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Trump to Divert Additional $7.2B from Pentagon for Border Wall COLLEGE FOOTBALL MILITARY 2020 VISION Burrow and LSU cap Soldier cites SHARP A look at what’s perfect season, top testimony in appeal of ahead for the Clemson for title sex crimes conviction military this year Back page Page 3 Pages 13-28 Pensacola base shooting was an ‘act of terrorism,’ FBI finds » Page 3 stripes.com Volume 78, No. 193 ©SS 2020 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Trump to divert additional $7.2B from Pentagon for border wall BY NICK MIROFF The Washington Post WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is preparing to divert an additional $7.2 billion in Pentagon funding for border wall construction this year, five times what Congress authorized him to spend on the project in the 2020 budget, according to internal planning figures obtained by The Washington Post. The Pentagon funds would be extracted, for the second year in a row, from military construc- tion projects and counternarcot- ics funding. According to the plans, the funding would give the government enough money to complete about 885 miles of new fencing by Spring 2022, far more than the 509 miles the adminis- tration has slated for the U.S. bor- der with Mexico. Trump took $2.5 billion from military counterdrug programs for border barrier construction in 2019, but this year his admin- istration is planning to take sig- nificantly more — $3.5 billion. Trump administration officials also are planning to take $3.7 JAMES R. TURNER/U.S. Navy billion in military construction funding, slightly more than the Sailors use needle guns to remove rust from the anchor chain of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter at Naval $3.6 billion diverted in 2019. Station Rota, Spain, in February. The move would bring the total amount of federal funds allocated to border fencing to $18.4 billion under Trump, who made the bor- der barrier a priority during his campaign for the presidency in 2016. He also pledged to make Mexi- co pay for the barrier, delighting crowds at his rallies. Metal corrosion is a $6 billion problem for the Navy, cruise ships and more The Trump administration has completed 101 miles of new bar- BY SAMANTHA MASUNAGA The orange stain of metal corrosion may Zumwalt. “Corrosion through the entire ship riers so far, according to the lat- Los Angeles Times be a nuisance in the bathroom, but on ships, is a huge, huge issue.” est figures, far less than the 450 it can be catastrophic. Hulls can collapse, Coating the metal with a substance — ef- miles the president has promised t’s a $6 billion scourge that afflicts ballast tanks weaken and motors fail, all be- fectively separating it from the water and air to erect by the end of the year. Navy destroyers, cruise ships and his- cause of rust. There’s no way to fully eradi- — is one way to slow its progress. But construction along the bor- toric vessels like the Queen Mary with- cate it. An annual conference called MegaRust der — largely on land the federal out fear or favor. The only option: constant vigilance. brings together hundreds of professionals government already owns — has It’s such a problem that professional “Ships are full of saltwater systems, they’re who want to see the latest corrosion-fighting been continuing even as legal I techniques and tech. Live demonstrations of challenges have aimed to disrupt organizations and conferences are dedicated full of salty ocean air,” said Scott Tait, a re- to its existence — and its suppression. tired Navy captain who most recently was sandblasters are a highlight. People still talk it. It’s also on your showerhead. at the helm of the guided-missile destroyer SEE RUST ON PAGE 6 SEE WALL ON PAGE 6 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, January 15, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES PlayStation will again skip electronics expo Military rates Switzerland (Franc)........................... 0.9684 Euro costs (Jan. 15) ..........................$1.1412 Thailand (Baht) .................................... 30.24 Dollar buys (Jan. 15).........................€0.8763 Turkey (New Lira) .............................. 5.8827 BY MIKHAIL KLIMENTOV has decided not to participate in Other developers and publish- British pound (Jan. 15) ........................ $1.33 (Military exchange rates are those Japanese yen (Jan. 15) ...................... 107.00 available to customers at military banking The Washington Post E3 2020,” a Sony Interactive En- ers have foregone the event in South Korean won (Jan. 15) ..........1,123.00 facilities in the country of issuance Commercial rates for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the tertainment spokesperson told the past, opting instead to host Bahrain (Dinar) ................................... 0.3770 Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For For the second year in a row, GamesIndustry.biz. “We have livestreams and events of their British pound .................................... $1.3001 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., PlayStation will skip the Elec- great respect for the ESA as an own, or seeking programming op- Canada (Dollar) .................................. 1.3065 purchasing British pounds in Germany), China (Yuan) ....................................... 6.9012 check with your local military banking tronic Entertainment Expo, also organization, but we do not feel portunities outside of E3. Denmark (Krone) ............................... 6.7193 facility. Commercial rates are interbank known as E3. The marquee video the vision of E3 2020 is the right In August of 2019, it was re- Egypt (Pound) .................................. 15.8604 rates provided for reference when buying Euro ....................................... $1.1121/0.8992 currency. All figures are foreign currencies game industry event has tradi- venue for what we are focused on vealed that the ESA was hosting Hong Kong (Dollar) ............................ 7.7769 to one dollar, except for the British pound, tionally served as a venue for pub- this year.” sensitive information — includ- Hungary (Forint) ................................ 299.09 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Israel (Shekel) .................................... 3.4643 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) lishers, developers and console The news comes on the heels of ing phone numbers and home Japan (Yen) .......................................... 109.96 makers to unveil new projects to a several rough news cycles for E3 addresses, among other data Kuwait (Dinar) .................................... 0.3034 INTEREST RATES Norway (Krone) .................................. 8.8768 mass audience, but even with the and the Entertainment Software — belonging to over 2,000 con- Philippines (Peso)................................ 50.58 Prime rate ................................................4.75 impending release of the PlaySta- Association, the organization that tent creators and journalists in an Poland (Zloty) ......................................... 3.79 Discount rate ..........................................2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) .......................... 3.7515 Federal funds market rate ...................1.55 tion 5, Sony is sitting out the show. hosts the event. PlayStation first excel spreadsheet that was acces- Singapore (Dollar) ............................. 1.3473 3-month bill .............................................1.53 “After thorough evaluation SIE skipped the event in 2019 . sible to anyone with a direct link. South Korea (Won) ......................... 1,156.34 30-year bond ...........................................2.31 WEATHER OUTLOOK WEDNESDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST WEDNESDAY IN EUROPE THURSDAY IN THE PACIFIC Misawa 34/30 Kabul 37/16 Seoul 32/25 Baghdad 57/40 Kandahar 41/30 Osan Tokyo Mildenhall/ Drawsko 33/26 48/42 Lakenheath Pomorskie Busan 52/43 48/43 38/28 Iwakuni 48/42 Kuwait Bahrain Zagan Sasebo City 67/64 Brussels 47/42 Guam 63/47 48/45 Ramstein 47/41 80/77 Lajes, 48/41 Riyadh Doha Azores Stuttgart Pápa 58/38 68/57 60/57 49/36 39/33 Aviano/ Vicenza 42/30 Naples 54/41 Okinawa Morón 70/66 61/44 Sigonella Rota 54/41 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 79/72 60/53 56/53 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 29 Classified .................. 12 Comics ...................... 31 Crossword ................. 31 Faces ........................ 30 Opinion ..................... 32 Sports ..................33-40 Wednesday, January 15, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Soldier: Jury prejudiced by info on training BY NANCY MONTGOMERY Bragg, N.C., in 2016. They were ington’s 2017 sexual assault as to the legal ‘reasonableness’ there was no prejudice given the Stars and Stripes kissing on a bed when the other court-martial was allowed, after standard,” Capt. Zachary Gray, use of the evidence, the military soldier said she was uncomfort- Washington’s lawyer indicated Washington’s lawyer, wrote in judge’s instructions, and the over- A soldier convicted of a sex able and told him to stop. his defense would be that Wash- his brief to the court. It “unfairly all weight of the government’s crime is arguing that testimony “Shush; just let it happen,” ington had mistakenly but rea- prejudiced Pvt. Washington by evidence which resulted in appel- explaining the military’s sexual Washington replied, according to sonably believed his accuser had injecting the spectre of command lant’s conviction,” Capt. Christo- assault prevention training “un- court documents. consented to him kissing her gen- at his trial” and should
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