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BY JAMES LAPORTA The assessment was included in at least White House has said Trump wasn’t — and claiming ignorance of Russia’s provoca- Associated Press one of President Donald Trump’s written still hasn’t been — briefed on the intelli- tions to justify his administration’s lack of daily intelligence briefings at the time, gence assessments because they haven’t response. Top officials in the White House were according to the officials. Then-national been fully verified. However, it’s rare for “He can disown everything if nobody aware in early 2019 of classified intelli- security adviser John Bolton also told col- intelligence to be confirmed without a ever told him about it,” Bolton said. gence indicating Russia was secretly offer- leagues at the time that he briefed Trump shadow of a doubt before it is presented to The revelations cast new doubt on the ing bounties to the Taliban for the deaths on the intelligence assessment in March top officials. White House’s efforts to distance Trump of Americans, a full year earlier than has 2019. Bolton declined to comment Monday from the Russian intelligence assessments. been previously reported, according to The White House didn’t respond to ques- when asked by the AP if he’d briefed The AP reported Sunday that concerns U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the tions about Trump or other officials’ aware- Trump about the matter in 2019. On Sun- intelligence. ness of Russia’s provocations in 2019. The day, he suggested to NBC that Trump was SEE BOUNTIES ON PAGE 5 Recruiting REVAMP Changes in system may endure after pandemic

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON ith his Army recruiting of- fice shuttered due to the coronavirus, Staff Sgt. An- W thony Holt has had to be creative to meet his enlistment goals. Using social media is one way. Signing up the grocery delivery guy is another. Holt asked the man how he ended up with the virtual shopping job. It turned out, he wanted to be a boat operator, but a job with an Alaskan cruise company fell through because of the pandemic. The Army also has maritime jobs, Holt told him. He found an open train- ing slot for an Army watercraft opera- tor. The delivery guy enlisted. “I talk to every single person that I meet no matter what, because I have no idea what their life story is,” said Holt, SEE RECRUITING ON PAGE 8

A drill sergeant watches over trainees as they stand in formation in May on Fort Sill in Oklahoma.

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T O D A Y IN STRIPES American Roundup ..... 14 Classified ...... 13 Comics ...... 18 Crossword ...... 18 Faces ...... 15 Opinion ...... 16-17 Sports ...... 20-24 Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 3 MILITARY Senators look to block US troop cuts in Germany

BY JOHN VANDIVER Stars and Stripes ‘ The withdrawal of STUTTGART, Germany — A U.S. troops from bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced an amendment Germany would be to next year’s national defense a gift to Russia, bill that would prevent President SAMUEL HARDGROVE/U.S. Navy Donald Trump from withdraw- and that’s the last A sailor stands lookout on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry as it traverses the ing large numbers of troops from thing we should be Taiwan Strait on April 23. The Senate version of a U.S. defense spending bill calls for expanded drills Germany. between the U.S. and Taiwan. “The withdrawal of U.S. troops doing. from Germany would be a gift to ’ Russia, and that’s the last thing Sen. Mitt Romney R-Utah we should be doing,” Sen. Mitt Defense spending bill paves way Romney, R-Utah, said in a state- ment issued Monday, when the legislation was introduced. active-duty troops in Germany. “In addition to undermining for expanded US, Taiwan drills Defense Secretary Mark Esper our NATO alliance, a withdrawal would be required to submit a BY WYATT OLSON would present serious logistical than participants. report to Congress that certifies challenges and prevent our mili- Stars and Stripes “Due to the modified at-sea-only construct of how a reduction would serve U.S. RIMPAC 2020, this iteration of the exercise will not tary from performing routine … national security interests while Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is touting feature an observer nation program,” U.S. Pacific readiness exercises,” he said. not undermining NATO, security language in a proposed version of the U.S. defense Fleet, which oversees invitations to the exercise, Members of both parties have in Europe and the military’s abil- spending bill for 2021 calling for expanded military said in a statement Monday. resisted the plan announced by exercises between the United States and Taiwan, in- “Taiwan has not previously observed or partici- Trump in early June to pull some ity to respond in a crisis. cluding the biennial Rim of the Pacific drills. pated in RIMPAC,” Cmdr. John Fage, a spokesman 9,500 troops out of Germany, The Pentagon would also need The biennial RIMPAC exercise is scheduled to be for 3rd Fleet, which runs the exercise, said in a writ- which would reduce the Ameri- to prove that operations in Central held Aug. 17-31 entirely at sea in waters off Hawaii; ten statement Monday. can military presence there by and Africa Commands would not land-based portions of the exercise are canceled “However, we continue to work with all who are about a third. Most of the service be hindered, report to Congress this year to prevent spread of the coronavirus. genuinely supportive of a Free and Open Indo-Pa- members would head back to the on the costs associated with any The Senate Armed Services Committee last week cific and to find opportunities to further enhance U.S., while others could be repo- large-scale redeployment of forc- released its version of the 2021 National Defense Au- our capabilities and proficiencies together towards sitioned in Poland and other loca- es, and determine if withdrawing thorization Act that includes numerous provisions that aim.” tions in Europe, Trump has said. thousands of troops from Germa- intended to help Taiwan maintain sufficient self- In 2018, only a month before RIMPAC was to The 34,000 U.S. troops in Ger- ny would have a negative effect defense capabilities, including the U.S. “conducting begin, the U.S. rescinded its invitation to China to many play a key role in reinforc- on military families who are in practical training and military exercises with Tai- participate. The disinvitation came in response to ing NATO’s eastern flank and the country with them. wan, including, as appropriate, the Rim of the Pa- China’s continued militarization of reefs and islets supporting operations in Africa “At a time when the U.S. and cific exercise,” and other bilateral naval exercises. in the South China Sea, where it had created artifi- and the Middle East, advocates our European allies must con- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that cial islands with sand dredging and then construct- tinue to stand hand in hand in the bill’s language “showed Washington valued the ed hangars, runways and other infrastructure that in favor of maintaining current force levels have said. deterring malign influences, it is island nation’s positive role in maintaining regional could be used for military purposes. in our national security interest, peace and stability,” the Taiwan News reported . China regards Taiwan, which lies just 100 miles “The United States has always as well as in the interest of our The full U.S. Senate has yet to vote on the spend- off the southern coast of its mainland, as a renegade been more secure at home thanks allies and partners, to continue ing bill, and at some future point it must be recon- province that will, and must, reunify under author- to our allies abroad … In times of ciled with a similar bill approved by the House. ity of the Communist Party of China at some point. domestic and international tur- our presence in Germany,” Sen. The Taiwan provisions could be altered or deleted The U.S. has supported Taiwan’s self-defense for moil, our alliances keep us safer, Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in the in the final version. decades through arms sales but, until recently, has healthier, and more prosperous. statement. Taiwan has long sought inclusion in RIMPAC, sought not to antagonize China with more robust A hasty arbitrary withdrawal Other co-sponsors of the during which navies from roughly 25 nations gather support. The Navy, however, since January has sent only emboldens our adversaries,” amendment were Republican Sen. for a month of exercises on and around Hawaii and warships at least four times through the Taiwan Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said in Lindsey Graham of South Caroli- Southern California. Strait, the 150-mile-wide body of water between the the statement. na, and Democratic senators Tim Regardless of the outcome of the final bill, Tai- island and the mainland that the U.S. considers in- The proposed amendment to Kaine of Virginia and Jeanne wan would not be able to attend this year’s RIMPAC ternational waters. China disputes that assertion. the National Defense Authoriza- Shaheen of New Hampshire. because, as a first timer to the exercise, its person- [email protected] tion Act would limit the funds [email protected] nel would be required to attend as observers rather Twitter: @WyattWOlson available to reduce the number of Twitter: @john_vandiver Bill would challenge Trump on renaming military bases

The Washington Post Senate Armed Services Commit- ment to strip the renaming re- major bases named after Con- billion behemoth passes, it would tee included a provision giving the quirement entirely — Republican federate generals — and remove be the 60th consecutive year that WASHINGTON — The Senate is poised to challenge President Pentagon three years to come up support for the change suggests other Confederate likenesses, lawmakers have approved the Donald Trump this week with with new names, while an amend- that it will survive any challenges symbols and paraphernalia from measure. legislation requiring the mili- ment filed by Sen. Elizabeth War- during this week’s floor debate. all defense facilities — has gained But because of its special status, tary to rename bases bearing the ren, D-Mass., and 35 other Senate But with Trump pledging that momentum as nationwide demon- the legislation frequently becomes names of Confederate generals, a Democrats last week would speed he will “not even consider the strations against racial injustice a focal point for political debates. proposal that is shaping up to be up that process, requiring the renaming” of bases, it is possible and police brutality enter their In election years especially, that one of the most contentious items name changes within a year. that the provision could eventual- second month. can mean long, drawn-out battles in this year’s annual defense bill. Although there is still vocal op- ly pitch Congress into a showdown The annual defense bill is one in each chamber, and between In the Senate, the main issue position to removing the Confed- with the president over the entire of the few “must pass” measures the Senate and the House as they appears to be timing. The bill that erate names — Sen. Josh Hawley, defense bill. Congress considers every year, work out the differences between emerged from the Republican-led R-Mo., has proposed an amend- The push to rename the 10 and if this year’s proposed $740 their versions. PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 MILITARY Study says use of contractors hides true cost of war

BY ALEX HORTON tractors has blunted the public’s AND AARON GREGG understanding of the human cost The Washington Post of America’s unprecedented long- term deployments. The rockets that fell on a mili- “You don’t see yellow ribbons tary base in Iraq did not dis- around trees for contractors,” said tinguish between soldiers and Mark Cancian, a defense budget contractors. expert for the Center for Stra- Nawres Hamid, a U.S. contrac- tegic and International Studies. tor working as an interpreter, was “All these touching scenes of the killed in the Dec. 27 attack by an military service member coming Iranian-backed militia that also home and scooping his kids up at injured American troops, prompt- the airport, you never see that for ing retaliatory strikes that edged contractors.” the United States and Iran closer The Pentagon did not return a to open conflict. request for comment. Hamid’s death illuminated Analysts say the reliance on RICHARD ANDRADE/U.S. Army the proliferation of contractors private military contractors start- at U.S. bases worldwide over the ed during the Clinton administra- A civilian contractor from Xe Services, second from left, instructs Afghan border police how to search a past two decades, a presence that tion, when U.S.-based companies vehicle at the ABP Border Center in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. A study on the commercialization of the camouflages the true cost of war, played a prominent role in train- U.S. war effort says that the use of military contractors camouflages the true cost of war. according to a study on the com- ing and equipping the Croatian charges were filed. mercialization of the U.S. war military. ‘ Cancian, the CSIS analyst, said effort. But the contractor economy ex- I don’t think this masks the cost of war … deployed military contractors are About 53,000 U.S. contractors panded drastically after the Sept. The difference is the public doesn’t care as were in the Middle East last year, 11 terrorist attacks, as compa- viewed as a significant and per- compared with 35,000 U.S. troops, nies found a lucrative business on much about contractors as much as it does manent part of the U.S. national according to a study by Brown sprawling bases in Iraq, Afghani- about military personnel . security apparatus. Their pres- University. That ratio was 1-to-1 stan, Kuwait and other nations. ’ ence on the battlefield has made during the height of troop levels The George W. Bush administra- Mark Cancian long-term deployments more po- in Iraq in 2008. And since 2001, tion relied heavily on private mili- Center for Strategic and International Studies litically acceptable, he said. an estimated 8,000 contractors for tary corporations to support a fast “I don’t think this masks the U.S. companies have died on duty scale-up in the U.S. military pres- cost of war … all the figures are out there,” Cancian said. “The in the Middle East. That figure is ence in Iraq as the security situa- But often the opposite occurred, tive by the White House and the 1,000 more than U.S. troops who difference is the public doesn’t tion worsened there. according to the study. Companies Defense Department to not have have been killed. care as much about contractors Reports of abuses perpetrated driven by no-competition bids this information in the public do- Many of the contractors killed as much as it does about military by armed private security forces have little incentive to cut costs. main,” he said. were foreign nationals. That has personnel, and therefore is more working for companies like Black- Companies further boosted The increasing involvement of led to a double exploitation of water created a public perception willing to let military operations profits by hiring host country numerous companies opened op- using foreign workers for danger- of contractors as irresponsible continue.” citizens or third-country nation- portunities for fraud, corruption ous jobs and paying them less than mercenaries, stirring a broader Hamid’s death may be among als paid a fraction of U.S. wages, or shoddy products. U.S. employees earn, said Heidi conversation about oversight and the exceptions. Shortly after, Peltier said, which fostered abuse Companies have consistently Peltier, a Research Fellow at Bos- authorities. President Donald Trump tweeted ton University and part of Brown But most contractors deployed and poor working conditions. been docked for charging exorbi- that Iran had killed an American University’s Costs of War Project. to war zones have been engaged Those numbers don’t tell the tant prices and violating contract contractor and would be “held “It hides the human cost and in the mundane yet often danger- whole story, said Steven Schooner, terms. Nearly every company re- fully responsible.” makes war more politically palat- ous work of logistics and supply. a professor of government pro- sponsible for the Defense Depart- In the conflagration that fol- able,” Peltier told The Washington U.S. contracting companies such curement law at George Washing- ment’s subsistence prime vendor lowed. Maj. Gen. Qassem Solei- Post. as DynCorp and Triple Canopy ton University. Contractors don’t program, a privatized food supply mani, commander of the Quds The reliance on defense con- have handled laundry, run dining earn taxpayer-funded education contract, has settled federal fraud Force of Iran’s Revolutionary tractors, once touted as a way to facilities, operated bus lines, built or health care benefits that ser- allegations. Guard Corps, was killed in a U.S. reduce costs and improve quality tents and housing units, trans- vice members and veterans re- Taxpayers, the contractors airstrike. of services for the military, has ported fuel and water, provided ceive, he said, so some long-term themselves and U.S. troops some- Hamid, a naturalized U.S. citi- instead led to a glut of spending, base security officers, and car- costs are avoided. times paid the consequences. In zen, was not eligible for burial the study concluded. More than ried out other duties. However, the U.S. government 2008, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Mas- in Arlington National Cemetery, half of the defense budget last Many conservative think tanks doesn’t openly acknowledge or eth was electrocuted in a shower where U.S. service members are year — $370 billion — was spent and corporations pushed the idea track deaths or injuries among built by KBR, and his death was interred. Instead, he was laid to on all contractor efforts, from of contractors absorbing duties contractors, Schooner said, and it among others blamed on poor rest at the Greater Sacramento weapons to services, according to the military historically per- is unknown how many of the fatal- work. The Army found that con- Muslim Cemetery, in a funeral the study. formed for itself to lower costs ities were U.S. citizens or foreign tractors and government employ- paid for by his employer, a Virgin- There is also a concern that the and improve quality, the study nationals. ees “breached their respective ia-based defense contractor called reliance on private military con- concluded. “There is a perverse incen- duties of care,” but no criminal Valiant Integrated Services. UN: Afghan forces launched attacks that killed civilians

BY J.P. LAWRENCE Tuesday. The Taliban and the Afghan government investigation. Stars and Stripes Afghan soldiers fired the mortars at Tal- blamed each other for the deaths. “Both parties must stop fighting in civil- iban fighters Monday morning but missed U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan Charge ian-populated areas,” a U.N. Twitter post KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan and struck the market, leaving 23 dead, d’Affaires Ross Wilson called the attack a said Tuesday. “Such indirect fire incidents military was responsible for errant mortar including children, the provincial gover- “mass murder of innocent civilians” and in ground engagements cause 1000s of ci- attacks that killed or injured dozens at a nor’s office said following the attack. The offered condolences to the victims and vilian casualties each year.” cattle market in southern Helmand prov- U.N. was unable to verify the death toll their families in a statement Tuesday. [email protected] ince this week, the United Nations said Tuesday. The U.N. called for a thorough Twitter: @jplawrence3 Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 WAR ON TERRORISM Dems: White House briefing on Russian bounties inadequate

Associated Press stan. They suggested Russia was making overtures to militants WASHINGTON — House Dem- as the U.S. and the Taliban held ocrats returning from a briefing talks to end the long-running at the White House Tuesday said war. The assessment was first re- they still have many questions ported by The New York Times, /AP about explosive allegations that then confirmed to The Associated EVAN VUCCI Russia offered bounties to Tal- Press by American intelligence iban-linked militants for killing House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., leaves an intelligence briefing officials and others with knowl- on reports of a Russian operation to pay Afghan militants targeting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, at the American troops in Afghanistan, edge of the matter. White House on Tuesday in Washington. and questioned why President House Foreign Affairs Com- Donald Trump won’t condemn mittee Chairman Eliot Engel, cerns about the reports. Many Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming not?” Vladimir Putin over the issue. D-N.Y., said Democrats left the said they wanted more answers. and Texas Rep. Mac Thornberry, Others downplayed the matter. Majority Leader Steny Hoyer White House briefing “scratching West Virginia Sen. Shelley More the top Republican on the Armed “I don’t think it’s should be a and a small group of other House their heads.” He said the Ameri- Capito said that Congress needs Services Committee, said, “After surprise to anybody that the Tal- Democrats met with White can people need to know more be- to get to the truth, because the al- today’s briefing with senior iban’s been trying to kill Ameri- House officials as Trump down- cause “for God’s sake, these are legations are “horrifying if true.” White House officials, we remain cans and that the Russians have played the allegations and the our soldiers.” White House press secretary concerned about Russian activ- been encouraging that, if not White House said he had not been Schiff said it was “inexplica- Kayleigh McEnany has repeated- ity in Afghanistan, including re- providing means to make that briefed on them. A handful of ble” why Trump won’t say pub- ly insisted Trump wasn’t briefed ports that they have targeted U.S. happen,” said Texas Sen. John Republicans received a similar licly that he is working to get to on the findings because they forces.” Cornyn, also a member of the in- briefing Monday evening. the bottom of the issue and why hadn’t been verified. The White Senators reviewed classified telligence panel. The Democrats said their he won’t call out Russian Presi- House seemed to be setting an documents related to the allega- Trump’s Democratic general briefing was insufficient and they dent Putin. He said Trump’s de- unusually high bar for bringing tions Monday evening, including election rival, former Vice Presi- learned nothing new. Hoyer said fense that he hasn’t been briefed the information to Trump, since it information that was not previ- dent Joe Biden, accused the pres- it was White House officials giv- is inexcusable. is rare for intelligence to be con- ously known, according to one ident Monday of a “betrayal” of ing “their perspective” when law- “Many of us do not understand firmed without a shadow of doubt aide who was not authorized to American troops in favor of “an makers really need to hear from his affinity for that autocratic before it is presented to senior discuss the matter publicly and embarrassing campaign of defer- members of the intelligence com- ruler who means our nation ill,” government decision-makers. spoke on the condition of ano- ring and debasing himself before munity. House Intelligence Com- Schiff said. McEnany declined to say why a nymity. It was unclear what was Putin.” mittee Chairman Adam Schiff House Speaker Nancy Pelosi different standard of confidence contained in the documents. “I’m disgusted,” Biden told do- said, “The right people to give did not attend the briefing but in the intelligence applied to brief- Nebraska Republican Ben nors, as he recalled his late son the briefing really were not in the said Monday — as she often does ing lawmakers than bringing the Sasse, a member of the Senate Beau’s military service. Families room.” — that “all roads lead to Putin” information to the president. intelligence committee, said that of service members, Biden said, The intelligence assessments when it comes to Trump. Some Republicans who were Congress should focus on finding “should never, ever have to worry on the Russian bounties came Senate Republicans returning briefed by the White House on out who knew what, and when, they’ll face a threat like this: the amid Trump’s push to withdraw to Washington on Monday eve- Monday also said they left with “and did the commander in chief commander in chief turning a the United States from Afghani- ning said they had strong con- questions. know? And if not, how the hell blind eye.” Bounties: White House didn’t consider earlier intelligence to be urgent

FROM FRONT PAGE for Trump said it contained no “Regardless, we always take the debriefings of captured Taliban Airfield, the largest U.S. military about Russian bounties were also “actionable intelligence,” mean- safety and security of our forces militants. Officials with knowl- installation in Afghanistan. in a second written presidential ing the intelligence community in Afghanistan — and around the edge of the matter told the AP The Defense Department daily briefing this year, and that didn’t have enough information to world — most seriously and there- that Taliban operatives from op- identified them as Marine Staff current national security adviser form a strategic plan or response. fore continuously adopt measures posite ends of the country and Sgt. Christopher Slutman, 43, Robert O’Brien had discussed The classified assessment of Rus- to prevent harm from potential from separate tribes offered sim- of Newark, Del. , Sgt. Benjamin the matter with Trump. O’Brien sian bounties, however, was the threats,” said Pentagon spokes- ilar accounts. Hines, 31, of York, Pa., and Cpl. denies doing that. sole purpose of the meeting. man Jonathan Hoffman. Putin spokesman Dmitry Robert Hendriks, 25, of Locust On Monday, O’Brien said while The officials insisted on ano- Concerns about Russian boun- Peskov denied that Russian in- Valley, N.Y. They were infantry- the intelligence assessments re- nymity because they weren’t ties flared anew this year after telligence officers had offered men assigned to 2nd Battalion, garding the bounties “have not authorized to disclose the highly members of the elite Naval payments to the Taliban in ex- 25th Marines, a reserve infantry been verified,” the administra- sensitive information. Special Warfare Development change for targeting U.S. and co- unit headquartered out of Garden tion has “been preparing should The intelligence that surfaced Group, known to the public as alition forces. City, N.Y. the situation warrant action.” in early 2019 indicated Russian SEAL Team Six, raided a Taliban Secretary of State Mike Pom- Hendriks’ father told the AP The administration’s earlier operatives had become more ag- outpost and recovered roughly peo called the Taliban’s chief that even a rumor of Russian awareness of the Russian efforts gressive in their desire to contract $500,000 in U.S. currency. The negotiator, a spokesman for the bounties should have been imme- raises additional questions about with the Taliban and members of funds bolstered the suspicions of insurgents said Tuesday, but it diately addressed. why Trump didn’t take punitive the Haqqani Network, a militant the American intelligence com- was unknown whether there was “If this was kind of swept under action against Moscow for efforts group aligned with the Taliban munity that Russians had offered any mention during their conver- the carpet so as to not make it a that put the lives of American in Afghanistan and designated money to Taliban militants and sation of allegations about Rus- bigger issue with Russia, and one service members at risk. Trump a foreign terrorist organiza- linked associations. The White sian bounties. Pompeo pressed ounce of blood was spilled when has sought throughout his time in tion in 2012 during the Obama House contends the president was the insurgents to reduce violence they knew this, I lost all respect office to improve relations with administration. unaware of this development, too. in Afghanistan and discussed for this administration and ev- Russia and President Vladimir The National Security Council The officials told the AP that ways of advancing a U.S.-Taliban erything,” Erik Hendriks said. Putin, moving this year to try and the undersecretary of de- career government officials de- peace deal signed in February, Three other service members to reinstate Russia as part of a fense for intelligence held meet- veloped potential options for the the Taliban spokesman tweeted. and an Afghan contractor were group of world leaders it had been ings regarding the intelligence. White House to respond to the The U.S. is investigating wheth- wounded in the attack. As of April kicked out of. The NSC didn’t respond to ques- Russian aggression in Afghani- er Americans died because of the 2019, the attack was under a sep- Officials said they didn’t con- tions about the meetings. stan, which was first reported by Russian bounties. Officials are arate investigation, unrelated to sider the intelligence assessments Late Monday, the Pentagon is- The New York Times. The Trump focused on an April 2019 attack the Russian bounties. in 2019 to be particularly urgent, sued a statement saying it was administration, however, has yet on an American convoy. Three The officials who spoke to the given that Russian meddling in evaluating the intelligence but to authorize any action. U.S. Marines were killed after a AP also said they were looking Afghanistan isn’t a new occur- so far had “no corroborating The intelligence in 2019 and car rigged with explosives deto- closely at insider attacks from rence. The officials with knowl- evidence to validate the recent 2020 surrounding Russian boun- nated near their armored vehi- 2019 to determine if they were edge of Bolton’s apparent briefing allegations. ties was derived in part from cles as they returned to Bagram linked to Russian bounties. PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 MILITARY Pompeo presses Taliban on peace Bail for some suspected of BY KATHY GANNON Associated Press targeting US ISLAMABAD — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called and spoken with the Taliban’s chief negotiator, a spokes- forces in Iraq man for the insurgents said Tuesday, amid a raging controversy in Washington over BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA when President Donald Trump was told Associated Press about U.S. intelligence that Russia was paying the Taliban to kill U.S. and NATO BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities released soldiers in Afghanistan. on bail Monday some men with ties to an However, it was not known whether there Iran-backed militia detained under sus- was any mention during the call of allega- picion of carrying out a series of rocket tions that some Taliban militants received attacks against the U.S. presence in the money to kill U.S. and NATO soldiers in country, Iraqi government and militia of- Afghanistan. ficials said. Pompeo and Mullah Abdul Ghani Bara- The release comes five days after Iraqi dar held a video conference late on Monday security forces arrested 14 men suspected in which Pompeo pressed the insurgents to reduce violence in Afghanistan and dis- of orchestrating attacks against the U.S. cussed ways of moving a peace deal signed Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified between the U.S. and the Taliban in Feb- Green Zone and American troops located ruary forward, Taliban spokesman Suhail on Iraqi bases. The arrests, based on a ju- Shaheen tweeted. dicial order, marked the strongest action The call comes as the U.S. peace envoy, to date by the new government in Baghdad Zalmay Khalilzad, is touring the region in against the perpetrators affiliated with a efforts to advance the deal. He was in Uz- powerful Iran-backed militia group. bekistan on Tuesday and was expected in The officials offered varying accounts MANDEL NGAN, POOL/AP the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, later in of the number of detainees who had been the day or on Wednesday, and was also to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, above, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the released. A militia official said 11 among travel to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban Taliban’s chief negotiator, held a video conference Monday in which Pompeo pressed the 14 arrested on Thursday were released maintain a political office. the insurgents to reduce violence in Afghanistan and discussed ways of moving a on bail and three suspects remained in Khalilzad is also holding video confer- peace deal forward, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen tweeted. custody. Two government officials did not ences with Kabul leaders rather than trav- specify the number and said some were eling to the Afghan capital because of the lays; Kabul has so far released 3,500 and State. released on bail. One government official dangers of COVID-19, according to a U.S. the Taliban have freed about 700. The Taliban have denied the allegations said all were released except one prime State Department statement. Afghani- Shaheen tweeted that Pompeo and Bara- that they were paid by Russia to kill Ameri- suspect. stan’s dilapidated health system is grap- dar discussed the “implementation of the cans in Afghanistan. The Associated Press Officials spoke on condition of anonym- pling with the pandemic, with the number agreement, foreign troop withdrawal, has reported that Russia began paying the of infections thought to far outnumber the prisoner release, start of intra-Afghan di- bounties back in early 2019, even as Khalil- ity in line with regulations. official tally of over 31,000 cases, including alogue and reduction in (military) opera- zad was trying to finalize the deal with the A military statement following the ar- 733 deaths. tions.” The U.S. State Department has not insurgent group to end Washington’s lon- rests said a special investigative com- The implementation of the U.S.-Tal- commented on the video conference. gest war and withdraw U.S. soldiers. mittee was formed to include the Interior iban deal has reached critical stage, with Baradar complained about new Afghan Violence in Afghanistan has continued to Ministry and other Iraqi security forces to the Taliban and Kabul’s leaders expected military checkpoints in areas under Tal- spike since a three-day cease-fire in May follow up on the case. to hold negotiations on a framework for a iban control while Pompeo said Washing- for a major Muslim holiday. As civilian The U.S. has blamed Iran-backed militia postwar Afghanistan that would end the ton wanted to see a reduction in violence, casualties rise, both the Taliban and the group Kata eb Hezbollah for orchestrating fighting and bring the insurgents into the according to the tweet. attacks against its embassy and American country’s political arena. government blame each other. On Monday, A U.S. official close to the peace process, troops inside Iraqi bases, and criticized the The talks are expected to begin some- speaking on condition of anonymity be- 23 civilians were killed in an attack on a Iraqi government for not identifying and time in July — if both sides abide by a cause he was not authorized to discuss the busy market in the southern province of promise laid out in the U.S.-Taliban deal matter with journalists, said Pompeo em- Helmand, a Taliban heartland. arresting the culprits. to release thousands of prisoners. The phasized in Monday night’s video call the In a tweet early Tuesday, Taliban spokes- The raid was carried out according to agreement calls for Kabul to release 5,000 imperative that the Taliban abide by their man Zabihullah Mujahid invited foreign a judicial order based on Iraq’s anti-ter- imprisoned Taliban while the insurgents commitment to battle other militants oper- and Afghan journalists to visit the area, rorism laws, and was issued following would release 1,000 government and mili- ating in Afghanistan — specifically terror which is controlled by the Taliban and has intelligence reports indicating the men tary personnel they hold captive. But the groups that could threaten the U.S. or its been off-limits to reporters, to indepen- had orchestrated attacks against the U.S. prisoner releases have been marked by de- allies, a reference that alludes to Islamic dently check out claims about the attack. presence. Navy counsels USS Ford aviators Lombardo tapped to be 14th Army who wore patch featuring a bat Reserve command sergeant major

The (Norfolk, Va.) Virginian-Pilot BY STEVE BEYNON Academy at West ‘ The patch in question Stars and Stripes Point, N.Y. After being Aviators in a small training detachment released from active aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford were re- was inappropriate and not WASHINGTON — The 14th command duty, Lombardo en- cently counseled by leadership after wear- sergeant major of the Army Reserve will listed in the Army Re- ing an unauthorized and inappropriate consistent with uniform be Sgt. Maj. Andrew Lombardo, the Army serve in Long Island, patch, the Navy said. regulations. Reserve announced Monday. N.Y. His awards and Half of the patch, according to a photo on ’ Lombardo is a veteran of Desert Storm, decorations include Twitter, included the aircraft carrier’s logo Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg Iraq and Afghanistan and served in Bosnia two Bronze Star Med- with the words “America’s Newest Carri- spokeswoman, Naval Air Force Atlantic and Kosovo. As the top enlisted adviser for als, the Meritorious er” and “Integrity at the Helm.” The other the force, he will oversee all issues affect- half, however, depicted an image of a bat Service Medal and with the words “China’s Newest Carrier,” ing the nearly 200,000 soldiers serving in Lombardo seven Army Com- a reference to one theory about the origins Officials became aware of the patch the the Reserve. He most recently served as mendation Medals. command sergeant major of the 200th Mil- In his civilian career, Lombardo is a of the coronavirus. week before, Cragg said in the email. It’s “The patch in question was inappro- itary Police Command at Fort Meade, Md. deputy inspector with the New York City unclear where it came from. He will succeed Sgt. Maj. Ted Copeland, Police Department. He is also a New York- priate and not consistent with uniform “The small number of aviators who had regulations, which state patches must be who has served in the position since March licensed emergency medical technician appropriate in nature and approved by the patch were counseled, and leadership 2017. and a nationally certified emergency med- commanding officers,” Cmdr. Jennifer made clear to everyone in the squadron Lombardo enlisted in the Army in 1985 ical technician. Cragg, spokeswoman for Naval Air Force that the patch was not authorized for wear,” and completed two years in active duty as [email protected] Atlantic, said in an email Thursday. she said. a military policeman at the U.S. Military Twitter: @StevenBeynon Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 VIRUS OUTBREAK USFJ eases travel limits ahead of July Fourth

BY SETH ROBSON memo. “Members are also authorized to other bases in Kanagawa prefecture, near cannot be maintained, Campbell wrote in Stars and Stripes visit other military installations within the Japan’s capital, to go almost anywhere in his memo. local area.” the country other than Hokkaido, areas of Public trains and buses may only be YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — People Areas in central Tokyo, such as Shibuya, Tokyo, Yokohama and Kawasaki. used for travel to work, school or daycare who live or work at the home of U.S. Forces Shinjuku and Roppongi, are still a no-go, On June 15, Yokota reported its first when private transportation is unavailable Japan in western Tokyo have been autho- he added. They also remain barred from coronavirus case among local base per- or impractical, he said. rized to travel much of the country’s main visiting other Japanese islands, such as sonnel, although an undisclosed number of Yokota personnel also must limit gather- island in time for Independence Day, al- Okinawa, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Navy sailors tested positive in late April. A though Tokyo Disneyland and popular Compared to the United States or Eu- group of sailors was sequestered at the in- ing to 20 people or fewer, although squad- nightlife districts in the capital remain rope, Japan has seen relatively few cases stallation before boarding warships of the ron commanders can approve gatherings off-limits. of the coronavirus — about 19,000 total USS Ronald Reagan strike group for its pa- of up to 50 people, Campbell added. New 374th Airlift Wing commander Col. infections and 1,000 deaths. Tokyo, which trol of the Western Pacific. “An exception to the public gathering Andrew Campbell on Tuesday expanded confirmed 58 new cases Monday, has seen In May, the Air Force revealed that an requirements is allowed for attendance at the area where Yokota community mem- an uptick in infections since Prime Minis- undisclosed number of support staff ac- off-installation religious services so long bers are authorized to roam. Troops, fam- ter Shinzo Abe lifted a state of emergency companying the sequestered sailors had as attendance can be conducted in a safe ily members, civilian workers, contractors there May 25. also tested positive. manner,” he wrote. “Those wishing to at- and Japanese employees at the base had U.S. military bases throughout Japan Yokota personnel are still prohibited tend such services off-installation must been ordered to stay at home or close to the have eased restrictions in recent weeks but from patronizing bars, night clubs, kara- exercise caution such as physically dis- base since late March to slow the coronavi- remain under a public health emergency oke clubs, social clubs, hot springs, public tancing requirements and wearing masks rus’ spread. imposed by U.S. Forces Japan commander baths, pachinko parlors, arcades, off-in- “Our local area is defined as the island Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider on April 6 that’s stallation massage services, amusement/ except for short duration to take part in of Honshu (mainland Japan) excluding set to expire July 14. theme parks, off-base gyms and fitness religious rituals/rights/observances that the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Yo- For example, U.S. Army Japan gave a centers, or any facility with a potential require consumption.” kohama metropolitan area which are still green light Friday for troops, civilian work- for crowds, close contact, or closed spaces [email protected] prohibited,” Campbell wrote in a Tuesday ers and their families at Camp Zama and where coronavirus prevention measures Twitter: @SethRobson1 USO in Japan back in business after months of virus restrictions

BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ Stars and Stripes ‘ Being able to YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, come in and relax Japan — Three months after the and playing videos coronavirus pandemic forced a general lockdown at the 7th games or whatever Fleet’s home south of Tokyo, the USO reopened Monday with a … gives a little call to passersby: “Come get your sense of a return to free ice cream!” On some U.S. bases in Japan, normal. ’ the USO has returned to nearly Petty Officer 2nd Class normal business after months of Matthew Ditto virtual activities and closed doors USS Chancellorsville during the height of the pandem- ic. As the U.S. military eases travel and activity restrictions, the USO is opening again, too, but Chancellorsville, said Monday. with some safeguards. The Yokosuka USO had been At Yokosuka, where the most open for 1 ½ months after renova- stringent stay-at-home order was tions before closing again March imposed, the USO center for now 25. The base population at the is admitting only active-duty ser- time was ordered to shelter-in- vice members, and only up to 25 place after cases of coronavirus /Stars and Stripes at a time, center manager Tammi appeared there. PHOTOS BY CHRISTIAN LOPEZ Tiefel said Monday. Hours are Even while its doors were shut, Visitors enjoy free ice cream from the USO after the center reopened at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on scaled back to 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. the USO continued to host virtual Monday. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo celebrated the USO’s reopening with free pizza. daily for the time being. programs such as its Coffee Con- The center is adopting other nection and Tot Time gatherings to 10 p.m. Monday through Sat- measures, as well. “Masks are through Facebook Live or Zoom urday, with a limit of 20 service also required at all times and we to help combat the isolation that members and family members have hand sanitizer and wipes arose from the shelter-in-place for the time being. Public health scattered all around the center,” order. guidelines are in place, there, she said. The center also handed out too, including social distancing During the modified re-open- snacks and toiletry kits to service and face masks, according to a ing, the USO still offers all ser- members at Yokosuka who were summary Fidelman provided vices, such as snacks and drinks, making permanent duty-station Tuesday. access to gaming systems, free changes or whose movements During the forced lull because Wi-Fi and Chromebooks, which were restricted. It also supported of the coronavirus restrictions, are disinfected before they’re two of the three waves of sailors the Yokota branch kept busy with checked out to another user. who rotated through the crew of virtual events such as painting “Being able to come in and the aircraft carrier USS Ronald nights and story time. It also pro- relax and playing videos games Reagan since March. vided care packages for troops or whatever helps forget about At Yokota Air Base in western in quarantine and to-go snacks, all the stress out there, especially Tokyo, the USO celebrated its re- movie kits and other take-home now, and gives a little sense of a opening Monday with free pizza activities for families at Yokota, return to normal,” Petty Officer and movie kits, according to vol- Fidelman said. 2nd Class Matthew Ditto, from unteer Sheridan Fidelman. [email protected] Petty Officer 2nd Class Gyapong Kusi mans the front desk inside the guided-missile cruiser USS The center is open again 10 a.m. Twitter: @CLopez_Stripes the USO at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, on Monday . PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Recruiting: ‘Army Hiring Days’ CENTCOM battling cases seeks to sign up 10K new soldiers

FROM FRONT PAGE who is based in Bowling Green, ‘ We’re going Ky. ”If I have the opportunity to to empower the that developed in Kuwait help somebody the way that the Army’s helped me, I seize that recruiters to opportunity.” BY CHAD GARLAND nine contractors died and some COVID-19 has had a dramatic allow for more Stars and Stripes 3,000 people in those categories impact on military recruiting, autonomous had recovered. closing enlistment stations and A cluster of coronavirus cases As the pandemic began to forcing thousands of recruiters to recruiting. ’ has developed at a Kuwaiti air spread earlier this year, Air woo potential soldiers online, or Maj. Gen. Frank Muth base that houses U.S. Central Forces Central Command wings even on their front steps. As the head of the Army’s Command personnel, officials decreased services provided virus raged, enlistments slowed recruiting command said. by local contractors after some and fueled worries that the armed Central Command declined countries imposed curfews to services would have to rely more to provide a specific number stop the spread of the virus. In on current troops re-enlisting to of cases at Ahmed al-Jaber Air Kuwait, the 386th AEW imposed meet total force requirements followers on Facebook and Insta- Base, but a defense official told a 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew on base, by the end of the fiscal year in gram. Often, they said, recruiters Stars and Stripes there were less an official said at the time. September. can reach out to soldiers they’ve than 30. The official spoke on Air Force dining facilities and Recruiters have had to abandon enlisted in the past and ask them condition of anonymity to provide morale centers increased spacing their normal visits to high schools to share posts, expanding the the number. for seating and bases canceled and malls, and instead are rely- views of their online messages. The cases aren’t affecting the several group activities, said Capt. ing almost exclusively on social As part of the new, creative military’s ability to execute its Kenneth Hicks, an Air Force media to reach young people. As methods, Muth said he took an mission, CENTCOM said in a spokesman at Al Udeid Air Base that effort builds, Army leaders idea from McDonald’s. A few ALEXANDRE MONTES/U.S. Air Force statement late Saturday, confirm- in Qatar in a March email. Com- believe it may evolve into a new years ago the fast-food juggernaut ing that a “cluster developed over An airman discusses proposed munity activity centers, movie system that will allow them to said it would hire 50,000 people in time.” mitigations during a coronavirus theaters and base exchange shops scale back the size and staffing at one day. Muth said he decided the “We believe social distancing quarantine exercise at Ahmed also closed. enlistment storefronts and reduce Army could try the same thing. and contact tracing measures al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, “At some of our bases, we’ve the number of recruiters. So, on Tuesday, Muth launched [have] limited the size of that on March 13. A “cluster” of split shifts to maximize social dis- “We’re going to empower the “Army Hiring Days” and called cluster,” the statement said. “We COVID-19 cases has developed tancing,” Hicks said. “Additional- recruiters to allow for more au- on all service leaders at all levels work to strictly adhere to Centers at the base, officials said. ly, our base personnel [throughout tonomous recruiting,” said Maj. to fill social media with recruit- for Disease Control [and Preven- the region] are restricted from Gen. Frank Muth, head of the ing messages. The goal is to bring tion] guidelines ... such as frequent also routinely pass through. going off-base unless it’s consid- Army’s recruiting command. in 10,000 recruits, and top leaders hand-washing, social distancing The Defense Department or- ered mission essential.” That, he said, will allow the ser- have already started turning to and wearing masks when social dered commands to stop discuss- After ordering a worldwide stop vice to reduce the size of brick- Twitter to tout soldier life. distancing is not possible.” ing local coronavirus infection movement in March, the Penta- and-mortar offices since some “Army National Hiring Days Anyone who shows symptoms totals in March, but the overall gon eventually began allowing recruiters will be working solely coming June 30-July 2! The U.S. or tests positive is given immedi- service-level tallies show cases case-by-case deployments and online and go into the office only Army’s first-ever nationwide vir- ate medical care, the statement continuing to rise. redeployments. Service members occasionally. tual hiring campaign is a three- said. As of Monday, 11,770 military deploying to CENTCOM were “If we have recruiters that day event with a goal of finding Officials did not immediately personnel had tested positive ordered to 14-day quarantine are operating at a greater ef- 10,000 men and women to join our answer a Stars and Stripes inqui- for the disease, with nearly 300 beforehand, and those returning ficiency (online) then we don’t team,” tweeted Gen. James Mc- ry Monday as to how many U.S. requiring hospitalization, out of home underwent the two-week need 10,000 recruiters. We may Conville, the top Army officer. troops are serving at the base. 17,116 DOD-connected positive isolation period in the U.S. be able to reduce that number to Cash will be one of the incen- In the past year al-Jaber has cases and 623 hospitalizations. AFCENT officials did not im- 7,000 or 8,000,” he said, adding tives. Qualified recruits who en- hosted Marine leadership cours- Of those, three troops died and mediately respond to a query that such a reduction will allow list during the three-day event es and joint service exercises, nearly 6,000 service members about whether any of the preven- the Army to move more soldiers — www.goarmy.com/hiringdays but it is mainly home to airmen had recovered. tive measures had been eased in back into regular units and fight- — could qualify for a $2,000 from the Air Forces Central Additionally, some 1,666 de- recent weeks leading up to the ing formations. bonus. That will be on top of other Command’s 332nd Air Expedi- pendents, 2,551 DOD civilians development of the COVID-19 But first the Army has to de- incentives the Army offers for re- tionary Wing. Personnel from the and 1,129 military contractors cluster at al-Jaber. termine how successful virtual cruits who score high or enlist for 386th Air Expeditionary Wing had tested positive. Five depen- [email protected] recruiting can be. some of the more critical jobs. For at nearby Ali Al Salem Air Base dents, 21 civilian employees and Twitter: @chadgarland In the early days of the pan- example, recruits who sign up as demic, Army enlistments fell off linguists, psychological opera- by about 50%. tions specialists, Special Forces “Does that put us behind? or intelligence collectors could Yeah,” said Muth, adding that en- get up to $40,000 in bonuses over listments are about 4,000 lower their initial enlistment. than their goal at this point, de- High-demand jobs that qualify spite doing better than planned for smaller bonuses include in- in the early part of the fiscal year, fantry, missile defense and fire before the pandemic took hold. control specialists. But, he said, online recruiting has Crippling unemployment improved. Over the past month caused by the pandemic may help the Army got about 80% of its the Army’s recruiting. When un- goal, compared with the normal employment is low, there’s a lot 90% for that period, Muth said. of competition for young people Overall success will depend on getting out of high school or col- soldiers like Sgt. 1st Class Eric lege. But when it goes higher than Nordin, who is making virtual re- 6% — it’s now over 13% — the cruiting a career. military becomes a more entic- “I was a lot cooler online than I ing option. Muth said he doesn’t am in real life,” said Nordin, who yet have data to determine the started as a regular recruiter in impact of this latest unemploy- La Grange, Ky., but is now com- ment surge. mander of Nashville’s virtual Nordin said he’s seen some suc- recruiting station. “I’m not say- cess over the past month. And a ing I didn’t enjoy going out to the key message he’s sending is that malls and asking individuals if the Army is hiring. they wanted to recruit. But, I was And as for the Kroger delivery more successful sending them a guy? He left for Army basic train- DM (direct message) or posting ing on June 1.

ISAIAH J. SOLIZ/U.S. Air Force stuff about myself.” “It just so happened that he was Nordin and Holt said the Army affected by the virus and I was A Marine Corps volunteer prepares a meal for a fellow Marine at the Sandstorm field kitchen on Ahmed has done training sessions to able to help him,” Holt said. “It al-Jaber in April. The kitchen was stood up in an effort to further adhere to health protection levels. teach recruiters how to get more felt awesome.” Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 VIRUS OUTBREAK Experts see no proof of child abuse surge amid pandemic

BY DAVID CRARY Still, some experts believe the those cases is unreal,” she said. Associated Press actual level of abuse during the Frasier, the Pennsylvania- pandemic is being hidden from based pediatrician, said some NEW YORK — When the view because many children are of her colleagues documented a coronavirus pandemic took hold seeing neither teachers nor doc- sharp increase in shaken baby across the United States in mid- tors, and many child protection syndrome and children’s head in- March, forcing schools to close agencies have cut back on home juries during the 2008 recession, and many children to be locked visits by caseworkers. which they attributed at least down in households buffeted “There’s no question children partly to economic stress. by job losses and other forms of are more at risk — and we won’t “With the pandemic, we saw stress, many child welfare ex- be able to see those children until the high jobless rates, the layoffs, perts warned of a likely surge of school reopens,” said Marci Ham- and we thought ‘OK, now we’re in child abuse. ilton, a University of Pennsylva- for it again,’” she said. Fifteen weeks later, the worries nia professor who heads CHILD She and others have noted persist. Yet some experts on the USA, a think tank seeking to pre- some changes during the pan- front lines, including pediatri- vent child abuse and neglect. demic — for example, more ac- /AP cians who initially helped sound Several states said calls to their cidental injuries from burns, falls THOM BRIDGE, (HELENA, MONT.) INDEPENDENT RECORD the alarm, said that they have child abuse hotlines dropped by and mishaps on farms. What they A sign announcing an elementary school in Helena, Mont., is closed. seen no evidence of a marked 40% or more, which they attrib- have not seen is a surge of child increase. uted to the fact that teachers and abuse. that some had “racist underpin- “If we take a closer look … we Among them is Dr. Lori Frasi- school nurses, who are required Frasier has a couple of guesses nings” — unfairly stereotyping might be able to see the depth er, who heads the child protection to report suspected abuse, no as to why — a protective effect in low-income parents of color as of resiliency that is present and program at Penn State’s Hershey longer had direct contact with households where multiple people prone to abusive behavior. the remarkable efforts poor par- Medical Center and is president students. were locked down together and “To sound alarm bells, because ents make to get by on the small- of a national society of pediatri- “While calls have gone down, federal financial aid that eased teachers aren’t seeing kids every est fraction of what many of us cians specializing in child abuse that doesn’t mean abuse has the stress on some vulnerable day, that parents are waiting to have.” prevention and treatment. stopped,” said Gov. Chris Sununu families. harm their kids — it’s an unfair Concerns about children’s well- Frasier said that she received of New Hampshire, which report- In Nashville, Tenn. , Dr. Heath- depiction of so many parents out being amid the pandemic extend input in recent days from 18 of ed a 50% drop in hotline calls. er Williams says she and her col- there doing the best under very beyond physical abuse. There are her colleagues across the coun- Comprehensive data on abuse leagues who specialize in child tough circumstances,” he said. worries about children missing try, and “no one has experienced during the pandemic won’t be abuse pediatrics were braced for One of Milner’s top aides, spe- vaccinations as their parents skip the surge of abuse they were available for many months, ac- a pandemic-fueled surge, based cial assistant David Kelly, noted visits to doctors’ offices. expecting.” cording to Milner. on the experiences of 2008. Now that in normal times, a large For children with internet ac- A similar assessment came And whatever the current level she wonders if the recent infusion majority of calls to child abuse cess, weeks away from school from Jerry Milner, who com- of abuse, there’s no question that of federal unemployment assis- hotlines don’t actually trigger have increased the risk of online municates with child protection some of it is horrific. tance may have helped ward off investigations. sexual exploitation, according to agencies nationwide as head of Georgia Boothe of Children’s such an increase. “We know that the majority of Dr. Elizabeth Letourneau. She the Children’s Bureau at the fed- Aid, a private agency that pro- “We’d be really excited if we’re findings of child maltreatment heads the Johns Hopkins Moore eral Department of Health and vides some of New York City’s wrong,” she said. are for neglect, not physical abuse Center for the Prevention of Child Human Services. foster care services, said some At the Children’s Bureau, Mil- or exploitation, and we know that Sexual Abuse. “I’m not aware of any data that of the children now entering the ner says he’s gratified that child there are strong associations be- Letourneau, however, is en- would substantiate that children system were brought in by police protection is deemed a high pri- tween neglect and challenges couraged by one recent trend are being abused at a higher rate officers investigating domestic ority during the pandemic, but he associated with poverty,” Kelly — more older children are call- during the pandemic,” he told violence reports. was troubled by the tone of some of wrote in a June 12 article in the ing hotlines themselves to report The Associated Press. “The level of severity in some of the early warnings. He suggested Chronicle of Social Change. exploitation and abuse. Assessing the risks of flying during the pandemic

Associated Press be closer than the recommended distance of 6 feet to another pas- How risky is flying during the senger now that planes are get- coronavirus pandemic? ting fuller. Flying can increase your risk of American, United and Spirit exposure to infection, but airlines are now booking flights to full ca- are taking some precautions, and pacity when they can. All leading you can as well. U.S. airlines require passengers Air travel means spending time to wear masks. Lauren Ancel in security lines and airport ter- Meyers, an expert in disease out- minals, which puts you into close breaks at the University of Texas, contact with other people. As says that can help limit risk. travel slowly recovers, planes are For air travel, and all other becoming more crowded, which types of transportation, the CDC means you will likely sit close recommends washing your hands, to other people, often for hours, maintaining social distancing and which raises your risk. wearing face coverings. Once on a plane, most viruses Several airlines announced and other germs don’t spread Monday that they will ask pas- easily because of the way air sengers about possible COVID-19 circulates, according to the U.S. symptoms and whether they have Centers for Disease Control and been in contact with someone Prevention. Airlines have also who tested positive for the virus said they are focusing on sanitiz- in the previous two weeks. ing the hard surfaces that passen- Still, Meyers said you still gers commonly touch. might consider whether you need Some airlines like Alaska, to be on that plane. “We should all Delta, JetBlue and Southwest are be in the mindset of ‘only if neces- blocking middle seats or limiting sary’ and always taking the most EMILIO MORENATTI/AP capacity. But even if every mid- precautions we can to protect dle seat is empty, you will likely ourselves and others,” she said. Passengers arrive at the Barcelona airport in Spain on Tuesday . PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK ROUNDUP Voting underway as Texas looks to contain cases Associated Press The state’s Department of Health said at least 20,257 people PLANO — Three months after have tested positive for the virus, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott an increase of 439 from Sunday. postponed primary runoffs to July The department said 5,926 of 14 — saying at the time that stick- those cases are considered ac- ing to the original May election tive, meaning they don’t include “would threaten the health and people who have died or who have safety of many” — Texas is voting recovered. at a moment when the outbreak is The number of people who have far more dire. Confirmed corona- died from COVID-19, the illness virus cases quadrupled in June, caused by the virus, increased Houston hospitals are filling up by one on Monday to 265. The and Abbott is retreating from one number of people hospitalized in- of America’s swiftest reopenings creased by 17 to 300. by shuttering bars and scaling Arkansas’ confirmed virus back restaurant service. cases have been steadily increas- The result is that at a moment ing since last month, when the when Abbott is urging the public state began allowing businesses to stay home, thousands are start- that had closed because of the ing to go to the polls. pandemic to reopen. The number And by the looks of it, even more of active cases in the state have are still going to the gym: At the increased more than 256% since Carpenter Park Recreation Cen- Memorial Day, while the number ter, a polling location in the Dal- of people hospitalized has tripled LM OTERO/AP las suburb of Plano, most of the in that same time period. steady lunchtime traffic heading Katharyn Hernandez, left, her husband, Gilbert Hernandez, right, and their daughter Leigh Ann in on the first day of early voting California Hernandez leave the polling station after casting their ballots in early voting Monday in Plano, Texas. were there to work out, not cast a ballot. SACRAMENTO — Los Angeles TIAA Bank Field, where the NFL New Jersey South Carolina’s total to more will close beaches and ban fire- Jaguars play. The city’s leaders than 34,500. The number of con- A laska works displays over the holiday on Monday enacted a mandatory ATLANTIC CITY — New Jer- firmed deaths rose by four, to at weekend as California officials mask requirement for public and sey Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday least 717. JUNEAU — The Anchorage warned that further restrictions indoor locations, and “in other sit- postponed the resumption of in- At least 11 cities, towns and city attorney said Monday that a may be necessary to curb a trou- uations where individuals cannot door dining, and banned drink- counties are either requiring memo from Alaska Attorney Gen- bling spike in coronavirus cases socially distance.” ing and smoking at Atlantic City’s masks or will soon begin doing eral Kevin Clarkson, exempting in much of the state. casinos as they reopen this week, so, according to news outlets. state buildings from a city mask Large Fourth of July gather- Nevada causing one casino to scrap plans Gov. Henry McMaster has said order meant to guard against ings are “a recipe for increased to reopen anytime soon. he won’t order masks worn state- the coronavirus, “unnecessarily transmission of COVID-19,” Bar- CARSON CITY —As Nevada Murphy said he acted because wide because enforcement would risks” the health of residents who bara Ferrer, Director of Public experiences an uptick in con- of a lack of compliance over the be impossible. work for or do business with state Health for Los Angeles County, firmed cases reported daily, both use of face masks and social dis- agencies. said Monday. rural districts with less than tancing as the coronavirus out- West Virginia Clarkson’s memo “sows confu- The 10-million-resident coun- 100 students and urban districts break continues to rage in many sion” and provides “inaccurate ty hit a one-day record of 2,903 with hundreds of thousands are parts of the country. CHARLESTON — West Vir- legal advice,” Kate Vogel, munici- confirmed cases and more than forming reopening committees The decisions had an imme- ginia Gov. Jim Justice is done pal attorney for Anchorage, said 100,000 overall. responsible for envisioning what diate effect: Atlantic City’s top- talking about why he pushed out in a statement. Ferrer warned Los Angeles school will look like when students performing casino, the Borgata, a top health official during the Anchorage Mayor Ethan could soon be on a “runaway return for the fall semester. dropped its plans to reopen soon. coronavirus pandemic. Berkowitz signed an order Fri- train.” She said the county’s in- In rural northern Nevada, It had planned to hold an invita- The Republican governor de- day requiring face coverings in fection rate among those tested Churchill County School District tion-only “soft opening” Thurs- flected multiple questions Mon- certain indoor public settings, has reached 9%. The state’s rate administrators have been review- day and open its doors to the day about the forced resignation such as stores, restaurants, pub- of former public health commis- is about 5.5%. ing online surveys about remote general public starting July 6. lic transit and communal office sioner Cathy Slemp as he contin- learning and discussing with Now, neither of those things is areas where people from multiple ued to doubt the accuracy of the Florida local officials how to best reopen happening for the immediate fu- households are present. The order state’s virus caseload numbers. before unveiling a plan. Superin- ture, and it was unclear late Mon- took effect Monday and contains ST. PETERSBURG — Hun- Justice has said he thinks the tendent Summer Stephens said day whether the one-two punch numerous exceptions, including dreds of people lined up at corona- state’s active caseload may have parents were worried about child of a smoking and drinking ban for young children and people virus testing sites around Florida been overstated, floating the idea care and whether remote learn- would cause other casinos to post- who cannot tolerate a mask for on Monday as the state remained pone their reopenings as well. that the tally could be exagger- health reasons. in the virus’s grip. ing would allow students to grasp ated by around 300 cases while In a memo to state workers St. Petersburg Police said on material to the same extent as South Carolina providing little detail. He has Friday, Clarkson said the may- Twitter that a testing site located classroom learning. blamed Slemp, who has worked or’s order does not apply to state at Tropicana Field — where the Las Vegas has faced a barrage COLUMBIA — South Caro- for decades in public health, and buildings and facilities in An- Tampa Bay Rays baseball team of concern and questions from lina hospitals now hold more than suggested she was responsible for chorage. The memo says Gov. normally plays — closed early workers, business owners and 1,000 patients with confirmed or the discrepancy before having Mike Dunleavy supports state because it was at capacity, shortly public health officials about its suspected cases of COVID-19, her removed from her post last employees who choose to wear after 8 a.m. plans to reopen its tourism indus- and more than 10 localities have week. face coverings. The site ran out of tests, of- try, which attracts almost 50 mil- ordered people to wear masks to Hours after Justice’s news con- ficials said. More than five hun- lion visitors annually. But to John fight transmission of the corona- ference, the West Virginia De- Arkansas dred people lined up in their cars Vellardita, executive director of virus that causes the disease. partment of Health and Human for testing. Police said the Florida the Clark County Education Asso- There are now 1,032 such pa- Resources said caseload discrep- LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas’ Department of Health and Bay- ciation, the challenge of planning tients, the Department of Health ancies emerged because local confirmed coronavirus cases Care, a hospital system asked to bring almost 400,000 people and Environmental Control re- health departments didn’t clear now exceed 20,000 people, health people to “try again” when test- through the region’s schools each ported Monday. active cases from the state’s elec- officials said Monday as they an- ing resumed Tuesday at 7 a.m. week without creating more coro- The department said that 1,320 tronic reporting system, and that nounced an additional death from In Jacksonville, more than 300 navirus hot spots is incredibly new cases of the disease caused the DHHR didn’t follow up to the illness caused by the virus. cars lined up for testing at the daunting. by the new coronavirus brought verify the data. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 VIRUS OUTBREAK Budget woes might halt drive-up citizenship

BY BEN FOX scrutiny of applications, said AND MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Capps, director of research for Associated Press U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute. DETROIT — A 60-year-old U.K. citizen drove into a Detroit Acting Deputy Department of parking garage on a recent after- Homeland Security Secretary noon, lowered the window of her Ken Cuccinelli presided over a SUV to swear an oath, and left as naturalization ceremony Mon- a newly minted American. day in Washington for 20 people, It took less than 30 minutes. including an Afghan interpreter Anita Rosenberger is among credited with saving five U.S. sol- thousands of people around the diers. “Welcome to you and your country who have taken the final country from a grateful nation,“ step to citizenship this month he said later on Twitter. under COVID-19 social-distanc- Others who are sworn in are ing rules that have turned what as varied as the country. Rosen- has long been a patriotic rite of berger, whose father brought her passage into something more like a visit to a fast-food restaurant. to the U.S. in 1968 so he could “It was a nice experience in work for an electronics manu- spite of the fact that I was in the facturer, put off applying for citi- car by myself with a mask on,” zenship for years in part because said Rosenberger, a sales manag- she liked having a U.K. passport. er for an electronics component Then, when she did attempt it, company from suburban Detroit. her paperwork was lost. She reap- “And I will say that I will remem- plied in November. “I thought, the ber this.” way this country is going I better Similar drive-thru ceremonies CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/AP get my citizenship now.” are being held around the coun- Others are more recent arriv- try, but perhaps for not much People tak e the Oath of Allegiance during a drive-thru naturalization ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa, on als. Mulugeta Turuneh came to longer. U.S. Citizenship and Im- Friday. Thousands of people are participating in such ceremonies as the country has resumed swearing migration Services says a budget in new citizens, but a budget crisis at the citizenship agency is threatening to stall ceremonies again. the United States as a refugee crisis could force the agency to from Eritrea in 2011 and settled furlough nearly three-quarters of $4.8 billion budget from fees it The agency said there were about in Iowa City, where he works as a its workforce, severely curtailing charges to people who apply to ‘ It was a nice 110,000 people waiting to take the truck driver. He took the oath Fri- operations as tens of thousands of live or work in the country. Reve- oath when they shut down in-per- day in Des Moines after a delay people wait to become citizens. nue was already in decline under experience in spite son operations in March because of several months because of the That could have potential po- Trump, whose administration of the fact that I was of the virus. It said it expects to outbreak. litical consequences, especially has imposed a number of immi- work through the backlog by the “God bless America,” Turuneh in states such as Michigan and gration restrictions. The agency in the car by myself end of July, thanks in part to cer- said afterward. “I’m so happy Florida where the number of says COVID-19 caused it to drop with a mask on. And emonies like the one held at the here. Everything is nice. Every- newly naturalized Americans al- by half. federal building in Detroit or sim- thing is cool.” ready exceeds the narrow margin “The effects of the coronavirus I will say that I will ilar ones outside a minor league Iris Lapipan, who came to the of victory for President Donald pandemic are long reaching and baseball stadium in Des Moines, remember this. U.S. from the Philippines as a Trump in 2016. pervasive, leaving few unscathed ’ Iowa, and a community recre- “I wouldn’t be surprised if you in its wake,” Acting Director Jo- Anita Rosenberger ation center near San Diego. child in the 1990s, was among have several hundred thousand seph Edlow said. new American citizen Some in Congress have pushed those naturalizing at a recreation people who are not in a position In written responses to ques- to allow virtual swearing-in cer- center in El Cajon, Calif. She said to vote in this election but would tions, the agency says it would emonies, but the agency has she is looking forward to being have been if business had been pay back the money it receives refused. able to travel outside the United provide an important source of progressing normally at USCIS,” from Congress with a 10% sur- Behind those waiting for the States and participate in the elec- revenue for USCIS. said Randy Capps of the Migra- charge on fees. ceremony are a long line of some tion. She said she was leaning “The agency has really moved tion Policy Institute. “That’s been While the agency cites the pan- 700,000 people who have submit- toward former Vice President everyone’s concern.” demic for its budget woes, im- away from its mission and be- ted applications for naturalization, come more of an enforcement Joe Biden. “I’m excited that I The citizenship agency has not migration experts and a USCIS facing an average time to process can vote, especially with what is employee union say other factors agency that carries out the agen- that has risen to 10 months from detailed publicly how it will op- going on now,” she said. erate if it doesn’t get $1.2 billion include administration policies of da of the Trump administration,” six months in the last year of the Rosenberger is leaning the in emergency funding from Con- devoting more resources to vet- said Diego Iniguez-Lopez, policy Obama administration. gress before Aug. 3. It said in a ting applications and searching and campaigns manager for the That backlog has a number of other way, saying she is gener- written response to questions that for fraud. National Partnership for New causes, including a surge in inter- ally conservative and would most “all USCIS operations will be im- The administration has also Americans, an immigrant advo- est due to the election of a presi- likely support Trump. “Now that pacted by a furlough“ that covers halted a number of programs — cacy organization. dent who has made restricting I’m a citizen I’m very excited more than 13,000 workers. including a recent freeze on H-1B USCIS typically swears in immigration a centerpiece of his about voting,“ she said. “You have USCIS derives nearly all its visas for skilled workers — that 15,000 new citizens per week. administration and the increased the right now, so use it.” Studies: 285 US children developed serious virus-linked condition

Associated Press children died among the 285 in lems affecting at least two organs Hospital. She is a lead researcher lated problems, which included the new studies. that could include the heart, kid- for a multistate study that includes coronary aneurysms — a bulge in At least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammato- Including cases in Europe, neys, lungs, skin or other nervous CDC scientists. The second paper a heart artery that can be fatal. ry condition linked to the corona- where it was first reported, about system. involved 99 children in New York “Those need to be followed up,” virus and while most recovered, 1,000 children worldwide have Digestive symptoms including state, where the first U.S. cases Randolph said. “This is a life- the potential for long-term or per- been affected, a journal editorial nausea and diarrhea are com- occurred. threatening concern for a lot of manent damage is unknown, two said. mon. Some children may have Combined, the papers show patients.” new studies suggest. The federal Centers for Dis- symptoms resembling Kawasaki 285 cases from March thru mid Most affected children had no The papers, published online ease Control and Prevention’s disease, a rare condition in chil- to late May but Randolph said ad- other health condition but about Monday in the New England Jour- case definition includes current dren that can cause swelling and ditional U.S. children have been 30% were obese. The condition nal of Medicine, provide the full- or recent COVID-19 infection or heart problems. diagnosed in June. also appears to disproportion- est report yet on the condition. exposure to the virus; a fever of At least 35 states have had Most had current or recent ately affect Latino and Black chil- The condition is known as mul- at least 100.4 for at least 24 hours; cases, and they seem to crop up a COVID-19 infections but had pre- dren and boys. tisystem inflammatory syndrome severe illness requiring hospital- few weeks after local COVID-19 viously been healthy. The average age was 8 years in children. It is considered un- ization; inflammatory markers in activity peaks, said Dr. Adrienne About 80% of children in the old. Researchers don’t know if common and deaths are rare; six blood tests, and evidence of prob- Randolph of Boston Children’s multistate study had heart-re- adults can be affected. PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 NATION Air Force sergeant indicted in federal guard killing

Associated Press murder of a person assisting an pected to be appointed a lawyer. attempted murder in connection of other militia-type groups. officer or employee of the United A week after the shooting in to the Ben Lomond incident. Authorities accused Carrillo of OAKLAND, Calif. — A fed- States and attempted murder of a Oakland, Carrillo allegedly am- Federal prosecutors have eral grand jury indicted an Air fatally shooting Underwood from person assisting an officer or em- bushed sheriff’s deputies in Santa linked Carrillo with the charges a white van after developing a Force sergeant for murder and ployee of the U.S., the San Fran- Cruz County who were respond- to an extremist, anti-government attempted murder after he al- plot with Robert Alvin Justus Jr., cisco Chronicle reported. ing to a report of a van containing group called the Boogaloo move- of Millbrae. The pair allegedly legedly killed a federal security Carrillo is accused of spraying firearms and bomb-making ma- ment. The group started in alt- drove to Oakland and took advan- guard in Northern California and bullets across a guard shack May terials. Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, right culture on the internet with tage of the distraction afforded by wounded his partner amid pro- 29 in front of a federal building 38, was killed and several other the belief that there is an impend- tests against police brutality, a in Oakland, killing 53-year-old law enforcement officials were ing civil war, according to ex- protesters marching through the judge said Monday. David Patrick Underwood and wounded, according to authori- perts. The movement’s followers, city’s downtown in a demonstra- Magistrate Judge Laurel Beel- wounding another official. ties and court records. some of whom call themselves tion against police brutality. Jus- er told Steven Carrillo, 32, that Carrillo did not enter a plea Prosecutors in Santa Cruz “Boogaloo Bois,” are generally tus is accused of driving the van. the grand jury charged him in Monday. His case was continued charged Carrillo with a slew of younger and more likely to turn Justus was arraigned on Friday, the indictment with first-degree until Thursday, when he is ex- felonies, including murder and to acts of violence than members and entered a not-guilty plea. Golden State Killer admits to murders, rapes for life in prison

Associated Press avoid the death penalty. 150 observers at a safe distance “It was the clenched teeth and, during the pandemic. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gay you know, the breathy voice, so The seemingly frail and feeble Hardwick stood arm-in-arm with her husband to face a criminal there really wasn’t any resem- 74-year-old ex-cop, who once dubbed the Golden State Killer blance — there isn’t any resem- busted into bedrooms spewing and couldn’t recognize the elder- blance to the old man that sits expletives and threatening to use ly man hunched in a wheelchair before us today,” Gay Hardwick a .357 Magnum to blow the heads as the sadistic rapist who had ter- said. “I’m not sure that a lot of off anyone who moved, seemed rorized them 42 years earlier. that isn’t feigned.” lost as he turned to his lawyer DeAngelo, who hid behind a each time a prosecutor recited In a hushed and raspy voice, RICH PEDRONCELLI/AP Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. — a ski mask during his crimes, sat the lurid details of attacks that serial rapist before he became behind a clear plastic shield to terrified a swath of Northern Cal- Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., known as the Golden State Killer, a serial killer — acknowledged allow surviving victims and their ifornia in the 1970s. huddles with public defender Diane Howard, during a hearing in in two words, “I admit,” that he families to see his face even as But where some saw a frail and Sacramento, Calif., on Monday where he pleaded guilty to 13 had attacked the couple in 1978 they wore masks to prevent pos- confused man, others saw a mas- murders, and dozens of other crimes to avoid the death penalty. as he pleaded guilty Monday to sible spread of the coronavirus. ter manipulator. 13 murders, and admitted dozens The court hearing was held at a The day before his arrest in to lose police who were tailing later, he looked like the lost man of rapes and crimes too old to be Sacramento State University ball- 2018, DeAngelo weaved his mo- him, prosecutors said. When he who listed sideways Monday with prosecuted as part of a deal to room to accommodate more than torcycle through freeway traffic appeared in a court two days his mouth half open. Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Trump’s border wall

Associa ted Press hear an appeal involving construction of that allows the secretary of Homeland Se- wall construction during the Trump 145 miles of steel-bollard walls along the curity to waive any laws necessary to allow administration. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is border in Arizona, California, New Mexico the quick construction of border fencing. Last year, the high court gave the admin- leaving in place a decision that rejected en- and Texas. The groups had argued that violates the istration the go-ahead to tap billions of dol- vironmental groups’ challenge to sections The Center for Biological Diversity, the Constitution’s separation of powers. But a lars in Pentagon funds to replace barriers of wall the Trump administration is build- Animal Legal Defense Fund, Defenders of lower court dismissed the case. along the border with Mexico in Arizona, ing along the U.S. border with Mexico. Wildlife, and the Southwest Environmen- This is not the first time the Su- California and New Mexico with more ro- The high court on Monday declined to tal Center had challenged a federal law preme Court has weighed in on border bust fencing. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 NATION Split high court throws out Louisiana abortion clinic limit

Associated Press away at abortion access. immigrants who were brought The key vote belonged to to the U.S. as children. The other WASHINGTON — A divided Roberts, who had always voted extended federal employment- Supreme Court on Monday struck against abortion rights before, discrimination protections to down a Louisiana law regulat- including in a 2016 case in which LGBT Americans, a decision that ing abortion clinics, reasserting PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP a commitment to abortion rights the court struck down a Texas Justice Neil Gorsuch also joined over fierce opposition from dis- law that was virtually identical to and wrote. Terrisa Bukovinac holds a model of a fetus along with other anti- senting conservative justices in the one in Louisiana. In dissent on Monday, Justice abortion protesters outside the Supreme Court on Monday. the first big abortion case of the The chief justice explained that Clarence Thomas wrote, “Today Trump era. he continues to think the Texas a majority of the Court perpetu- Chief Justice John Roberts and case was wrongly decided, but be- ates its ill-founded abortion juris- Iowa governor signs abortion his four more liberal colleagues lieves it’s important for the court prudence by enjoining a perfectly ruled that a law that requires to stand by its prior decisions. legitimate state law and doing so law amid court challenge doctors who perform abortions “The result in this case is con- without jurisdiction.” trolled by our decision four years Trump’s two high-court picks, must have admitting privileges at Associated Press nearby hospitals violates abortion ago invalidating a nearly identi- Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, now decide whether to halt imme- diately enforcement of the new rights the court first announced cal Texas law,” Roberts wrote. were in dissent, along with Sam- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on in the landmark Roe v. Wade de- He did not join the opinion writ- uel Alito. Monday signed into law a bill that law, which was set to take effect cision in 1973. ten by Justice Stephen Breyer The presence of the new jus- requires women to wait 24 hours Wednesday. The outcome is far from the for the other liberals in Monday’s tices is what had fueled hopes before getting an abortion, try- Planned Parenthood claims in last word on the decadeslong decision, and his position left among abortion opponents, and ing again to institute a restriction a lawsuit filed last week that the fight over abortion with dozens of abortion-rights supporters more fears on the other side, that the similar to one struck down two bill is unconstitutional in the way state-imposed restrictions wind- relieved than elated. Supreme Court would be more years ago by the Iowa Supreme it was passed in the night without ing their way through the courts. The case was the third in two likely to uphold restrictions. Court. public debate. The group argues But the decision was a surprising weeks in which Roberts, a George The Trump administration had Reynolds signed the measure that the bill also violates the due defeat for abortion opponents, W. Bush appointee, joined the sided with Louisiana in urging into law just after lawyers rep- process and equal protection who thought that a new conserva- court’s liberals in the majority. the court to uphold the law. resenting Planned Parenthood rights of women seeking an abor- tive majority with two of Presi- One of the earlier decisions pre- White House Press Secretary of the Heartland and the state tion, much like a 72-hour wait- dent Donald Trump’s appointees served the legal protections and Kayleigh McEnany criticized the wrapped up arguments before a ing period law the Iowa Supreme on board would start chipping work authorization for 650,000 decision. state court judge. The court must Court struck down in 2018. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Police catch escaped murder suspect

HOLDEN — A West WV Virginia man accused of murder was captured by au- thorities Sunday night after he escaped from a transport van earlier in the day, police said. Dominick Joseph McClung, 18, escaped from a parked Donald R. Kuhn Juvenile Center trans- port van at a convenience store Sunday at 4:30 p.m., news outlets reported. McClung was captured by State Police around 8 p.m. and was booked in the South Western Regional Jail. McClung was arrested last fall and charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the death of 68-year-old Karen Yeager. W orkers fired after swastika found on pizza

BROOK PARK — OH Two employees were fired after an Ohio couple who purchased a pizza at Little Cae- sars found that pepperonis had been placed to form a backward swastika. Misty and Jason Laska made the discovery when they opened the box that they had purchased at the store on Smith Road on Saturday. The Laskas said they tried call- ing the store, but were unable to reach anyone. Little Caesar Enterprises re- leased a statement to WOIO-TV: “We have zero tolerance for rac- ism and discrimination in any form, and these franchise store CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP employees were immediately terminated. We’re deeply disap- pointed that this happened, as Quick dip at dusk this conduct is completely against our values.” A family cools off in Shawnee Mission Lake at dusk on Sunday in Lenexa, Kan. The 120-acre lake is part of Shawnee Mission Park, which is A t least 6 sickened by the second largest park in the county and the most visited park in the state. recalled salad mixes to followers on the social media use the gift of a home. platform TikTok. THE CENSUS BISMARCK — At “I said that if I got 2,000 likes Ship collision likely led ND least six people in I would jump in the tank,” Wise The approximate size in acres a Utah wildfire grew to North Dakota have been sickened said. “I got way more than that after forcing out residents of several houses and an to death of whale with an illness associated with and didn’t want to be a liar.” apartment building early Sunday. Officials said the fire bagged salad mixes, according to Bass Pro Shops filed a com- 500 was started by fireworks, and a suspect was cooperating MONMOUTH BEACH the state Department of Health. plaint with the Bossier City Police with law enforcement, Utah Fire Info said in a tweet. No NJ — Preliminary observa- The cases are part of a larger Department Friday, saying it cost injuries and only minor structural damage were immediately reported, and some tions of a dead rare whale off the outbreak occurring in Midwest- them to empty out the 13,000-gal- residents who evacuated were later allowed to return. coast of New Jersey are consis- ern states. All six in North Dakota lon aquarium and clean it after tent with a collision with a ship, ate Marketside brand salad. Wise’s swim, KTAL-TV reported. federal authorities said. The mixed salads were sold Wise was charged with simple A legal challenge brought by rican lion, Elsa, died last year. The whale was a North Atlan- at Hy-Vee, Jewel-Osco and Aldi criminal damage to property and Rocky Mountain Gun Owners Two male lions remain: Jimmy tic right whale and its carcass grocery stores and are contami- released with a citation to appear and the National Association for and Zarin. was found Friday off Monmouth nated with cyclospora, a parasite in court, police said. Gun Rights was based on the gun Beach, N.J. The whales number that can cause flu-like symptoms. rights’ provision in the Colorado Veteran gets new home only about 400 and they are vul- The other brands are Hy-Vee and State Supreme Court Constitution, which expressly nerable to collisions with ships Little Salad Bar. protects the right of people to thanks to nonprofit and fatal entanglements in fish- Consumers in 12 states are af- upholds magazine limit be armed to defend their homes, ing gear. fected by a recall of the products property and themselves. COVENTRY — An The National Oceanic and At- Army veteran has be- which have sickened dozens of DENVER — The Colo- RI mospheric Administration said come the first person in Rhode people, including some who were CO rado Supreme Court the whale has been identified as a 13-year-old female lion Island to receive a mortgage-free hospitalized. on Monday upheld the state’s ban male calf. The whale was the first on large capacity gun magazines, home from a national foundation at zoo dies from illness of 10 reported calves from the saying limiting magazines to 15 that supports military members 2019-20 season, NOAA said. Police reel in man seen rounds does not prevent people KNOXVILLE — A injured in combat. Philip Hamilton, a research swimming in fish tank from bearing arms to defend Tennessee zoo has lost Sgt. Bryan Cline said this week TN scientist with the New England themselves as required by the its second female African lion to that being handed the keys to his Aquarium in Boston and manager BOSSIER CITY — Po- state constitution. illness in the past year. Coventry home is “an amazing of the North Atlantic Right Whale LA lice in Louisiana were The law was passed in 2013, Zoo Knoxville officials an- feeling,“ according to WJAR-TV. able to reel in a man captured on a year after the Aurora theater nounced the death of a 13-year-old Originally from Arizona, Cline Catalog, said the death of the ani- video swimming through a fish shooting, to limit the number of lionness named Ann on Saturday, and his family were selected to mal is “distressing and yet an- tank at a sporting goods store. deaths in mass shootings. While the Knoxville News Sentinel re- receive a mortgage-free home other setback for an endangered Kevin Wise, 26, told KSLA-TV large capacity magazines were ported. She died of suspected courtesy of Citizens Bank and species we are working tirelessly that he plunged into the indoor used in the Columbine and Auro- complications after undergoing the Military Warriors Support to protect.” The whales have suf- aquarium at a Bass Pro Shop in ra shootings, opponents of the law surgery for an infection. Foundation. fered from poor reproduction and Bossier City last week to follow said they have also been widely Ann was born at the zoo in There’s a competitive vetting high mortality in recent years. through on a promise he made used by gun owners. 2006. The zoo’s other female Af- process for veterans who could From wire reports Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 FACES Country artists slammed over shows Fellow musicians, fans react to crowds without masks in concert photos, videos

BY KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press

AP Fellow musicians and fans alike are criti- cizing country artists who performed at Carl Reiner, a presence on the outdoor concerts last weekend where social comedy scene from the 1950s media pictures showed large, tight crowds through the “Oceans Eleven” without masks, even as COVID-19 cases re- movies in the early 2000s, died surge in the U.S. Monday. He was 98. Country singer Chase Rice posted video of his concert in East Tennessee with the words Comedy legend “We Back,” on the same week state health offi- Carl Reiner dies cials reported the big- gest one-day jump in Carl Reiner, the ingenious and people testing positive versatile writer, actor and direc- for the coronavirus. tor who broke through as a “sec- Country star Kelsea ond banana” to Sid Caesar and Ballerini called Rice rose to comedy’s front ranks as “selfish” for risking creator of “The Dick Van Dyke people’s health by play- Show” and straight man to Mel ing in front of a large Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has crowd. Americana star died. He was 98. Jason Isbell also indi- Rice Reiner’s assistant Judy Nagy rectly piled on, saying said he died Monday night of nat- some country artists AP ural causes at his home in Beverly were “so broke” they played concerts over Chris Janson, shown performing last year at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, performed Hills, Calif. the weekend “regardless of what might hap- at an outdoor festival in Filer, Idaho, last weekend. A label representative for Janson said The tall, bald Reiner, who pen to their non-isolated, maskless audi- Highway 30 Music Fest organizers “assured all performers and concert attendees they served in the Army during World ence!” Country singer Mickey Guyton said were safe and following all local guidelines.” War II, was one of show busi- video of the crowd at Rice’s concert made her ness’ best-liked men. He was a sick to her stomach. welcome face on the small and measures, to adding stanchions, to convert- Festival organizers “assured all perform- Rice addressed the controversy on Mon- ing the space to drive-in style concerts, to ers and concert attendees they were safe and silver screens, in Caesar’s 1950s day in a social media post in which he said, troupe, as the snarling, toupee- postponing shows,” said Brian May, who following all local guidelines,” a label repre- “There’s a lot of varying opinions, lot of dif- wearing Alan Brady of “The Dick co-owns the former Brushy Mountain State sentative for Janson said in a statement. ferent opinions on COVID-19, how it works Van Dyke Show” and in such fi lms Penitentiary, where the concert was held. A statement from the Highway 30 Music with live music, crowds.” He said that fans’ as “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad May said the venue has a normal capac- Fest said they added more bleachers so fans safety is a huge priority and said his next World.” ity of 10,000, but only 954 tickets were sold could spread out and be socially distant, al- show will be a drive-in show in Kentucky. He Films he directed included “Oh, in advance and state guidelines allowed for though a recap video on their social media God!” starring George Burns and asked fans to “please go by the rules, please 50% capacity in an outdoor venue. May also account showed some crowding at the front John Denver; and “All of Me,” go by the laws.” said they asked all guests to wear masks and of stages and hardly any people wearing with Steve Martin and Lily Tom- The owner of the venue where Rice played had signs encouraging social distance. masks. lin. in Tennessee said the concert was approved Country singer Chris Janson also played “Chris was one of two dozen performers In recent years, he was part of by both city and county officials. an outdoor music festival in Filer, Idaho, to fulfill a contractual obligation after being the roguish gang in the “Ocean’s “We are reevaluating the series from the where the governor decided to keep the state told that last weekend’s event would adhere Eleven” movies starring George top to bottom following the inaugural show on at stage 4 of reopening despite a recent surge to all safety and social distancing protocols,” Clooney. June 27 — from implementing further safety in infections. the statement read. Reiner’s son, actor-director Rob Reiner, said in a tweet Tues- day that his “heart is hurting. He was my guiding light.” New this week: ‘Hamilton,’ Willie and Whitney Carl Reiner won multiple Em- mys for his television work. In 2000, he received the Kennedy Associated Press genres of moviemaking and they can feel like that right. The legend Willie Nelson will re- diametric opposites. One is harshly bright lease his 70th studio album, “First Rose of Center Mark Twain Prize for Hu- Here’s a collection curated by The Asso- and mapped across open plains, the other mor. ciated Press’ entertainment journalists of Spring,” on Friday. The album was origi- is cloaked in shadow and hustles down dark what’s arriving on TV, streaming services nally supposed to drop in April days before Other news and music platforms this week. urban alleyways. But a new series, beginning he turned 87, but was pushed back because Sunday on the Criterion Channel, finds com- of the coronavirus pandemic. “First Rose of The MTV Video Music Movies mon ground in a batch of post-WWII films of Spring” features two new songs as well as Awards will go ahead despite the frontier gloom, including Anthony Mann’s Nelson’s interpretations of tunes written by coronavirus pandemic. An MTV “Hamilton”: Disney Plus does not want to “The Naked Spur” (1953), with Jimmy Stew- others, including Chris Stapleton and Toby spokesperson confirmed to The throw away its shot. On Friday, the stream- art and Robert Ryan; Robert Wise’s “Blood Keith. Associated Press on Monday that ing service will debut the much-anticipated on the Moon” (1948), with Robert Mitchum; — AP Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu the show will take place Aug. 30 live capture of the hit Broadway show. With and Fritz Lang’s “Rancho Notorious,” with at the Barclays Center in Brook- Broadway theaters dark until at least early Marlene Dietrich. Television lyn, N.Y. January, it’s the closest anyone can get right — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle Nicole Young, Dr. Dre’s wife now to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pop-culture Americans who take voting for granted of 24 years, filed documents seek- sensation — and, at least this way, tickets are Music may get inspiration from “The Vote,” a two- ing to end her marriage with Dr. far easier to come by. The PG-13 film was part, four-hour PBS documentary marking Dre — the producer, rapper and Whitney Houston: Thirty-five years ago shot in summer 2016 during two “Hamilton” the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amend- music mogul whose real name is performances with the original cast, and it the icon Whitney Houston released her self- Andre Young — Monday in Los titled debut album, taking over radio station ment that gave women the vote. Part one comes complete with an intermission. details the work of suffrage pioneers and the Angeles County Superior Court. “John Lewis: Good Trouble”: “There are across the world with anthems like “You Give clash between the rights of African American She cited irreconcilable differ- forces today trying to take us back to an- Good Love,” “Saving All My Love for You,” women and efforts to gain support in former ences as the reason for the split. other time,” says the Civil Rights leader and “How Will I Know” and “Greatest Love of AMC Theaters, the nation’s Congressman John Lewis in the opening of All.” To commemorate its milestone anni- Confederate states. The second half further largest chain, is pushing back its Dawn Porter’s documentary. “We have miles versary, Sony’s Legacy Recordings is releas- explores the role of race and the decision to plans to begin reopening theaters to go.” Few voices have echoed louder and ing a 2 LP vinyl version of the 13x platinum focus on passage of a federal amendment. following the closure because of more truthfully through the last 55 years of album on Tuesday. The package will also Emmy-winning filmmaker Michelle Ferra- COVID-19. The company said it American life than the 80-year-old Lewis. include a second album — the U.S. release ri’s “The Vote” aired Monday and Tuesday would open approximately 450 Porter’s film, debuting on-demand Friday, is of the “Whitney Dancin’ Special” EP/remix on PBS’ “American Experience,” but it’s U.S. locations July 30 and the re- a sturdy vessel for Lewis’ story. album — which was previously released only coming to AFN on July 8 and 9. (It also can maining 150 the following week. “Western Noir”: Film noir and the West- in Japan in 1986. be viewed at pbs.org.) From wire reports ern are the two great, intrinsically American Willie Nelson: Lucky No. 70. You read — AP Television Writer Lynn Elber PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Marci Hoffman, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Ruling lets agency still protect consumers Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY RICHARD CORDRAY Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff court did invalidate the independent ten- though these stones initially were thrown Special to The Washington Post ure of the CFPB’s single director, seven of at me, in the hopes of ousting me or at the nine justices stopped right there and least intimidating the CFPB into doing EDITORIAL or six years, I served as the refused to go further. By carefully slicing less for consumers, they now are landing first director of the Consumer off the tenure protections for the director, on a different target. Kraninger had been Terry Leonard, Editor Financial Protection Bureau. In they left all other aspects of the agency in confirmed for a five-year term lasting to [email protected] F2010, Congress determined that place. In fact, Chief Justice John Roberts December 2023. But after today’s ruling, Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor this important new agency should have a pointedly noted that “the CFPB’s structure she can be dismissed at any time — includ- [email protected] single leader, with independent tenure pro- and duties remain fully operative without ing Jan. 20, 2021, when a new president Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content tections, to make the hard decisions about the offending tenure restriction.” may take office. If that happens, the tenor [email protected] how best to protect consumers against big At least for the foreseeable future, this of the agency’s work is sure to change banks and financial companies. “losing” verdict represents a big victory once again, this time tipping back toward Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation Our aggressive work to protect people for consumers, in three respects. First, strongly protecting consumers and their [email protected] from being cheated and mistreated under- this case was the last gasp for the CFPB’s families. Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital standably aroused opposition from some opponents, who had hoped to dismember In the long run, the practical effects of the [email protected] of these powerful companies. And so, ever it through the courts. No tenable constitu- case are also likely to be limited: It means since, the financial industry has been pep- tional challenges remain to the bureau’s simply that each new president will likely pering the bureau with various challenges considerable authority. As no less an appoint a new CFPB director, in much BUREAU STAFF to its constitutionality. Among them was avowed critic than former acting director the same way he or she will appoint new Europe/Mideast the claim that a single director of an agen- Mick Mulvaney has grudgingly conceded, Cabinet members. The broader question is Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief cy wielding so much power does not square the CFPB “is not going anywhere,” and whether this ruling will encourage further [email protected] with strong notions of presidential control it is “going to play an important role in challenges from conservative academics +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 over the executive branch of the govern- government.” trying to dismantle the independence of ment. Some courts accepted this claim; Second, the constitutional challenges other federal agencies, such as the Federal Pacific Reserve or the Federal Communications Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief others rejected it. Eventually, the case had repeatedly impeded the bureau’s en- [email protected] found its way to the Supreme Court, and forcement work in many cases. Just as the Commission. Those more far-reaching ar- +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 Monday, in Seila Law v. Consumer Finan- agency’s lawyers were trying to focus the guments were vigorously presented in this cial Protection Bureau, the court issued a court on predatory or deceptive actions by case, but they fell far short of the mark, Washington 5-4 ruling striking down the bureau’s lead- certain companies, those companies would with only Justices Clarence Thomas and Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief ership structure as unconstitutional. throw the constitutional flag to gum up the Neil Gorsuch taking the bait. [email protected] As with any type of fishing, doctrinal (+1)(202)886-0033 On its face, that sounds like a major blow. works. By raising these arguments, they Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News The court’s holding that the agency was secured delays that stretched for months change at the Supreme Court requires [email protected] established in an unconstitutional man- or even years to prevent the courts from immense patience. Perhaps in another de- ner might seem to jeopardize everything addressing their conduct. Now, with the cade or two, we will get more answers. We CIRCULATION it does and all that it has ever done. Cer- constitutional issue definitively settled by don’t have to wait, however, to grasp the good news that the justices delivered Mon- Mideast tainly, when the financial companies first the highest court in the land, those tactics began raising these claims, they did so will no longer be effective. day for American consumers: The CFPB Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager is here to stay. [email protected] with a desire to put the CFPB out of busi- Third, and most ironically, the immedi- [email protected] ness once and for all. ate effect of the court’s decision is to cut off Richard Cordray was the first director of the DSN (314)583-9111 But that is not the upshot of the deci- protections for the one director currently Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He is the author of “Watchdog: How Protecting Consumers Europe sion. If anything, this ruling is a sheep affected by the case: President Donald Can Save Our Families, Our Economy, and Our Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager that comes in wolf’s clothing. Although the Trump’s appointee, Kathy Kraninger. Al- Democracy.” [email protected] [email protected] +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 Pacific Mari Mori, [email protected] Why media’s move to capitalize ‘Black’ is a win +81-3 6385.3171; DSN (315)227.7333 BY SHIRLEY CARSWELL CONTACT US The shift in sensibilities over time is sig- a capital “B.” But there is not uniformity Special to The Washington Post nificant. In the past century, references to among black Americans about black vs. people of African descent have gone from Black. 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I was cial differences at a time when the focus and resentment of implications that it elated to find a historical record of his sus- should be tearing down race constructs OMBUDSMAN doesn’t rate capitalization, I would tell picious death, confirming family folklore, them that “I get it, but it’s not my call.” but horrified that the headline and story created to elevate those of European de- Ernie Gates I referred them to the Associated Press in the weekly Hawkinsville Dispatch and scent over those they enslaved. 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Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 17 OPINION BLM, academic conservatives share this concern

BY CHARLES LANE terest group to get its way in public policy to fight union public service capture. For The Washington Post varies according to size, with large, diverse political reasons, however, Walker hypo- groups counterintuitively less capable than critically exempted police unions, though lack Lives Matter, and the small, narrowly defined groups. In the lat- in the wake of George Floyd’s death in broader national movement for ter, the tangible benefits of collective ac- Minneapolis police custody, the now-for- police reform it has spawned, is tion to an average group member are more mer governor has reconsidered. Ba left-progressive phenomenon likely to outweigh the costs in money, time Meanwhile, Democrats receive millions whose demands ironically validate cer- and effort. of dollars from public-sector unions, in- tain long-standing concerns of academic That incentive structure is especially cluding the American Federation of State, conservatives. strong in groups where a common purpose County and Municipal Employees, whose In large part, the movement’s goal is to — either in the positive sense of a noble 1.4 million members include 90,000 union- break the influence that police, through mission or the negative sense of defense ized police and corrections officers. union contracts and protective legislation, against outsiders — reinforces economic This is a sensitive issue for AFSCME have acquired over governmental process- interests. and its Democratic allies, because criti- es that are supposed to ensure they deliver Police and their unions illustrate Olson’s cism of undue police union power could public goods — law enforcement and safety arguments on all counts. Neither he nor lead to wider questioning of organized — on a fair and impartial basis. Stigler would be surprised by research labor’s heavy influence over other public Policing, therefore, exemplifies how a showing an inverse relationship between services, such as education. governmental function can be “captured” accountability for police misconduct and AFSCME President Lee Saunders de- by a special interest group — in this case, the rise of police collective bargaining in nied in a recent USA Today op-ed that the agency’s employees themselves. the past 50-plus years. (Thirty-two states police-union contracts provide “a shield And it was right-of-center economists — now have it.) for misconduct or criminal behavior.” He Mancur Olson of the University of Mary- Undoubtedly, police have legitimate con- portrayed the non-AFSCME Minneapolis land and George Stigler of the University cerns and interests, and a right to represen- of Chicago, to name two — who elaborated tation in appropriate forums, political and GENE J. PUSKAR/AP police union and its militantly pro-Trump theories of special interest groups and gov- bureaucratic — just as corporations have a president as exceptions to a more enlight- A group of protesters is suing Pittsburgh ened rule. ernment-agency capture in the 1960s and right to a fair hearing before regulators. city and police officials, saying officers 1970s. Yet The Wall Street Journal’s finding Invoking striking African American used unnecessary, excessive force to sanitation workers with whom the Rev. To be sure, Stigler focused on the ways that half of all Minneapolis officers who disperse this crowd protesting against corporations captured economic regula- faced criminal charges in the past 15 years Martin Luther King Jr. marched in Mem- police brutality on June 1, and that phis, Tenn., Saunders wrote: “Just as it was tors who were supposed to control them; are still on the job suggests they are getting officials lied about the protesters’ Olson’s main concern was how the internal wrong when racists went out of their way something more than neutral due process. behavior to justify that response. dynamics of special interest groups affect Defunding police doesn’t necessarily to exclude black people from unions, it is their political efficacy. address these structural dynamics, though wrong to deny this freedom to police offi- Nevertheless, these economists’ insights it would be at least a temporary political competition between Democratic and Re- cers today.” retain relevance to the bureaucratic poli- defeat for police unions and lobbies. More publican politicians for the favor of law Black Lives Matter and its allies have tics of modern police departments. Like the consequential changes would be to elimi- enforcement unions — a high-reward, the initiative, but, as Mancur Olson would businesses Stigler analyzed, police officers nate collective bargaining, at least over low-risk exercise for the parties given the note, the sheer size and diversity of their have, on average, a far higher stake in the disciplinary procedures, and to eliminate public’s strong support for police in opin- movement could mutate from a strength outcome of regulatory processes — civil- legislation that limits investigations of po- ion polls, at least before this year. to a weakness. Police have a high degree ian reviews, arbitration and disciplinary lice brutality or abuse, such as the “law In 2011, Republican Gov. Scott Walker, of solidarity; the movement will have to hearings — than individual citizens, and, enforcement bill of rights” on the books in of Wisconsin, and a Republican legislature match it to overcome it. therefore, much greater incentive to spend 14 states. curbed public-employee collective bar- Washington Post editorial writer/columnist time and resources co-opting them. The forest of pro-police contractual and gaining, probably the most dramatic real- Charles Lane specializes in economic and fiscal Olson showed that the ability of any in- statutory law grew in part because of the world application of conservative doctrine policy. Both parties had a chance but failed on police reform

BY DOYLE MCMANUS I called Sen. Angus King, of Maine, an Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said. The desire Frances E. Lee, a political scientist at Los Angeles Times independent who usually votes with Demo- for party unity on each side meant the Princeton University, said the Democrats crats, to find out why the bipartisan push ground for compromise kept shrinking. were responsible, too. WASHINGTON failed. King had voted with Republicans to McConnell said he would allow Demo- “It’s clear that Democrats believe that fter Americans reacted in outrage allow McConnell’s bill to move forward. crats to try to amend the bill, but Schumer they would be better off preserving the to the killing of George Floyd in He said he thought it was a mistake for said that offer fell short of a guarantee. issue for the election,” she wrote in an Minneapolis, Republicans and Democrats to block the bill. “There’s a fundamental lack of trust be- email. “A negotiated outcome would force ADemocrats in Congress promised “I think there was space for a compro- tween the two sides,” King told me. Democrats to accept far less than what quick action on police reform. mise, and now I’m afraid we’re not going In the House, where Speaker Nancy they want … (and) muddle the clarity of Leaders on both sides offered a long list to get anything,” he told me. “My concern Pelosi’s Democratic majority can pass bills the party’s election message.” of ideas: a ban on chokeholds, an end to was that if Democrats refused to go for- without Republican help, a mirror-image There are two morals to this story — one “no-knock” searches, and more. Then, last ward, McConnell would say, ‘OK, I tried,’ process occurred: A Democratic bill all too familiar, the other less so. week, the Senate deadlocked on the issue and move on — and that’s pretty much passed with almost no GOP participation. The first is that in a polarized and close- almost as quickly as it had vowed to act. what happened.” It included bans on chokeholds and no- ly divided Congress, bipartisan deals are Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R- But King also faulted the Republican knock warrants, limits on police officers’ almost impossible, especially in an elec- Ky., proposed a GOP bill with relatively leader for refusing to let Democrats par- immunity from lawsuits and a publicly tion year. mild measures that had been approved by ticipate in drafting the bill. available database of police officers with the White House. Democrats pronounced But the countervailing message is also “The only way to get things done in the disciplinary records. the Republican bill so weak that it was “un- striking: On some issues, if the public salvageable” and blocked it. Senate Repub- Senate is with a bipartisan process,” he On all those issues, King argued, com- demands action, both parties will try to licans in turn refused to take up a House said. “This was a bill on a very complex promises might have been possible. respond. bill passed by Democrats. topic drafted by one party.” A bipartisan majority could agree to ban That was true when Congress passed Each side denounced the other, and a Even as McConnell cut the Democrats chokeholds except when a police officer’s a series of bills to counter the economic once-bipartisan goal suddenly appeared out, he submitted his bill to the White life is in danger, strict restrictions on no- shock of the coronavirus lockdowns. And it unreachable. House to make sure President Donald knock searches, and even perhaps strip- was true in Congress’ initial reaction to the It was only one legislative failure among Trump wouldn’t denounce it. That’s a nor- ping police officers’ immunity to lawsuits death of George Floyd. many; Congress’ reputation for gridlock mal part of legislating — but in the process, if they violate their departments’ policies Like King, I think it would have been has been richly earned. But this one was a some measures were watered down. (although police unions have long resisted better if Senate Democrats had allowed special tragedy. Most of the public, react- Initially, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the bill’s any change). McConnell’s bill to move ahead, and tested ing to the gruesome video of Floyd’s death, main author, said he wanted to ban or limit There was plenty of blame to go around. his promise that they could amend it on the wanted some kind of legislation. Repub- no-knock searches, which have led to fatal Norman J. Ornstein, a congressional ex- floor. licans and Democrats who spoke to each police shootings of innocent people. When pert at the American Enterprise Institute, They chose otherwise. Now McConnell other — a minority on Capitol Hill — said the proposal emerged, it merely called pointed at the Republican leader. can either walk away from the issue — or they believed compromise was possible. on the Justice Department to collect data “The way McConnell set up the process he can try again, with a bigger dose of bi- What went wrong? Both sides behaved about no-knock warrants. almost guaranteed this outcome,” he said. partisanship. But only one force can com- badly. Each surrendered to internal politi- The result was a bill that had broad sup- “If he had wanted bipartisan legislation, pel the Senate leader and his colleagues to cal pressures. port among Senate Republicans but fell he could have gotten it either by turning move: loud, sustained pressure from the That wasn’t surprising, especially in an far short of what Democrats had promised the issue over to the Judiciary Committee public. election year, but it was still disappointing. their supporters. (which includes members of both parties) Doyle McManus is a Washington columnist for the This bill could have been an exception to “There is overwhelming opposition to or by forming a bipartisan group. He did Los Angeles Times and director of the journalism the rule. the bill in our caucus,” Minority Leader neither.” program at Georgetown University. PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 SCOREBOARD/AUTO RACING

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Lee on minor That has never league contracts. been in doubt, at SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHP Connor Phillips to a minor league con- least not since tract. 2001, when Dale National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Placed Earnhardt died in RHP Silvino Bracho on the 45-day DL. a crash on the last Agreed to terms with RHP Bryce Jarvis lap of the Daytona on a minor league contract. MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms 500. The next seven with RHP Nick Vincent on a minor league days were a blur of contract. Agreed to terms with RHP Max Meyer on a minor league contract. grief and outrage. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms Yet Earnhardt’s with RHP Hunter Strickland, INF Gor- don Beckman, OF Melky Cabrera, RHP funeral was Thursday and every- Erasmo Ramirez and OF Ryan Cordell on body made it to Rockingham in minor league contracts. Agreed to terms time for Friday practice. with RHP J.T. Ginn on a minor league con- tract. The determination to race has PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Released been NASCAR’s greatest strength RHP Anthony Swarzak, then re-signed /AP him to a minor league contract. in the most tumultuous of times MATT SLOCUM PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Signed RHP and that certainly includes the Jack Hartman to a minor league con- Kyle Busch, left, and Bubba Wallace walk down pit row before a NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono past several weeks. tract. Placed RHP Chris Archer on the 45- Raceway on Sunday in Long Pond, Pa. day DL retroactive to June 28. A garage door pulldown rope SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed RHP An- fashioned as a noose was found in dres Munoz on the 45-day DL. our stance on public issues and SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled the garage stall of Bubba Wallace ‘ Enderson Franco from Sacramento River at Talladega Superspeedway in We’re race car drivers. To ask us our things like that, we’re not always Cats. Outrighted RHP Enderson Franco to that good at it. We don’t always Sacramento River Cats. Placed RHP Tyler Alabama. The FBI determined it stance on public issues and things like Beede on the 45-day DL. had been there since last October say the right thing.” FOOTBALL Less than three months ago, National Football League and Wallace — who two weeks that, we’re not always that good at it. We ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived WR earlier helped prod NASCAR to star driver Kyle Larson used the Jermiah Braswell. don’t always say the right thing. N-word during an iRacing event. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DT ban the Confederate flag at its ’ DaVon Hamilton. races — was not the target of a Denny Hamlin He was suspended by NASCAR, NEW YORK JETS — Signed OL Cameron NASCAR driver lost his job with his team and is Clark. hate crime. Still, the attention was SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DT unusually glaring — for Wallace, currently racking up wins on Javon Kinlaw and WR Brandon Aiyuk. SOCCER for NASCAR and for fans who sprint car tracks. That seems Major League Soccer feel they are defending Southern There was chatter about NAS- ner, have seven combined victo- long ago now, but it was another ATLANTA UNITED FC — Returned F/M heritage, flag and all. controversy in a string of them. Jon Gallagher to the club after being on CAR’s unprecedented triplehead- ries through 15 races and both loan to Aberdeen FC. Announced loan of So NASCAR raced. By Monday, er at Pocono over the weekend, have played a significant role in Will the conversation about M Manuel Castro from Club Estudiantes a full seven days after NASCAR de la Plata has been extended through which also saw the Cup Series NASCAR’s survival during the race fade? No one is sure, just like 2020 season. stood in support behind Wallace run consecutive points-paying pandemic. Hamlin was a key no one is sure whether a sponsor during the national anthem at races. Kevin Harvick and Denny player in the iRacing craze dur- will step up for Wallace’s under- Soccer Talladega, three more Cup Se- Hamlin went 1-2 in the first race, ing NASCAR’s 10-week shutdown funded Richard Petty Motors- ries races had been completed. then flipped the order Sunday in and has tirelessly remained front ports team. The conversation moved away what could be a preview of a stir- and center for the sport. Harvick Either way, NASCAR will just NWSL Challenge Cup from the noose, the ban and ra- ring championship battle. resumed a national radio show keep moving, on to Indianapolis cial equality — for better and for At Herriman Utah Harvick, the points leader, and while representing himself as a Motor Speedway this weekend Saturday, June 27 worse. Hamlin, the Daytona 500 win- series champion. North Carolina Courage 2, Portland for another first: The hectic re- Both can feel the toll of this Thorns 1 scheduling of racing means NAS- Chicago Red Stars 1, Washington topsy-turvy season, in which Spirit 2 CAR and IndyCar will share the Tuesday, June 30 NASCAR was one of the first Houston Dash vs. Utah Royals major sporting leagues to return facility for the first doubleheader OL Reign vs. Sky Blue featuring the nation’s two biggest Wednesday, July 1 to competition. Routines have Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red been upended and replaced by auto racing series. Stars Harvick, who in 2001 went from Washington Spirit vs. North Carolina a frenzied season of one-day Courage shows, largely without fans — no a Busch Series driver to Earn- Saturday, July 4 Utah Royals vs. Sky Blue practices, no qualifying and nine hardt’s replacement overnight, Houston Dash vs. OL Reign rain-interrupted races, all in the has never not been part of NAS- Sunday, July 5 North Carolina Courage vs. Chicago shadow of the noose incident at CAR’s nonstop grind. Perhaps Red Stars Talladega. at times it’s annoyed him, worn Portland Thorns vs. Washington Spirit Wednesday, July 8 “It’s been a unique time,” him down, even made him angry. Utah Royals vs. OL Reign Hamlin said. “Everything is just Sky Blue vs. Houston Dash Right now, being able to race is a Sunday, July 12 different. The way that we work gift not to be underappreciated. Washington Spirit vs. Houston Dash our weeks, weekends, everything “I think our races have had Chicago Red Stars vs. Utah Royals is different now. You’re trying to Monday, July 13 a positive impact on the motor- OL Reign vs. Portland Thorns adapt to that. Then we have the sports community every week. Sky Blue vs. North Carolina Courage whole thing going on with George Quarterfinals This was our 11th race since Friday, July 17 Floyd. That sparked conversa- TBD vs. TBD tions and protests. We had the we’ve come back,” Harvick said. TBD vs. TBD “Our industry has just done a Saturday, July 18 incident, we thought the incident, JOHN BAZEMORE/AP TBD vs. TBD great job, really been the leader TBD vs. TBD. with Bubba. Semifinals A vehicle waves Confederate battle flags and a United States flag “I just want to get to racing and in trying to help other sports fig- Wednesday, July 22 as it drives on June 21 prior to a NASCAR Cup Series race in ure out how they’re going to get TBD vs. TBD talking about racing,” he said. TBD vs. TBD Talladega, Ala. The Confederate battle flag is losing its place of “It’s difficult to ask us to be able back on track.” Championship official prominence in the South 155 years after the end of the Civil to compartmentalize all this stuff. Going racing is what NASCAR Sunday, July 26 TBD vs. TBD War. NASCAR has banned it from its races. We’re race car drivers. To ask us does best. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NBA/COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ex-RB says he was mistreated by Iowa coaches

Associated Press 2014-17. “I felt like playing for Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa — Former Football was a living nightmare,” Iowa running back Akrum Wad- ley ripped the Hawkeyes on Mon- he wrote. “I never drank alcohol day, saying he was so mistreated prior to going to college but based by some coaches he now regrets on my experience there it be- playing there. came the only thing I could rely Wadley’s statement, posted on on, it seems and was what I did to Facebook, mentioned coach Kirk cope.” Ferentz, his son, offensive coor- More than three dozen former dinator Brian Ferentz, director Iowa players, most of them Black, of player development Broderick have accused Iowa of racial bias Binns and Chris Doyle, the for- within the program and many mer strength and conditioning singled out Doyle, who left the coach for the Hawkeyes. university and will be paid $1.1 Wadley said Brian Ferentz on million. Iowa hired a law firm to /AP KATHY WILLENS several oc- conduct a review of the football Washington Wizards guard John Wall, left, talks to a teammate during a game on Dec. 23. The Wizards casions jok- program. Kirk Ferentz has held have ruled out the possibility of him playing when the NBA season resumes. ingly asked ‘ I felt like news conferences and promised him if he to listen to his former players; was on his playing Binns, a former player, has been Wizards rule out veteran Wall’s way to com- for Iowa named interim director of diver- mit a rob- Football sity and inclusion for the athletic bery when department. Wadley was was a living A statement issued Monday return from injury this season leaving with nightmare. ’ to the Des Moines Register said a team-is- Kirk Ferentz would not comment Akrum Wadley sued wool publicly. BY STEPHEN WHYNO that season; while he was working his way back from ex-Iowa RB in a hat that Facebook post “Coach Ferentz believes that Associated Press that, he tore his left Achilles tendon and needed an- covered his meaningful change takes time other operation in 2019. and a thorough independent ex- John Wall will not join the Washington Wizards face in the He declared himself “110 percent” healthy in late amination is already underway,” for the resumption of the NBA season this summer, cold. He said his weight was also May, saying, “I’m itching to get back out there.” a constant issue and was used to the statement said. “He remains ending the chances of the five-time All-Star guard The Wizards put the brakes on that, meaning Wall belittle him. committed to creating a more playing his first game since 2018. will try to return for the 2020-21 season as original- “I was threatened by Kirk Fe- inclusive culture for all of his General manager Tommy Sheppard effectively ly planned. rentz that my meal card would be players now and in the years to ruled out Wall returning this season when he said “He’s been fantastic in keeping his weight and taken away and I will not eat nor come.” Monday the 29-year-old wouldn’t be part of the Wiz- being active during all this period, and this will be be able to sit with my teammates Ferentz is Iowa’s career wins ards’ traveling party to Central Florida. Among the a continuation of the work and the plan that we’ve during eating sessions,” Wadley leader and enters his 22nd sea- factors in the decision was a cap of 35 people per team done for him,” Wizards chief of athletic care and wrote. “He did follow through on son as the longest-tenured coach in the quarantined bubble at Walt Disney World. The performance Daniel Medina said. “We’re going to his threat.” of a Bowl Subdivision program. COVID-19 pandemic also hindered Wall’s progress make sure that his body and his mind are at the Wadley, a New Jersey native, Ferentz earned $5.5 million in his rehab from multiple surgeries. highest level for a safe and successful return when piled up a combined 3,633 yards last year after bonuses, and his “He definitely lost all the basketball gains that he comes back.” rushing and receiving and scored contract runs through the 2025 he had made,” Sheppard said on a video call with When the season was suspended in mid-March, 35 touchdowns for Iowa from season. reporters. “He’s got to focus on what he’s got to do, the Wizards were 24-40 and ninth in the Eastern but having somebody go into that bubble that’s not Conference, 5 ½ games behind the eighth-place Or- going to play, that’s just more people going into the lando Magic. As one of 22 teams returning, Wash- bubble.” ington will have an outside chance without Wall Wall hasn’t played an NBA game since December — and forward Davis Bertans, who opted out — to 2018. Surgery for bone spurs in his left heel ended earn a playoff spot. Nets’ Dinwiddie, Jordan have virus

BY BRIAN MAHONEY have tested positive for the virus. with Kyrie Irving out of the line- Associated Press The other four were back in up because of injuries. Dinwiddie March, when Kevin Durant said is averaging 20.6 points. NEW YORK — Spencer Din- he was one of them. Jordan announced his status on widdie and DeAndre Jordan said Both players said they tested Twitter, saying he learned of his Monday they have tested positive positive after returning to New diagnosis Sunday night and it was for the coronavirus, potentially York to rejoin the team. Some confirmed again Monday. leaving the Brooklyn Nets with- players left the city, which was The center signed with the Nets out two starters when the NBA a hot spot at the time, after the last summer along with Durant season resumes. NBA halted play. and Irving. The 2016 U.S. Olym- Jordan said he won’t be in Dinwiddie said he tested nega- Florida with the Nets when they tive for the virus multiple times pic gold medalist spent most of return from the suspension of the after returning to Brooklyn and the season as a reserve but had 2019-20 season, while Dinwiddie took part in a couple of practices. moved into the starting lineup for told The Athletic that he was ex- But he has since tested positive both games after Jacque Vaughn CHARLIE NIEBERGALL/AP periencing symptoms and it was and said he has a fever and chest replaced Kenny Atkinson as unclear if he would be at Disney’s soreness. coach in March. Running back Akrum Wadley, who had a combined 3,633 yards ESPN Wide World of Sports His absence would be a sig- The Nets have a half-game lead rushing and receiving and scored 35 touchdowns for Iowa from complex. nificant blow to the Nets, given over Orlando for seventh place in 2014-17, said he regrets playing there because he was mistreated At least six players on the Nets he has played so well this season the Eastern Conference. by the team’s coaches. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Wednesday, July 1, 2020 GOLF/BASEBALL With restrictions, fans to return for Korean baseball

BY KIM TONG-HYUNG gyms to track customers when Associated Press transmissions occur. If a fan is confirmed as a SEOUL, South Korea — South COVID-19 patient during a game, Korea’s professional baseball the KBO will immediately sus- league says it will require fans pend play and shut down the to wear masks and to sit at least stadium for sanitation as health a seat apart as it prepares to authorities trace the person’s bring back spectators in the com- contacts. Players or team staff ing weeks amid the coronavirus will be tested if needed. pandemic. If players or other team mem- The Korea Baseball Organi- bers get infected, the league will zation on Tuesday said fans will close the facilities they visited for also not be allowed to eat food in a minimum two days but continue the stands. Teams will be initially with the games if possible. How- GERRY BROOME/AP allowed to sell only 30% of the ever, if the virus carriers had seats for each game, a figure that contacted more than six people, Nick Watney signals after a tee shot during the first round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf could be expanded to as much as or there are other risks of further Links in Hilton Head, S.C., on June 18. Watney tested positive for coronavirus and has not played since. 50% depending on the progress in transmissions, the KBO could the country’s anti-virus efforts, hold an emergency board meet- according to the league’s plans. ing to determine whether to shut Fans will also be screened for down the league for a minimum Watney bored in isolation fevers and discouraged from 21 days. excessive shouting, singing and The KBO became one of the cheering during the game to world’s first major sports compe- prevent contact or dispersion of titions to return to action in May, droplets, the KBO said. And per- but without fans in the stands. First PGA Tour player to test positive nervous about how he got virus haps as a means of discouraging Health authorities and sports any boisterous behavior, beer will ministry officials have been dis- BY DOUG FERGUSON at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in this thing has tracked my respi- also be banned and fans will only cussing preventative measures as Associated Press Detroit. ratory rate. And based on that, I be allowed to drink water or non- they try to schedule a return of Watney spent part of Monday thought I should be tested.” alcoholic beverages. fans in baseball, soccer, golf and Monday marked the 10th day of arranging for a rental car for the Watney is known to be polite to They will be able to buy tick- other sports. The plans could be self-isolation for Nick Watney, the 17-hour drive to Austin, Texas, a fault, and his biggest worry was ets only with credit cards so that announced as early as this week. minimum required for PGA Tour where he lives with his wife, spreading the virus. He texted health authorities could easily South Korea’s moves to re- players who test positive for the Amber, and their four children, Rory McIlroy, whom he saw on locate them when needed. South admit fans in sporting events new coronavirus. ranging in age from 6 years to 6 the practice green (“at a dis- Korea has been actively tracing come despite a resurgence of the He said he is feeling good ex- months. tance,” McIlroy said) before get- the contacts of virus carriers coronavirus in the Seoul met- cept for some minor fatigue, per- “I don’t want to fly at this point,” ting his result. Sergio Garcia, who using credit-card information, ropolitan area, which is home haps brought on by a major case he said. “I just think all this could flew with him from Austin to Hil- cellphone location data and sur- to about half of the country’s 51 of boredom, and except for the be a waste of time if I left early ton Head, said Watney texted him veillance camera footage. million population. Despite the distinction of becoming the first and got someone else sick. I’d feel constantly. “He must have said, The KBO is also consider- steady rise in infections, govern- of what now is five players and terrible.” ‘Sorry,’ to me 25 times,” Garcia ing requiring fans to register ment officials have been reluc- two caddies who have tested posi- He said his wife was nervous said. themselves with smartphone QR tant to enforce stronger social tive since the PGA Tour returned when he called her the day of the The tour identified 11 people codes, a technology that has been distancing guidelines out of con- amid the COVID-19 pandemic. test. She managed to get herself with whom Watney had contact. enforced at businesses such as cerns of further hurting a fragile “I will say, it’s not the greatest and the children tested the follow- They were tested twice, with all nightclubs, karaoke rooms and economy . feeling being the first to get it,” ing day, and the tests came back results negative. Watney said in his first interview negative. A week later, none has “I was very, very nervous about since he was notified June 19 at any symptoms. giving it to other people,” Watney the RBC Heritage of his positive Mets optimistic that Watney laughed at the notion said. “I don’t know how I got it. I test. he might be responsible for PGA don’t feel as though I was reck- “Some things are so vague Tour players all getting a WHOOP around this thing,” he said. “The less. That part is scary. It’s like Cespedes can return strap, which can provide early in- this invisible, silent thing.” symptoms ... some people get this, dications of the virus. That was Watney said he went to the some get that. I haven’t had a part of the tour trying to tighten grocery store one time during BY MIKE FITZPATRICK fever or cough the whole time, no its protocols as it continues its both heels and then broke his the week of the tournament. The shortness of breath. Maybe that’s schedule. Associated Press right ankle in a nasty spill on his the reason it’s so scary. I still don’t island was busy because of the Florida ranch in a reported run- The strap is what alerted NEW YORK — When baseball know how or where I got it.” start of summer vacation, with in with a wild boar. Watney. comes back this month, Yoenis He lost his sense of smell, a sen- restaurants full and parking lots Van Wagenen mentioned that He bought one a year ago to Cespedes might finally be ready sation he described as “gnarly,” study his sleep pattern and other packed. Cespedes is a five-tool athlete and to return, too. but said that is coming back. And health metrics, trying to do ev- Since the positive test, Watney won’t necessarily be limited to Sidelined for nearly two years perhaps the strangest sensation is erything possible to help the 39- has been in his room. He said DH duty if healthy. The left field- by injuries and then the coronavi- being at a golf resort without play- year-old add to his five PGA Tour Bill Haas’ wife, Julie, went to the er is entering the final season of a rus pandemic, the New York Mets ing golf. victories and one appearance in store and brought him 10 bags of four-year contract. He remains in Hilton Head Is- the Presidents Cup. groceries. He has spent time on slugger could be healthy enough “Cespedes has been working land, S.C., as the PGA Tour has He typically takes 14 breaths the phone calling those who have at last to play on opening day in hard. We are looking forward to moved on to Connecticut, and now a minute. When he woke up Fri- checked up on him — players, late July — especially with the him getting into camp and be- Detroit this week, and then two day at Harbour Town, it was up to caddies, RBC Heritage tourna- designated hitter available in the lieve that he should be closer to weeks in Ohio. The show goes on. 18, which concerned him. So he ment director Steve Wilmot. National League this season. being game-ready than when we “Very, very boring,” he said. asked for a test and was at the golf Watney is No. 123 in the FedEx “We’ll have to evaluate how the saw him last in March,” Van Wa- “Being on the road and not play- course when he received the call Cup standings, and the positive next few days go, but we’re opti- genen said. ing golf is a weird feeling.” saying he had tested positive. test cost him at least a month of mistic,” Mets general manager Right fielder Michael Conforto Three more players tested posi- “Once you’re a member of the competition. No worries there Brodie Van Wagenen said Mon- should have no restrictions when tive during the Travelers Cham- WHOOP service, they’re always — with the shortened season, his day. “His bat can be a real impact spring training starts up again pionship — Cameron Champ talking about performance,” he status will be unchanged for next and be a little bit of a separator for this week. Conforto strained a before the tournament started, said. “They also sent out data from season. us as we compare ourselves to the muscle on his right side in March Denny McCarthy after his first users who have gotten the virus. A He said he would feel safe after rest of the teams in the league.” before camps were closed due to round and Dylan Frittelli after he common thing was the respirato- three straight days of no symp- The 34-year-old Cespedes the virus outbreak. missed the cut. Two caddies test- ry rate. I read an article they had toms. He plans to start the two- hasn’t played since July 20, 2018 New York will begin workouts ed positive, which caused a chain published, and it was alarming. day road trip on Wednesday. — his only major league game Friday at Citi Field, and Van Wa- reaction of withdrawals. Harris I didn’t wake up short of breath. “I’ll mask up when I find a after May 13 that year. The two- genen said the team anticipates English tested positive Monday It wasn’t difficult to breathe. But motel,” he said. time All-Star had surgery on all its players will report. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 MLB Blue Jays head to Florida, still face questions

BY ROB GILLIES by a rise in coronavirus cases Associated Press in the state. Most clubs intend to work out in their regular-season TORONTO — The Blue Jays ballparks. are moving players to their spring Anna Maddison, a spokesman training facility in Florida while for the Public Health Agency of they await word from the Cana- Canada, said the federal govern- dian government about playing ment continues to be in discus- in Toronto amid the coronavirus sion with the Blue Jays. Maddison pandemic. MATT YORK/AP said Toronto Public Health and Ontario Premier Doug Ford Ontario Ministry of Health are Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Mike Leake has opted out of the upcoming season due to said Monday that city, provin- also actively engaged with the concerns about the coronavirus. Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen did not elaborate on cial and federal authorities “kind Blue Jays. Leake’s decision during a Zoom call, but the pitcher’s agent issued a statement saying he made a of gave their approval,” but the “All parties are committed to Blue Jays are looking for a let- personal decision not to play during the pandemic. mitigating the risks of the spread ter of support from the federal of COVID-19 in Canada,“ she said government. in an email. He also said Dr. David Wil- MLB requires an exemption Pass: Twins move to protect coaches liams, Ontario’s chief medical from the restrictions that apply officer, requires a few tweaks to to the rest of Canada during MLB’s submitted plan to play, FROM BACK PAGE ager Mike Hazen didn’t elaborate which health authorities have the pandemic. Anyone entering Canada for nonessential reasons Desmond cited his family as DID YOU KNOW ? on Leake’s decision, but the pitch- been reviewing. must self-isolate for 14 days, and one reason why he decided to stay er’s agent issued a statement say- Ford said he was in talks with the U.S.-Canada border remains home for the upcoming 60-game By sitting out the season, Rockies ing he made a personal decision Blue Jays President Mark Shap- closed to nonessential travel until season. But the biracial slugger slugger Ian Desmond stands to not to play during the pandemic. iro all weekend. at least July 21. also mentioned a myriad of is- lose $5,555,556 for the prorated The GM also didn’t say whether The team later issued a state- Dr. Andrew Morris, a profes- sues within baseball, including share of his $15 million salary, part Leake falls under the high-risk ment that said it is starting to sor of infectious diseases at the racism, sexism, homophobia and of a $70 million, five-year contract. category. If Leake does, he would move players and personnel to its University of Toronto and the socioeconomic concerns. He is owed $8 million next year, be due $5,555,556 as the prorated training facility in Dunedin, Fla., share of his $15 million salary. medical director of the Antimi- “With a pregnant wife and four and his deal includes a $15 million to begin testing players. The fragility of baseball’s cur- “The team will either board a crobial Stewardship Program at young children who have lots of team option for 2022 with a $2 rent health situation has been charter flight to Toronto to begin Sinai-University Health Network, questions about what’s going on in million buyout. the world, home is where I need apparent for the past few weeks. training under a modified quar- said it would be a bad look for the to be right now,” the 34-year-old SOURCE: Associated Press The Philadelphia Phillies had antine, isolated from the general governments to turn a blind eye Desmond wrote in an Instagram a coronavirus outbreak at their public, or remain in Florida to to public health for the purpose of post. “Home for my wife, Chelsey. But they’re exactly the conver- spring training facility in Clear- conduct training,” the team said resuming professional sports just Home to help. Home to guide. sations that are being had at both water, Fla., earlier this month. in a statement. as Ontario is getting its COVID- the organizational and personal Home to answer my older three Seven players and five staff “The Blue Jays are hopeful 19 numbers under control. level across the MLB landscape. boys’ questions about Corona- members tested positive in the to stage training camp and play “This sets a pretty concern- The defending World Series virus and Civil Rights and life. organization. regular-season home games in ing precedent by allowing people champion Nationals will begin Home to be their Dad.” Phillies GM Matt Klentak said Toronto and will continue to work from high-prevalence areas and their title defense without Zim- Desmond, who hit .255 with 20 the team was “fortunate that none through this possibility.” waiving quarantine for them,” merman and pitcher Joe Ross, homers in 140 games last season, of the cases, player or staff, have A couple of more teams had Morris said. “We’ve been pretty who also declined to play because had been due $5,555,556 for the been especially serious.” He said thought about resuming train- cautious about opening up our of health concerns. no one has been hospitalized. ing at their facilities in Florida, border. I guess now it’s essential prorated share of his $15 mil- “We are 100% supportive of lion salary, part of a $70 million, But the outbreak is another ex- but that possibility was dashed purposes plus baseball.” their decision to not play this ample of how difficult it is to limit five-year contract. He is owed $8 year,” Nationals GM Mike Rizzo million next year, and his deal in- exposure. said in a statement. “We will miss “What is eye opening to a lot of cludes a $15 million team option their presence in the clubhouse for 2022 with a $2 million buyout. us is how quickly it spread even and their contributions on the in an environment where we The Twins confirmed Monday field.” that 68-year-old bullpen coach were on the extreme end of cau- Ross, 27, has five seasons of tion,” Klentak said. “The facility Bob McClure and 66-year-old MLB experience. He appeared in major league coach Bill Evers in Clearwater was pretty airtight 27 games last season. in terms of staggering times of won’t be in the clubhouse at the Zimmerman was due $740,741 start of this season because of players reporting to work out, and Ross $555,556 as prorated cleaning the facilities in between. health concerns. Both will stay portions of their salaries, origi- with the organization to help in Truthfully, it was frustrating to nally $2 million for the first some players how strict it was and altered roles. baseman and $1.5 million for the yet the outbreak still happened.” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, pitcher. If they are deemed high San Francisco minor league who was sitting in a Target Field risk by team physicians, they center fielder Hunter Bishop has dugout during a Zoom call, said would still get paid and receive tested positive for the coronavi- he’s known both coaches for a service time. rus and has mild symptoms, ac- long time and that the decisions Arizona’s pitching depth took cording to president of baseball were difficult. He added that both a hit when Mike Leake said he operations Farhan Zaidi. The 10th coaches were disappointed. had decided not to play this year. “I think we all know that we’re Leake was expected to be a part of overall pick last year would have making the right decision, but the team’s starting rotation after been among 51 players reporting CARLOS OSORIO/AP that doesn’t mean it feels good,” starting 10 games last season and to training this week. Baldelli said. “It’s very, very chal- finishing with a 3-3 record and AP sports writers Greg Beacham, John The Toronto Blue Jays’ Travis Shaw, right, is greeted at home after lenging to even think about these 4.35 ERA following a midseason Marshall, Rob Maaddi, Tom Withers, his two-run home run during a spring training game on March 8 at Janie McCauley, Mike Fitzpatrick, sorts of things and have these trade with Seattle. Ronald Blum and Stephen Whyno con- their spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla. The Blue Jays will train conversations.” Diamondbacks general man- tributed to this report. in Florida, but it’s uncertain if they’ll play home games in Toronto. S TARS AND STRIPES Wednesday, July 1, 2020 F3HIJKLM More positive tests Nets’ Dinwiddie, Jordan SPORTS have coronavirus » NBA, Page 21

Biracial slugger Ian Desmond MLB mentioned a myriad of issues within baseball, including racism, sexism, homophobia and socioeconomic concerns as his reasons for skipping the upcoming 60-game season.

ROSS D. FRANKLIN / AP Taking a pass Group of players opts to sit out season due to health concerns

BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press ‘ PHOENIX Given the unusual nature of the small group of play- season, this is the best decision for me ers, including Na- tionals slugger Ryan and my family. Zimmerman and ’ Ryan Zimmerman Rockies outfielder Nationals fi rst baseman on why he’s sitting out the upcoming season AIan Desmond, have announced they plan to sit out this season. The Minnesota Twins have shuf- was deciding whether to play this merman said. fled their on-field staff to protect The 35-year-old Zimmerman, the health of some of their older year, ultimately said having three who has been with the Nationals coaches. young children, including a new- since 2005, said he still is decid- As the sport lurches toward a born, and a mother at higher risk ing on his future beyond this sea- late July start during the corona- because of multiple sclerosis fac- son. The two-time All-Star and virus crisis, roster flexibility and tored into his decision. PATRICK SEMANSKY/AP 2009 Gold Glove winner has 270 organizational depth will be key. “Given the unusual nature of career homers. At 35 years old, Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, left, is Zimmerman, who told The As- the season, this is the best deci- still deciding on his future beyond this season. sociated Press last week he still sion for me and my family,” Zim- SEE PASS ON PAGE 23

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