price four years ago, the audit found. A one-hour flight from the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Karzai says Afghan election threatens peace Center to the southern Iraq city of Basra, where the United States Associated Press and Taliban, then among Af- going government, which was has a consulate, is priced at nearly ghans, including the Taliban. He cobbled together by Washington KABUL, Afghanistan — For- $4,800, a 770% increase, it said. says Afghans should plot their after 2014 presidential polls were mer President Hamid Karzai The increases stem from a says Saturday’s presidential elec- own course out of war. mired in massive fraud and dis- move by the board that oversees tion threatens Afghanistan’s best Karzai says holding elections missed by the militant group as a funding of the Embassy Air pro- gram to cover a larger share of chance of making peace with the now “is like asking a heart patient U.S. puppet. operational costs through ticket Taliban and ending 18 years of to run a marathon.” Previous elections were deeply sales instead of congressionally war. Holding the elections is a gam- flawed. In the run-up to Saturday’s appropriated funds. Karzai, still one of the most ble, with some warning that a vote, candidates have alleged that But, as ticket prices rose, rider- important political figures in Af- messy vote marred by violence President Ashraf Ghani, a front- and fraud allegations could trig- runner, is abusing his power by ship fell, and the IG audit found ghanistan, told The Associated that officials did not routinely ad- Press in an interview Tuesday ger a political crisis and further using the resources of govern- disrupt chances of getting back ment to help his campaign. just the frequency of flights or the that the vote could destabilize RAHMAT GUL/AP to talks on peace. Proponents of The last presidential elections number of aircraft to align with the country. Previous elections in changing demand. Former Afghanistan President holding the vote argue that only in 2014 were so mired in allega- Afghanistan were plagued by vio- As a result, the State Depart- Hamid Karzai says Saturday’s elections can bestow the needed tions of fraud that the U.S. stepped lence and fraud allegations. ment “will continue to pay for presidential election could legitimacy on a new government in, decided a winner would not Karzai has pressed for a re- significant costs associated with destabilize the country. sumption of U.S.-Taliban talks, to be able to claim a place at the be declared and instead divided Embassy Air operations that are which collapsed earlier this negotiating table. power between Ghani and his underused in addition to paying month after President Donald Karzai believes the best path During months of peace talks leading rival, Abdullah Abdullah. the costs associated with alterna- Trump said a deal that seemed forward is a resumption of peace over the past year, the Taliban Abdullah is challenging Ghani tive modes of transportation,” the imminent was “dead.” talks — if not between the U.S. refused to negotiate with the out- again this time. report said. For fiscal year 2019, the total cost of Embassy Air services was over $320 million. Coalition forces in Iraq say attacks on personnel ‘will not be tolerated’ The IG called on the body that oversees the program’s funds to Associated Press or U.S.-occupied facility was struck in Mon- sibility for the attack. implement policies to review and day night’s attack in which two rockets were Similar attacks in the past have sometimes adjust ticket fees. It also recom- BAGHDAD — U.S.-led coalition forces in fired into the heavily fortified Green Zone, been blamed by Iraqi forces on Iran -backed mended the board set up a pro- Baghdad say that attacks on coalition person- landing a half-mile from the U.S. Embassy militias in Baghdad. cedure to review Embassy Air nel and facilities “will not be tolerated,” add- compound. Monday’s attack comes amid heightened services and cost effectiveness in ing that coalition forces retain the right to The coalition statement said it takes “this tensions in the region following an attack on both Afghanistan and Iraq. self-defense. incident seriously as do our Iraqi security Saudi oil installations that the U.S. has blamed [email protected] A statement Tuesday said that no coalition forces partners.” No side has claimed respon- on Iran. Twitter: @pwwellman PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NATION Group requests battle plan on climate change

BY WYATT OLSON Welch, former chief of staff of Stars and Stripes the U.S. Air Force; retired Adm. Samuel Locklear, former com- A group of former top military mander of U.S. Pacific Com- and national security officials mand; and retired Gen. Anthony on Tuesday called for President Zinni, former commander of U.S. Donald Trump to establish a Central Command. sweeping plan that treats climate The release of the Climate Se- change as a major national secu- curity Plan comes on the heels rity threat. of Friday’s youth-driven global /U.S. Air Force The Climate Security Plan for climate strike, which by some es- JAVIER ALVAREZ America recommends the cre- timates brought more than 4 mil- A construction crew demolishes the steeple at Chapel 2 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Feb. 15, ation of a White House Office lion protesters to streets around after it was damaged by Hurricane Michael four months earlier. A group of former military and security on Climate Security to be led the globe demanding action by leaders wants global warming considered as a national security threat. by a senior official reporting di- world leaders on climate change. rectly to the president “in order Meanwhile, the United Nation’s uptick in the frequency and inten- The plan recommends the de- cial stability of nations within a to combat these unprecedent- Climate Action Summit was held sity of wildfires, hurricanes and fense secretary direct each of combatant commander’s area ed security risks urgently and this week in New York City. flooding in the United States has the armed services “to conduct a of responsibility and emerging comprehensively.” Any call to action faces a White already affected key bases. comprehensive assessment of the flashpoints. It also calls for elevating cli- House that has slowed or reversed A Pentagon report earlier this implications of climate change “The Climate Security Plan for mate leadership positions within efforts by federal agencies to ad- year concluded that about two- on readiness, training, testing the Department of Homeland dress climate change, most nota- thirds of 79 major military instal- and operations — making sure America is a call for Presidential Security, the Defense and State bly Trump’s decision to withdraw lations are vulnerable to flooding, to consider worst-case climate leadership to prioritize this chal- departments and the Office of the from the Paris Agreement on cli- while half are susceptible to risk projections — and to de- lenge and take action to protect Director of National Intelligence. mate change in June 2017. drought. Half of them are at risk velop measures to address those our national security in the face of The plan was issued by the Climate change is a security of wildfires. vulnerabilities.” the coming storm,” John Conger, Washington -based think tank threat primarily because it com- The plan Tuesday focused It further recommends that director of the Center for Climate Center for Climate and Security plicates existing security risks. more on managing consequences combatant commanders — in and Security, said in a statement. and George Washington Univer- For example, drought can ex- of climate change than on slowing conjunction with security offi- “We see the climate security sity’s Elliott School of Interna- acerbate regional instability by or reversing the effects. cials of allies and partner nations threat with more clarity than ever tional Affairs. causing mass migrations or skir- Several recommendations — assess the impact of climate It is endorsed by 64 former se- mishes over water rights. call for the Pentagon to consider change on the posture of peer and now we have a responsibility nior military, national security Changes in climate also have worst-case scenarios on how cli- competitors, future requirements to prepare for it,” Conger said. and intelligence leaders. Among real and lasting effects on Ameri- mate will affect military readi- for humanitarian assistance and [email protected] them are retired Gen. Larry can military installations. An ness and missions. disaster response, political-so- Twitter: @WyattWOlson Experts see hot air, little action at UN climate summit

BY SETH BORENSTEIN fects of rising temperatures are Outside experts say they heard Associated Press already under way.” a lot of talk Monday but not the Before world leaders made promised action needed to keep UNITED NATIONS — Scolded their promises in three-minute warming to a few tenths of a de- for doing little, leader after leader speeches, the 16-year-old Thun- gree. They say it won’t produce promised the United Nations on berg gave an emotional appeal the dramatic changes the world Monday to do more to prevent a in which she scolded the leaders requires. warming world from reaching with her repeated phrase, “How “Sometimes I feel that Greta even more dangerous levels. dare you.” is still out in front of the Swedish As they made their pledges “This is all wrong. I shouldn’t at the Climate Action Summit, be up here,” said Thunberg, who parliament out on her own,” said though, they and others conceded began a lone protest outside the Stanford University’s Rob Jack- it was not enough. And even be- Swedish parliament more than a son, who chairs the Global Car- fore they spoke, teenage climate year ago that culminated in Fri- bon Project. activist Greta Thunberg shamed day’s global climate strikes. Bill Hare, who follows national them over and over for their inac- “I should be back in school on emissions and promises for Cli- tion, saying, “How dare you?” the other side of the ocean. Yet mate Action Tracker, called what Secretary-General Antonio you have come to us young people was said “deeply disappointing” Guterres concluded the summit for hope. How dare you. You have and not adding up to much. by listing 77 countries that com- stolen my dreams and my child- JASON DECROW/AP “The ball they are moving for- mitted to carbon neutrality by hood with your empty words.” ward is a ball of promises,” said 2050 and 70 nations pledging to Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, of Sweden, addresses the Later, she and 15 other youth economist John Reilly, co-di- do more to fight climate change, Climate Action Summit on Monday at U.N. headquarters in New activists filed a formal complaint rector of MIT’s Joint Center for with 100 business leaders promis- York, where she shamed world leaders for inaction on the climate. with an arm of the U.N. that pro- Global Change. “Where the ‘ball’ ing to join the green economy and tects children, saying that govern- of actual accomplishments is is one-third of the global banking Microsoft founder Bill Gates an- dation pledged $310 million of ments’ lack of action on warming sector signing up to green goals. nounced Monday that his founda- that. is violating their basic rights. another question.” “Action by action, the tide is tion, along with The World Bank “The world can still prevent the President Donald Trump Of all the countries that came turning,” he said. “But we have a and some European governments, absolute worst effects of climate mocked Thunberg on Twitter, up short, World Resources Insti- long way to go.” would provide $790 million in fi- change by reducing greenhouse writing: “She seems like a very tute Vice President Helen Mount- Businesses and charities also nancial help to 300 million of the gas emissions and developing happy young girl looking forward ford said one stood out: the United got in on the act, at times even world’s small farmers to adapt to new technologies and sources of to a bright and wonderful future. States for “not coming to the table going bigger than major nations. climate change. The Gates foun- energy,” Gates said. “But the ef- So nice to see!” and engaging.” Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Trump urges pressure on Iran, attacks globalism

BY JONATHAN LEMIRE nounced the government of Nico- AND DEB RIECHMANN las Maduro and declared that he Associated Press awaited the day “when Venezuela will be free and when liberty will UNITED NATIONS — Presi- prevail throughout this hemi- dent Donald Trump took center sphere.” He called socialism “the stage at the U.N. General Assem- wrecker of nations” and “destroy- bly on Tuesday to deliver a strong er of societies.” defense of nationalism while ex- His call came just a day after horting the world to act against the United States and more than a Iran’s “bloodlust” and rising dozen Latin American countries aggression. agreed to investigate and arrest The president called on the associates and senior officials of global leaders seated before him Maduro’s government who are to join the U.S. in further isolat- suspected of crimes like drug ing Tehran, pushing them to use trafficking, money laundering and economic sanctions to pressure financing terrorism. Trump also, Iran to give up its nuclear pro- as he has done before, obliquely gram and stop attacks that are linked the crisis in Venezuela to rattling the Middle East. the leftist policies of his domestic “Not only is Iran the world’s political opponents, vowing that largest state sponsor of terror- the United States would “never ism, but Iran’s leaders are fueling be a socialist nation.” the tragic wars in both Syria and Yemen,” Trump said. “All nations Political realities have a duty to act. No responsible government should subsidize MARY ALTAFFER/AP As always, the political reali- Iran’s bloodlust.” ties at home were never far from President Donald Trump is seen on a translator’s screen as he addresses the United Nations General Focusing on the United States’ Trump’s mind. Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday. self-interests, Trump said the He underscored the need for a nation’s security was jeopardized fair trade deal with China, threat- by the threat posed by Iran and ‘ One of the greatest ening more tariffs even as the warned Tehran to stop its aggres- ongoing dispute has rattled mar- sion toward Washington’s allies threats facing peace- kets and endangered the domes- in the Middle East. loving nations today is tic economic success on which “One of the greatest threats Trump has banked his reelection facing peace-loving nations today the repressive regime hopes. And linking sovereignty to is the repressive regime in Iran. in Iran. strong borders, Trump touted a The regime’s record of death ’ hawkish immigration worldview and destruction is well-known to President Donald Trump popular with his conservative po- us all,” said Trump. “As long as litical base while chastising other Iran’s menacing behavior contin- governments for not doing their ues, sanctions will not be lifted. part. They will be tightened. sat in the audience with his eyes “One of our most critical chal- “The United States does not closed, appearing asleep. lenges is illegal immigration,” seek conflict with any other na- Though denouncing Iran’s ag- said Trump. He decried “radical tion,” Trump added. “We desire gression, Trump did not explicitly activists” who “encourage illegal peace, cooperation and mutual blame Tehran for recent strikes migration,” declaring that their gain with all. But I will never fail against oil facilities in Saudi Ara- policies are “not just. Your poli- to defend America’s interests.” bia. Iran has denied orchestrat- cies are cruel and evil.” ing the attack, which Secretary of As speculation mounted that EVAN VUCCI/AP But Trump made no men- Trump could meet in New York State Mike Pompeo has deemed tion of the centerpiece issue of with Iranian President Hassan Members of the Cabinet, family and White House staffers listen to “an act of war.” this year’s General Assembly: Rouhani, the president raised the Trump deliver remarks. Britain, France and Germany climate change. On Monday, he possibility of a diplomatic break- joined the United States on Mon- made only a 15-minute cameo at through, saying, “the United pean nation’s leader to investigate to strong, independent nations,” day in blaming Iran for the at- a global climate change meeting States has never believed in per- the family of political rival Joe Trump told a murmuring crowd tacks. Iranian Foreign Minister and later mocked Swedish activ- manent enemies. We want part- Biden. at the General Assembly. “Glo- Mohammad Javad Zarif, for his ist Greta Thunberg, 16, who had ners, not adversaries.” It was a split-screen moment balism exerted a religious pull part, pointed to claims of respon- scolded the audience at the cli- for Trump, who used the global over past leaders causing them to sibility by Yemeni rebels and in- mate summit. Split-screen moment spotlight to push his “America ignore their own national inter- sisted, “If Iran were behind this Trump tweeted: “She seems First,” go-it-alone foreign policy ests. Those days are over.” attack, nothing would have been like a very happy young girl look- While Trump commanded the approach even as Democrats de- Trump’s speech was greeted left of this refinery.” ing forward to a bright and won- global stage, his speech was shad- bated his political future in Wash- with tepid applause from the Trump urged Tehran to follow derful future. So nice to see!” owed by momentum building in ington. The president implored world leaders. A sharp contrast to the example set by North Korea’s This was Trump’s third speech Washington among Democrats the world’s leaders to prioritize his fiery rally speeches, Trump Kim Jong Un, even though the to the world body. In his 2017 considering impeaching him. their own nations, stressing the on Tuesday adopted a more som- autocrat continues to hold a tight speech, he dubbed Kim “Little Such a move appeared to gath- benefits of strong borders and ber demeanor. He grasped the grip on his nuclear weapons. Rocket Man” and denounced er stream after it was revealed one-on-one trade deals while re- podium throughout his address, “While anyone can make war, North Korea from the podium that Trump ordered his staff to jecting sweeping transnational his voice at times so soft it would only the most courageous can like he did to Iran this year. In freeze nearly $400 million in aid organizations and alliances. have been hard to hear without choose peace,” said Trump, prais- last year’s speech, his praise for to Ukraine a few days before a “The future does not belong microphones. ing Kim. his own administration’s accom- phone call in which he report- to globalists. The future belongs For an extended stretch, Com- He also delivered a bellicose plishments drew laughs from the edly pressured the Eastern Euro- to patriots. The future belongs merce Secretary Wilbur Ross warning to Venezuela. He de- assembled leaders. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NATION Trump admits to withholding aid to Ukraine

BY LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE ceedings come as House Democrats JALONICK AND JONATHAN LEMIRE are heading into a closed-door meeting Associated Press Tuesday with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California. WASHINGTON — President Donald Pelosi and her leadership team on the Trump ordered his staff to freeze nearly various oversight committees are consider- $400 million in aid to Ukraine a few days ing bringing forward a resolution that will before a phone call in which he pressured put the House on the record on this matter, the Eastern European nation’s leader to according to a Democratic leadership aide investigate the family of political rival Joe unauthorized to discuss the private talks. Biden, a revelation that comes as more The aide was granted anonymity. Democrats move toward impeachment Still, Democrats remained divided on proceedings. moving forward with an effort to impeach Trump, in remarks to reporters at the Trump. Pelosi has resisted calls for im- United Nations on Tuesday, confirmed that peachment and is sticking with her posi- he held up the aid but said he did so to fight tion that Congress must not start formal corruption and urge European nations to proceedings unless the American public share in helping out Ukraine. demands it. “As far as withholding funds, those funds were paid,” Trump said. “They were fully ‘A grave new chapter’ paid. But my complaint has always been, and I’d withhold again and I’ll continue to However, Pelosi said Sunday that unless withhold until such time as Europe and the administration provides more informa- MARY ALTAFFER/AP other nations contribute to Ukraine.” He tion to Congress by the scheduled Thurs- named Germany and France as among the Delegates from Ukraine listen as President Donald Trump addresses the United day hearing at the intelligence committee, countries that should “put up money.” Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Trump told reporters at the U.N. its officials “will be entering a grave new He also used the moment to again sug- that he had ordered aid money to Ukraine frozen but he denied a political motive. chapter of lawlessness which will take us gest that the Biden family inappropriately into a whole new stage of investigation.” benefited from their ties to Ukraine. Trump has sought, without evidence, to Trump’s order was first reported by implicate Biden and his son, Hunter, in the The Washington Post and was confirmed kind of corruption that has long plagued to The Associated Press by two people fa- Facebook removes pro-Trump ‘I Love Ukraine. Hunter Biden served on the board miliar with but not authorized to discuss of a Ukrainian gas company at the same private conversations. They spoke on the America’ page run by Ukrainians time his father was leading the Obama condition of anonymity. administration’s diplomatic dealings with Late Monday, an influential group of BY CRAIG TIMBERG The problem of foreigners control- Kyiv. Though the timing raised concerns freshmen Democrats who served in the The Washington Post ling political pages aimed at Ameri- among anti-corruption advocates, there military and national security before win- cans is a persistent issue on Facebook. has been no evidence of wrongdoing by ei- ning office said Trump’s actions cut to A Facebook page ca lled “ I L ove A mer- Macedonian businessmen ran the “Vets ther the former vice president or his son. the core of the country’s defenses. Their ica” and featuring patriotic themes, for Trump” Facebook page for several The matter is under new scrutiny follow- views, as centrist lawmakers from pre- rippling flags and pro-Trump adminis- months after one of them hijacked it ing the whistleblower’s mid-August com- tration memes was closed Monday after plaint, which followed Trump’s July 25 call viously Republican-held districts where in March. It took until August for the it turned out to be run by Ukrainians. with Ukraine’s president. The person who Trump has been popular, hold sway with longtime administrators — who were, Facebook took action against the filed the complaint did not have firsthand party leadership. in fact, veterans who supported Trump page — which had 1.1 million follow- knowledge of the call, according to a per- At issue is a summer phone call with — to regain control of the page. ers — and several affiliated ones after a son familiar with the matter. Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy Facebook initially did not act against report in Popular Information, a politi- Lawmakers are demanding details of in which Trump is said to have pushed for “I Love America,” according to Popular cally themed online newsletter, detailed the complaint, but the acting director of investigations into Biden. In the days be- Information, which quoted the com- the page’s Ukrainian management and national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, has fore that call, Trump ordered the aid to pany saying that it didn’t violate the remarkable reach. The report said “I refused to share that information, citing Ukraine frozen. platform’s rules against “coordinated Love America” was founded in 2017 but presidential privilege. He is set to testify Trump has insisted he did nothing wrong inauthentic behavior.” After the story had moved heavily into pro-President Thursday before the House. and has denied that any requests for help spread widely on Monday, Facebook Donald Trump content and conserva- “Let’s see the transcript,” said Sen. Mitt in procuring damaging information about removed the page, citing alleged viola- tive memes in recent weeks, building a Romney, R-Utah, about Trump’s call with Biden were tied to the aid freeze. tions of its policies against spam and huge audience in the process. the Ukraine president. The United States began providing fake accounts. Data showed that the “I Love Ameri- The chairmen of the House intelligence, military aid to the government of Ukraine “We are removing these pages for ca” pages collectively generated tens of violating our policies against spam and Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Gov- shortly after Russia illegally annexed millions of “interactions,” a metric cap- fake accounts and are continuing to ernment Reform committees are threat- Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014. turing how many people like, share or investigate for any further violations,” ening to subpoena Secretary of State Mike With Ukraine’s new president still grap- comment on a post, on par with several said Facebook spokesman Andy Stone. Pompeo if he does not produce information pling with separatist rebels in the east, the of the largest American news sites. Facebook removed nine pages in all, about whether Trump and his lawyer, Rudy aid has long been viewed as a measure of “I Love America” also reposted including several devoted to dogs and Giuliani, inappropriately tried to influence Washington’s determination to push back memes from Russian sources, such as others with political content, includ- the Ukraine government for political gain. against Russian President Vladimir Putin. the Internet Research Agency, the St. ing “I Love Jesus Forever” and “God Meanwhile, Senate Democratic leader Petersburg troll farm that faces crimi- Bless Donald Trump and God Bless Chuck Schumer, of New York, called on Openness urged nals charges stemming from its efforts America.” The pages appeared to work Republican Majority Leader Mitch Mc- Connell, of Kentucky, to investigate the Democrats, and some Republicans, have to manipulate the 2016 presidential in concert by cross-posting content, ac- election. cording to Popular Information. whistleblower’s complaint. In a letter to urged the White House to be open about McConnell, he said the Republicans’ “see Trump’s actions, which are at the center no evil, hear no evil” attitude toward the of a whistleblower complaint. But with no president’s actions “is unacceptable and telligence analysts. about Trump and pushed the White House new information from the administration must change.” “We do not arrive at this conclusion to release a transcript of Trump’s call with forthcoming, more than a dozen Demo- Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of F lor ida, lightly,” the lawmakers wrote in a Wash- the Ukraine president. The president has crats, including some in House leadership, doesn’t think Trump’s actions are grounds ington Post op-ed. The lawmakers include acknowledged the phone call. added their names to those calling for im- for impeachment but said he wouldn’t have peachment proceedings. Reps. Gil Cisneros, of California; Jason On Monday, he said he didn’t want to called a foreign leader to discuss a rival. The sudden rush of activity shows the Crow, of Colorado; Chrissy Houlahan, of give money to Ukraine if there were cor- “I don’t think he should have raised the extent to which Trump’s call to the for- Pennsylvania; Elaine Luria, of Virginia; ruption issues. topic of Joe Biden with the Ukraine presi- eign leader, and his subsequent comments Mikie Sherrill, of New Jersey; Elissa Slot- “It’s very important to talk about corrup- dent,” Rubio said. about the conversation, are raising further kin, of Michigan; and Abigail Spanberger, tion,” Trump told reporters as he opened McConnell said Monday the matter is questions about whether the president of Virginia. meetings at the United Nations. “If you best left behind closed doors in the classi- improperly used his office to pressure an- “These new allegations are a threat to don’t talk about corruption, why would you fied setting of the intelligence committee, other country as a way of helping his own all we have sworn to protect. We must pre- give money to a country that you think is, though he did push into the spotlight his reelection prospects. serve the checks and balances envisioned is corrupt?” own role in securing the Ukraine aid. “These allegations are stunning, both in by the Founders and restore the trust of the Later Monday, Trump denied telling the McConnell said he had been “personally the national security threat they pose and American people in our government. And Ukraine president that his country would pressuring” the Trump administration this the potential corruption they represent,” that is what we intend to do,” they wrote. get U.S. aid only if it investigated Biden’s summer in calls to Pompeo and Secretary wrote the seven freshmen, who include a Congress on Monday pressed for full son. “I didn’t do it,” he said. of Defense Mark Esper to release the U.S. former Navy pilot, soldiers, officers and in- disclosure of a whistleblower’s complaint The fresh calls for impeachment pro- aid money. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 NATION California utility cutting power to 24K customers BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Butte County is where a wild- Associated Press fire blamed on PG&E transmis- sion lines killed 86 people last SAN FRANCISCO — Califor- year and virtually leveled the nia’s largest utility cut power to town of Paradise. 24,000 northern customers Mon- Meanwhile, Southern Califor- RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP day evening as fall brings back nia Edison warned it might shut A Pacific Gas & Electric lineman works to repair a power line in fire-ravaged Paradise, Calif., in dangerous weather conditions off power to 41,000 customers November 2018. The utility has cut power to thousands of California customers in a bid to avoid and the company tries to head off due to forecasts calling for gusty wildfires sparked by its equipment. wildfires sparked by electrical Santa Ana winds. equipment. The cuts could affect Los An- near the Pacific coast, said Eric or drive trees and other vegeta- Fire Protection said transmission The utility shut down power to geles, Riverside, San Bernardino tion into contact with them. lines owned and operated by the areas of Butte, Nev ada and Yuba Kurth, a forecaster with the Na- and Riverside counties. tional Weather Service. PG&E first cut off power pre- utility started the fire that wiped counties in the Sierra Nevada Strong winds, low humidity and “Humidity levels are dropping, emptively last October, affect- out nearly 15,000 homes. foothills. warm temperatures were fore- and winds are picking up,” Kurth ing some 87,000 customers. The California regulators in May The power will remain off until cast in the state through Wednes- said. “The main threat is over- move prompted complaints and approved allowing utilities to cut conditions are safer, and Pacific day, and authorities issued an night when the winds pick up in demands for reimbursement. off electricity to avoid catastroph- Gas & Electric warned that it extreme fire danger warning for the mountains and foothills.” The utility canceled plans to ic wildfires but said utilities must might expand the precautionary some areas. Some of the most destructive shut off power ahead of the dead- do a better job ramping up pre- outages on Tuesday to El Dorado, Wind gusts could reach 50 mph blazes in the state in the past ly Nov. 8 blaze that started near ventive efforts and educating and Placer, Sutter, Lake, Napa and So- in the northern Sierra and foot- two years were started by PG&E Paradise. notifying the public, particularly noma counties if gusty winds and hills, and between 30 and 40 mph power lines. Winds can knock An investigation by the Califor- people with disabilities and oth- hot, dry weather continue. in the Sacramento Valley and down live wires and power poles nia Department of Forestry and ers who are vulnerable. After delays, Samsung’s Man dies, daughter, 5, Galaxy Fold coming to US survives in apparent Associated Press ers encountered problems with the device’s innovative folding NEW YORK — Samsung’s leap in front of train folding phone is finally hitting screen. Some reviewers peeled the U.S. back a protective layer meant to stay on the screen, and other de- Associated Press the train. “When the train was Samsung will start selling approaching, oh, my God, he vices flickered and turned black. NEW YORK — A Bronx, N.Y., the Galaxy Fold, a phone with a took that girl and he jumped, The nearly $2,000 phone man died and his daughter, 5, screen that folds together like a Martinez, 49, told The New York book, on Friday. There will be an launched on Sept. 6 in South suffered minor injuries on Mon- Times. AT&T version as well as an un- Korea and Sept. 18 in France, day after he apparently jumped Antonio locked version sold at Best Buy Germany and Britain, with ver- in front of a subway train while LEE JIN-MAN/AP Love, 32, one and Samsung stores. sions for next-generation 5G net- holding onto the little girl, police ‘ I watched of the people The South Korean tech giant works available in the latter two Samsung Electronics Co.’s and witnesses said. as that had put the Galaxy Fold’s launch countries. The U.S. phone does Galaxy Fold will finally be sold in The child was taken to a hos- who helped on hold for months after review- not support 5G. U.S. stores beginning Friday . pital in stable condition after the train came rescue the incident, which occurred about around girl, said he 8 a.m. in front of horrified com- was walk- muters at the Kingsbridge Road that corner ing near the New Orleans, where 1 in 7 adults have an station in the Bronx. and I saw platform The father, identified as Fer- as the man when he nando Balbuena-Flores, 45, was heard people outstanding warrant, may clear the slate pronounced dead at the scene. jumped screaming “I watched as that train came and I and ran to BY RICHARD A. WEBSTER sor for the municipal court, was tions such as Stand With Dignity around that corner and I saw as the scene, see the where he Special to The Washington Post furious as she looked over a list and the public defender’s office the man jumped and I see the of their names. “It doesn’t make is proposing a more permanent little feet hanging out,” said a little feet said another It was Monday morning in the any sense,” she said. “We’re not solution — wiping out nearly all witness, Jennifer Hub, who de- hanging man was al- Municipal and Traffic Court of making the city any safer. … It’s 56,000 warrants, in addition to scribed “at least 20, 30 people out. ready help- New Orleans — misdemeanor infuriating.” screaming” as the chaotic scene ’ ing the girl. rush hour in a city that traffics any debt accumulated from fines There are more than 56,000 unfolded. Jennifer Hub “The only more heavily than most in public and fees. witness outstanding warrants in New As the train came to a halt, thing she drunkenness and disturbing the If successful, New Orleans Orleans’ municipal court, dating video shows people jumping onto was saying peace. would be at the forefront of a to 2002, according to city data. was, ‘Papa, Fifty-two arrestees, outfitted growing movement to curb the the tracks to rescue the child, A staggering 1 in 7 adults in the who was safely lifted to bystand- my papa,’ ” said Love. in orange and maroon jumpsuits, use of warrants and the threat country’s 50th-largest city have a ers on the platform. Two good The girl, whose name was not awaited their first appearance be- of arrest when the underlying fore a judge. Most were black. All warrant out for their arrest. Samaritans also received treat- released, was treated for some Typically, the crime is failing to charge might be little more than ment for minor injuries. cuts and later reunited with her required a public defender, and public intoxication. more than half of them were here, appear for scheduled court dates “Thank God above,” said the mother, Niurka Caraballo. Only two cities — Ferguson, their hands chained against their for minor, nonviolent offenses shaken Hub, a mother of four “The girl is in perfect condi- stomachs, because they missed a that do not carry a jail sentence, Mo., and San Francisco — and the who had just dropped her own 6- tion,” the mother said. “Thank court date for a minor crime, trig- including panhandling and fish- state of New Jersey have attempt- year-old off at school. God and the angels who watched gering an arrest warrant. ing without a license. ed anything similar, according to Another witness, Leidy Mar- over her. Everything is OK, ex- Lauren Anderson, a public Now, a coalition of elected of- the Fines and Fees Justice Center tinez, said she was on the plat- cept that now I’m without my defender and attorney supervi- ficials, local civil rights organiza- in New York. form and saw the two go under husband.” PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NATION Trump tactics leave Democrats seeking answers

BY JULIE PACE Congress, citing presidential Associated Press privilege. Congressional Demo- crats, who have already been WASHINGTON — In 2016, stymied by the White House in Donald Trump blew through the numerous investigations, are out- STEVE PEOPLES/AP guardrails of American politics. raged and many members are re- Darrin Kelly, president of the AFL-CIO’s Allegheny County Labor Council, points out voter registration In his bid for reelection, he’s newing calls for impeachment. data that shows Democrats across western Pennsylvania have been voting Republican. Kelly is warning poised to blow them up. California Rep. Adam Schiff, national Democrats that the party is moving too far left. This time around, he’s aided by the intelligence committee chair- the power of the presidency, with man who has resisted impeach- its unmatched megaphone and ment efforts, said Sunday that resources. And his latest provo- Trump’s actions “may very well cation — prodding a foreign lead- have crossed the Rubicon here.” er to investigate Democratic rival Left out: Some Dems say Trump and his allies have spent Joe Biden — suggests he sees little issue using his office for his months laying the groundwork for personal political interests. the questions about Biden and his son, well aware that the former party turning too extreme His actions foreshadow a no- holds-barred 2020 campaign, vice president would make for a regardless of formidable opponent given his Associated Press ANALYSIS whom Demo- ties to the working class voters ‘ BEAVER, Pa. — The Demo- Democrats are becoming way too crats select as who abandoned Democrats for crats of Beaver County, Pa., their nominee in Trump in 2016. Rudy Giuliani, extreme. crowded onto the steps of a local the coming months. If the lesson Trump’s personal lawyer, has ’ courthouse, dozens of union men Shaun Majors of Trump’s 2016 victory was that publicly acknowledged pitching Beaver Valley Power Station employee who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 deeply personal attacks and fac- Ukrainian politicians on investi- protesting a looming power plant tually inaccurate innuendo are a gating the Bidens. closure that would put their liveli- pathway to victory, his 2020 play- Trump is now alleged to have hoods at risk. The crowd was overwhelmingly book appears to include more of repeatedly asked Ukraine’s presi- care for All,” a crackdown on gun party’s coastal elites demand the same. dent to help with that effort. His white and male, and few had col- lege degrees. Left unsaid, at least violence and the end of the fossil bold liberal policies, working Democrats are more clear- request for a foreign leader’s help fuel industry. The crowd was eth- class voters in the Midwest are eyed about the effectiveness of in the 2020 election came in a from the podium, were broader concerns about a national Demo- nically diverse, heavily female warning presidential candidates those tactics, but still deeply un- July 25 phone call. cratic Party many believe no lon- and highly educated — people to move to the middle. certain over the best approach — Earlier this year, he said in an ger represents them. like Kelly Hafermann, 41, of The urban Democrats may be and the best candidate — to blunt interview with ABC News that if “Democrats are becoming way Brooklyn, who has a master’s de- the most vocal, but it is the work- them. Fight back against Trump another country had negative in- too extreme,” Shaun Majors, 42, gree and works at an Ivy League ing class who may ultimately de- and risk running a campaign formation about a political rival, a high school graduate who has university not far away. cide Trump’s fate. on his terms and elevating his he would have no problem ac- worked at the nearby Beaver Val- “I want the bold ideas,” Hafer- “This country is still made up baseless attacks. Ignore him and cepting it. ley Power Station for almost his mann said, praising the leftward of a very strong middle-of-the- allow his arguments to percolate “I think you might want to lis- shift of her party’s politics. “I road voice,” said Darrin Kelly, ten; there isn’t anything wrong entire adult life, said before last unchecked through the conserva- week’s event began. “I voted for want to be around people who feel president of the Allegheny County with listening,” Trump said in tive media ecosystem. (President Donald) Trump last the same way.” Labor Council, which represents the June interview. “If somebody Democrats concede he is jar- time, and I would again.” The scenes illustrate the high- roughly 100,000 union members called from a country, Norway, ringly effective at dictating the A few days earlier, tens of thou- stakes debate among Democrats in the region. Democrats, he said, (and said) ‘We have information terms of the political debate and sands of Democrats crowded into just over four months before the are “not getting on the ground on your opponent’ — oh, I think throwing opponents off stride. a Manhattan park, cheering Eliz- party begins to select its next out here and listening to what we I’d want to hear it.” “Donald Trump’s greatest po- abeth Warren’s calls for “Medi- presidential nominee. While the have to say.” litical skill is the ability to pull Following revelations that people into his vortex of terrible- Trump appeared to follow ness where you spend all day through on those words in his every day responding to Trump’s conversation with the Ukrainian outrage du jour and defending president, Democratic presiden- yourself from absurd, baseless tial candidates called his behav- Sanders proposes wealth tax, accusations,” said Dan Pfeiffer, ior un democratic. an Obama campaign and White “It’s beyond laughing or cry- House adviser. ing,” said Pete Buttigieg, a White setting up clash with Warren That’s where Biden finds House hopeful and mayor of himself , answering questions South Bend, Ind . “It is a betrayal Associated Press “We are going to take on the billionaire class, sub- of the United States.” about his son Hunter’s work for stantially reduce wealth inequality in America and California Sen. Kamala Harris WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders announced on a Ukrainian gas company at the stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oli- same time his father was leading said Trump’s actions were “in- Tuesday a plan to tax the nation’s wealthiest house- garchy,” Sanders said in a statement. American diplomatic efforts to excusable and an act against the holds, saying it will generate more than $4 trillion Warren, a Massachusetts senator, supports a 2% help the country’s fledgling gov- people of the United States.” over the next decade and substantially reduce the wealth tax on households worth more than $50 mil- ernment. There is no evidence But Harris, who has hit Biden accumulated fortunes of billionaires — his version lion and has become so well known for the issue that of wrongdoing by either man, during recent debates, also subtly of Democratic presidential rival Elizabeth Warren’s and Hunter Biden is no longer reflected the ways in which the signature issue. large crowds at her rallies around the country have working for the company. Yet Joe accusations Trump unearths can Sanders, a Vermont senator, wants a 1% levy on lately interrupted her speeches to chant “2 cents!” Biden still spent a weekend of begin to take hold, no matter how households worth more than $32 million and pro- reminiscent of people chanting “Build the Wall” at campaigning in Iowa deflecting accurate they are. poses tax rates that would increase for wealthier President Donald Trump’s campaign events. questions about the matter . Asked if this in any way casts people, up to 8% for $10 billion-plus fortunes. Sanders’ plan goes further than Warren’s because Trump’s appeal to Ukraine’s aspersions on Biden’s “campaign The tax would affect about 180,000 households, or it would start on fortunes worth at least $32 million, president may ultimately cre- or his character,” Harris declined around 0.1% nationwide, according to Gabriel Zuc- or nearly a third lower than the threshold for War- ate political problems for the to comment. man and Emmanuel Saez, economists at the Uni- ren’s plan to kick in. Warren’s plan also proposes in- president. The matter is part of a “I’ll leave that up to the pun- versity of California at Berkeley, who estimated it creasing the wealth tax up to 3% on any net worth of whistleblower complaint the ad- dits. I don’t have a comment on would raise about $4.35 trillion in government rev- more than $1 billion, while Sanders’ tax rates don’t ministration is withholding from that,” she said enue by the 2028 budget year. top out until 8% for the richest Americans. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Puerto Rico braces for flooding, landslides Tropical Storm Karen es were reported early Tuesday, reported, said Carlos Acevedo, carried out a last-minute evacua- It was expected to keep head- though he said the cause was not director of Puerto Rico’s emer- tion of a weeks-old baby from the ing north after passing over approaches a day yet clear. gency management agency, add- neighboring island of Vieques, Puerto Rico and stay well east “Don’t take the storm lightly,” ing that the concern now was which has been without a hospi- of the Bahamas, the Hurricane after earthquake hit Bryan said. “It will start to throw how much rain Karen would drop tal since Hurricane Maria hit in Center said. massive rain.” on the region. The U.S. National 2017. Lt. Col. Paul Dahlen said in A tropical storm warning re- Schools and government offic- Hurricane Center said it could a phone interview that the baby mained in effect for Puerto Rico, BY DANICA COTO es were already ordered closed in bring 2 to 4 inches. was sick and would be taken to a Vieques, Culebra and the U.S. and Associated Press Puerto Rico as well as in the U.S. Heavy rains were already pelt- hospital before the storm hits. British Virgin Islands, and fore- and British Virgin Islands, with ing the southeast coastal town of Karen regained tropical storm casters said certain areas could SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico officials warning people to stay Yabucoa, where retiree Victor strength Tuesday morning after experience stronger winds. — Tropical Storm Karen began indoors. Ortiz, 69, huddled inside his home slipping to a tropical depression. Roberto Garcia, meteorologist drenching the U.S. Virgin Islands As the storm approached, Puer- with his wife. Its maximum sustained winds in charge of the National Weather on Tuesday while bearing down to Ricans were shaken from their “Every year the storms are increased to 40 mph , with addi- Service’s San Juan office, said on an earthquake-shaken Puerto beds late Monday by a magnitude stronger and more frequent,” tional strengthening expected. that some towns in the eastern Rico still scarred by a hurricane 6.0 earthquake that hit in the At- he said, adding that he worried The storm was centered about part of Puerto Rico would likely two years ago. lantic near the island at a shallow about landslides because he lives 65 miles south of San Juan and be hit with moderate to serious U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert depth of 6 miles . Three after- in a mountainous region. was moving north near 8 mph. flooding, especially those next to Bryan Jr. said the storm had al- shocks, of magnitude 4.7 and 4.6, The National Guard, which Forecasters said it was expected mountains. ready caused mudslides in the followed within less than an hour. was activated by Puerto Rico to hit Puerto Rico’s southeast re- Vazquez urged people in flood- territory and major power outag- No significant damage was Gov. Wanda Vazquez on Monday, gion by late afternoon. prone areas to seek shelter. Probe says FAA misled Congress over 737 Max

BY MICHAEL LARIS ensuring aircraft safety,” Kerner The Washington Post added in a statement. “The FAA’s failure to ensure safety inspec- WASHINGTON — Investiga- tor competency for these aircraft tors examining a whistleblower puts the flying public at risk.” complaint have concluded that In a statement, the FAA said, safety inspectors who worked on “ We remain confident in our rep- training requirements for Boeing resentations to Congress and in 737 Max pilots were themselves the work of our aviation safety “underqualified” — and that the professionals .” Federal Aviation Administration On April 2, Sen. Roger Wicker, provided misleading information R-Miss., chairman of the Senate about the issue to Congress. Committee on Commerce, Sci- The findings of the U.S. Office ence and Transportation, queried MALCOLM DENEMARK, FLORIDA TODAY/AP of Special Counsel, which inde- the acting FAA administrator pendently investigates whistle- A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, lifts about claims from whistleblow- blower complaints, have added to ers “that numerous FAA employ- off May 23 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, as seen from Cocoa Beach, Fla. SpaceX is questions about the effectiveness among the companies competing to provide internet from orbit to remote locations on Earth. ees, including those involved in and transparency of safety over- the Aircraft Evaluation Group sight at the FAA, which has come (AEG) for the Boeing 737 Max, under scrutiny after two new 737 had not received proper training In 21st-century space race, goal Max jets it had certified as safe and valid certifications.” crashed in Indonesia and Ethio- Wicker also wrote that some of pia, killing 346 people. those employees may have been is to connect the world to internet Boeing and the FAA have faced part of an FAA group, known as intense criticism for failing to a Flight Standardization Board, BY TALI ARBEL that have huge, expensive satellites sitting 22,000 make sure pilots had the infor- formed to “develop minimum mation and training necessary to Associated Press miles from Earth and covering big territories on the training recommendations” ground. But the service is expensive and limited, handle any problems with a new — specifically for the new Max NEW YORK — It’s a 21st-century space race: comes with data caps and lags, and doesn’t have automated safety feature on the jets — and ensure that pilots have Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get many users. Max, known as the Maneuvering all the necessary information to into orbit and provide internet to the Earth’s most The new satellites are smaller, cheaper and closer Characteristics Augmentation safely fly them. remote places. to Earth, so theoretically signals travel faster and System, or MCAS. Investigators Wicker wrote that the FAA Like the last century’s battle for space supremacy applications like online gaming that need instant re- say the feature, fed by faulty data “may have been notified about that was triggered by the Soviet Union’s launch of sponses would work better. from a sensor, repeatedly mis- these deficiencies as early as Au- Sputnik 1, this one involves satellites. Thousands of They have some heavyweight backers. In addi- fired, forcing the nose of both gust 2018” and that the commit- them. tion to Amazon and SpaceX, the race has also been planes down before they crashed. tee “is led to believe that an FAA More than a dozen companies have asked U.S. joined by OneWeb, which is backed by investors in- In a letter to President Don- investigation into these allega- regulators for permission to operate constellations cluding Virgin founder Richard Branson, U.S. chip- ald Trump on Monday, Special tions may have been completed of satellites that provide internet service. Not all maker Qualcomm and Japanese tech conglomerate Counsel Henry Kerner wrote recently.” are aimed at connecting consumers, but some have SoftBank. that “FAA’s official responses to There had indeed been such an grand and global ambitions. But the industry is still in its infancy and at least Congress appear to have been investigation by the FAA’s Office “The goal here is broadband everywhere,” Ama- three years away from widespread commercial ser- misleading in their portrayal of Audit and Evaluation, which zon founder Jeff Bezos said at a conference in June. vice, said Kerri Cahoy, professor of aeronautics and of FAA employee training and considers whistleblower cases With half the world’s population — more than 3 astronautics at MIT, and even further from making competency.” and other internal and external billion people — not using the internet, it’s a huge any money. Information provided by the reports of aviation safety viola- potential market. And there’s the obvious benefit “I would be surprised if something were profit- FAA “obfuscates” concerns tions. That office is meant to pro- on the ground. Not having internet access makes able in 10 years,” she said. about the preparation of safety vide an “independent venue for it difficult or impossible to apply for many jobs, for There are also competing efforts at extending inspectors and “diverts attention the conduct or oversight of objec- kids to do homework, for people in remote areas to connectivity, including Google with its Loon bal- away from the likely truth of the tive, impartial investigations and get medical care and to participate in the global loons, which are solar-powered cell towers made matter: that they were neither evaluations,” according to the economy. of plastic sheets that float on the winds, and others qualified under agency policy to FAA, and it reports to the FAA’s This wave of spaced-based internet faces hurdles. working on solar-powered drones. certify pilots flying the 737 Max top official. It is expensive to launch, complex and could prove Launches have already been pushed back. One- nor to assess pilot training on pro- As the investigation continues, too costly for the people it hopes to reach. Web had once said it would be operating in Alaska cedures and maneuvers.” the FAA met Monday in Montreal Satellite internet already exists, dominated by a this year, but service is now expected to start in late “The FAA is entrusted with with dozens of international avia- handful of companies like HughesNet and Viasat 2020. the critically important role of tion regulators. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 WORLD Court: Suspension of UK Parliament illegal

BY GREGORY KATZ, with or without a divorce deal. holding ministers to account and ing prime minister there’s ever MIKE CORDER “I strongly disagree with this passing laws. been.” AND JILL LAWLESS decision of the Supreme Court. I Bercow said there won’t be a “I invite Boris Johnson, in the Associated Press have the upmost respect for our Prime Minister’s Questions ses- historic words, to consider his judiciary, I don’t think this was sion in Parliament on Wednesday position,” Corbyn told the party LONDON — In a major blow the right decision,” Johnson said despite the fact that lawmakers faithful in the southern city of to Prime Minister Boris John- in New York, where he was at- were returning. Brighton. son, Britain’s highest court ruled tending the U.N. General Assem- Johnson’s office said that, due Liberal Democrats leader Jo Tuesday that his decision to sus- bly. “I think that the prorogation to the ruling, the prime minister Swinson said the ruling made it pend Parliament for five weeks (suspension of Parliament) has will fly back to London overnight clear that Johnson “is not fit to in the crucial countdown to the been used for centuries without from New York, earlier than be prime minister.” She said he country’s Brexit deadline was this kind of challenge.” planned, to arrive by the time “acted unlawfully, tried to silence illegal. Johnson did not rule out trying Parliament resumes. Parliament, tried to silence the The unanimous, strongly worded Supreme Court judg- to suspend Parliament again. The harsh tone of the court’s voices of the people, because he ment declared his order to sus- “As the law currently stands, decision, and the unanimous vote does not want to be held to ac- pend Parliament “void and of the U.K. leaves the EU on Oct. 31 of 11 Supreme Court judges, led count ... for his disastrous Brexit no effect.” The court found that come what may, but the exciting many to say that Johnson can’t policy.” Johnson acted to limit debate by thing for us now is to get a good carry on. In this nation without a writ- lawmakers on Britain’s impend- deal. And that is what we are “His position is untenable and ten constitution, the case marked ing departure from the European working on,” Johnson said. “And he should have the guts for once a rare confrontation between Union in violation of Parliament’s to be honest, it is not made much to do the decent thing and resign,” the prime minister, the courts constitutional role. easier by this kind of stuff in Par- Scottish National Party legislator and Parliament over their rights MATT DUNHAM/AP The landmark decision was liament or in the courts.” Joanna Cherry said outside the and responsibilities. It revolved quickly criticized by Johnson and House of Commons Speaker court. around whether Johnson acted John Bercow, speaker of prompted calls for him to quit John Bercow welcomed the his- Opposition Labour Party lead- lawfully when he advised Queen Britain’s House of Commons, from opposition leaders. toric verdict and said Parlia- er Jeremy Corbyn told his party Elizabeth II to suspend Parlia- said Tuesday that Parliament The Conservative prime minis- ment would resume its business conference that the court deci- ment for five weeks during a cru- would resume Wednesday ter and Parliament have been at Wednesday morning. He said sion shows Johnson’s “contempt” cial time frame before the Oct. 31 after Britain’s Supreme Court odds since he took power in July citizens are “entitled” to have for democracy and rule of law. Brexit deadline when Britain is ruled that Prime Minister with the determination to take Parliament perform its core con- He said Johnson should resign scheduled to leave the 28-nation Boris Johnson’s suspension of Britain out of the EU on Oct. 31 stitutional duties, which include “and become the shortest-serv- bloc. Parliament was illegal. Repatriation ramps up amid travel firm’s collapse Zimbabwe’s

Associated Press capital runs LONDON — Britain’s biggest repatriation effort since World dry as water War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the taps cut off pay Thomas Cook executives re- ceived in the run-up to the tour Associated Press operator’s collapse, which left thousands stranded globally. HARARE, Zimbabwe — The As uncertain Thomas Cook more than 2 million residents holidaymakers made their way to of Zimbabwe’s capital and sur- airports around the world, Brit- rounding towns are now without ain’s Civil Aviation Authority said water after authorities shut down Tuesday it brought 14,700 Thom- the city’s main treatment plant, as Cook customers back to the raising new fears about disease U.K. on 64 flights Monday. That after a recent cholera outbreak amounts to around 95% of the hol- while the economy crumbles idaymakers who were originally further. booked to fly home that day. Officials in Harare have strug- A further 135,000 passengers gled to raise foreign currency to are expected to be brought back import water treatment chemi- on rescue flights over the next cals; about $2.7 million is needed 13 days, including 16,800 on 74 per month. Meanwhile, water lev- flights Tuesday. els in polluted dams are dropping Everyone will be brought because of drought. back regardless of nationality or whether they are protected by the “Everyone living in Harare is government-backed travel insur- affected; they don’t have water,” ance program. City Council spokesman Michael /AP “A repatriation of this scale IHA Chideme said Tuesday as resi- dents turned to options such as and nature is unprecedented and, British passengers with shut-down tour company Thomas Cook wait at Antalya airport in Turkey on bottled water or wells. Chideme unfortunately, there will be some Monday. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority said it has brought 14,700 Thomas Cook customers back to called it a dangerous situation be- inconvenience and disruption for the U.K. and 135,000 more are expected to be brought back over the next 13 days. customers,” said Richard Mori- cause of the risk of water-borne diseases. “Maybe the situation arty, the aviation authority’s chief leaving hundreds of thousands The company’s Dutch subsid- fall sharply, making holidays executive. “We will do everything will be resolved by tomorrow but stranded around the world as well iary said all flights scheduled abroad more expensive. we are not sure,” he said. we can to minimize this as the op- as its 21,000 employees, including for Tuesday were scrapped and British Business Secretary An- eration continues.” The capital now frequently re- 9,000 in the U.K., out of work. The customers won’t be able to use ac- drea Leadsom has called on the Moriarty said holidaymakers cords cases of diseases such as ty- repatriation is expected to cost commodation they booked. country’s Insolvency Service to should not fret about how they phoid due to water shortages and will get back. the British government approxi- The 178-year-old travel agency “fast-track” its investigation of dilapidated sewer infrastructure. “We want people to continue mately $125 million . that helped pioneer the package the collapse of Thomas Cook. Some residents are forced to get to enjoy their holiday, so we will It was still unclear how many tour was brought down by a num- Directors at the travel com- water from shallow, unsafe wells bring them back to the U.K. on of the 600,000 total that were ber of factors including changing pany reportedly received nearly and defecate in the open. their original departure day or traveling with the company as of travel habits, online competition, $62 million over the past decade, Twenty-six people died last very soon thereafter.” Sunday would remain stranded. heat waves in Europe over the packages that were approved by year in a cholera outbreak, lead- Debt-laden Thomas Cook German authorities were still past couple of years and uncer- shareholders in annual general ing President Emmerson Mnan- ceased all operations Monday mulling a request for a bridging tainty related to Britain’s depar- meetings even at a time when the gagwa to express public dismay after failing to raise the money loan from airline Condor, a sub- ture from the European Union, company’s financial performance that Zimbabweans were suffering it wanted from shareholders, sidiary of Thomas Cook. which has seen the British pound was deteriorating. from a “medieval” disease. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 WORLD Algeria says 8 newborns died in fire at hospital Spanish court: ALGIERS, Algeria — Eight newborns were killed Tuesday in a fire in the maternity wing of an Algerian hospital near the border with Tunisia, authorities said. Franco’s remains The health minister said the blaze may have been caused by a defective anti-mosquito device. The national emergency ser- vice said in a statement that the fire was under control but not yet can be exhumed extinguished. It said 11 newborns, 37 mothers and 28 employees were evacuated after the blaze BY CIARAN GILES Franco’s family had hoped to broke out at 4 a.m. in the town of Associated Press block the exhumation or at least El Oued, 360 miles southeast of have the body reburied in central the capital, Algiers. MADRID — The Spanish Su- Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral, Three babies died of burns and preme Court ruled Tuesday that an idea vehemently opposed by five of asphyxiation, the emer- the caretaker Socialist govern- the government. gency service said. ment can exhume the remains of The ruling came as Spain’s former dictator Gen. Francisco Parliament was dissolved and Death toll rises to 26 in Franco from the gigantic mauso- elections officially set for Nov. 10. leum he built on the outskirts of protests in Indonesia Opposition parties have accused Madrid, seemingly settling a de- the Socialists of planning to use JAKARTA, Indonesia — The cades-old controversy. the exhumation for electoral death toll from violent protests in Six judges unanimously reject- Indonesia’s restive Papua prov- ed an appeal by Franco’s relatives purposes. The ruling can’t be appealed, ince has risen to 26 after several against the government’s plan to bodies were found under burned but lawyer Luis Felipe Utrera move the body to a cemetery on buildings, officials said Tuesday. said the dictator’s relatives in- the capital’s outskirts. An angry mob torched local /AP Leftist parties and families of tended to take “the legal battle to PAUL WHITE government buildings, shops and the end” by going to the country’s many Spanish Civil War victims A protester burns a photo of Gen. Francisco Franco outside the homes and set fire to cars and mo- have wanted Franco, who died Constitutional Court and the Eu- Supreme Court in Madrid on Tuesday . The court ruled that the torbikes in Papua province’s Wa- in 1975, to be removed from the ropean Court of Human Rights. former dictator’s remains can be exhumed and relocated. mena city on Monday in a protest Valley of the Fallen mausoleum, “The government is prohibit- by hundreds of people sparked by a major tourist attraction. Oth- ing a family from burying where ist executive’s plans. always guided the government’s rumors that a teacher had insult- ers have argued it would open they deem convenient,” Utrera Caretaker Prime Minister action,” he wrote. ed an indigenous student. old wounds. Some 34,000 people told Spanish public broadcaster Pedro Sanchez celebrated the de- His deputy, Carmen Calvo, Papua police spokesman from both sides in the 1936-39 TVE. cision in a tweet. “The determina- said the government intended to Ahmad Musthofa Kamal said civil war are also buried there, Such legal challenges would tion to make up for the suffering proceed with the exhumation “as Tuesday that six more bodies most of them never identified. not immediately stop the Social- of the victims of Francoism has soon as possible.” were found in and around the burned-out wreckage of build- ings engulfed in the fires set by rioters. Hong Kong’s Lam hopes town hall will start healing German court rules that a hangover is an illness BY RAF WOBER spike further with more protests Associated Press planned this weekend ahead of BERLIN — A German court Oct. 1 celebrations of the ruling has ruled that a hangover is an HONG KONG — Hong Kong Chinese Communist Party’s 70th illness, in a verdict against the leader Carrie Lam said Tues- year in power. distributor of a food supplement day she doesn’t expect a town The unrest was sparked by an marketed as an “anti-hangover hall meeting this week will find extradition bill that has since been drink.” answers to the monthslong pro- withdrawn, but protesters have The state court in Frankfurt democracy protests but hopes it widened their demands to include ruled in a verdict released Mon- will be a step forward in the “long direct elections for the city’s lead- day that marketing by the de- journey” to reconciliation. ers and police accountability. fendant, which it didn’t identify, /AP Lam said she is encouraged Lam said there is no agenda for VINCENT YU violated a ban on attributing to food products the ability to pre- that more than 20,000 people have the town hall, which is meant as Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, shown arriving at a press vent, treat or heal illnesses. It re- signed up for Thursday’s commu- an open platform for the public to conference at the government building in Hong Kong on Tuesday, jected an appeal against a lower nity dialogue, out of whom only vent its complaints and find a way will host a town hall she hopes will be a step toward reconciliation. court’s similar verdict. 150 will be selected randomly. out of the conflict. She said the Judges found that an illness It will be the first such meeting two-hour session will be consid- these tensions in society that we the more normal Hong Kong that should be defined broadly in the since the protests started in early ered a success if the dialogue is have seen,” Lam said at a news we are all very familiar with.” interest of protecting people’s June. peaceful with a frank and candid conference. “To me, this is one Security is expected to be tight health and said the term encom- The Beijing-backed leader is exchange of views. step forward. It will be a long at the town hall meeting, which passes “any, even a slight or tem- hoping to tone down emotions “It would not be possible for a journey to achieve reconciliation will be held at a stadium in Hong porary, disruption of the body’s amid fears that violence could consensus to be reached after all in society, let alone to return to Kong’s Wan Chai neighborhood. normal condition or normal activity,” according to a court statement. Top Algerian figures go on military trial for alleged plot Convicted Nazi who escaped justice dies BY AOMAR OUALI along with commotion inside the cell, said Ksentini, a member of a The charges center on March BERLIN — Karl Muenter, a Associated Press tribunal. group of lawyers for the defense. meetings between the four. Ha- former SS soldier who was con- Said Bouteflika, brother and Also on trial is a former power- noune’s lawyer, Rachid Khane, victed in France of a wartime ALGIERS, Algeria — An Alge- special counselor of former head ful intelligence chief, Gen. Mo- said the meetings aimed to exam- rian military tribunal on Monday of state Abdelaziz Bouteflika, re- hamed Mediene, known as Toufik massacre but who never served ine Algeria’s political situation any time for his crimes, has died opened the unprecedented trial fused to answer the judge’s ques- — a man whose name once made amid protest marches for the res- tions and walked out, one of the Algerians tremble. The leader of in northwestern Germany. He of a brother of the country’s long- ignation of Bouteflika, who was lawyers present, Farouk Ksentini, the leftist Workers Party, Lou- was 96. time former president and two seeking a fifth mandate despite said later, according to the TSA isa Hanoune, who for decades Marcus Tischbier, a represen- ex-intelligence chiefs, accusing online news outlet, which posted has been a fixture on Algeria’s infirmities following a stroke. tative of the district mayor’s of- them of plotting against the state. a video of the lawyer’s remarks. political scene, was the fourth Some within the administra- fice in Nordstemmen, the village Heavy security, with road- Another defendant, Gen. Ath- defendant. tion saw more sinister designs, where Muenter lived, confirmed blocks leading to the courthouse mane Tartag, an intelligence All four are charged with plot- reportedly including plotting to Monday that he died on Friday. in Blida, south of Algiers, marked chief who worked directly under ting against the state and under- fire powerful army chief Ahmed He had no further details. the start of the closed-door trial, the president, refused to leave his mining the army. Gaid Salah. From The Associated Press PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 WORLD

Future-proofing project Netherlands reinforcing key dike as seas rise, climate changes

PETER DEJONG/AP Tourists admire the frozen IJsselmeer inland sea on Afsluitdijk, a dike closing off the Wadden sea and North Sea from IJsselmeer inland sea, northern Netherlands, in 2012. The dike is getting a makeover amid powerful storms and rising seas brought about by climate change.

BY MIKE CORDER known as the flume in an industrial area AND ALEKSANDAR FURTULA of Delft, the historic city best known for its Associated Press delicate blue and white china and painter Johannes Vermeer. THE AFSLUITDIJK, Netherlands — Engineers built a scale model of a cross Rising up in a thin line through the waters section of the Afsluitdijk in the tank and separating the provinces of North Holland are pounding it with waves they say should and Friesland, the 87-year-old Afsluitdijk occur once every 10,000 years. The goal is is one of the low-lying Netherlands’ key de- to make sure the new design can survive fenses against its ancient enemy, the sea. the destructive power of such a storm. With climate change bringing more pow- Mark Klein Breteler, a dike expert and erful storms and rising sea levels, the dike project manager at Deltares, the water re- is getting a major makeover. search center that built and uses the flume, The Dutch government has embarked said the new design of the Afsluitdijk needs on a future-proofing project to beef up the to handle everything that climate change iconic 20-mile dam. Work is already un- throws at it. derway and is expected to continue until “We know about sea level rise but also 2023. the storminess of this area is increasing, so Just what the Afsluitdijk and the rest wind speeds are higher and we get larger of the world’s coastal regions will have to waves,” he said. endure in the coming decades will be out- This kind of innovation and the constant lined this week in a new United Nations care needed to maintain the Netherland’s scientific report on the impact of climate thousands of miles of dikes and levees change on ice and oceans. does not come cheap. The government has /AP The Dutch, whose low-lying country is GUUS SCHOONEWILLE, DELTARES earmarked nearly $20 billion to fund such crisscrossed by rivers and bordered by The flume wave tank in Delft, Netherlands, is being used to test structure designs for projects for the period from 2020 to 2033. the sea, have been battling with water for the strengthening work on the Afsluitdijk. The return on that investment is more centuries. That challenge will only grow than just dry feet for the 17 million people as warmer temperatures cause sea lev- keep it that way.” it. They are also improving the highway who live in the Netherlands. An industry els to rise. With that in mind, the govern- Boris Teunis, an expert on emergency that runs over the narrow strip of man- group estimated the country’s water sector ment this year established a “knowledge water management with the Dutch water made land which lies between the shallow exports were worth $8.3 billion in 2018, as program on rising sea levels” that aims to agency Rijkswaterstaat, said in a recent in- Wadden Sea and the Ijsselmeer inland sea the Dutch sell their expertise to other low- feed expertise into the country’s ongoing terview that sea levels have been rising for and which, despite its name, is technically lying countries and cities around the world. program of building and maintaining its years “but what we are worrying about is a dam rather than a dike because it sepa- “The major challenge is to take water water defenses. if that is going to accelerate.” rates water from water. and the changing climate into account in “The Netherlands is currently the safest Engineers are strengthening the Afsluit- The cutting edge of the design work for all spatial planning” in the Netherlands, delta in the world,” the government said, dijk, including laying thousands of custom- the strengthening is not being done at a Delta Commissioner Peter Glas wrote in a announcing the new program. “We want to made concrete blocks and raising parts of beach or estuary, but in a long wave tank report this month. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Bald eagle found near death takes flight again

WOODSTOCK — A MD once-starving bald eagle that spent the past seven weeks regaining her strength at a wildlife sanctuary has taken flight once again in Maryland. The Baltimore Sun reported that sanctuary worker Colleen Layton-Robbins said the female bald eagle was released back into the open air Sunday. Rescuers said that when they found the bird on a July after- noon, she was just half the normal weight of a healthy bald eagle, could fly 3 only feet off the ground and was motionless for hours. Volunteers with the Wood- stock nonprofit Frisky’s Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary said they think a bone lodged in the eagle’s system was preventing her from digesting . Town has first full-time female firefighters

SOUTH BEND — Two IN women have been sworn in as the University of Notre Dame Fire Department’s first full-time female firefighters. The South Bend Tribune re- ported that Michelle Woolverton, 42, and Christi Shibata, 37, start- ed as firefighters over the sum- DON CAMPBELL, THE (ST. JOSEPH, MICH.) HERALD-PALLADIUM/AP mer with the department, which got its start 140 years ago. The department’s chief, Bruce Harrison, said they have passion Getting a kick out of chicks for the job, empathy and a deter- mination to serve others. Children hold chicks Saturday at an animal display sponsored by the Critter Barn during the annual Fall Festival in St. Joseph, Mich. Woolverton joined the depart- ment in 2010 as an on-call EMT. from the site. They said electrical THE CENSUS buffer zone in Hawaii for athletes Shibata joined the department as a power was disrupted in the area competing in Ironman World part-time firefighter in 2018 after for some time. The value of items allegedly stolen by two Championship-related events. previously working at a physical California women authorities arrested on The 100-yard zone would keep therapy clinic in Michigan. Mom, grandma charged suspicion of participating in a gift card unauthorized people and vessels after knife injures boy $900K scam . The San Bernardino Sun reported in the area from invading the Stolen school bus going Saturday that Ailing Lu, 25, and Ji Hyun space participants use to com- wrong way crashes PORT ST. LUCIE — A Lee, 25, were arrested Thursday. Authorities said an investigation began after pete in an open swim, bike race FL grandmother and moth- someone impersonating an IRS employee contacted a man and threatened arrest and marathon event, West Hawaii Today reported Friday. CAMDEN — Authori- er in Florida were arrested after unless he purchased $2,200 worth of Target gift cards. Police said officers serving NJ ties said a stolen school leaving five children alone dur- search warrants at two locations recovered about $900,000 worth of electronics, Athletes are scheduled to take bus going the wrong way on a ing which time a 9-year-old boy gift cards and other items purchased with cards supplied by victims. part in the Hoala Ironman Train- highway crashed head-on into a was accidentally hit in the back of ing Swim on Oct. 5 before com- car, injuring the car driver and the head with a knife thrown by peting in the swim portion of the sparking an intense fire. his 4-year-old sister. was found about a half-mile from It will take a few weeks to com- official championship race Oct. Camden County police said the The Port St. Lucie Police De- owner Cindy Haase’s home. plete the trapping effort, Smith 12, event officials said . bus was parked outside a Camden partment said Julie Belliard, Authorities used watermelon said . Ironman did not respond to a home when it was stolen around the mother of the children, and to lure the 150-pound tortoise request for comment. 10 p.m. Saturday. Officers briefly Marie Pierre, their grandmother, before lifting it into a vehicle for Jogging off-duty officer pursued it but lost track of the face child neglect charges. transport . sees car reported taken Camel sits on woman; vehicle. Police officers said Belliard she bites it to get free The bus was seen again a short left the children in the care of City plans to trap stray time later traveling east in the her mother on Friday. Pierre left NEW YORK — A New cats living in park GROSSE TETE — Au- westbound lanes of the Admiral the children, ages 3 to 9, by them- NY York Police Depart- thorities in Louisiana Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken. selves so she could pick up her ment captain may have been off LA PHENIX CITY — The crash soon occurred, and the daughter. the clock, but he was still on duty. said a camel at a truck stop pet- There’s a plan afoot person driving the bus fled on While the grandmother was AL CBS New York reported Capt. ting zoo sat on a woman after she to trap scores of stray cats that foot . gone, the girl threw a knife, which John Hall, of the 111th precinct crawled into its enclosure. bounced off a television stand and moved into a city park in east in Queens, was on a jog Saturday Iberville Parish sheriff’s offi- Police: Man trying to hit the boy in the head. Alabama after the felines drew morning in the area when he no- cials told The Advocate on Sunday complaints from park visitors. ticed a white Mercedes. It looked that the Florida woman’s hus- steal wire is burned Tortoise taken home City officials said they’ve re- like one that had been reported band had been throwing treats to ceived complaints about feral stolen the day before. their dog under the camel’s fence. PHILADELPHIA — after wandering town cats begging for food at Idle Hour Hall called his precinct, and Their dog went into the enclosure PA Philadelphia police said Park in Phenix City, WTVM-TV the responding officers took three and the woman crawled under a man was shocked and severely REDDING — Califor- reported. The city plans to trap men inside the vehicle into custo- barbed wire to retrieve the pet. burned when he tried to steal CA nia authorities have re- the cats and take them to a local dy in connection with the theft. That’s when the 600-pound turned a pet tortoise to its owner shelter, Assistant City Manager wiring from a building under Another stolen Mercedes was camel sat on her. She told depu- construction around 2:15 a.m. after the wandering animal was Steve Smith said. The hope is also found at the scene. ties she bit the camel to free her- Monday. spotted in another resident’s that many of them can then be self. The woman was taken to a Police said the 30-year-old backyard. adopted. hospital. man suffered third-degree burns The Record Searchlight report- Smith estimates that about four Coast Guard to enact and was hospitalized in critical ed the 41-year-old tortoise named dozen feral cats live at the park. buffer around Ironman Deputy Louis Hamilton Jr. said condition. His name has not been Dino ambled away after a storm He said many of the complaints the couple provoked the camel released. blew open the latch on its outdoor involve cats approaching the pa- KAILUA-KONA — The and he cited them for a leash law Authorities said emergency re- enclosure in Red Bluff. An animal vilions, often in the evenings or at HI U.S. Coast Guard has violation. sponders had to remove the man regulation officer said the tortoise night. confirmed plans to enact an ocean From wire reports PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 FACES Leonard Cohen’s first posthumous song out; album due in November

BY RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times A posthumous album of Leon- ard Cohen songs completed by his son and friends, admirers and col- laborators after his death in 2016, titled “Thanks for the Dance,” is slated for release on Nov. 22. Adam Cohen, son and latter- day producer of the esteemed poet, singer and songwriter, su- pervised the creation of the new /TNS collection, which grew out of song LOS ANGELES TIMES sketches his father left behind Leonard Cohen, in 1995 with the request that Adam bring them to completion. in a statement. “What moves me Adam enlisted several art- most about the album is the star- ists from disparate corners of tled response of those who have the music world to work on the heard it. ‘Leonard lives!’ they say, /TNS FOX album’s nine tracks, including one after the other.” Michael Sheen, left, and Tom Payne star in “Prodigal Son.” The series premiere airs Wednesday on Beck, longtime Cohen song inter- Work is underway on a series AFN-Spectrum. preter Jennifer Warnes, singers of videos for various songs, the Leslie Feist and Damien Rice, first of which, for “The Goal,” producer-musician Daniel La- has already been released. Cohen nois, guitarist Bryce Dessner of recorded his vocals for the sub- Tom Payne goes from zombies on ‘Walking Dead’ the National, Arcade Fire bass- sequently completed songs dur- ist Richard Reed, pianist Dustin ing the period he was working on to serial killers with new TV series, ‘Prodigal Son’ O’Halloran, Spanish laud player the final album released during Javier Mas, the Cantus Dor- his lifetime, “You Want It Dark- mus choir of Berlin, the Shaar er,” which came out about seven BY RICK BENTLEY been working all day every day on this show. So Hashomayim choir and co-pro- weeks before his death on Nov. 7, Tribune News Service it’s physically and mentally exhausting anyway,” ducer Daniel Watson. 2016, when he was 82. Payne says. “I think my brain’s too tired to hold “In composing and arranging “You Want It Darker” received British actor Tom Payne spent 3 ½ years feel- any more of that kind of stuff in it anyway. I have ing like there were zombies around every corner the music for his words, we chose near universal acclaim, scoring a a pretty good imagination, and I can put myself his most characteristic musical 92 (out of a possible 100) on the and having dreams of the undead. That was a in and take myself away. reaction to working on the popular cable series signatures, in this way keeping Metacritic.com aggregate review “The emotions are there, but they’re not so him with us,” Adam Cohen said site. “The Walking Dead.” Now there’s a real poten- closely allied with the character’s actual feelings tial he will be having dreams about serial killers that it will damage you. Not with me, anyway. But because of his new job. it’s a lot of fun to go there.” “Prodigal Son,” scheduled to debut Wednes- In the first episode, Bright admits he’s the son ‘Downton Abbey’ triumphs at weekend box office day on AFN-Spectrum, features Payne playing of a notorious serial killer, a scene that he says gifted crime solver Malcolm Bright. The ques- was one of the most moving he had ever acted. Raise your teacups! The big- the Golden Globe Awards on Jan. tion is whether his abilities to know exactly how Payne found plenty of research material to use screen encore of “Downton 5, 2020, the Hollywood Foreign killers think and how their minds work is a bless- in creating his role for “Prodigal Son.” Abbey” handily (but very polite- Press Association announced ing or a curse. The doubt comes from being the ly) thumped both Brad Pitt’s “Ad Tuesday. offspring of a notorious serial killer called The “ There’s a wealth of material out there, fic- tional and true to life, to draw from ,” Payne Astra” and Sylvester Stallone’s  The American Film Institute Surgeon (Michael Sheen). Instead of following in “Rambo: Last Blood” in theaters is honoring Julie Andrews with the family business, Bright uses the skills passed says. “There’s one (podcast) in particular called Happy Face about the daughter of serial killer over the weekend in one of the its Life Achievement Award. The down to him to help the New York Police Depart- more unlikely box-office upsets. organization said Sept. 20 that ment stop killers while facing an uncomfortable and it follows her and her journey to talk to peo- ple who were affected by her father, directly and “Downton Abbey” debuted Andrews will receive the award relationship with his father. with $31 million in ticket sales, at the Gala Tribute on April 25 Payne has several acting credits beyond “The indirectly, and with her mother, and her relation- according to studio estimates in Los Angeles. Andrews’ act- Walking Dead” and “Prodigal Son.” He made his ship with her father, and the fears that she has Sunday, royally trumping the ing career has spanned several feature film debut in “Miss Pettigrew Lives for and the intense pain that having a father who’s a $19.2 million-opening for “Ad decades, winning an Academy a Day” and followed that with roles in “Luck,” serial killer caused. Astra” and the $19 million debut Award in 1965 for her starring “The Physician,” “Skins,” “Waterloo Road” and “So that was really helpful to me. It’s really hard to listen to and made me cry many times, for “Rambo: Last Blood.” Neither role in “Mary Poppins.” She also “Agatha Christie’s Marple.” starred in “The Sound of Music” because there’s a lot of pain and hurt there. And the draw of Pitt in space nor a Playing Jesus Monroe on “The Walking Dead” and “The Princess Diaries.” the character in the show is in pretty much the bandanna-wearing Stallone could has given Payne a plan that might help him avoid  The former chief makeup same position and has a lot of walls up, but is in- match the appeal a tea party with the rough moments that came with his last job. artist at Charlie Rose’s interview tent on trying to understand his father and the old friends. “I think you have to play a bit of a balancing show is suing him, saying the dis- similarities that may or may not exist between The debut marked the best first act with how involved you get in the material graced television journalist ran you’re dealing with. But you can’t help it. I’ve them.” weekend ever for Focus Features in its 17-year history. It ranks a “toxic work environment” for as the best opening for any spe- women. Gina Riggi said in her cialty studio in a decade. Coming harassment lawsuit filed Sept. 19 Oprah’s next pick: Ta-Nehisi Coates novel four years since the series finale, that she worked for 22 years for “Downton Abbey” returns most of Rose and Bloomberg, the com- the original cast and was penned pany where his Manhattan studio was located. She lost her job in Associated Press was really happy (about the news from Winfrey). by its creator, Julian Fellowes. 2017 after Rose was fired by PBS But I think the most encouraging part was that After two weeks at the No. 1 and CBS News for sexual miscon- Ta-Nehisi Coates’ first novel, “The Water Danc- she’s a reader. It was clear from the conversation spot, Warner Bros.’ “It Chapter duct. Her lawsuit seeks unspeci- er,” has been a long and eventful journey. that she’s a reader. This is not a marketing ploy. Two” slid to fourth with $17.2 fied damages. Begun a decade ago, his chronicle of a slave with There’s nothing to be cynical about.” million. The STX’s stripper tale  Suzanne Whang, whose an extraordinary memory who joins the Under- Winfrey announced Monday that she chose “Hustlers,” starring Jennifer smooth, calm voice provided the ground Railroad is the result of countless drafts, “The Water Dancer” to formally begin her new Lopez, earned $17 million in its a shift from multiple narrators to a single voice, book club partnership with Apple, for which she second weekend. narration for HGTV’s “House some needed advice from fellow writers and hun- plans a selection every other month. In October, Hunters” for years, died Sept. 17. dreds of thousands of words discarded. Coates’ she will interview Coates before a live audience in Other news She was 57. Whang was diagnosed research ranged from reading interviews with Washington, D.C., a conversation that will air Nov. with breast cancer in 2006. She ex-slaves and consulting a 19th-century Farmer’s 1 on Apple TV Plus, the new streaming service.  Tom Hanks became one beat the disease for years until it Almanac — books duly pictured on his Instagram of Hollywood’s beloved actors returned in October 2018. In a recent interview, Winfrey became tearful  account — to his numerous and revelatory visits to as she described the novel’s emotional impact, how through an array of likable roles, British critic and author former plantations. it captured the devastation and resilience of those from “Big” to “Forrest Gump,” Alfred Alvarez died Monday in And then came that call from Oprah Winfrey. enslaved. and now his decorated career London of pneumonia, according “I was just as surprised as anybody. I pretty “I have not felt this way about a book since ‘Be- has earned him one of the high- to his literary representatives, much write for myself and the only people I think loved,’ ” Winfrey said of the Pulitzer Prize-win- est honors at the Golden Globes Aitken Alexander Associates. He about are my wife and my editor,” says Coates, 43, ning novel by her friend and literary idol Toni next year. Hanks, 63, will receive was 90. whose novel is Winfrey’s latest book club pick. “I Morrison, who died in August. the Cecil B. DeMille Award at From The Associated Press Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19

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Transportation 944 Transportation 944 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Trump’s China policy was needed, is working Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY GREG AUTRY The administration is the While China’s actions enhanced the Special to the Los Angeles Times profits of large, multinational corpora- EDITORIAL first to fully recognize tions, American workers and small U.S. n the morning after the 2016 pres- firms took it on the chin. Meanwhile, mil- Terry Leonard, Editor idential election, CNBC inter- that globalization hasn’t [email protected] lions of rural Chinese were pushed into a viewed Peter Navarro, who had Dickensian nightmare of 16-hour work- , Senior Managing Editor delivered for Americans Robert H. 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He predicted strong growth and a Chinese firms will pay approximately 75% Seeing this unfolding chess game, a small Dow moving past 25,000 based on these [email protected] of the tariff burden. And as of the end of coalition of economists and business lead- pro-growth policies. August, the treasury had collected more ers worked to build political support for The Trump administration has deliv- than $25 billion in tariffs from China. trade reform. Our efforts were rewarded BUREAU STAFF ered on every one of those things, but Another benefit of the tariffs has been with growing bipartisan awareness of the you’d never know that from the main- Europe/Mideast that many U.S. manufacturers are diversi- China problem in Congress and finally the Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief stream media. Today, it’s hard to turn on fying their supply chains, moving produc- election of Trump, whose refreshing hon- [email protected] the financial news, open a business paper tion out of China. 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Mari Mori, [email protected] +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)229.3171 CONTACT US Though imperfect, Afghanistan talks must continue Washington tel: (+1)202.886.0003 633 3rd St. NW, Suite 116, Washington, DC 20001-3050 BY DON HARVEL ington, meanwhile, has far more signifi- have with each other if they are able to turn Special to Stars and Stripes cant national security priorities on its plate the page on 40 years of war. The longer it Reader letters than remaining bogged down indefinitely takes to return to a diplomatic process, the [email protected] resident Donald Trump’s cancel- in a conflict with no apparent end on the harder it will be to resolve grievances. lation of talks with the Taliban on horizon. The second option, however, will provide Additional contacts Sept. 9 was a surprising response stripes.com/contactus The collapse of U.S.-Taliban negotia- Washington and the Taliban with a second Pto what has been a sadly predict- tions will only exacerbate the stalemate at bite at the apple. Assuming the Trump ad- OMBUDSMAN able pattern of violence in Afghanistan. In a more violent level. We have already seen ministration can verify and monitor any Trump’s own words, negotiations with the an increase in U.S. bombing of strategic counterterrorism assurances the Taliban Ernie Gates insurgents are now “dead,” which can only Taliban targets. Both parties will increase provides, an arrangement trading a U.S. mean one thing: The war will get much the pace of their tactical operations, hop- troop withdrawal in return for a sincere The Stars and Stripes ombudsman protects the free flow worse before it gets better. ing that inflicting more pain on the other break with Afghanistan-based terrorist of news and information, reporting any attempts by the While the president’s move to postpone military or other authorities to undermine the newspaper’s side will enhance their leverage in the groups would be worth the political cost of independence. The ombudsman also responds to concerns a meeting with Taliban officials at Camp event talks restart. After Trump decided reentering negotiations. and questions from readers, and monitors coverage for fair- David, Md., was justified, dissolving the to walk away, the Taliban have threatened ness, accuracy, timeliness and balance. The ombudsman After 18 years of heartache, a counter- welcomes comments from readers, and can be contacted yearlong talks altogether would be a sig- to conduct more attacks across the coun- terrorism-for-withdrawal transaction is by email at [email protected], or by phone at nificant mistake. As hard-headed as the try, a promise that will surely be fulfilled likely to be the best deal the United States 202.886.0003. Taliban have been in their negotiating po- as millions of Afghans travel to the polls can get. The intricate details of a compre- sitions, there is no substitute for diploma- this month to cast their ballots. Gen. Ken- hensive political agreement — such as how cy. If the United States is to extricate itself neth McKenzie, commander of U.S. forces Stars and Stripes (USPS 0417900) is published week- Afghanistan’s political structure is orga- days (except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1) for 50 cents Monday militarily in a way that will not produce in the Middle East and South Asia, sug- nized; how much power the Taliban will be through Thursday and for $1 on Friday by Pacific Stars and a full rupture in Afghanistan’s security gested that the U.S. air campaign will ac- given in a potential national unity govern- Stripes, Unit 45002, APO AP 96301-5002. Periodicals situation, Washington has no choice but to celerate in the interim. The end result will postage paid at San Francisco, CA, Postmaster: Send ment; how best to integrate Taliban fight- address changes to Pacific Stars and Stripes, Unit 45002, push forward and find a way to resurrect be a high body count and a lot of munitions ers into the mainstream of Afghan society; APO AP 96301-5002. negotiations from the dead. expended. But, in the end, the balance of when and where a ceasefire will occur and This newspaper is authorized by the Department of We should all remember why these talks power on the ground will fundamentally Defense for members of the military services overseas. how it will be enforced — should be left to However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, began. All combatants in the conflict are remain unchanged. the Afghans to resolve on their own. and are not to be considered as the official views of, or exhausted from prosecuting a war that has U.S. and Taliban negotiators have a criti- Trump finds himself at an inflection endorsed by, the U.S. government. As a DOD newspaper, been stuck in a muddled stalemate for at Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official chan- cal choice to make. They can both walk point. The road he chooses to take will nels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote least the last two years. 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Or they can return American people no longer believe in and a or Stars and Stripes of the products or services advertised. salaries and logistical assistance, have to the table as soon as possible in order to pragmatic accord that will finally allow the Products or services advertised shall be made available for sustained tens of thousands of casualties finish the work that was started nearly a purchase, use or patronage without regard to race, color, United States to end the longest conflict in religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical over the last five years. The Taliban, de- year ago. its history. One hopes the president makes handicap, political affiliation or any other nonmerit factor spite their propaganda of continuing the The first option may allow both sides to the right choice. of the purchaser, user or patron. jihad until the last foreign boot leaves Af- change the battle geometry over the short ghan soil, wouldn’t have agreed to enter term, but at the cost of causing more mis- Retired Brig. Gen. Don Harvel is a former deputy © Stars and Stripes 2019 commander of the Texas Air National Guard and negotiations with the U.S. in the first place ery to the people of Afghanistan and delay- a fellow at the American College of National stripes.com if they also weren’t feeling the heat. Wash- ing the inevitable dialogue Afghans must Security Leaders. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 BUSINESS/WEATHER Google wins search engine case in EU court

BY RAF CASERT the EU’s top for advice. In a reaction to the ruling, Google’s se- up in searches within the 28-nation bloc. Associated Press The European Court of Justice said nior privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, said One year later, the French privacy Tuesday that there “is no obligation under “it’s good to see that the Court agreed with watchdog wanted Google to remove results BRUSSELS — Google won a major case EU law for a search engine operator” to ex- our arguments” and added that Google had on all its search engines on request, and in the European Union on Tuesday when tend the rule beyond the EU states. worked hard “to strike a sensible balance not just European country sites like www. the bloc’s top court ruled that the U.S. in- It said, however, that a search engine op- between people’s rights of access to infor- google.fr. Google refused and in the result- ternet giant doesn’t have to extend the EU’s erator must put measures in place to dis- mation and privacy.” ing court case, French legal authorities “right to be forgotten” rules to its search engines outside the region. courage internet users from going outside The European Commission noted that asked the EU’s highest court for advice. The case stems from a 2014 ruling that the EU to find that information. the court again confirmed that the “right On Tuesday, the EU court said that it was said people have the right to control what The case highlights the need to bal- to be forgotten” exists in the EU. not legal to apply an EU rule to business appears when their name is searched on- ance data privacy and protection concerns The 2014 ruling that people in the EU operations in countries outside the EU. line. They can ask Google, for example, to against the public’s right to information. It have the right to control what appears The ruling is final and becomes the remove a link. The French regulator then also raises questions about how to enforce when their name is searched online forced benchmark on which courts in the 28-na- wanted that rule applied to all of Google’s differing jurisdictions when it comes to the Google to delete links to outdated or embar- tion bloc must base their decisions relating domains, even outside the EU, and asked borderless internet. rassing personal information that popped to such cases. EXCHANGE RATES Military rates Euro costs (Sept. 25) ...... $1.1292 Dollar buys (Sept. 25) ...... €0.8856 Germany charges VW bosses over diesel scandal British pound (Sept. 25) ...... $1.28 Japanese yen (Sept. 25) ...... 105.00 South Korean won (Sept. 25) ...... 1,164.00 Commercial rates BY GEIR MOULSON properly influenced the compa- fending off charges. Deutsche tors in April charged Winterkorn Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 AND DAVID MCHUGH ny’s share price. Bank CEO Josef Ackermann and four others with fraud in British pound ...... $1.2491 Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3257 Associated Press Winterkorn resigned shortly was required to spend two days the emissions cheating scandal, China (Yuan) ...... 7.1109 after the scandal became pub- a week defending himself against which has helped turn many Eu- Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7866 BERLIN — German pros- Egypt (Pound)...... 16.2902 lic. Poetsch was chief financial charges of breach of trust in con- ropeans against diesel engines Euro ...... $1.1002/.9089 ecutors said Tuesday they have officer at the time and became nection with his duties as a board and accelerated the push toward Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8410 charged Volkswagen CEO Her- Hungary (Forint) ...... 304.28 chairman of the supervisory member of mobile phone concern electric cars. 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All figures are foreign currencies to one dollar, except for the British pound, men are accused of deliberately at a point while the company is The automaker apologized which is represented in dollars-to-pound, informing markets too late about facing a challenging transition and pleaded guilty to criminal and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) the costs to the company that toward producing more electric charges in the United States, would result from the scandal, autos and providing services such where two executives were sen- INTEREST RATES prosecutors in the city of Braun- as car-sharing through smart- tenced to prison and six others Prime rate ...... 5.00 schweig said. phone apps. charged, although they could not Discount rate ...... 2.50 Federal funds market rate ...... 2.25 That, they said in a statement, It is not unprecedented for a be extradited. 3-month bill ...... 1.91 meant the executives had im- German CEO to continue while In a separate case, prosecu- 30-year bond ...... 2.15 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Sports College football Tennis Delaware (3-1) at Pittsburgh (2-2) FCS Coaches poll AFCA Division III Coaches poll St. Francis (Pa.) (2-2) at Bryant (0-4) Chengdu Open on AFN Through Sept. 21 Through Sept. 22 Georgetown (2-1) at Columbia (1-0) Tuesday Record Pts Pvs Pts Rec Pvs Richmond (1-2) at Fordham (1-3) At Chengdu Center 1. North Dakota State (26) 4-0 650 1 1. M. Hardin-Baylor (Tex.) (40) 1309 2-0 — Bethune-Cookman (2-1) at Howard (1-3) Chengdu 2. James Madison 3-1 622 2 2. Mount Union (Ohio) (13) 1283 2-0 — Drake (0-2) at Marist (1-2) Purse: $1,096,575 Go to the American Forces 3. South Dakota State 3-1 600 3 3. Wisconsin-Whitewater 1187 3-0 — Duquesne (2-1) at New Hampshire (1-2) Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 4. Kennesaw State 3-1 551 6 4. St. John’s (Minn.) 1132 2-0 — Cornell (1-0) at Yale (1-0) Men’s Singles Network website for the most 5. UC Davis 2-2 491 4 5. North Central (Ill.) 1093 2-0 — William & Mary (2-2) at Albany (NY) (2-2) First Round up-to-date TV schedules. 6. Weber State 1-2 462 7 6. St. Thomas (Minn.) 1032 2-0 — Wake Forest (4-0) at Boston College (3-1) Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Radu 7. Northern Iowa 2-1 455 8 7. Hardin-Simmons (Tex.) 998 3-0 — Princeton (1-0) at Bucknell (0-3) Albot, Moldova, 6-3, 6-4. myafn.net 8. Illinois State 3-1 424 10 8. Muhlenberg (Pa.) 894 3-0 — Penn (0-1) at Lafayette (0-4) Dusan Lajovic (5), Serbia, def. Juan Ig- 9. Nicholls 2-1 404 9 9. John Carroll (Ohio) 732 2-0 — Georgia Tech (1-2) at Temple (2-1) nacio Londero, Argentina, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. 10. Towson 3-1 397 5 10. Berry (Ga.) 725 3-0 — Akron (0-4) at UMass (0-4) Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Alexei 11. Montana State 3-1 378 14 11. Wesley (Del.) 720 3-0 — Maine (2-2) at Villanova (4-0) Popyrin, Australia, 6-2, 7-5. Deals 12. Jacksonville State 3-1 376 13 11. Wheaton (Ill.) 720 2-0 — Colgate (0-4) at Dartmouth (1-0) 13. Villanova 4-0 356 18 13. Bethel (Minn.) 693 2-0 — NC Central (1-3) at Morgan St. (0-3) Wuhan Open 14. Central Arkansas 3-1 351 12 14. Ithaca (N.Y.) 420 2-0 — Stony Brook (3-1) at Rhode Island (0-3) 15. Furman 2-2 310 15 15. Wartburg (Iowa) 403 3-0 — SOUTH Tuesday Monday’s transactions 16. Maine 2-2 252 16 16. Salisbury (Md.) 334 2-0 — N. Illinois (1-2) at Vanderbilt (0-3) At Optics Valley International Tennis BASEBALL 17. Montana 3-1 240 19 17. Delaware Valley (Pa.) 325 2-1 — Center 18. N.C. A&T 2-1 208 17 ETSU (2-2) at Furman (2-2) American League 18. Johns Hopkins (Md.) 324 2-1 — Ave Maria (2-1) at Jacksonville (1-2) Wuhan, China 19. Delaware 3-1 177 20 Purse: $2,828,000 BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated RHP 19. Wisconsin-La Crosse 294 2-1 — NC Wesleyan (1-1) at Stetson (2-1) Heath Hembree from the 10-day IL. Pro- 20. Youngstown State 3-0 174 21 20. Redlands (Calif.) 249 3-0 — Surface: Hardcourt outdoor 21. Eastern Washington 1-3 132 11 Wofford (1-2) at VMI (2-2) Women’s Singles moted Mike Rikard to vice president/ 21. Linfield (Ore.) 191 1-1 — James Madison (3-1) at Elon (2-2) scouting, Paul Toboni to director/ama- 22. Southeastern Louisiana 2-1 109 23 22. Hobart (N.Y.) 184 3-0 — First Round 23. Princeton 1-0 72 24 Jacksonville St. (3-1) at Austin Peay (2-2) Sloane Stephens (10), United States, teur scouting, Devin Pearson to assistant 23. Whitworth (Wash.) 178 1-1 — The Citadel (2-2) at Samford (2-2) director/amateur scouting and Stephen 24. Elon 2-2 53 22 24. Trine (Ind.) 156 3-0 — def. Wang Yafan, China, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. 25. North Dakota 2-1 44 — Mississippi (2-2) at Alabama (4-0) Hargett to amateur crosschecker. 25. Case Western Reserve (Ohio) 153 2-0 — Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Rebecca Others receiving votes: Southeast Coastal Carolina (3-1) at Appalachian KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced Others receiving votes: Wisconsin- Peterson, Sweden, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. Missouri State 43, The Citadel 24, Stony St. (3-0) Alison Riske, United States, def. Moni- the retirement of manager Ned Yost, ef- Brook 23, Yale 15, Northern Arizona 12, Platteville, 136; Washington & Jefferson FAU (2-2) at Charlotte (2-2) fective at the end of the season. ca Puig, Puerto Rico, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3. S.C. State 12, Sam Houston State 11, (Pa.), 125; Franklin & Marshall (Pa.), 104; Clemson (4-0) at North Carolina (2-2) Elina Svitolina (3), Ukraine, def. Garb- TAMPA BAY RAYS — Designated 2B Houston Baptist 8, Dartmouth 5, Indiana Central (Iowa), 98; Chapman (Calif.), 93; W. Carolina (1-2) at Chattanooga (1-3) ine Muguruza, Spain, 7-5, 6-2. Kean Wong for assignment. Reinstated State 3, Tennessee Tech 3, Sacramento Brockport (N.Y.), 84; Susquehanna (Pa.), Towson (3-1) at Florida (4-0) Dayana Yastremska, Ukraine, def. 2B Brandon Lowe from the 60-day IL. State 2, Wofford 1. 76; Wittenberg (Ohio), 64; Bridgewater Florida A&M (2-1) at Norfolk St. (1-3 Christina McHale, United States, 6-3, 7-6 FOOTBALL (Va.), 53; WPI (Mass.), 53; Southwestern Presbyterian (0-3) at North Alabama (1-3) (7). National Football League (Texas), 51; Centre (Ky.), 47; Denison SMU (4-0) at South Florida (1-2) Sofia Kenin (15), United States, def. NFL — Named Janet Nova deputy gen- STATS FCS poll (Ohio), 44; Illinois Wesleyan, 43; Albion Cincinnati (2-1) at Marshall (2-1) Elise Mertens, Belgium, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). eral counsel for media and league busi- The top 25 teams in the STATS Foot- (Mich.), 33; Cortland (N.Y.), 32; Washing- Central St. (Ohio) (1-2) at Alabama ness affairs. ball Championship Subdivision poll, with ton (Mo.), 31; Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio), A&M (2-2) at Mobile, Ala. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released WR first-place votes in parentheses, records 30; Carnegie Mellon (Pa.), 30; Rensselaer Tennessee St. (1-3) at E. Kentucky (2-2) Tashkent Open Michael Crabtree. through Sept. 21, points and previous (N.Y.), 25; Union (N.Y.), 25; Wisconsin-Os- Louisiana-Lafayette (3-1) at Georgia Tuesday CHICAGO BEARS — Waived TE Bradley rank: hkosh, 25; Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.), 24; Southern (1-2) At The Olympic Tennis School Sowell. Signed DT Abdullah Anderson Record Pts Pvs Wabash (Ind.), 17; Western New England Reinhardt (3-1) at Kennesaw St. (3-1) Tashkent, Uzbekistan from the practice roster. 1. North Dakota State (153) 4-0 3921 1 (Mass.), 16; Amherst (Mass.), 14; Hope New Mexico (2-1) at Liberty (2-2) Purse: $250,000 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released DE 2. James Madison (4) 3-1 3725 2 (Mich.), 13; Ohio Wesleyan, 11; Trinity Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Jamal Davis from the practice squad. East Carolina (2-2) at Old Dominion (1-2) 3. South Dakota State 3-1 3646 3 (Tex.), 11; Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Ca- Arkansas St. (2-2) at Troy (2-1) Women’s Singles Signed DE Gerri Green to the practice 4. UC Davis 2-2 3115 4 lif.), 9; Nebraska Wesleyan, 9; Augustana First Round squad. MVSU (0-3) at Alcorn St. (2-2) 5. Weber State 1-2 3005 6 (Ill.), 8; St. John Fisher (N.Y.), 8; Widener Mississippi St. (3-1) at Auburn (4-0) Pauline Parmentier, France, def. Alek- NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed FB 6. Kennesaw State 3-1 2924 7 (Pa.), 8; Martin Luther (Minn.), 6; Ran- sandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-2. James Develin on IR. South Alabama (1-3) at Louisiana- 7. Montana State 3-1 2760 8 dolph-Macon (Va.), 6; Trinity (Conn.), Monroe (1-2) Kristyna Pliskova (5), Czech Republic, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Announced 8. Villanova 4-0 2545 18 6; Western Connecticut St., 5; Endicott def. Jasmine Paolini, Italy, 6-4, 6-4. the retirement of LS Jon Condo. Sam Houston St. (2-2) at McNeese St. 9. Northern Iowa 2-1 2491 9 (Mass.), 4; Mount St. Joseph (Ohio), 4; (2-2) Margarita Gasparyan (2), Russia, def. HOCKEY Averett (Va.), 2; Heidelberg (Ohio), 2; 10. Towson 3-1 2456 5 Campbell (2-1) at Mercer (2-2) Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 6-4, 4-6, National Hockey League Marietta (Ohio), 2; Massachusetts-Dart- 11. Jacksonville State 3-1 2398 10 SE Louisiana (2-1) at Northwestern St. 6-4. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned D Daw- 12. Nicholls 2-1 2069 13 mouth, 2; Millsaps (Miss.), 2; Aurora (Ill.), Timea Babos (7), Hungary, def. Kirsten son Davidson, Scott Moldenhauer and 1; Concordia-Moorhead (Minn.), 1; How- (0-4) 12. Maine 2-2 2069 12 UTEP (1-2) at Southern Miss. (2-2) Flipkens, Belgium, 6-2, 7-5. Steven Ruggiero; RWs Alex Dostie, Johno 14. Illinois State 3-1 2014 15 ard Payne (Tex.), 1; Norwich (Vt.), 1; St. UConn (1-2) at UCF (3-1) Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgium, def. May, Deven Sideroff qnd Corey Tropp; Gs 15. Central Arkansas 3-1 1792 14 Norbert (Wis.), 1. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, 6-3, Roman Durny and Olle Eriksson Ek; LWs 16. Furman 2-2 1603 17 Murray St. (2-2) at UT Martin (1-2) 6-1. Brent Gates Jr. and Luke Gazdic; and Cs 17. N.C. A&T 2-1 1541 16 UAB (3-0) at W. Kentucky (1-2) Tatjana Maria (6), Germany, def. Olga Antoine Morand and Conor Riley to San 18. Montana 3-1 1228 19 NAIA poll NC State (3-1) at Florida St. (2-2) Govortsova, Belarus, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Diego (AHL). Assigned D Mathew Hill to 19. Southeastern Louisiana 2-1 1030 21 Through Sept. 22 Kentucky (2-2) at South Carolina (1-3) Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Ni- Barrie (OHL) and C Chase Wouters to 20. Delaware 3-1 963 20 Record Pts Pvs MIDWEST gina Abduraimova, Uzbekistan, 6-1, 7-5. Saskatoon (WHL). Assigned G Lukas Dos- 21. Eastern Washington 1-3 679 11 1. Morningside (Iowa) (17) 3-0 392 1 Middle Tennessee (1-2) at Iowa (3-0) tal to Ilbes (Finland). 22. Youngstown State 3-0 662 24 2. Benedictine (Kan.) 4-0 377 2 Buffalo (2-2) at Miami (Ohio) (1-3) ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned Fs 23. Southeast Missouri State 2-2 568 23 3. Saint Francis (Ind.) 2-0 362 3 Rutgers (1-2) at Michigan (2-1) Beau Bennett and Andy Miele; and D 24. Elon 2-2 441 22 4. Kansas Wesleyan 4-0 344 4 BYU (2-2) at Toledo (2-1) Pro soccer Dysin Mayo and Robbie Russo to Tucson 25. Citadel 2-2 339 25 5. Concordia (Mich.) 3-0 329 6 Cent. Michigan (2-2) at W. Michigan (2-2) (AHL). Others: Princeton 268, Stony Brook 6. Marian (Ind.) 2-0 318 7 Northwestern (1-2) at Wisconsin (3-0) BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned F Jean- 237, South Carolina State 97, Dartmouth 7. Grand View (Iowa) 4-0 292 9 Charleston (WV) (2-1) at Valparaiso (0-3) MLS Sebastien Dea to Rochester (AHL). 86, Indiana State 69, North Dakota 57, 8. Northwestern (Iowa) 3-0 276 10 Kentucky St. (1-1) vs. Jackson St. (1-2) CALGARY FLAMES — Released RW Sam Houston State 55, Yale 48, Idaho 9. Saint Xavier (Ill.) 1-1 262 5 at Indianapolis EASTERN CONFERENCE Alexandre Grenier from a professional 25, Wofford 22, Sacramento State 17, Indiana (3-1) at Michigan St. (3-1) W L T Pts GF GA 10. College of Idaho 3-0 257 11 New York City FC 16 5 10 58 57 38 tryout. Waived C Byron Froese, LW Jus- Houston Baptist 12, Southern Illinois 12, 11. Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 4-0 254 12 Virginia (4-0) at Notre Dame (2-1) tin Kirkland, RW Buddy Robinson and Duquesne 11, Northern Arizona 10, East- Minnesota (3-0) at Purdue (1-2) Atlanta 17 11 3 54 53 37 12. Evangel (Mo.) 4-0 219 t14 Philadelphia 15 9 7 52 55 45 D Andrew Nielsen and Rinat Valiev for ern Kentucky 7, CCSU 4, Lamar 2, Alcorn 13. Cumberlands (Ky.) 2-0 216 t14 Tennessee Tech (3-1) at E. Illinois (0-4) State 1, Idaho State 1. Robert Morris (1-3) at Youngstown St. D.C. United 13 10 9 48 42 38 the purpose of assignment to Stockton 14. Reinhardt (Ga.) 3-1 193 8 New York 14 13 5 47 53 48 (AHL). Assigned LW/C Martin Pospisil; 15. Southeastern (Fla.) 2-0 171 17 (3-0) Toronto FC 12 10 10 46 54 50 LW Ryan Lomberg; RWs Matthew Phillips AFCA Division II Coaches poll 16. Dickinson State (N.D.) 2-1 167 16 Ohio St. (4-0) at Nebraska (3-1) New England 10 10 11 41 45 52 and Eetu Tuulola; Gs Tyler Parsons and 17. Bethel (Tenn.) 2-1 142 18 SOUTHWEST Chicago 9 12 11 38 48 43 Artyom Zagidulin; D Robert Hamilton, Through Sept. 21 18. Langston (Okla.) 2-1 141 19 Texas Tech (2-1) at Oklahoma (3-0) Montreal 11 17 4 37 43 59 Zach Leslie, Corey Schueneman and Al- Record Pts Pvs 19. Montana Western 3-0 127 20 Kansas (2-2) at TCU (2-1) Orlando City 9 14 9 36 41 46 exander Yelesin; and Cs Glenn Gawdin, 1. Valdosta State (30) 3-0 797 1 20. Siena Heights (Mich.) 3-0 96 22 Arkansas (2-2) vs. Texas A&M (2-2) at Columbus 9 15 8 35 37 46 Adam Ruzicka and Luke Philp to Stock- 2. Ferris State (1) 3-0 764 2 21. Ottawa (Ariz.) (AZ) 3-0 85 23 Arlington, Texas Cincinnati 6 22 4 22 30 74 ton and LW Jakob Pelletier to Moncton 3. Minnesota State 3-0 723 3 22. Baker (Kan.) 2-2 65 13 Iowa St. (2-1) at Baylor (3-0) WESTERN CONFERENCE (QMJHL). 4. Tarleton State (1) 3-0 701 4 23. Cumberland (Tenn.) 3-0 58 25 Grambling St. (0-3) vs. Prairie View (1- W L T Pts GF GA DALLAS STARS — Signed D Thomas 5. Notre Dame (Ohio) 3-0 636 5 24. Keiser (Fla.) 2-0 51 — 3) at Dallas Los Angeles FC 19 4 8 65 78 34 Harley to a three-year, entry-level con- 6. Ouachita Baptist 3-0 631 6 25. Montana Tech 2-1 38 — Southern U. (1-3) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (3-1) Seattle 14 10 8 50 50 49 7. Northwest Missouri State 3-0 617 7 Minnesota 14 10 7 49 49 40 tract. Others receiving votes: Keiser (Fla.) Texas Southern (0-3) at Houston Bap- NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned G 8. Lenoir-Rhyne 3-0 561 8 tist (3-1) LA Galaxy 15 13 3 48 51 50 9. Grand Valley State 3-0 542 10 51, Montana Tech 38, Sterling (Kan.) 27, Real Salt Lake 14 12 5 47 42 38 Troy Grosenick, D Alexandre Carrier and Carroll (Mont.) 10, Pikeville (Ky.) 3, Ot- Abilene Christian (2-2) at Incarnate Matt Donovan and Fs Colin Colin Black- 10. Slippery Rock 3-0 481 11 FC Dallas 12 11 9 45 48 43 tawa (Kan.) 3, Bethel (Kan.) 3. Word (1-2) San Jose 13 13 5 44 50 49 well, Laurent Dauphin and Anthony Rich- 11. Texas A&M-Commerce 2-0 468 12 Stephen F. Austin (0-4) at Lamar (2-2) ard to Milwaukee (AHL). 12. Indianapolis 3-0 434 14 Portland 13 13 5 44 45 44 Kansas St. (3-0) at Oklahoma St. (3-1) Colorado 11 15 6 39 54 60 NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned D 13. Minnesota-Duluth 3-0 418 13 Schedule Louisiana Tech (3-1) at Rice (0-4) 14. Colorado School of Mines 3-0 408 17 Houston 11 16 4 37 43 52 Sean Day and Fs Connor Brickley, Tim Thursday’s games Nicholls (2-1) at Texas St. (1-3) Sporting KC 10 14 7 37 46 57 Gettinger, Nick Jones and Dawson Leed- 15. Midwestern State (Texas) 3-0 364 16 16. West Chester 3-0 298 18 SOUTH Houston (1-3) at North Texas (2-2) Vancouver 7 15 10 31 33 55 ahl to Hartford (AHL). Delaware St. (1-2) at NC A&T (2-1) FAR WEST Note: Three points for victory, one TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Re-signed 17. Wingate 3-0 280 19 18. Pittsburg State 3-0 221 22 Navy (2-0) at Memphis (3-0) N. Arizona (2-2) at Montana St. (3-1) point for tie. F Brayden Point to a three-year contract. Friday’s games Idaho (2-2) at N. Colorado (0-4) Wednesday’s games WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Named 18. Central Missouri 3-0 221 21 20. Colorado State-Pueblo 2-1 185 9 EAST Southern Cal (3-1) at Washington (3-1) Atlanta at New York City FC Haley Skarupa hockey ambassador. Brown (1-0) at Harvard (0-1) Montana (3-1) at UC Davis (2-2) Sporting Kansas City at Minnesota SOCCER 21. Indiana (Pa.) 3-0 158 24 LA Galaxy at Real Salt Lake 22. Harding 2-1 137 23 Penn St. (3-0) at Maryland (2-1) North Dakota (2-1) at E. Washington (1-3) Major League Soccer SOUTH Portland St. (2-2) at Idaho St. (1-2) Houston at Los Angeles FC ATLANTA UNITED — Announced the re- 23. Bowie State 3-0 104 25 New England at Portland 24. West Alabama 2-1 55 20 Duke (2-1) at Virginia Tech (2-1) Stanford (1-3) at Oregon St. (1-2) tirement of D Michael Parkhurst,effective Colorado St. (1-3) at Utah St. (2-1) Philadelphia at San Jose at the end of the season. 25. Saginaw Valley State 3-0 53 — FAR WEST Sunday’s games San Jose St. (2-1) at Air Force (2-1) Fresno St. (1-2) at New Mexico St. (0-4) SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Announced Others receiving votes: Kutztown 30, Toronto FC at Chicago West Georgia 27, Henderson State 23, An- Arizona St. (3-1) at California (4-0) N. Iowa (2-1) at Weber St. (1-2) Orlando City at Cincinnati the team and M Yohan Croizet have mu- UNLV (1-2) at Wyoming (3-1) tually agreed to part ways. gelo State 15, Truman State 11, California Saturday’s games Philadelphia at Columbus (Pa.) 6, Virginia Union 6, West Florida 6, EAST Cal Poly (1-2) at S. Utah (1-3) Atlanta at Montreal West Texas A&M 6, Delta State 4, Albany Holy Cross (1-2) at Syracuse (2-2) Washington St. (3-1) at Utah (3-1) New York City FC at New England State (Ga.) 2, Missouri S&T 2, St. Cloud LIU (0-2) at Wagner (0-4) UCLA (1-3) at Arizona (2-1) D.C. United at New York Pro basketball State 2, Shepherd 2, Urbana 1. Merrimack (2-2) at Lehigh (0-3) Hawaii (3-1) at Nevada (3-1) FC Dallas at Colorado Vancouver at LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC at Minnesota Houston at Real Salt Lake WNBA playoffs Pro hockey Golf Seattle at San Jose (x-if necessary) Portland at Sporting Kansas City First Round Wednesday, Sept. 11 NHL preseason San Jose at Anaheim World rankings NWSL Chicago 105, Phoenix 76 Wednesday’s games Seattle 84, Minnesota 74 Sunday’s games Montreal at Toronto Through Sept. 22 W L T Pts GF GA Second Round St. Louis 5, Columbus 3 New Jersey at Boston 1. Brooks Koepka USA 12.86 North Carolina 14 4 4 46 50 19 Sunday, Sept 15 Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Columbus at Buffalo 2. Rory McIlroy NIR 9.61 Chicago 13 8 2 41 39 27 Los Angeles 92, Seattle 69 Colorado 3, Minnesota 2, SO Detroit at Pittsburgh 3. Dustin Johnson USA 8.88 Portland 11 5 6 39 40 29 Winnipeg 4, Calgary 1 Carolina at Nashville 4. Justin Rose ENG 7.65 Utah 9 8 4 31 21 20 Las Vegas 93, Chicago 92 Reign FC 8 6 7 31 21 24 Semifinals Monday’s games Washington at Chicago 5. Jon Rahm ESP 7.61 Toronto 3, Montreal 0 Los Angeles at Anaheim 6. Justin Thomas USA 7.26 Washington 7 8 5 26 25 24 (Best-of-five) Houston 7 11 4 25 20 34 Washington 2, Las Vegas 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Detroit 2, OT Colorado at Vegas 7. Patrick Cantlay USA 6.91 Boston 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Ottawa at Vancouver 8. Tiger Woods USA 6.15 Sky Blue FC 5 13 4 19 17 30 Washington 97, Las Vegas 95 Orlando 4 15 2 14 21 47 Washington 103, Las Vegas 91 Vancouver 6, Ottawa 4 Thursday’s games 9. Francesco Molinari ITA 5.95 Note: Three points for victory, one Las Vegas 92, Washington 75 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 0 St. Louis vs. Detroit at Calumet, Mich. 10. Xander Schauffele USA 5.91 point for tie. Tuesday: at Las Vegas Tuesday’s games Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers 11. Bryson DeChambeau USA 5.83 Wednesday’s games x-Thursday: at Washington N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers Tampa Bay at Florida, 12. Paul Casey ENG 5.60 Washington at Houston Connecticut 3, Los Angeles 0 Tampa Bay at Florida Edmonton at Winnipeg 13. Webb Simpson USA 5.54 Utah at Reign FC Connecticut 84, Los Angeles 75 Dallas at St. Louis Minnesota at Dallas 14. Tony Finau USA 5.49 Saturday’s games Connecticut 94, Los Angeles 68 Winnipeg at Calgary Arizona at Vancouver 15. Adam Scott AUS 5.35 North Carolina at Washington Connecticut 78, Los Angeles 56 Arizona at Edmonton Calgary at San Jose 16. Tommy Fleetwood ENG 5.32 Utah at Chicago PAGE 26 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 WORLD TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS Doping back as the main topic in sprint game

BY EDDIE PELLS fans and media who tend to paint of the rule that WADA applied to Associated Press all U.S. sprinters with the same Coleman, his first missed test, on broad brush — as cheaters, a ste- June 6, 2018, was backdated to the DOHA, Qatar — Usain Bolt is reotype borne out of America’s start of the quarter in which he in the rearview mirror, replaced sordid doping past. missed the test — April 1 — which by — what else? — an unfolding Coleman, meanwhile, is assail- put it outside of the 12-month win- doping saga in track and field. ing USADA for being sloppy and dow between that failure and his The title of “World’s Fast- putting him in the crosshairs be- latest one, on April 26, 2019. est Man” now that Bolt is on the cause of the confusion over the It was an interpretation of the sideline belongs to American rules. rule that USADA did not initially 100-meter sprinter Christian “It’s a shame on USADA, the anticipate, and one that will be Coleman, who almost was banned fact that this was public knowl- eliminated when the WADA code from this month’s world champi- edge, the fact that they didn’t is revised for 2021. onships because he had missed know their own rules, and the fact And though USADA does not too many drug tests. they expect athletes to know the discuss ongoing cases in public, Coleman got a reprieve, but rules but they can’t follow their because this one got leaked to with the vacuum created by Bolt’s own,” Coleman said on a 22-min- the media, and because Coleman departure, the Coleman case ute video he posted on YouTube subsequently commented on it, placed the specter of doping front last week. it freed up USADA to explain its and center again in the sprint At issue are the World Anti- side of the case. game — same as it had been for Doping Agency’s rules, which call “In this case, we applied the decades before the Jamaican ar- for athletes to provide informa- rules to Mr. Coleman in the man- JEFF CHIU/AP rived and overtook the conver- tion on their whereabouts so dop- ner that USADA understands sation with his sheer speed and ing-control officers can find them should be applied to any other in- Christian Coleman, left, stares at Justin Gatlin as he wins the 100- buoyant personality. for out-of-competition tests with ternational-level athlete,” USADA meter race at the Prefontaine Classic in June . Now that Usain Bolt is Coleman’s case involved a pile- no advance notice. If an athlete CEO Travis Tygart explained. gone, Coleman and Gatlin are the top contenders in the 100 meters. up of complicated rules, confus- has a combination of three missed For the better part of 10 years, ing interpretations and twisted tests over the span of 12 months Bolt shifted the focus from dop- Coleman and defending champion ing and the harsh questioning that after-the-fact narratives that have — either because he isn’t where ing and placed it squarely on Justin Gatlin, a 37-year-old who accompanied the win. allowed critics to cast both main he said he would be, because he the track, where his light all but has been suspended twice for dop- Can any sprinter — whether players in this saga — Coleman gave the wrong information or be- blinded everyone from this sport’s ing violations and whose victory declared innocent, or insistent and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency cause he didn’t update the infor- ever-growing laundry list of warts at worlds in London in 2017 was that he’s changed his ways — get — into a negative light. mation — it can be considered an and imperfections (remember, the greeted with skepticism from the a clean start in a sport that de- Coleman, who has never failed anti-doping violation. Russian doping scandal began as media and boos from the stands. mands exactly that? a drug test, nor ever been suspect- Athletes are responsible for sub- a track and field issue). “I know you have to have the Maybe Coleman’s trip to Doha, ed of running afoul of the rules, mitting their whereabouts infor- Now that Bolt is gone, the top black hat and the white hat, but with less than a year to go before will be running under a cloud of mation quarterly, then updating it two contenders in Saturday’s 100- guys, c’mon,” Gatlin said after his the 2020 Olympics, will offer some suspicion in the minds of some as necessary. In an interpretation meter final are expected to be victory, in responding to the boo- sort of answer. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 27 MLB Scoreboard

American League Monday Rays 7, Red Sox 4 East Division Nationals 7, Phillies 2 Boston Tampa Bay W L Pct GB ab r h bi ab r h bi x-New York 102 55 .650 — Philadelphia Washington M.Hrnndz 2b 4 1 1 1 Wndle 3b-2b 4 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 93 64 .592 9 ab r h bi ab r h bi Betts rf 4 1 2 0 Pham dh 4 0 0 0 Boston 81 75 .519 20A Segura ss 4 0 0 0 Turner ss 4 3 2 1 Devers 3b 5 0 2 1 Meadows lf 3 1 2 0 Toronto 64 93 .408 38 Harper rf 3 1 1 0 Eaton rf 4 2 3 1 Martinez dh 4 0 1 1 d’Arnaud c 4 1 1 0 Baltimore 51 106 .325 51 Kingery 3b 3 0 1 0 Rendon 3b 3 0 1 2 Travis 1b 1 0 0 0 Choi 1b 4 2 2 3 Central Division Hoskins 1b 4 0 0 0 Soto lf 1 0 0 1 Mrlnd ph-1b 2 1 1 0 Garcia rf 3 0 1 1 Minnesota 96 60 .615 — Pirela lf 2 0 0 0 Kendrick 1b 4 0 1 0 Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0 Aguilar ph 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 92 64 .590 4 Bruce ph 1 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 A Bradley Jr. cf 4 1 3 1 Herdia pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Chicago 68 87 .439 27 Hernndez 2b 3 0 0 1 Cabrera 2b 4 0 0 1 Bogaerts ph 1 0 0 0 B.Lowe 2b 3 1 1 1 Kansas City 57 100 .363 39A Haseley cf 4 1 1 0 Robles cf 4 0 0 0 A G.Hrnndez lf 4 0 0 0 Robrtsn 3b 1 0 0 0 Detroit 46 109 .297 49 Knapp c 4 0 2 1 Gomes c 4 1 2 1 Owings ss 3 0 0 0 Kiermr cf 2 1 0 0 West Division Eflin p 1 0 0 0 Corbin p 2 0 0 0 Leon c 4 0 0 0 Adames ss 3 1 1 2 x-Houston 102 54 .654 — Garcia p 0 0 0 0 Parra ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 37 4 10 4 Totals 31 7 8 7 Oakland 94 62 .603 8 Miller ph 1 0 0 0 Rodney p 0 0 0 0 Boston 011 200 000—4 Texas 75 81 .481 27 Davis p 0 0 0 0 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 000 601 00x—7 Los Angeles 70 86 .449 32 Ramos p 0 0 0 0 Zmrmn ph-1b 1 1 1 0 LOB—Boston 11, Tampa Bay 3. 2B— ROSS D. FRANKLIN/AP Seattle 66 90 .423 36 Morrison ph 1 0 0 0 M.Hernandez (7), Moreland (16), Bradley Totals 31 2 5 2 Totals 32 7 10 7 Jr. (26), Choi (19), Garcia (24). HR—Choi National League Philadelphia 000 001 001—2 (17), B.Lowe (17), Adames (20). SB—Betts The Cardinals’ Paul Goldschmidt, center, celebrates his two-run Washington 111 020 02x—7 (16), Bradley Jr. (8). East Division E—Rendon (11). DP—Philadelphia home run against the Diamondbacks in the dugout during the third W L Pct GB 1, Washington 0. LOB—Philadelphia 7, IP H R ER BB SO inning on Monday in Phoenix. St. Louis won its sixth straight game. x-Atlanta 96 61 .611 — Washington 10. 2B—Kingery (34), Knapp Boston Washington 86 69 .555 9 (6), Gomes (15). HR—Eaton (15), Gomes Chacin 3C 4 4 4 1 5 New York 81 75 .519 14A (11), Turner (17). S—Eflin (2). Poyner L,0-1 B 1 2 2 0 1 Philadelphia 79 76 .510 16 IP H R ER BB SO Velazquez 2 2 1 1 0 2 Roundup Miami 55 101 .353 40A Hembree 1 0 0 0 0 0 Central Division Philadelphia Johnson 1 1 0 0 1 2 Eflin L,9-13 5 8 5 5 4 2 z-St. Louis 90 67 .573 — Tampa Bay A Garcia 1 1 0 0 0 2 Milwaukee 86 70 .551 3 C Snell 1C 2 1 1 3 3 Chicago 82 74 .526 7A Davis 1 1 2 2 3 2 B Ramos B 0 0 0 2 1 Roe 0 0 0 0 0 Cincinnati 73 83 .468 16A Fairbanks 1 2 1 1 0 0 Pittsburgh 65 91 .417 24A Washington Pruitt W,3-0 1 3 2 2 2 1 West Division Corbin W,14-7 6 3 1 1 4 6 Drake H,12 2 0 0 0 0 2 x-Los Angeles 100 56 .641 — Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson H,8 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cards beat D-backs Arizona 80 77 .510 20A Hudson 1 0 0 0 0 1 Castillo H,16 1 0 0 0 0 1 San Francisco 75 81 .481 25 Guerra 1 2 1 1 0 1 Pagan H,8 B 2 0 0 0 0 San Diego 70 86 .449 30 T—3:19. A—19,788 (41,313). Poche S,2-8 C 0 0 0 0 2 Colorado 67 89 .429 33 HBP—Poyner (Kiermaier). WP—Snell. x-clinched division T—3:29. A—8,779 (25,025). z-clinched playoff berth Cardinals 9, Diamondbacks 7 Sunday’s games St. Louis Arizona for 6th straight win Baltimore 2, Seattle 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi Blue Jays 11, Orioles 10 (15) N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 3 Fowler rf 5 0 0 0 Dyson cf 5 2 1 0 Baltimore Toronto Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Edman 2b 3 3 2 1 Rojas lf 4 1 2 2 Boston 7, Tampa Bay 4 ab r h bi ab r h bi Associated Press top spot in the wild-card stand- Gldshmdt 1b 4 3 2 2 Escobar 2b 5 0 1 1 Villar ss-2b 8 2 3 2 McKinney rf 5 1 2 0 Houston 13, L.A. Angels 5 Ozuna lf 3 1 2 0 Walker 1b 4 2 3 1 ings. The Nationals reduced their Minnesota 12, Kansas City 8 Hays cf 8 2 3 5 Alford pr-rf 3 2 2 1 PHOENIX — Paul Goldschmidt Texas 8, Oakland 3 Molina c 4 1 2 4 Lamb 3b 3 0 1 1 Mancini dh 6 0 2 0 Biggio 2b-1b 3 2 1 2 magic number to clinch a playoff Cleveland 10, Philadelphia 1 DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 Jones rf 4 0 1 1 Santander rf 7 1 0 0 Grichuk dh 6 2 2 3 hit a two-run homer in his return N.Y. Mets 6, Cincinnati 3 Carpnter 3b 4 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 4 1 2 1 Ruiz 3b 5 1 1 2 Guerrero 3b 7 1 2 1 berth to three. Bader cf 5 1 1 1 C.Kelly c 3 0 0 0 to Chase Field, and the St. Louis Miami 5, Washington 3 Nunez ph 1 0 0 0 Tellez 1b 3 0 1 1 Corbin (14-7) matched his ca- San Francisco 4, Atlanta 1 Wainwrght p 2 0 0 0 Young p 1 0 0 0 Martin ss 0 0 0 0 Fisher pr 0 0 0 0 Cardinals beat the Arizona Dia- Milwaukee 4, Pittsburgh 3 Ravelo ph 1 0 0 0 Leyba ph 0 1 0 0 Albrto 2b-3b 7 0 1 0 Valera 2b 1 0 0 0 reer high for wins in the first Helsley p 0 0 0 0 Sherfy p 0 0 0 0 mondbacks 9-7 Monday night for St. Louis 3, Chicago Cubs 2 C.Davis 1b 6 1 2 1 Hernndez lf 7 0 1 0 season of a $140 million, six-year L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 4 Gallegos p 0 0 0 0 Almonte ph 1 0 0 0 Wilkerson lf 6 1 4 0 Drury ss 6 1 1 1 their sixth straight win. San Diego 6, Arizona 4, 10 innings O’Neill ph 1 0 0 0 Ginkel p 0 0 0 0 Sisco c 2 1 0 0 J.Davis cf 4 2 1 2 contract. Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 Hirano p 0 0 0 0 Yadier Molina also connect- Monday’s games D.Stewart pr 0 1 0 0 Jansen c 6 0 0 0 “My fastball felt really good Tampa Bay 7, Boston 4 C.Mrtinez p 0 0 0 0 Duplntier p 0 0 0 0 Severino c 2 0 0 0 McGuire c 1 0 0 0 ed as the Cardinals moved 3 ½ Toronto 11, Baltimore 10, 15 innings Scott p 0 0 0 0 Wynns c 1 0 0 0 today,” Corbin said. “I was able Washington 7, Philadelphia 2 Vargas ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 59 10 16 10 Totals 52 11 13 11 games of idle Milwaukee in the Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 4 Totals 36 9 9 8 Totals 35 7 11 7 Baltimore 003 040 020 001 000—10 NL Central. St. Louis has five to locate it. I thought some two- St. Louis 9, Arizona 7 St. Louis 202 020 012—9 Toronto 321 000 102 001 001—11 seamers were close, just missing Tuesday’s games Arizona 010 130 002—7 E—Ruiz (8). DP—Baltimore 3, To- games remaining in the regular Minnesota at Detroit E—Ozuna (4), Walker (11). DP—St. Lou- ronto 2. LOB—Baltimore 11, Toronto 9. season while Milwaukee has six. a little bit, but felt really good Baltimore at Toronto is 2, Arizona 0. LOB—St. Louis 8, Arizona 3B—Wilkerson (2). HR—Hays 2 (4), Villar about it. Just kind of kept them N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay 5. 2B—Ozuna 2 (23), Rojas (7). HR—Ed- (24), Ruiz (12), C.Davis (12), Grichuk (31), The Diamondbacks were Boston at Texas man (11), Goldschmidt (32), Molina (10), Drury (15), J.Davis (2), Biggio (16), Alford eliminated from postseason off balance. Didn’t want to leave Cleveland at Chicago White Sox Bader (11), Walker (27), Ahmed (19). SF— (1). SB—Hays (1), Alford (1). SF—Biggio any breaking balls there for them Atlanta at Kansas City Molina (5), Lamb (2). (2), J.Davis (1). contention. Oakland at L.A. Angels IP H R ER BB SO to do some damage with. So, kind Houston at Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Goldschmidt had a big night Philadelphia at Washington, 2 St. Louis Baltimore in his return to the desert after of a little bit of everything.” Milwaukee at Cincinnati Wainwright W,14-9 5 8 5 5 2 6 Shepherd 3 6 6 6 1 2 Philadelphia was pushed to the Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Helsley H,1 1 1 0 0 0 1 Phillips 2 0 0 0 1 1 playing eight years for the Dia- Miami at N.Y. Mets Gallegos H,18 1 0 0 0 0 0 Castro H,9 1 1 0 0 0 1 brink of elimination after begin- St. Louis at Arizona Brebbia H,12 1 1 2 2 1 2 Fry BS,3-8 B 1 1 1 0 0 mondbacks from 2011-18. He got Colorado at San Francisco C.Martinez S,24-27 1 1 0 0 0 1 Givens C 0 0 0 0 0 a loud ovation from fans in the ning the season with great ex- L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Arizona Kline H,5 1 0 0 0 1 0 pectations after signing former Wednesday’s games Young L,7-5 5 7 6 6 2 5 Armstrong BS,4-8 1 3 2 2 0 1 first inning. Minnesota (Gibson 13-7) at Detroit Sherfy 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tate 1 0 0 0 0 1 “It’s all what you make of it, Washington slugger Bryce Harp- (Norris 3-13) Ginkel 1 0 0 0 1 3 Hess 2 0 1 0 2 1 er to a blockbuster deal. Baltimore (Ynoa 1-9) at Toronto Hirano 1 1 1 1 0 2 Eades L,0-1 2C 2 1 1 1 0 and for me this was just another (Waguespack 4-5) Duplantier B 1 2 2 2 0 Toronto game,” Goldschmidt said. “I’m Marlins 8, Mets 4: Steven N.Y. Yankees (TBD) at Tampa Bay Scott C 0 0 0 1 0 Buchholz 4 6 6 6 3 4 Matz allowed two homers to (Morton 15-6) Brebbia pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. Shafer 1 1 1 1 0 1 appreciative of all the fans coming Boston (Porcello 13-12) at Texas (Al- HBP—Young (Edman). T—3:29. A—24,826 Pannone 1 0 0 0 1 0 out, cheering me on, the standing Jorge Alfaro, including a grand lard 4-1) (48,519). Gaviglio 1 0 0 0 0 0 slam, and host New York lost to Cleveland (Bieber 15-7) at Chicago Law C 3 2 2 1 1 ovation. But I just didn’t want to White Sox (Detwiler 2-5) Marlins 8, Mets 4 Tepera 1B 0 0 0 0 0 make too big a deal of it.” Miami to dim its fading postsea- Atlanta (Soroka 13-4) at Kansas City Giles 1 1 0 0 0 0 son hopes. (Montgomery 3-9) Miami New York Romano 2 3 1 1 0 2 Adam Wainwright (14-9) won Oakland (Anderson 12-9) at L.A. An- ab r h bi ab r h bi Boshers 2 2 0 0 1 2 his fifth straight start, allowing Amed Rosario cut into the gels (Heaney 4-6) Berti cf 5 3 4 0 Rosario ss 5 1 1 4 Houston (Greinke 17-5) at Seattle (Ki- Adam W,3-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Marlins’ big lead with his own Phillips pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, five runs over five innings. Carlos kuchi 6-10) Rojas ss 4 1 2 1 McNeil 2b 5 0 1 0 slam, but the Mets dropped five St. Louis (Wacha 6-7) at Arizona (Kelly Castro 3b 5 1 1 0 Alonso 1b 5 0 1 0 Buchholz pitched to 3 batters in the Martinez earned his 24th save. 12-14) Alfaro c 4 2 2 5 J.Davis lf 5 0 3 0 5th. HBP—Buchholz (Sisco), Shepherd Arizona’s Alex Young (7-5) sur- games behind idle Milwaukee for Milwaukee (Lyles 11-8) at Cincinnati Ramirez lf 4 0 2 2 Ramos c 4 0 1 0 (Grichuk), Armstrong (J.Davis), Tate (Mahle 2-11) I.Diaz 2b 4 0 1 0 Frazier 3b 4 1 1 0 (J.Davis), Hess (Tellez). T—5:21. A—13,193 rendered six runs in five innings. the final NL playoff spot with six Chicago Cubs (Lester 13-10) at Pitts- Dean 1b 4 0 1 0 Conforto rf 2 1 0 0 (53,506). Rays 7, Red Sox 4: games remaining. They also trail burgh (Agrazal 4-5) Brinson rf 4 0 0 0 Lagares cf 3 1 1 0 Ji-Man Philadelphia (Smyly 4-7) at Washing- C.Smith p 2 0 0 0 Matz p 2 0 0 0 Leaders Choi, Brandon Lowe and Willy Washington by 5 ½ games for the ton (Sanchez 10-8) Grndrson ph 0 1 0 0 Familia p 0 0 0 0 top wild card after the Nationals Miami (Dugger 0-3) at N.Y. Mets (de- Kinley p 0 0 0 0 R.Davis ph 1 0 0 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Adames homered during host Grom 10-8) Moran p 0 0 0 0 Lockett p 0 0 0 0 BATTING—Ti.Anderson, Chicago, .334; Tampa Bay’s six-run fourth in- beat Philadelphia 7-2. Colorado (TBD) at San Francisco (Sa- Prado ph 1 0 0 0 Brach p 0 0 0 0 LeMahieu, New York, .329; Moncada, New York (81-75) would be mardzija 11-12) Quijada p 0 0 0 0 Avilan p 0 0 0 0 Chicago, .316; Brantley, Houston, .315; ning, and the Rays moved into L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 4-4) at San Di- Stanek p 0 0 0 0 E.Diaz p 0 0 0 0 Alberto, Baltimore, .308; Devers, Boston, sole possession of the second AL locked out of the postseason with ego (Lamet 3-5) Nimmo ph 0 0 0 0 .308; Gurriel, Houston, .305. Thursday’s games Sewald p 0 0 0 0 HOME RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 45; wild card. a loss Tuesday and victories by Minnesota at Detroit Totals 37 8 13 8 Totals 36 4 9 4 Soler, Kansas City, 45; Cruz, Minnesota, The Rays hold a half-game lead Washington and Milwaukee. Boston at Texas Miami 011 004 200—8 40; Bregman, Houston, 39; Springer, Cleveland at Chicago White Sox New York 000 004 000—4 Houston, 38; G.Torres, New York, 38. over Cleveland, which had the Matz (10-10) permitted six runs Houston at L.A. Angels DP—Miami 0, New York 2. LOB—Miami ERA—Verlander, Houston, 2.53; G.Cole, in five-plus innings in his 100th Oakland at Seattle 5, New York 11. 2B—Berti (14), J.Davis Houston, 2.61; Morton, Tampa Bay, 3.15; day off. Milwaukee at Cincinnati (20). HR—Alfaro 2 (17), Rosario (15). S— Bieber, Cleveland, 3.24; Giolito, Chicago, Boston slugger J.D. Martinez big league start. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego Rojas (1). 3.41; Minor, Texas, 3.52; E.Rodriguez, Bos- drove in a run to become the Marlins left-hander Caleb Colorado at San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO ton, 3.53; Berrios, Minnesota, 3.71. Philadelphia at Washington NATIONAL LEAGUE ninth player in franchise history Smith (10-10) allowed four runs Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Miami BATTING—K.Marte, Arizona, .329; Miami at N.Y. Mets C.Smith W,10-10 6 7 4 4 4 3 Yelich, Milwaukee, .329; Rendon, Wash- to have at least 35 homers and 100 in six innings. Kinley C 1 0 0 1 1 ington, .325; B.Reynolds, Pittsburgh, RBIs in multiple seasons. Blue Jays 11, Orioles 10 (15): Moran H,1 B 0 0 0 0 1 .318; Blackmon, Colorado, .317; McNeil, Wild-card race Quijada 1 0 0 0 1 1 New York, .316; Arenado, Colorado, .315; Nationals 7, Phillies 2: Anthony Alford hit a game-end- AMERICAN LEAGUE Stanek 1 1 0 0 0 1 Newman, Pittsburgh, .310; Bellinger, Los Patrick Corbin pitched six ing drive in the 15th inning for W L Pct WCGB New York Angeles, .302; Albies, Atlanta, .296; Free- Oakland 94 62 .603 — Matz L,10-10 5 9 6 6 0 3 man, Atlanta, .296; Story, Colorado, .296. effective innings, and host Wash- his first career homer, sending Tampa Bay 93 64 .592 — Familia 1 1 0 0 0 0 HOME RUNS—P.Alonso, New York, 50; ington strengthened its playoff host Toronto to the victory. Lockett 0 1 2 2 1 0 E.Suarez, Cincinnati, 48; Bellinger, Los An- Cleveland 92 64 .590 ½ Brach C 1 0 0 1 0 geles, 46; Yelich, Milwaukee, 44; Arenado, positioning. Alford connected against Bal- NATIONAL LEAGUE Avilan B 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado, 41; Acuna Jr., Atlanta, 41 . Adam Eaton, Yan Gomes and timore rookie right-hander Ryan W L Pct WCGB E.Diaz 1 0 0 0 0 2 ERA—Ryu, Los Angeles, 2.41; deGrom, Washington 86 69 .555 — Sewald 1 1 0 0 0 1 New York, 2.51; Soroka, Atlanta, 2.60; Trea Turner homered for the Na- Eades (0-1), who was trying to Milwaukee 86 70 .551 — Matz pitched to 4 batters in the 6th, S.Gray, Cincinnati, 2.80; Scherzer, Wash- Lockett pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. ington, 2.81; Flaherty, St. Louis, 2.96; tionals, who moved a half-game close out a third consecutive Chicago 82 74 .526 4 T—3:25. A—21,189 (41,922). Corbin, Washington, 3.05. ahead of idle Milwaukee for the scoreless inning. PAGE 28 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NHL Knocked: Most valuable players are most vulnerable

FROM BACK PAGE feeling like they can take liberties knees to pucks off their helmets. at the crease, while Washington’s This is a jarring statistic involv- Braden Holtby considers it part ing the most important position in of how players are taught from a hockey, but the NHL has not yet young age now. taken further steps to protect its “Most of those plays that are masked men. In recent years, the happening aren’t older guys focus has been on trimming the that have been around,” Holtby size of goalie equipment as a way said. “It’s the younger genera- to generate more offense and play- tion where they’ve grown up with ers are routinely coached to crash there’s no fear to go to the crease the net whenever possible. It adds and that kind of thing.” up to putting the most valuable Others point to the inconsis- and vulnerable players on the ice tency of goaltender interference at risk of head contact they can do calls, which can be as lenient as little to avoid and often isn’t even waving off a goal with no penalty penalized. and as severe as a two-minute “We’re so dialed in on the puck, minor. Holtby and his peers say a a lot of times you don’t see guys minor penalty is not much of a de- come from the side,” terrent to keep players New York Rangers goal- from crashing the net in NICK WASS/AP ie Henrik Lundqvist ‘ We’re hopes of a goal. said. “As a player, you so dialed Knowing teammate Veterans like 2018 Washington Capitals playoff hero Devante Smith-Pelly are finding it increasingly can always adjust your Marc-Andre Fleury has difficult to land guaranteed contracts and are forced to go to training camp on tryout agreements. body, but if we adjust our in on the missed 38 games with positioning, we open up puck, a lot three separate concus- the net. You just have to of times sions over the past four stand there and I think seasons, Vegas forward in a lot of situations hope you don’t Jonathan Marchessault tries to be conscious of Salary cap economics for the best when people see guys come running into you.” that when he goes to the Hoping for the best come from net. isn’t exactly a reassur- the side. ’ “For me, it’s just com- ing strategy, but goalies mon sense,” Marches- Henrik say there is not much sault said. “Goalies Lundqvist else they can do. Rask, have no protection for hurt middle-tier players who saw Chytil coming, Rangers goalie that. They’re there in said goalies mostly are their net and I think ev- erybody should respect more of at the mercy of their teammates, BY STEPHEN WHYNO year, prove-it contracts like 2019 their crease and be more severe, By the numbers opponents and the officials. Associated Press Cup winner Patrick Maroon (31 I think, on the goalie interference “You’ve got to trust that your years old) and defenseman Kevin (penalties).” D-men are going to be there to tanley Cup-winning expe- Shattenkirk (30) with Tampa Bay, Defenders have to think about help protect you and with the ref- rience isn’t worth what it Derick Brassard (31) with the it, too. erees calling penalties and stuff used to be. Neither is ex- New York Islanders, defenseman Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin said with goaltender interference that Sperience of any kind. Ben Hutton (26) with Los Ange- collisions like Chytil and Rask $81.5 they’re going to try and protect As NHL teams move toward les and forward Riley Sheahan us, too,” said Anaheim Ducks happen when players don’t have paying their stars more money (27) with Edmonton. starter John Gibson, who missed the right positioning, which is and relying on young players This year’s NHL salary cap, Shattenkirk went from making a combined 10 games with two something that starts before the to fill the gaps, hockey’s middle $7 million last season with the separate concussions the last puck gets close to the crease and in millions of dollars. Teams class is being squeezed out. Veter- Rangers to a one-year contract two years. “What you try to do is can be difficult to avoid. that are over it are not ans, such as Washington Capitals worth $1.75 million. know where guys could be com- “As a forward, your job is to 2018 playoff hero Devante Smith- allowed to play. This is all related to how the ing from so you can brace rather get to the net, to get to the front Pelly, are finding it increasingly salary cap is managed. than hitting you and you’re kind of the net,” Slavin said. “You’re difficult to land guaranteed con- Across the league, there are 32 of blindsided.” trying to stop them as a defense- tracts and are often forced to go players who chew up 10% or more Goalies have different theories man from getting to the net, and to training camp on professional of his team’s $81.5 million salary- on why concussions and head in- they’re trying to be that net-front tryout agreements, which cover 32 cap space — with more poten- juries are up in recent years. presence. Everything’s kind of potential injuries at camp and not tially on the way when Colorado’s Ben Bishop of Dallas believes colliding at the net, so I don’t how much else. Players across the league the overall decline in fighting cor- much you can actually stop that Hockey, perhaps more than any Mikko Rantanen and Winnipeg’s relates to the increase of players from happening.” other professional sport, has put a who account for 10% Patrick Laine sign deals. For ex- premium on veteran players over or more of his team’s ample, Connor McDavid accounts for over 15% of Edmonton’s cap the years. Guys who have been salary-cap space. there before, have some grey in space. their beards and are valued at It is a trend that shows the least as much for team chemistry value of elite talent but it means in the locker room as they are for there is less money to go around what they do on the ice. 15% for complementary players who Adding the salary cap in 2005 are not on entry-level contracts. began the process of devalu- A handful of players also have ing these so-called “glue guys” Amound of the Oilers’ expressed concern that restrict- because there is only so much salary-cap space eaten ed free agents are making more money to go around. This year, up by Connor McDavid’s out of their entry-level contracts that cap is $81.5 million for a contract. than ever before, further scram- team and there is no wiggle room bling available money for support — teams are not allowed to play if players. they are over the limit. SOURCE: Associated Press Chicago’s Jonathan Toews, 31, “It’s sad because these vet- and Patrick Kane, 30, eat up al- eran players are monumental to comes around again, it’s not going most 26% of the Blackhawks’ cap the team,” St. Louis Blues center to faze him.” space. They combined to win the Ryan O’Reilly said. “Especially Smith-Pelly and Andrew Mac- Stanley Cup three times, but their these guys that have won, too, Donald in Calgary, Troy Brouwer deals and rich ones given to defen- like Devante Smith-Pelly. He’s in Florida, Matt Read in Toronto semen Duncan Keith and Brent MARY ALTAFFER/AP been in every situation. He’s a and Drew Stafford in Minnesota Seabrook tend to be blamed for Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist says there’s not a whole lot guy that you’d want to have be- are among the experienced NHL a lack of depth in Chicago, which a goalie can do when an opposing player is speeding toward the cause he’s going to help and he’s players on camp tryouts this year. has missed the playoffs the past crease except hold his position and “hope for the best.” been in these situations. When it Even more are settling for one- two seasons. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 29 SPORTS BRIEFS/COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas has received notice of allegations NCAA alleges significant violations in men’s basketball program including a responsibility charge against Self

BY DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas received a notice of allegations from the NCAA on Monday that alleges significant violations within its storied men’s basketball program, including a re- GERALD HERBERT/AP sponsibility charge leveled against Hall of Houston quarterback D’Eriq King throws a pass during the team’s game against Tulane Fame coach Bill Self. on Sept. 19. King has said he will not play the rest of the season and return next year. The notice includes three Level 1 vio- lations tied primarily to recruiting and cites a lack of institutional control. It also /AP Briefl y includes notice of a secondary violation JEFF SWINGER in football tied to then-coach David Beaty Kansas head coach Bill Self is named in that involved the use of an extra coach dur- the notice of allegations from the NCAA ing practice. that alleges significant violations within King to redshirt, return While the document does not go into de- the Jayhawks’ storied men’s basketball tail about what the basketball program is program. The notice included three Level accused of doing, Kansas was among the 1 violations tied primarily to recruiting, most prominent programs swept up in an and lack of institutional control. to Houston next year NCAA probe into a pay-for-play scheme that began with an FBI investigation into Arizona, Auburn, Creighton, Louisville, Associated Press Coach Tom Herman said Monday the apparel company Adidas. A former Adidas LSU and USC have also been under the Longhorns have lost All-Big 12 safety employee testified that he made payments microscope. Houston quarterback D’Eriq King says Caden Sterns, the team’s leading tackler, to the family of one Kansas recruit and the Level 1 infractions are considered the he won’t play the rest of this season, instead for the next four weeks with a knee liga- guardian of a current player. Text mes- most severe by the NCAA, and often in- taking a redshirt year, with the intention to sages presented in court revealed a close clude postseason bans, the forfeiture of return to the Cougars in 2020. ment sprain. Cornerback Jalen Green is relationship between Self and the Adidas wins and championships and the loss of Receiver Keith Corbin made a similar expected to miss at least that much time employee. scholarships. But the notice itself is only announcement Monday. The school re- with a dislocated shoulder. The school said in a statement that it the beginning of a process that can often leased statements from both players. “strongly disagrees with the assertion that take more than a year — the school typical- King and Corbin, both seniors, are taking PGA cancels Hong Kong event it ‘lacks institutional control.’ In fact, the ly sends a response to the NCAA enforce- advantage of an NCAA rule implemented BEIJING — The PGA Tour Series- university believes the record will demon- ment committee, setting off an exchange of last year that allows players to participate China is canceling its tournament in Hong strate just the opposite.” information. in four games and still redshirt, preserv- Kong next month because of civil unrest “The University of Kansas has high Ultimately, a hearing will be scheduled ing a year of eligibility. Both could end up and safety concerns. standards of ethical conduct for all our transferring, as other players have done and Kansas will be allowed to present its The season was supposed to end Oct. 17- employees, and we take seriously any con- after using the four-game redshirt. But for case. The NCAA will then issue its ruling, 20 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club duct that is antithetical to our values and now they said they plan to play for Houston often within several months, and the school in Hong Kong. Instead, the 13th and final missions,” Kansas chancellor Doug Girod retains the right to appeal. next season. said. “While we will accept responsibility “I came here to play football for the Uni- tournament will be held Oct. 10-13 at the The former Adidas employee, T.J. Gas- for proven violations of NCAA bylaws, we versity of Houston and that is not chang- Macau Championship. snola, testified in October that he made a will not shy from forcefully pushing back ing,” King said. “After carefully thinking Hong Kong is in the fourth month of pro- a $90,000 payment to the family of then- on allegations that the facts simply do not through this process with my family and tests that occur every weekend, and some Kansas recruit Billy Preston and $2,500 to substantiate.” Coach (Dana) Holgorsen, I have decided have been violent. The protests started out the guardian of current forward Silvio De Girod also said that the school would the opportunity to redshirt this season as opposition to a proposed extradition law Sousa. “stand firmly behind coach Self,” who de- gives me the best chance to develop as a and have expanded to include demands for Gassnola, who avoided prison time by livered its fifth national championship in player, earn my degree and set me up for greater democracy. Last weekend, protest- cooperating with the investigation, said he the best success in the future. I’m looking ers threw gasoline bombs and police re- 2008 and has a team that could contend for also paid $20,000 to Fenny Falmagne, De forward to being a part of the success of sponded with tear gas. another title this season. Sousa’s guardian, to pry the prospect loose this program going forward.” Greg Carlson, the executive director of The NCAA’s Stacey Osburn declined to from an agreement with Maryland. The new redshirt rule led several play- PGA Tour Series-China, said safety was at comment on “current, pending or ongoing Self said last October that “when recruit- ers to leave their teams during the season the forefront of the decision. investigations.” ing potential student-athletes, my staff last year. Most notably, current Missouri “We have analyzed this situation from “I have always taken pride in my com- and I have not and do not offer improper quarterback Kelly Bryant left Clemson every angle, and as a group we determined mitment to rules compliance and led pro- inducements to them, or their families, to after losing the starting job to Trevor Law- that canceling the 2019 Clearwater Bay grams that operate with integrity,” Self influence their college decisions, nor are rence after four games. Open is the best decision,” he said. said, “and I am proud of the success that we aware of any third-party involvement The Cougars (1-3), expected to contend we have achieved at each program along to do so.” in the American Athletic Conference, are Messi, Rapinoe win FIFA awards the way. Every student-athlete who has Gassnola testified that Self was unaware off to a 1-3 start against a difficult sched- ever played for me and their families know of the payments, but text messages and ule in their first season under Holgorsen. MILAN — Lionel Messi won his sixth we follow the rules. phone records indicate a close relationship King was one of the most prolific players in FIFA player of the year award, while “These allegations are serious and dam- with the national championship-winning the country last year, a dual-threat who ac- Megan Rapinoe won her first on Monday. aging to the university and to myself,” coach. And an attorney for former Adidas counted for 50 touchdowns and 332 yards Rapinoe was rewarded at the FIFA Best he added, “and I hate that KU has to go executive James Gatto told a jury that his of total offense per game before a knee in- awards for leading the United States to the through this process. With our staff’s full client approved the payment to Falmagne jury in November ended his season. women’s World Cup title in July. cooperation, these allegations will be ad- only after Self and his longtime assistant, Health does not appear to be an issue Rapinoe scored six goals in the tourna- dressed within NCAA procedures with ur- Kurtis Townsend, requested Gassnola to for King, but his production is down. He is ment, earning her the Golden Boot for the gency and resolve.” provide it. averaging 243 total yards and completing tournament’s top scorer and the Golden Kansas had been in the NCAA’s cross- “The evidence, I submit, shows that 52.7% of his passes. The Cougars opened Ball as the top player. hairs since early this summer, when Vice Kansas’ head coach knew of and asked for the season with losses to No. 6 Oklahoma Rapinoe finished with 46 ranking points President Stan Wilcox said at least six a payment to be made to Silvio De Sousa’s and Washington State and then lost their to 42 for teammate Alex Morgan and 29 for schools were likely to receive notices of al- handler,” the attorney, Michael Schachter, conference opener on a last-second touch- England’s Lucy Bronze. legations for Level 1 infractions. said at the time. “More than that, coach down at Tulane last week. It was their Messi’s award moved the Barcelona and North Carolina State was the first of Self requested just the kind of help that fourth game in 18 days. Argentina forward one ahead of Cristiano them, getting a notice July 10 of two vio- Mr. Gassnola arranged as a condition for In other college football news: Ronaldo. lations, including a failure-to-monitor coach Self to permit Adidas to continue  The injury news keeps getting worse Messi finished with 46 ranking points to charge leveled against former coach Mark their sponsorship agreement with the Uni- for No. 11 Texas and its defense. 38 for Virgil van Dijk and 36 for Ronaldo. Gottfried. versity of Kansas.” PAGE 30 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, September 25, 2019 NFL High ankle sprain could keep RB Barkley out 4-8 weeks

BY TOM CANAVAN the second half. Associated Press Receiver Russell Shepard also is being evaluated for a sprained foot. Shurmur seemed concerned EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — NFL Offensive about the injury but he did not say more. Rookie of the Year for 2018 Saquon Barkley has a Wayne Gallman is going to take over for Barkley, high sprain to his right ankle and there is no imme- who had 10 rushes for career-low 8 yards before diate timetable for his return. being hurt. The Giants are probably going to have to Other than confirming it was a high ankle sprain, sign another running back, Shurmur said. Eli Penny Giants coach Pat Shurmur didn’t have much ad- is the only other running back on the roster. ditional information to offer Monday, a day after “It’s like any injury, it’s very unfortunate to have rookie quarterback Daniel Jones rallied New York Saquon out of the lineup,” Shurmur said. “We all to a 32-31 win over Tampa Bay. While Shurmur did know what he brings to the team, but it’s going to not provide any timeline for Barkley’s return, such fall on all of us to move forward and do what we can injuries typically take four to eight weeks to heal. to win games.” Barkley was hurt with less than four minutes left Tight end Evan Engram, who scored on a 75-yard in the first half. He caught a swing pass from Jones pass play to ignite the comeback, noted the rally and was chopped down near the sideline by defen- happened with Barkley on the bench. sive back Mike Edwards. He had to be helped to the “A lot of guys stepped up and made plays and locker room before halftime and was on crutches we found a way to win,” Engram said. “I think we and with a boot on the ankle in the second half. have a lot of talent, and we have the personnel to be Former Giants linebacker Olivier Vernon had a successful and to move forward. We are definitely high ankle sprain last season and he missed the first rallying behind Wayne and are going to push him, five games of the regular season. and make sure he gets prepared this week, as we JASON BEHNKEN/AP Shurmur also said linebacker Alec Ogletree all know that he will. We are all going to come in on pulled a hamstring in the second quarter and his Sunday with that same mentality that we had going Giants running back Saquon Barkley stands on crutches in the replacement, Tae Davis, sustained a concussion in into the second half after losing Saquon.” bench area after getting injurd on Sunday against Tampa Bay. Hold on! Officials instructed to be more lenient

BY ARNIE STAPLETON second woman who accused him of sexual Associated Press misconduct. After thanking the Patriots for the op- om Brady has clout, and his indig- portunity and wishing them another Super nation may have saved the NFL’s Bowl win, Brown went on a Twitter rant on 100th season from being ruined his first NFL Sunday without a team. He Tby the refs even though he back- announced he was done for good with the tracked like he was avoiding Shaq Barrett. league that exiled him and took shots at Pa- Yellow flags flew at an alarming rate triots owner Robert Kraft and Steelers QB over the first two weeks of the season, and Ben Roethlisberger. Shawn Hochuli’s crew called 20 infrac- tions Thursday night in the Titans-Jaguars game — starting on the very first play from Angry Belichick scrimmage — that kicked off Week 3. Patriots coach Bill Belichick drew criti- With 15 flags thrown in the first half, cism on social media for staring down CBS eight of them for offensive holding, Brady Sports reporter Dana Jacobson, who asked said he’d seen enough and was turning off him before the Jets-Patriots game what the game. was the final straw with Brown. By the time the Bears bamboozled Case “We’re focused on the Jets today,” Keenum into five turnovers Monday night, Belichick replied, then stared at Jacobson officials were throwing half as many flags for two seconds, ignoring her as she re- for offensive holding as they had been be- fore the weekend. plied, “Thank you, Coach, thank you.” The NFL made backside offensive hold- Missing man ing a point of emphasis this season, asking DAVID RICHARD/AP officials to flag what’s known as a “lobster Detroit QB Matthew Stafford helped block” where O-linemen wrap their arms Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, left, tries to get past Rams offensive tackle spring J.D. McKissic on a 44-yard reverse around a defender when blocking on the Andrew Whitworth during Sunday’s game. Officials called 188 offensive holding that set up a field goal in the Lions’ 27-24 backside of running plays. penalties in the first 33 games this season, through Thursday’s game, almost six a win at Philadelphia. The officials went overboard, however, game. That number dropped to an average of three a game for Sunday and Monday. throwing flags for holding all over the Stafford was supposed to block the de- field. They called 188 offensive holding frame of defenders on front-side and other tough, hard-nosed football. When I was fensive end but none was there because the penalties in the first 33 games, including blocks. watching the other night, I decided to turn Eagles had just 10 men on the field. 10 in the Titans-Jaguars game. The officials only flagged offensive hold- it off because I didn’t feel like that’s what I “So, I just kept moving and found the By halftime, Brady was tweeting, “Too ing 45 more times the rest of the weekend, was seeing.” next guy,” said Stafford, who shielded many pena lt ies. Just let us play!!!” and then, an average of three a game, down from The yellow flags were bringing another McKissic from three defenders on his way “I’m turning off this game I can’t watch nearly six a game before Sunday. black eye to the NFL at a time when the downfield. these ridiculous penalties anymore.” Brady tried to make nice with the offi- Antonio Brown saga had consumed con- Analyst Troy Aikman noted Brady’s cials a day after complaining about all the sumers’ attention while the league was try- Nice catch tweets on the game broadcast, saying, flags, saying, “I’m very pro-ref.” ing to celebrate its 100th season. “Tom Brady is one of the least contro- The backtracking by one of the NFL’s Eagles receiver Nelson Agholor is having versial people we have in our game. He biggest stars makes sense, because he re- Angry Brown fun with a fan who threw shade at him in a is league royalty. When he makes a state- lies on the officials to protect him when TV interview after saving children from a ment like that, that should get somebody’s 300-pound defenders are bearing down One of the NFL’s most prolific receiv- fire. Hakim Laws of West Philadelphia told attention.” on him in the pocket. Dolphins linebacker ers for a decade, Brown was traded out of reporters, “We was catching ’em ... unlike It sure did. Raekwon McMillan told The Miami Her- Pittsburgh and released in Oakland after Agholor.” Al Riveron, the league’s senior vice ald that a member of the officiating crew wearing out his welcome in both cities. The “Thank you for being a hero in the com- president of officiating, held a conference told him after a legal hit on Brady last Patriots signed him anyway, and just days munity, would like to invite you and your call with referees Saturday, ESPN report- week, “Stay off Tom.” later a former trainer filed a civil lawsuit in family to the next home game,” Agholor ed, and they were instructed to stick to the On his weekly Westwood One interview Florida accusing him of rape. He played in replied on Twitter as he shared the viral backside holding calls and allow more time that aired Monday night, Brady explained one game, then was released Friday after video of the man who couldn’t help but get for O-linemen to get their hands inside the his initial criticism, saying, “I want to see the team learned he tried to intimidate a in a dig about the receiver’s drops. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 31 NFL Scoreboard

American Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 66 47 New England 3 0 0 1.000 106 17 N.Y. Jets 0 3 0 .000 33 70 Miami 0 3 0 .000 16 133 South Houston 2 1 0 .667 68 62 Indianapolis 2 1 0 .667 70 71 Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 58 60 Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 67 52 North Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 110 60 Cleveland 1 2 0 .333 49 66 Cincinnati 0 3 0 .000 54 83 Pittsburgh 0 3 0 .000 49 85 West Kansas City 3 0 0 1.000 101 64 Oakland 1 2 0 .333 48 78 L.A. Chargers 1 2 0 .333 60 64 Denver 0 3 0 .000 46 67 National Conference East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 3 0 0 1.000 97 44 Philadelphia 1 2 0 .333 76 78 N.Y. Giants 1 2 0 .333 63 94 Washington 0 3 0 .000 63 94 South New Orleans 2 1 0 .667 72 82 Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 68 77 Atlanta 1 2 0 .333 60 75 Carolina 1 2 0 .333 79 70 North Green Bay 3 0 0 1.000 58 35 Detroit 2 0 1 .833 67 61 Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 78 47 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 50 39 West L.A. Rams 3 0 0 1.000 77 49 San Francisco 3 0 0 1.000 96 54 Seattle 2 1 0 .667 76 79 Arizona 0 2 1 .167 64 88 Thursday, Sept. 19 Jacksonville 20, Tennessee 7 Sunday, Sept. 22 Minnesota 34, Oakland 14 Green Bay 27, Denver 16 New England 30, N.Y. Jets 14 Indianapolis 27, Atlanta 24 Dallas 31, Miami 6 Detroit 27, Philadelphia 24 /AP Kansas City 33, Baltimore 28 PHOTOS BY JULIO CORTEZ Buffalo 21, Cincinnati 17 Carolina 38, Arizona 20 Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky, left, works to escape Redskins defensive end Matthew Ioannidis on Monday in Landover, Md. San Francisco 24, Pittsburgh 20 N.Y. Giants 32, Tampa Bay 31 New Orleans 33, Seattle 27 Houston 27, L.A. Chargers 20 L.A. Rams 20, Cleveland 13 Monday’s game Chicago 31, Washington 15 Thursday’s game Philadelphia at Green Bay Sunday’s games Carolina at Houston Cleveland at Baltimore Bears get offense on track Kansas City at Detroit Oakland at Indianapolis L.A. Chargers at Miami Washington at N.Y. Giants Tennessee at Atlanta New England at Buffalo Seattle at Arizona Chicago builds big first-half Tampa Bay at L.A. Rams Jacksonville at Denver Minnesota at Chicago Dallas at New Orleans Open: San Francisco , N.Y. Jets lead in win over Washington Monday, Sept. 30 Cincinnati at Pittsburgh BY STEPHEN WHYNO two games, and Trubisky entered Monday Associated Press the night with a completion per- Bears 31, Redskins 15 centage of 58.3 and ranked near Chicago 7 21 0 3—31 LANDOVER, Md. — After the the bottom of the league in yards Washington 0 3 6 6—15 First quarter Chicago Bears’ offense was slow per attempt. Facing the Redskins Chi—Clinton-Dix 37 interception re- to get going this season, Mitchell turn (Pineiro kick), 9:42. (0-3) brought out some of the best Second quarter Trubisky was excited to speed in Trubisky. Chi—Gabriel 3 pass from Trubisky (Pi- neiro kick), 7:00. things up. “Hat’s off to him,” said Wash- Chi—Gabriel 1 pass from Trubisky (Pi- Trubisky and the Bears used ington linebacker Cole Hol- neiro kick), 5:42. Chi—Gabriel 36 pass from Trubisky a no-huddle, hurry-up tempo to comb, who was roommates with (Pineiro kick), :43. snap out of their offensive funk Was—FG Hopkins 35, :00. Trubisky at North Carolina. “I Third quarter and score 28 first-half points on always knew he was a good quar- Was—McLaurin 15 pass from Keenum the way to beating the Washing- (pass failed), 6:39. terback. He struggled a little bit, Redskins quarterback Case Keenum, center, fumbles as he’s Fourth quarter ton Redskins 31-15 Monday night. but he came out and he played a swallowed up by several Bears defenders. Was—Richardson 2 pass from Keenum (pass failed), 13:11. After no passing touchdowns good game.” Chi—FG Pineiro 38, 1:50. the first two games of the year, Trubisky had 173 yards in the who was 30-for-43 for 331 yards es came long after fans chanted A—67,327. Chi Was Trubisky connected with Taylor first half alone before throwing and two touchdowns that didn’t for rookie quarterback Dwayne First downs 21 25 Gabriel on three of them in the compensate for the turnovers. Haskins and booed the Redskins Total Net Yards 298 356 an interception at the goal line in Rushes-yards 24-90 21-69 second quarter alone. the third quarter. “Turn it over that many times off the field at halftime. Passing 208 287 as a quarterback, I let my team Punt Returns 1-3 2-15 The 2017 second overall pick With scores of 1, 3 and 36 Kickoff Returns 2-52 3-102 looked at ease with a fast-paced yards, Gabriel joined Mike Ditka down. It’s all on me. I take com- Interceptions Ret. 3-96 1-2 Ha Ha gets last laugh Comp-Att-Int 25-31-1 30-43-3 approach and picked apart Wash- in 1963 as the only Bears receiv- plete responsibility. I have to take Sacked-Yards Lost 3-23 4-45 ington’s porous defense on 25-for- care of the ball better.” When the Redskins signed Punts 3-46.7 1-48.0 ers with three TD catches in the Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 31 passing for 231 yards. It was first half of a game. Gabriel made With the offense up to the former New York Giants safety Penalties-Yards 9-59 9-61 defense’s speed in the first half, Landon Collins, it effectively Time of Possession 31:36 28:24 the offensive explosion Trubisky six catches for 75 yards before INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS predicted would happen this leaving in the second half with a Chicago put up 28 points in two spelled the end of their chances RUSHING—Chicago, Montgomery 13- of re-signing Clinton-Dix, a trade 67, Patterson 4-14, Gabriel 1-7, Trubisky week. concussion. quarters after scoring a total of 1-2, M.Davis 1-2, Cohen 4-(minus 2). “It just felt like the tempo helped The Bears took advantage of 19 the past two weeks, 12 of which acquisition last year from Green Washington, Peterson 12-37, Thompson 7-29, Keenum 2-3. us out a little bit,” Trubisky said. five turnovers by Redskins quar- came on field goals from Eddy Bay who played nine games for PASSING—Chicago, Trubisky 25-31-1- Pineiro. them. Clinton-Dix made his old 231. Washington, Keenum 30-43-3-332. “If everyone just continues to terback Case Keenum: two inter- RECEIVING—Chicago, Gabriel 6-75, stick together and execute our ceptions by Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Mack had two of the Bears’ team pay with a first-quarter in- Robinson 6-60, Burton 4-20, Montgomery 3-14, Cohen 2-26, Miller 1-15, Wims 1-8, plays and believe and just go out including a pick six, another by four sacks to continue a domi- terception he returned 37 yards Shaheen 1-7, Patterson 1-6. Washington, there and make plays, it’ll be a Kyle Fuller and fumbles forced nant start by the defense that for his first career touchdown. Richardson 8-83, McLaurin 6-70, Quinn 5- 30, Thompson 4-79, V.Davis 2-30, Sims 2- fun offense.” by Khalil Mack and Danny didn’t give up a Washington TD Clinton-Dix for good measure 24, Sprinkle 2-19, Peterson 1-(minus 3). Chicago (2-1) had just a 1-yard Trevathan. until midway through the third picked off Keenum in the third MISSED FIELD GOALS—Chicago, Pin- eiro 44. Washington, Hopkins 43. touchdown run to show for its first “That’s all me,” said Keenum, quarter. Keenum’s two TD pass- quarter and returned it 59 yards. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, September 25, 2019 F3HIJKLM Bears maul Redskins Chicago jumps out to big lead, SPORTS rolls past Washington » NFL, Page 31

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Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask suffered a concussion during this collision with Rangers center Filip Chytil on Jan. 19. The goal counted and Chytil wasn’t penalized. Mary Schwalm/AP

Knocked around Goalies concussed at an alarming rate

BY STEPHEN WHYNO Associated Press Inside: ilip Chytil beat the last defender to the net, Salary cap hurting middle class, Page 28 snapped the shot past FTuukka Rask and bar- reled over the goaltender he had “I think it’s brutal, but what can and goaltenders are getting just scored on. you do?” Rask said. “The game’s hurt. Just two goaltenders were Rask flipped his mask off, lay so fast nowadays and space is lim- concussed in 2016-17, missing a prone and needed assistance to ited. The guy’s driving wide and total of 15 games, but in the past get to his feet and to the Boston the D’s half a step late, then colli- two seasons, 14 goalies missed Bruins locker room. The goal sions happen.” a total of 276 games with a con- counted and Chytil faced no Those kinds of collisions are cussion or head injury caused JEFF CHIU/AP by everything from elbows and repercussions. happening at an alarming rate Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has missed 38 games Rask suffered a concussion. over the past couple of seasons SEE KNOCKED ON PAGE 28 due to three concussions in the past four seasons.

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