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Saturday, 10.31.15 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS&DAKOTAN the world PAGE B7 Rubio Seeks To Separate From Rep. Pack US Escalates Involvement In CHICAGO (AP) — Marco Rubio’s “lean” presidential cam- paign is putting on weight. By every measure, the Florida senator’s bid for the Repub- lican nomination has grown more robust in October, boosted Syria Amid Talks On Assad Future again by a strong showing in Wednesday night’s debate. In BY BRADLEY KLAPPER preference polls and money flowing in, he’s ticking upward. fighters and others. administration’s policy of gradual escala- The campaign’s fundraising, which lagged that of several Associated Press Military experts say ground troops are tion.” competitors over the summer and early fall, just finished its essential for the fight. A U.S. program to One of the groups the U.S. troops best month yet. In the hours around the debate Rubio raised WASHINGTON — The United States train Syrians was abandoned as a failure, will be working with is a Kurdish militia $750,000 online — more than on any previous occasion. escalated its fight against the Islamic and the new deployment essentially known as the YPG, which could pose a The next day, Rubio was cheered at two fundraisers in Chi- State in Syria on Friday, pledging the first would replace that program. political problem for the United States. cago, each of which had more attendees than organizers had open deployment of military boots on the Speaking to reporters flying with him The YPG was accused of war crimes in planned. At a “young professionals” happy hour at a down- ground, even as U.S., Russian and other on an overseas trip, Defense Secretary a recent report by Amnesty International, town sports bar, the 44-year-old Rubio told a rowdy group that diplomats pressed a new peace effort that Ash Carter said this would probably not which documented allegations that the he woke up that morning “still kind of wired” from the debate. America hopes will hasten the departure be the last significant adjustment to the group forcibly displaced Arabs and Turk- “It’s becoming easier to get people to say yes,” said Chris of Bashar Assad. anti-IS military campaign in Syria and men and burned down villages perceived Grozev, who said he sold a couple of hundred $100 tickets to Up to 50 special operations troops Iraq. as cooperating with its opponents. The the happy hour. will be sent to assist Kurdish and Arab “We are going to continue to innovate, group has denied the allegations and the forces in northern Syria, American of- to build up what works,” he said. State Department says it is looking into ficials said. The move marks a significant Friday’s developments came as mis- them. departure for President Barack Obama, siles slammed into a crowded suburb of Carter declined to be specific about Congress OKs Bipartisan Budget Accord who for years has resisted putting ground the Syrian capital. The attack killed at where the U.S. troops will operate in WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack forces in Syria even as he has gradually least 40 people, activists said. The Syrian northern Syria but said they will be in ter- Obama a bipartisan budget accord Friday that staves off a intensified the U.S. military response to Observatory for Human Rights and the ritory controlled by Syrian Kurds. destabilizing U.S. default, eases the threat of a federal shut- what counterterrorism officials worry is a Local Coordination Committees group “However, the Kurdish YPG and the down and spotlights the pitfalls — and opportunities — posed growing Islamic State threat in Syria and said government forces fired more than Syrian Arab coalition essentially work by the current brand of divided government. Iraq. 11 missiles at a market in the suburb of together to counter ISIL,” he said. The Senate used a post-midnight, 64-35 vote to ship the The troop announcement came as Douma. In Vienna on Friday, the U.S., Russia package to the White House. The House approved the meas- diplomats in Vienna representing 17 In Washington, officials said the new and more than a dozen other nations di- ure two days earlier by a similarly comfortable 266-167 margin, countries and the European Union agreed U.S. forces will work from headquarters rected the U.N. to start a new diplomatic and Obama plans to sign it Monday. to launch a broad new peace attempt to locations and won’t move to the front process between Syria’s government and Yet those no-sweat votes masked turmoil beneath the gradually end Syria’s long civil war — a lines or be used to call in airstrikes. How- opposition groups with the goal of reach- surface. The Republicans who run Congress opposed the legis- declaration that avoided any determi- ever, the U.S. has conducted special op- ing a nationwide cease-fire and political lation by a 2-1 edge in each chamber, telegraphing challenges nation on when President Assad might erations raids into Syria before now and transition — but without an explicit ahead for Obama, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leave. It is not clear how many rebel will continue to do more unilateral raids. demand for Assad to quickly leave power. and their new governing partner, House Speaker Paul Ryan. groups would agree to a plan that doesn’t It helped Iraqi forces rescue hostages last American officials say the talks result in Assad’s immediate departure. week, and Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler marked a significant new phase, one they Any cease-fire agreement that may was killed, the first U.S. combat death in hope is an endgame for Assad’s reign. Greece Criticizes EU In Refugee Crisis come as a result of the peace effort would that country since 2011. At a joint news conference with Rus- LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Drowned babies and toddlers not include the Islamic State, which con- White House spokesman Josh Earnest sia’s top diplomat and the U.N. envoy to washed onto Greece’s famed Aegean Sea beaches, and a grim- trols large parts of northern Syria and has said the new troops will not be on a “com- Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry faced diver pulled a drowned mother and child from a half- its capital there. bat mission.” said the countries — including fierce sunk boat that was decrepit long before it sailed. On shore, But the participation by Russia and “There’s no denying the serious risk regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia — bereaved women wailed and stunned-looking fathers cradled Iran in the attempt could mark a new and they will be facing,” Earnest said, but each pledged to support an independent their children. promising phase in the diplomacy since their mission will “not be to lead the and secular Syria, to maintain the coun- At least 27 people, more than half of them children, died those countries have staunchly backed charge to take the hill.” try’s institutions, to protect the rights in waters off Greece Friday trying to fulfill their dream of a Assad. Russia and Syria are conducting of all Syrians and to strive to defeat the better life in Europe. The tragedy came two days after a boat The White House has long said that airstrikes in the country, but Earnest said Islamic State. crammed with 300 people sank off Lesbos in one of the worst Assad’s ouster is essential to its ultimate it was unlikely the U.S. troops would be Kerry said the U.N.-led process should accidents of its kind, leaving 29 dead. goal of defeating the Islamic State be- at risk because Russia has not bombed in lead to a new constitution for Syria and It won’t be the last. cause the Syrian president’s brutal tactics the area where they will be. internationally supervised elections, as As autumn storms threaten to make the crossing from against Sunni rebels have drawn Sunni On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers well as an end to violence between As- Turkey even riskier and conditions in Middle Eastern refugee radicals from all over the world into the greeted the troop announcement with sad’s military and Sunni rebel groups so camps deteriorate, ever more refugees — mostly Syrians, militant group’s ranks. dismay. the world community can focus on the Afghans and Iraqis — are joining the rush to reach Europe. The Syrian civil war has killed more It “marks a major shift in U.S. policy — fight against the Islamic State. More than 60 people, half of them children, have died in than 250,000 people and uprooted more a shift that is occurring without congres- But no agreement was reached on the past three days alone, compared with just over a hundred than 11 million, sparking a refugee crisis sional debate (and) is unlikely to succeed Assad. a few weeks earlier. throughout Europe. in achieving our objective of defeating IS,” “I did not say that Assad has to go or Despite killing as many as 12,000 mili- said Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. that Assad has to say,” Russian Foreign tants, the U.S. bombing campaign has not On the other hand, Sen. John McCain, Minister Sergey Lavrov said through an significantly weakened the Islamic State’s R-Ariz., chairman of the Armed Ser- interpreter. GOP Suspends Partnership With NBC capacity to hold territory, and the group’s vices Committee, said the decision was NEW YORK (AP) — Still annoyed by CNBC’s handling of ranks have been replenished by foreign “another insufficient step in the Obama this week’s presidential debate, the Republican National Com- mittee said Friday that it was suspending its partnership with NBC News and its properties on a primary debate scheduled for February.

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