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PAT GRAHAM/AP Jermaine Birdow is pictured in the stands at Falcon Stadium on Nov. 2 as his son, Air Force history? fullback Taven Birdow, and his teammates host Army at Air Force Academy, Colo. 30 years after fall of the Berlin Wall, Air Force senior the world is more splintered and relishes having perhaps more dangerous than ever

BY TAMER FAKAHANY father in stands Associated Press after prison term onths before the Berlin Wall fell on Nov. 9, 1989, BY PAT GRAHAM with the Soviet strangle- Associated Press Mhold over the Eastern AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. Bloc crumbling, a young political sci- — Like many fathers and sons, entist named Francis Fukuyama made the Birdows tossed the football a declaration that quickly became fa- around the yard. They imagined the setting mous. It was, he declared, “the end of being the backyard on freshly cut history.” grass — not the cracked asphalt But the heralded defeat of Commu- inside a prison yard where they nism didn’t usher in a lasting golden were. They tuned out the barbed- wire fences and the watchful eyes age for Western, capitalist-driven lib- of the guards. eralism. Far from it. It was on these days that young In the decades since, seismic events, Taven Birdow might daydream of playing in college just like his movements and global patterns have father, who, in those precious mo- shaped the 21st century into a splin- ments, was reliving his time as tered, perhaps more dangerous era a linebacker for Oklahoma State than the Cold War. University in the 1990s. Jermaine Birdow was no longer The 9/11 attacks happened; the Iraq No. 33 in your program but No. and Syria wars helped produce the 463462 in Oklahoma’s state pris- bloody emergence of Islamic State on system — serving a long sen- and, later, a refugee crisis. The econ- tence for a 2001 home invasion. It was also on these days he omy tanked in 2008. China became a might daydream of seeing his son superpower. Russia resurged. A new — now a senior fullback at Air populism took root. Force — play in person for the All have had a transcendent impact. first time. That happened on Aug. 31 against Colgate, when Jer- History, it seemed, didn’t “end.” maine was in the stands as Taven SEE HISTORY ON PAGE 7 took the field in the number he used to wear. Berliners celebrate as East Germans pour The moment was even better through the dismantled Berlin Wall into West than he imagined. Berlin at Potsdamer Platz on Nov. 12, 1989. SEE SENIOR ON PAGE 2 AP PAGE 2 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 MILITARY Senior: Father relishes watching son play fullback for Air Force Academy

FROM FRONT PAGE for Taven, work for her, and then “To see his last name on the long drives for weekend visits. back of his jersey, playing for the “There were times when I United States Air Force for the crawled into bed and cried,” said first time?” said Jermaine, who’s Rodrigues, who lives in Altus, attended every game this season, Okla., and is married to Taven’s including at Hawaii, following his stepfather. “But how can I ever release last November after more complain, when I have a child than 17 years in prison. “I was who did as much as he did, ac- awestruck.” complished as much as he did and Taven was 3 when his father never once complained?” was jailed for his role in a home On the visits, the father and son invasion in Oklahoma City. Jer- would sometimes throw the foot- maine ended up pleading guilty ball around (if there was one). Or to charges that included robbery play hoops (if they were permit- DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/AP with firearms, pointing a firearm ted). Or make up obstacle courses Air Force fullback Taven Birdow, center, is stopped during the second half of an NCAA college football at another, kidnapping for the (trash cans for hurdles). Or just game against Utah State at Air Force Academy, Colo., on Oct. 26. Birdow’s father, Jermaine, saw his son purposes of extortion and first- talk across a table. play football for the first time when Air Force hosted Army on Saturday. degree burglary. They always envisioned they His sentence: 37 years (later were beyond those walls. with him takes a toll. You get to go before suiting up for Oklahoma because he’s the most humble commuted to 20 with the help of “I was pretty good as far as cre- home and he has to go back to his State. He pushed Oklahoma or person I’ve ever known.” his legal team). ating an atmosphere of, ‘You’re cell. That’s a lot on a child.” Oklahoma State. In August, dad got to see him As a kid, Taven and his mom, not here in this prison. You’re Their bond was enhanced Taven blazed his own path at play in person. Taven even had Jamie Rodrigues, would visit his just here with your dad,’ ” said through sports. Taven played Air Force. a season-long 41-yard run in that father as often as they could and Jermaine, who resides in Enid, baseball, wrestled and ran track. There was a tough conversation, game against Colgate. at whatever prison he happened operates a lawn service and gives Of course, there was football as though, over Christmas break “First time I cried in a while,” to be housed. motivational speeches at church- he helped Altus High School win following his sophomore season. said Jermaine, 43. Rodrigues always made sure es and schools. “It was always the a 2015 state title. Taven was thinking of stepping More feel-good moments Taven’s father played a big part presence of just us that made the No bitterness toward dad. away from football. When he told — traveling to Hawaii to watch of his life. The routine, though, time greater.” Taven attributes that to his mom, his mom, they drove to Tulsa, Taven. Seeing him rush for a ca- was taxing: School and practice Sometimes, Taven and his mom who always included his father in where his father was incarcer- reer-high 124 yards against San would travel three or more hours decisions. She grew up without a ated, so the three could have a Jose State. Being there when he for a visit only to be turned away father and wasn’t going to let that heart-to-heart chat. eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark for because of ever-changing rules happen to Taven. “His dad was saying, ‘I’m get- his career at Navy. On the hori- Correction or surprise facility lockdowns. One strict rule: Grades came ting out, and I’ve never seen you zon, a bowl game for Air Force Those times stung. first. No exceptions. And if Taven play football. I’ve always wanted (7-2). A Nov. 7 article about the So did goodbyes. got into trouble, his mom made to be there for a game,’ ” his mom He’s proud of the relationship Dragoon Ready exercise “I remember once when I was 7 him call his father. recalled. “Taven broke down. he’s forged through prison walls. should have identified Maj. or 8 and we had to leave, and I had “He did the normal dad role It’s the first time I’ve ever seen “Now, we’re here,” Jermaine Andrew Webb as the opera- an anxiety attack,” said Taven, a — when he could,” Taven said. him break down. He said, ‘You said last weekend before the Army tions officer for the Army’s management major who just ap- Jermaine weighed in through- should’ve been there in high game, glancing in the direction of 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s plied to be a pilot. “He was a lov- out Taven’s college recruiting school.’ We both lost it. We real- the mountains. “You look around 3rd squadron. ing father and couldn’t be there process. He was a standout foot- ized how much he internalized on and you’re like, ‘Wow. This is awe- and all those short stints of being ball player himself in high school, a constant basis. We had no idea some. This is just beautiful.’ ” T O D A Y IN STRIPES

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BY ROSE L. THAYER van’s desktop and laptop comput- by people looking for child who harms Pennsylvanians, no ment, he served for a time as the Stars and Stripes ers were filled with searches of pornography. matter what positions of power executive director of the Penn- preteen children, which resulted Agents with the attorney gen- they may hold.” sylvania Military Community A retired Air National Guard in 15 second-degree felony counts eral’s office also discovered Sul- Sullivan, 67, spent 30 years as Enhancement Commission, a general was arrested and charged of sexual livan’s penchant for viewing the an engineer officer in the Penn- program of the state’s Depart- Wednesday with more than a abuse of illegal images during an investi- sylvania Air National Guard and ment of Community & Economic dozen felony counts related to pos- children and gation of a file-sharing network, retired in March 2012, accord- Development that funds projects session of child pornography after one count according to the release. ing to his official service record. related to the military. investigators found thousands of of criminal “Gen. Sullivan’s alleged ac- He last served as the director of In a related case, Bobby Glenn searches on his computer for ex- use of a com- tions disgrace his work and be- the joint staff at the Pennsylvania Williams Jr., 32, a tenant of Sul- plicit images, the Pennsylvania munication smirch the Pennsylvania National Joint Force Headquarters. As di- livan’s, was charged last month attorney general announced. facility, ac- with 14 felony counts of dissemi- Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Sul- cording to Guard, an organization that has rector, he managed programs and livan’s Mechanicsburg, Pa., home a news re- bravely and dutifully come to the operations for the 100-plus mem- nating photos of child sex acts, was raided last month by special lease from aid of Pennsylvanians whenever ber joint staff and oversaw issues 11 felony counts of child pornog- agents from the Pennsylvania the attorney they have been called,” Attorney that impact the 19,000-member raphy, and one felony count of Office of the Attorney General, general. In Sullivan General Josh Shapiro said in a Pennsylvania National Guard. criminal use of a communication Homeland Security Investiga- addition to finding child pornog- prepared statement. “I’ve said it He deployed to Iraq and Af- facility, according to the attorney tions and the Hampden Township raphy on the laptop, a computer time and time again — nobody is ghanistan and received a Bronze general’s release. Police Department. The agents’ forensic analysis identified 37 above the law. My office will in- Star Medal, among others. [email protected] search of the home revealed Sulli- search terms commonly used vestigate and prosecute anyone Following his military retire- Twitter: @Rose_Lori Bergdahl trial to be reevaluated and Trump, McCain influence considered

BY COREY DICKSTEIN forfeiture of about $10,000 in pay The CAAF did not provide a Stars and Stripes and a dishonorable discharge hearing date for Bergdahl’s ap- after a weeklong trial. The deci- peals petition in a short announce- WASHINGTON — The U.S. sion by the judge, now-retired ment of its decision to consider his military’s top appellate court will Army Col. Jeffery R. Nance, to case. Lawyers for Bergdahl will consider whether former Army spare Bergdahl prison time was have at least 30 days to submit Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl received a largely interpreted as a mitigant their arguments for dismissal of fair trial in 2017 after he was re- to Trump’s campaign trail rheto- the charges and convictions. Gov- peatedly ridiculed as a traitor by ric, though Nance never explained ernment lawyers also will have at President Donald Trump. his sentencing decision publicly. least 30 days to respond. The Court of Appeals for the Trump almost immediately At the conclusion of the sen- Armed Forces on Monday grant- lamented Nance’s decision via tencing trial following Bergdahl’s ed Bergdahl’s petition to review Twitter, calling Bergdahl’s lack guilty plea, prosecutors sought a the case of the ex-soldier who of prison time a “complete and 14-year prison term and appeared GERRY BROOME/AP spent five years in Taliban cap- total disgrace to our country and stunned by Nance’s sentence. But Bowe Bergdahl, left, leaves the Fort Bragg courtroom facility tivity after walking off his post in to our military.” the judge had hinted earlier in following sentencing at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2017. The Afghanistan’s Paktika province Bergdahl’s civilian attorney, the proceedings that he would military’s top court will review whether Berghal’s conviction was fair in 2009. A U.S. court-martial con- Eugene Fidell, has long sought consider Trump’s comments as after Trump and late Sen. John McCain made comments. victed Bergdahl of abandoning the dismissal of all the charges mitigating evidence, calling them his post and endangering troops. and later the convictions, arguing “conclusory, condemning and his chain of command. Instead, immediately drew the ire of con- The five-judge panel announced Trump’s comments precluded disparaging.” he was captured by Taliban in- gressional Republicans. it would examine Bergdahl’s con- his ability to receive a fair trial Earlier in court proceedings surgents within hours of leaving During his high-profile court- tention that his case was tainted because members of the military during Bergdahl’s case, Nance his post and eventually smuggled martial at Fort Bragg in North before his court-martial by appar- — including Nance — fall under called McCain’s threats to host into Pakistan where he was held Carolina, Bergdahl apologized ent unlawful command influence the president’s command. Senate hearings if Bergdahl was and tortured by Taliban-linked for his decision to leave his fellow from scores of comments levied In July, the U.S. Army Court not punished “ill-advised,” but the Haqqani network terrorists for soldiers, calling his decision naive at him by Trump as a presidential of Criminal Appeals denied a judge said they did not amount to five years. and admitting it placed American candidate and statements by the Bergdahl petition to dismiss his unlawful command influence. In 2014, he was freed in a con- troops unnecessarily in harm’s late Sen. John McCain that called convictions. However, one mem- Bergdahl, who is now 33, ad- troversial prisoner swap for five way. Evidence in court showed for Bergdahl to be punished. ber of the three-judge panel dis- mitted in court that he left Ob- former Taliban commanders who The court’s decision to review sented, writing he supported servation Post Mest in eastern had been held at the U.S. Deten- at least three service members the case comes about two years dismissing Bergdahl’s dishonor- Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, tion Center at Guantanamo Bay in were severely wounded during after Bergdahl pleaded guilty in able discharge, citing “the taint in an attempt to walk to a larger Cuba since 2001. The exchange, operations to recover Bergdahl in late October 2017 to the charges of post-trial unlawful command base where he said he wanted conducted by former President the weeks after he disappeared. and he was sentenced to a reduc- influence” due to Trump’s tweet to alert military brass of prob- Barack Obama’s administration [email protected] tion in rank to E-1 private, the just after sentencing. lems that he perceived within without the approval of Congress, Twitter: @CDicksteinDC Esper appeals to Trump to allow military cases to proceed unfettered

BY MISSY RYAN Speaking to reporters at the said. ing the military justice system defense official said, also could AND JOSH DAWSEY Pentagon, Esper said he had a “ro- Officials said the meeting with would have “second and third undermine the authority of com- The Washington Post bust discussion” with Trump on Trump came a day after Esper order effects on good order and manders who have overseen Tuesday about the cases of three convened military service lead- discipline.” those cases, which most military WASHINGTON — Defense current or former service mem- ers to discuss the cases, which Earlier this year, the president leaders see as clear instances in Secretary Mark Esper appealed bers charged with war crimes or include that of a Navy SEAL ac- pardoned a former Army lieuten- which service members had to be to President Donald Trump this other wrongdoing. Earlier in the quitted of killing an Islamic State ant serving time for killing an prosecuted. week to allow the military justice week, Fox News reported that the prisoner but convicted on lesser Iraqi prisoner in 2008. He has The issue constitutes a potential system to proceed unfettered in president was likely to issue par- charges. also made comments about on- point of friction between Trump a number of high-profile cases, dons or take other actions to as- A defense official, who like going cases that critics have said and the Pentagon at a time when officials said, as concern intensi- sist them. others spoke on the condition of could constitute undue command defense leaders are scrambling fies among Pentagon leaders that “I offered, as I do in all matters, anonymity to discuss internal influence, possibly leading to the to publicly align themselves with presidential intervention could the facts, the options, my advice, deliberations, said that Pentagon dismissal of cases by military the president’s evolving policy on damage military discipline and the recommendations, and we’ll leaders were “acutely” concerned judges. Syria, which some military offi- morale. see how things play out,” Esper that action by Trump circumvent- Any further intervention, the cials have privately criticized . PAGE 4 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 MILITARY N. Korea blasts planned US-S. Korean exercises

BY KIM GAMEL the scope of the exercise. quently responded with missile Stars and Stripes “No one will believe that the tests or fiery propaganda.

changed war exercises will Diplomatic efforts to persuade ISAAC MAXWELL/U.S. Navy SEOUL, South Korea — North change their aggression nature,” the North to give up its nuclear Korea criticized U.S.-South Kore- Kwon said in the statement post- weapons have stalled as subse- Retail Services Specialist Seaman Epifania Hisatake operates the an plans to hold joint air exercises ed Wednesday. quent summits and working-level ship’s store aboard the destroyer USS McCampbell. next month, warning that hopes Seoul and Washington canceled talks have failed to bridge the gap for dialogue are “on the verge of Vigilant Ace and several other between Pyongyang’s demands extinction.” drills last year but have contin- for sanctions relief and other re- New rating for some sailors: The Pentagon confirmed this ued to conduct joint tactical train- wards for steps already taken week that the allies will hold a ing while keeping it low profile. and Washington’s insistence on combined air exercise but would “There are no plans to skip more extensive disarmament ‘retail service specialist’ not call it Vigilant Ace, which was upcoming combined exercises,” measures. BY CARLOS M. VAZQUEZ II canceled last year to facilitate nu- Army Lt. Col. Dave Eastburn, a Kim Jong Gun said the plan to said most sailors in his field were clear talks with the North. Pentagon spokesman, said Tues- conduct the air drills “amounts Stars and Stripes often faced with clearing up con- The communist state hates all fusion when civilians asked about day in Washington, giving it a ge- to a declaration of confrontation” There’s a new moniker for sail- joint military exercises conducted the duties of a ship’s serviceman. neric name. “We are proceeding and suggested that the North may ors charged with jobs like manag- by Seoul and Washington on the “We always have to follow that with the Combined Flying Train- consider resuming long-range ing a ship’s store, cutting hair or peninsula because it considers ing Event as planned.” missile and nuclear tests. up with a brief description of doing laundry aboard Navy ves- what we do,” he said in a separate them rehearsals for an invasion. He didn’t give more details. North Korea had largely sels: retail services specialists. Kwon Jong Gun, described as South Korean officials told the stopped its saber rattling last Navy statement. “Retail services The change from the old rating specialist will give a better un- a roving ambassador, pointed out Yonhap News Agency the drills year amid a flurry of diplomatic — ship’s serviceman — took ef- derstanding from a non-military that President Donald Trump had will be conducted at a smaller efforts with the United States, but fect Oct. 1 and was made as part perspective of what we do every promised to end the drills follow- scale than in previous years. the warnings have resumed as of a service-wide effort to align day to support the fleet.” ing his first summit with North In 2017, as tensions with North it grows increasingly frustrated Navy jobs with their counterparts Korean leader Kim Jong Un last Korea were high, the allies mobi- over the stalemate. in the civilian world, according to The change is part of the Navy’s year. lized about 230 aircraft, includ- The North, which has given the a statement from Naval Person- “Sailor 2025” initiative, which “The U.S. reckless military ing F-22 Raptors, F-35 Lightning U.S. an end-of-year deadline to nel Command. seeks to modernize how the ser- frenzy is an extremely provoca- IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15 come up with a more flexible ap- The revision affects only the vice recruits, promotes and deliv- tive and dangerous act of throw- Eagles and F/A-18 Hornet fighter proach, also has conducted sever- rating’s name itself and will not ers information to sailors. ing a wet blanket over the spark jets for the Americans and F-15K al short-range weapons tests this impact advancement exams, se- The retail services specialist of the [North Korean]-U.S. dia- Slam Eagles and F-4 Phantom IIs year. lection boards or career paths, the rating took root in 1885, when the logue on the verge of extinction,” for the South Koreans. Trump has largely dismissed message said. Sailors’ uniforms tailor rating was established. That the diplomat was quoted as saying Seoul and Washington insist those as insignificant despite ex- will keep the same rating badges was changed to ship’s serviceman by the state-run Korean Central the exercises are aimed at ensur- perts warning they demonstrate — a crossed key and quill. in 1943 to include other jobs like News Agency. ing they can operate together in advances in capabilities. Senior Chief Petty Officer Pablo cobbler, barber and laundryman. He also dismissed the name joint missions, but they always in- [email protected] Ayala, a retail services specialist [email protected] change and plans to scale back furiate the North, which has fre- Twitter: @kimgamel at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Twitter: @StripesCarlos Bill would protect troops’ kin from deportation

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY and it allows eligible people who receive the The approved denials would be required Stars and Stripes parole option to apply for a work permit and to be posted online by the agencies with a de- apply for permanent residence in the United tailed justification for each one, but without WASHINGTON — A Senate bill introduced States, according to USCIS. including personally identifiable information. Wednesday protects an immigration program People who get the parole option can receive that prevents the deportation of undocument- “I definitely want to create more checks and permanent residency or at least an interview balances and oversight and transparency in ed relatives of service members, a response for permanent residency within the year, ac- the process, but I also want to stop DHS from to reports that a number of military families cording to Margaret Stock, an immigration would be permitted to use the program to stay attorney and retired lieutenant colonel from on their own, unilaterally starting to deport in the United States. the Army Reserve. family members of servicemen and service- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., introduced The parole in place option for military fam- women,” Duckworth said. the Military Family Parole in Place Act in an ilies has been a formal policy since 2007 and The Military Officers Association of Amer- attempt to ensure the option stays available has helped thousands of people, according to ica, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, for many military families. Stock. Duckworth’s statement did not say how co-signed a letter in July with other veteran “Our troops serving overseas should be fo- many people this bill would affect. and legal organizations to the leadership of cused on doing their jobs, not worrying about In June, NPR reported immigration at- the Defense Department, Homeland Security whether their family members will be deport- torneys were being told that a change in the and USCIS to request that they keep Parole in ed,” Duckworth said in a prepared statement. option would make it so paroles would be Place for military families. MOAA is endors- “Ending these deportation protections would granted in rare cases. An internal memoran- ing Duckworth’s bill. be a cruel, inhumane and a direct threat to dum at the time between the Defense Depart- our military readiness, which is why I’m in- ment and Department of Homeland Security “Due to current threats to diminish Pa- troducing this legislation that would support mentioned a plan to eliminate the option, ac- role in Place for military families, we are our men and women in combat by protecting cording to Stock. encouraged to see this legislation introduced their families from deportation.” “Supposedly it was going to be eliminated to include the Department of Defense in the The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Ser- in July, but there was a big uproar about it be- decision process and ensure this policy stays vices offers military families what they call a cause it will definitely hurt the military,” she in place as it is vital to military readiness,” re- “Parole in Place” option that gives a spouse, said. tired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dana T. Atkins, the widower, parent or child of a service member The policy change has still not gone into CEO and president of MOAA, said in the pre- or a veteran who did not receive a dishonor- effect and parole applications that Stock has pared statement. able discharge the ability to stay in the coun- filed for clients are still being approved, she “Reducing military family separations, try in one-year increments on a case-by-case said. removing added stress and distraction from basis. Homeland Security will still have discre- service members, and caring for our nation’s It only applies to people who have entered tionary authority to deny the parole option, the country illegally, not if they overstayed a however the bill requires the secretaries of veterans and their families are all tenants visa, according to USCIS. the departments of defense and veterans af- MOAA supports.” The parole option is meant to protect mili- fairs must also approve the denial, according [email protected] tary families from the threat of deportation, to the statement. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 5 WAR/MILITARY Al-Baghdadi inner circle trying to enter Turkey

Associated Press This week, Turkish authorities said they captured al-Baghdadi’s ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish elder sister, Rasmiya Awad, her President Recep Tayyip Erdogan husband, daughter-in-law and said Thursday that members of five children in the town of Azaz, the late Islamic State leader Abu in Aleppo province in northwest- Bakr al-Baghdadi’s “inner circle” ern Syria. The region is admin- are trying to enter Turkey from Syria. istered by Turkey following a Erdogan also said the number previous military incursion that of people with family ties to al- was launched in 2016. Baghdadi who have been caught Erdogan said that the suspects by Turkey “is close to reaching were being kept in detention cen- double digits.” ters in Turkey while the Turkish The Turkish leader’s comments Justice Ministry would decide were his second effort in as many how to handle their cases. days to publicize his country’s Al-Baghdadi blew himself up push to catch ISIS members who during an Oct. 26 raid by U.S. were close to al-Baghdadi. Turkey special operations forces on his is facing criticism that its recent heavily fortified safe house in the military offensive to drive Syrian Syrian province of Idlib. The raid Kurdish fighters from northeast was a major blow to his extremist Syria would allow for an ISIS group, which has lost territories it resurgence. held in Syria and Iraq in a series “All of al-Baghdadi’s inner cir- of military defeats by the U.S-led cle is mostly targeting our coun- coalition and Syrian and Iraqi try and these people are looking allies. for ways to settle in our country Also Thursday, Erdogan said or to come to our country,” Erdo- attacks continued in northeast gan told reporters. Syria by Kurdish forces target- Erdogan and Turkish officials ing either Turkish troops or their revealed Wednesday that Turk- Syrian opposition allies. That’s ish police detained one of al- despite two separate truces that Baghdadi’s wives and a daughter were brokered by Russian and last year. the U.S. last month, which halted A Turkish official told The As- Turkey’s military offensive. sociated Press that they were At least 11 Syrian opposition among a group of 11 ISIS suspects fighters were killed in an attack detained in a raid in southern on Thursday, Erdogan said, with- Turkey on June 2, 2018. Police out specifying where or how the identified the wife as Asma Fawzi attack had occurred. Muhammad al-Qubaysi. The of- The Turkish leader said ficial said she was the first wife Wednesday that a total of 144 of al-Baghdadi, who is known to Syrian opposition fighters and 10 have four wives. A subsequent Turkish soldiers had been killed DNA test confirmed that a sus- during Turkey’s incursion into pect who identified herself as northeast Syria, which began on Leila Jabeer was al-Baghdadi’s Oct. 9 and has since displaced daughter, the official said. around 200,000 people.

1.6% cost of living adjustment slated for retirees, survivors

BY COREY DICKSTEIN sumer Price Index for Urban Stars and Stripes Wage Earners and Clerical Work- ers, a monthly measure of aver- WASHINGTON — Military age changes to prices for goods retirees and eligible survivors and services across the nation. will receive a 1.6% boost in their A service member who retired monthly pay beginning in Janu- under the Military Retirement ary based on the Pentagon’s an- Reform Act, which is commonly nual cost of living adjustment, the known as REDUX, will receive an Defense Department announced 0.6% increase. A service member Wednesday. who retired in 2019 will receive a The increased pay will be doled slightly different adjustment, ac- out to most military retirees, sur- cording to a Pentagon statement. vivors of service members who Service members who retired died on active or inactive duty in 2019 and joined the military and survivors of retirees who before 1980 will see a 1.6% boost participated in the Survivor Ben- as will most others, according to efit Plan, which pays the family of Pentagon documents. For service someone who opted for monthly members who joined the military annuities following the death of after 1980, most of them will still an eligible military retiree. The see the 1.6% boost, but individuals 2020 adjustment is less than last who retired between July 1 and year’s 2.8% increase, but it is Sept. 30 will receive only a 0.2% comparable to adjustments in increase and those who retired other recent years. after Oct. 1 will not receive a cost The Pentagon said the annual of living adjustment in 2020, ac- boosts are based on inflation cording to the documents. numbers during the previous [email protected] year as determined by the Con- Twitter: @CDicksteinDC PAGE 6 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 EUROPE In Germany, Pompeo hails NATO partnership

BY MARTIN EGNASH AND KARIN ZEITVOGEL Stars and Stripes German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Thursday thanked the United States and a former U.S. tank commander for their commitment to Germany during the Cold War. The former armor officer is now U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a two-day trip to Germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Maas said the United States played a Leipzig has been called the birthplace critical role in lifting the Iron Curtain that of protests in East Germany that led to the divided Europe for decades after World fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. War II, and American soldiers helped Ger- One of the demonstrators from 30 years many to become one nation again. ago, civil rights activist Uwe Schwabe, was “At a time when shots were still being supposed to meet with Pompeo during the fired at the border, American soldiers, like few hours he spent in the city, but pulled you, stood on the western side and defend- out. ed freedom,” Maas told Pompeo. “Current U.S. foreign policy runs con- “Without America’s leadership, there trary to the goals for which the demonstra- would not have been German reunifica- tors took to the streets in 1989,” Schwabe tion,” he said. was quoted as saying by local media. “That’s still valid today … and we thank The secretary of state was due to travel you for our freedom and reunification.” Thursday from Leipzig to the city of Halle, Pompeo and Maas discussed during a where two people were killed in what he PHOTOS BY JENS MEYER/AP meeting in Leipzig’s historic town hall se- called a “vicious anti-Semitic attack” on a curity issues in Europe and further east in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talks to U.S. soldiers based in Grafenwoehr, synagogue last month. Ukraine, and the alliance’s “differences” Germany, on Thursday. “It’s a reminder of how much work needs with Turkey over its recent invasion of to be done, and the vigils and fight for re- northern Syria, they told reporters. so important, and it’s why it’s an absolute commander shortly after graduating from ligious freedom remain an imperative for “Ankara continues to be a central part- imperative that every country participate the U.S. Military Academy in 1986. our two countries,” Pompeo said. ner in NATO, and the dialogue with Anka- and join in and contribute appropriately to When he was a soldier in Germany, On Friday, Pompeo is expected to meet ra ought to be pursued,” Maas said. achieving that shared security mission,” Pompeo served with the Army’s 2nd Cav- in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Pompeo hailed NATO as a “critical stra- he said, praising a pledge made by Defense alry Regiment, which is still based in the Kramp-Karrenbauer and other officials, tegic partnership” after holding talks with Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Bavaria garrison. and will deliver a speech highlighting the Maas. that Germany will by 2031 meet NATO’s On Thursday, before meeting with Maas, U.S. role in helping eastern and central Eu- “NATO remains an important, critical target for member states to spend 2% of Pompeo visited the border area between rope “throw off the yoke of communism,” — perhaps historically one of the most economic output on defense. what used to be East and West Germany, the State Department said. critical strategic partnerships in all of re- Pompeo’s visit to Germany comes as the where he patrolled as a young soldier. Marcus Kloeckner contributed to this article. corded history,” Pompeo said during a joint country celebrates the 30th anniversary “It was a bit of a walk down memory [email protected] news conference with Maas in the eastern of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He kicked off lane, memory ‘Strasse’, for me,” Pompeo Twitter: @Marty_Stripes [email protected] city of Leipzig. the trip with a visit to the U.S. Army Gar- said. “I saw a piece of history that I was a Twitter: @StripesZeit “It’s that NATO alliance that is so central, rison Bavaria, where he served as a tank tiny part of in the 1980s.” [email protected] Germany will meet NATO defense spending target by 2031

BY JOHN VANDIVER has been under intense pressure from the currently at about 1.3% and will reach U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Stars and Stripes Trump administration to do. 1.5% by 2024, the year all members are will commemorate the historic occasion in President Donald Trump has often criti- supposed to be spending 2% on defense, Berlin on Friday as part of a two-day trip STUTTGART, Germany — Germany cized Germany for its defense spending Kramp-Karrenbauer said. to Germany. Pompeo will also hold talks will hit NATO defense spending targets — or lack of it — but Kramp-Karrenbauer But given political discord in Berlin with officials, including Chancellor Angela by 2031, seven years after the goal set by stressed that outside pressure had nothing over the need to increase defense spend- Merkel and Kramp-Karrenbauer, while in the alliance for members to spend at least to do with the pledge to hit the 2% spending ing, Kramp-Karrenbauer could face ob- the German capital. 2% of economic output on their militaries, target. stacles in her push for higher military Defense spending is likely to be on the Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Kar- Germany will spend more “not because expenditures. agenda during those talks and again later renbauer said Thursday. others demand it but because it’s in our Kramp-Karrenbauer made her com- this month when Pompeo heads to Brussels The pledge was the firmest yet by Berlin own security interest,” Kramp-Karren- ments just ahead of the 30th anniversary for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. that it will satisfy an agreement on NATO bauer said Thursday on Twitter. of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is being [email protected] security burden sharing, which Germany Germany’s defense expenditures are marked in events around Germany. Twitter: @john_vandiver French leader laments NATO’s ‘brain death’ due to US absence

Associated Press the coalition fighting Islamic State. feature at the next NATO summit, in Lon- destiny.” But the move was seen by Turkey, an- don on Dec. 3-4. NATO did not immediately respond to a BRUSSELS — French President Em- other NATO ally, as a green light to invade Macron said that the European mem- request for comment, but Secretary-Gen- manuel Macron claimed that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the “brain death” of the region. bers of the 29-nation alliance “should reas- eral Jens Stoltenberg said recently that the the NATO military alliance, insisting in an Trump also wrong-footed the allies by sess the reality of what NATO is in the light allies “are doing more together than we interview published Thursday that the Eu- announcing a troop drawdown in Afghani- of the commitment of the United States.” have done for many years.” ropean Union must step up and start act- stan and then declaring that peace talks More broadly, Trump’s trade tariffs “NATO has implemented the biggest ing as a strategic world power. with the Taliban were cancelled after a against the EU also have rankled Euro- reinforcement of our collective defense in “What we are currently experiencing is bomb attack killed a U.S. soldier. NATO pean members of NATO. And his decision decades — the biggest adaptation of our the brain death of NATO,” Macron told The has played a major security role in the to pull the United States out of the Paris alliance since the end of the Cold War,” Economist magazine. He said the United country since 2003, but its future there is climate agreement particularly annoyed Stoltenberg told reporters on Oct. 24. “The States under President Donald Trump ap- now unclear. Macron. U.S. is not decreasing its presence in Eu- pears to be “turning its back on us,” nota- Beyond that, the U.S. leader publicly In the interview, Macron said that Trump rope but actually increasing its presence bly by pulling troops out of northeast Syria berated other leaders at a May 2017 sum- “doesn’t share our idea of the European in Europe.” without notice. mit for failing to boost their military bud- project.” He added that Europe stands on The United States is the biggest and most Trump surprised his NATO partners gets. Trump’s preoccupation with defense “the edge of a precipice” and must start influential member of NATO. It spends with last month’s troop withdrawal. NATO spending has been a constant theme since thinking like a geopolitical power, other- more on its defense budget than all the oth- plays no role in Syria, apart from helping he came to office in 2016 and is expected to wise it will “no longer be in control of our ers combined. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 7 MILITARY History: World more splintered after fall

FROM FRONT PAGE with us or against us” global outreach that Today, Fukuyama acknowledges that backfired in some places — most notably in some developments over the decades have Britain, where then-Prime Minister Tony disappointed him. He says his book wasn’t Blair remains a political outcast to this day a prediction, but an acknowledgement that for following Bush. many more democracies were coming into Fukuyama was once aligned with neo- existence. conservatives and supported the Iraq in- Now the world is in a phase he didn’t vasion, but later declared his opposition to anticipate. In a recent interview with The the war. Now, he says the Iraq War under- Associated Press, Fukuyama took time to mined American policy around the world, reflect on some of what he has seen — and while the 2008 financial crisis undercut what could still happen. the U.S. claim that it had established a  After the wall — the first years: With good economic international order. the passage of the decades, Fukuyama Says Fukuyama: “I think those two says, now “you have a whole generation of events paved the way for a lot of the popu- people who didn’t experience the Cold War list backlash that we’re seeing now.”  or Communism.” Populism and the cult of personality: Fukuyama says he’s dismayed so many In those initial years after the wall came LIONEL CIRONNEAU/AP down, new countries were born and Ger- voters could choose divisive populist many reunified. But wars and conflicts also leaders who lack a formula for governing East German border guards are seen through a gap in the Berlin wall in 1989 after erupted after the Soviet Union collapsed democratically. demonstrators pulled down a segment of the wall at Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. and postcolonial debt-settling spiked. A marriage of populism and nationalism Some of the 1990s’ bloodiest civil wars is a dominant dynamic now in many places deposed autocrats but replaced them with Fukuyama says of Putin: He “has cre- — Congo, Liberia — became footnotes to — from Trump’s “America First” to Brexit, more dictatorship, war and chaos. ated a form of Russian nationalism that is history. Rwanda endured a genocide that from Israel’s refusal to give up settlements The Syrian conflict brought suffering of dependent on empire, (on) his control of all killed hundreds of thousands. Yugosla- in occupied Palestinian territory to India’s a monstrous magnitude: hundreds of thou- of the countries surrounding Russia. He via, ripped asunder by sustained violence, accelerated crackdown in disputed Kash- sands killed, millions displaced and the feels that he is basically at war with the massacres and displacement, produced far mir and Turkey’s recent invasion of Syria. rise of the barbaric Islamic State , which West. This is a hangover from Soviet times more coverage and even new nations. Fukuyama says the populist leader’s at one point controlled vast swaths of both because that is the world he grew up in.” Western military intervention at the end playbook typically goes something like Syria and Iraq and carried out terror at-  China the superpower: China’s au- of the 1990s blunted Serbia’s nationalism this: “I represent you, the people. You tacks across Europe. thoritarian grip on anything it perceives as and unshackled Kosovo. A weakened Rus- are pure and the elites are corrupt, and I A byproduct of ISIS’ rise was the global its internal affairs, from mass detentions sia was in no position to help its traditional need to eliminate them from our political refugee crisis and the flight of persecuted and abuse of Muslims in Xinjiang province ally in Belgrade. But the global economy system.” millions on a scale not seen since World to its no-patience approach to Hong Kong was generally strong. But Fukuyama says he still believes that War II. protesters, continues unabated. Then came 9/11. the checks and balances in democracies’ To Fukuyama, the rapid rise in migration Beijing’s rise in the last three decades  The early 21st century — tectonic long-established institutions will continue produced cultural backlash and an anti- has redrawn the geopolitical map. Its fi- shifts: Al-Qaida took terror to a never-be- to work. immigrant feeling that was exploited by “a nancial clout, its attempts to extend its foot- fore-seen level that was watched in real- Populism, he argues, isn’t conducive to lot of pretty opportunistic politicians who print with its Belt and Road Initiative and time around the world. In response, the good governance — or, necessarily, pros- saw this as a big opportunity to mobilize unresolved trade issues with the United Bush administration invaded Afghanistan perity. “Launching a trade war … doesn’t new sources of support for themselves.” States make it a wildcard more than ever. and ousted the Taliban, which had hosted seem like a very good idea for continued  The resurgence of Russia: The road Fukuyama says China’s increased Osama bin Laden as he plotted against the prosperity,” he says. “It could be that these from the dissolution of the Soviet Union to wealth and power is upending the interna- West. Eighteen years later, the U.S. is still types of movements will be self-limiting in today’s powerful Russia has been messy tional system — no matter how that power there. the future.” and not without its initial humiliations for is used. But, he notes, since Xi Jinping  The Iraq War was based on false intel- Syria, the Islamic State and the global Moscow. came to power, China has moved in “a ligence that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hus- refugee crisis: The ruinous civil war in Boris Yeltsin’s years in power after much more authoritarian direction.” sein, backed by the U.S. when he fought Syria, in its ninth year, began with an up- Mikhail Gorbachev’s ouster as the last The new landscape, he says, “has led Iran, possessed weapons of mass destruc- rising against President Bashar Assad as Soviet leader were characterized by a to the current deterioration of U.S.-China tion. Washington pushed a “you’re either part of the ill-fated 2011 Arab Spring that freewheeling approach to the free market relations. And I’m afraid that’s a situation which introduced kleptocracy, the sell- that is going to persist even if you had a dif- ing off of state industries and the era of ferent (U.S.) administration in power.” oligarchs, mafia and defeat in the first  From 1989 to 2019 — The big sweep: Chechnya war. Looking back from today, Fukuyama still Then, on the stroke of the new millen- thinks the Berlin Wall’s fall was, on bal- nium, Vladimir Putin came to power as a ance, a huge gain for human freedom. counterbalance to the Western liberalism One of the darker historical ironies of he so often rails against. the past 30 years — primarily in Europe On his watch, a second war with Chech- — has been the shift by once-communist nya killed thousands. Russia invaded Geor- states to the far right, in some cases em- gia and annexed Crimea from Ukraine bracing ideologies not far from fascism. after backing Russian separatists. But despite “worries about countries like With fresh dominance in its own back- Hungary and Poland,” Fukuyama believes yard, Russia began to look further afield, they are still much better off than under a most notably meddling in the U.S. election, communist dictatorship. which some say helped Trump reach the Many people don’t quite understand how White House. being part of the European Union, for ex- In 2018, Putin — still in power, still a ample, has afforded them peace and stabil- risk-taker — boasted of the development of ity that didn’t exist before. new nuclear weapons that have no equiv- Today, Fukuyama looks to other upris- alent in the West. They came, he said, in ings — protest movements in Hong Kong, response to U.S. withdrawal from a Cold Algeria and Sudan, for example — and

LEE JIN-MAN/AP War-era treaty banning missile defenses says he holds out hope for a new moment and U.S. efforts to develop a missile de- when history might encounter another A woman walks near sections of the Berlin Wall and the sculpture of the Bear, the fense system. “No one has listened to us,” crossroads. symbol of Berlin, near the Cheonggye stream in Seoul, South Korea, in September. he said. “You listen to us now.” He calls it the “spirit of 1989.” PAGE 8 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 NATION Recanvass set in close race for Ky. governor

BY BRUCE SCHREINER ering evidence of what he’s call- Associated Press ing “irregularities” in the voting. The governor claimed that thou- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Repub- sands of absentee ballots may lican Gov. Matt Bevin said next have been illegally counted, and week’s recanvass of the vote count suggested that people may have in Kentucky’s gubernatorial elec- been improperly turned away ELAINE THOMPSON/AP tion won’t be his last move in chal- from the polls. He offered no spe- lenging the results, which showed cifics and said such claims need A campaign poster for Seattle City Council incumbent candidate Kshama Sawant is posted outside her him more than 5,000 votes behind corroboration. campaign headquarters in Seattle on Oct. 23. Amazon has funneled $1.5 million in hopes to overhaul Democrat Andy Beshear. “We’re in the process of getting Seattle’s City Council with retail and business friendly candidates, but it didn’t go in their favor. Beshear, meanwhile, said he’s affidavits and other information confident in the election outcome that will help us to get a better and is focused on taking office as understanding of what did or did governor in December. And some Amazon’s spending in Seattle City not happen,” he said. Bevin added prominent that any information turned up Kentucky won’t be “followed through on” Republicans Council races may have backfired have begun until after the recanvass — an calling on indication he could seek further review of the election results. BY GENE JOHNSON of Commerce, which supported by sparking outrage on the left. Beshear to Associated Press a slate of seven candidates it per- Democratic presidential candi- concede. Beshear’s campaign responded with a statement repeating that he ceived as more business-friendly. dates Elizabeth Warren and Ber- “What- SEATTLE — Amazon poured Former Mayor Mike McGinn nie Sanders accused Amazon of ever pro- hopes Bevin honors the results. $1.5 million into an effort to over- The campaign noted that a recan- noted that when he took office trying to buy the council. cess that the haul Seattle’s City Council this in 2010, seven of the nine coun- The number of individual dona- governor vass has never led to a reversal of year. It didn’t deliver. an election result in Kentucky. “I cil members were backed by the tions to socialist Council Member chooses to Though many votes remain to chamber. After this election, he Kshama Sawant, a fierce Ama- Bevin don’t know what information he’s go down, it’s be counted, early returns suggest said, the chamber is likely to have zon critic and a prime target of working off of,” Beshear said ear- not going to the online retail giant and other just two or three. its campaign spending, soared. lier Wednesday when asked about change this overall number of business interests will have fewer “Amazon’s spending helped Gonzalez and the other Council Bevin’s claim of “irregularities.” votes,” Beshear said at a news obvious allies on the Council than unite and grow the left,” McGinn member who was not up for elec- conference Wednesday. “We are The Associated Press has not at any time in recent memory. said Wednesday. “The labor and tion this year, Teresa Mosqueda, going to take the steps to move declared a winner, in keeping In Amazon’s liberal hometown, social justice block gained seats declined to endorse Sawant in the forward to make sure that we with its policy not to call races that could mean officials who are in this election.” primary — but they did so enthu- are ready ... on the day that we’re that could go to a recount. Al- more willing to tax companies to Many people in Seattle were siastically after Amazon made a inaugurated.” though there is no mandatory re- address the city’s homelessness displeased with the nine-mem- big contribution in mid-October. Beshear led by less than 0.4 count law in Kentucky, the AP is crisis and transportation prob- ber Council, especially over its Even Sawant’s opponent, gay percentage points in Tuesday applying that same standard here. lems. It could also mean a Council handling of homelessness. Four pride festival organizer Egan night’s count of more than 1.4 mil- If Bevin does decide to press for a that’s ready to rein in corporate incumbents declined to seek re- Orion — a purported beneficiary lion votes, which would trigger a recount, he would need a court’s spending in city elections. election, and business groups saw of Amazon’s spending — criti- recount in most states. Kentucky approval. “On balance, this is not the a chance to redirect a city govern- cized it in an interview Tuesday doesn’t have a mandatory recount Kentucky inaugurates its gov- City Council that Amazon or the ment that had recently approved night. He said he knew voters who law, but Secretary of State Alison ernors in December following Chamber of Commerce wanted labor-friendly measures such changed their votes to Sawant in Lundergan Grimes has sched- an election. Beshear — the son of to see,” Council Member Lorena as the $15 minimum wage, re- response. uled a recanvass for Nov. 14 to Kentucky’s last Democratic gov- Gonzalez, who was not up for re- quirements that companies post If he does win after leading in ensure the vote count was added ernor, Steve Beshear — named election, said Wednesday. workers’ schedules two weeks in early returns, he said, he wants it correctly. his top deputy in the attorney gen- Amazon contributed to the po- advance and protections for hotel to be on his own merits, without Bevin said late Wednesday in eral’s office, J. Michael Brown, to litical action committee of the workers. “the shadow of Amazon hanging Frankfort that his team is gath- lead his transition team. Metropolitan Seattle Chamber The effort may have backfired over me.” Women keep up winning streak in Trump-era political surge

BY SARAH RANKIN Corn, a top candidate for the job. due to give birth. 12 women — eight Republicans ocratic nomination for president. AND SARA BURNETT It’s just one example of the A cyclist who lost her job after and four Democrats — won seats The latest wins show that Associated Press gains made around the country she flipped off a Trump motor- in the state Senate. The previous what happened in 2017 and 2018 by women — most of them Demo- cade won a seat on a county board record was nine, set in 2016. wasn’t just a moment but has cre- RICHMOND, Va. — In its 400- crats and many of them women of in Virginia in a district that’s But there’s little doubt the in- ated lasting change, said Amanda year history, Virginia’s House of color — who have aimed their en- also home to one of Trump’s golf creased involvement of women in Renteria, interim president of Delegates has never been led by ergy and political might at Trump courses. In Maine, a 23-year-old politics is poised to benefit Demo- Emerge America, which recruits a woman. since the 2016 election. The surge Somali American woman was crats in the near term. and trains Democratic women There’s a good chance that of female winners that continued elected to the Lewiston City Coun- Trump’s victory over Hillary to run for office. She noted that might change soon. Two women Tuesday was a troubling signal cil, defeating another Democrat Clinton prompted millions of women first elected in 2017 such are among the contenders for the for the president ahead of his re- and what she described as “inter- women across the U.S. to march as Virginia Rep. Danica Roem, powerful role of House speaker election bid, but it also revealed net trolls” who lobbed racist and in protest and organize against after Virginia Democrats con- political shifts already underway. sexist attacks via social media in him and his policies. Women also the first openly transgender tinued their winning streak Tuesday’s results also mean the campaign’s final weeks. began running for office in larger person elected and seated in a under President Donald Trump women will hold majorities in While Republicans have strug- numbers, picking up seats in the state legislature, were reelected on Tuesday, seizing control of places like the Boston City Coun- gled to match Democrats in elect- 2017 election and the 2018 mid- Tuesday. both the House and Senate from cil, long seen by many as a “boys’ ing and elevating women in office, terms, when a record 102 women “Women continue to win, but Republicans for the first time in club,” and lead communities Tuesday’s elections did show a were elected to Congress, helping we are now here to stay,” said more than two decades. such as Scranton, Pa., where vot- bright spot in Trump territory. Democrats win House control. A Renteria, who was national po- “Long overdue,” said House ers elected the city’s first female GOP women were behind re- record number of women then litical director for Clinton’s 2016 Minority Leader Eileen Filler- mayor, just weeks before she’s cord wins in Mississippi, where jumped into the race for the Dem- campaign. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 9 NATION Top diplomat to be 1st to publicly testify

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK, 50 years of service to the U.S., is doing, and Republicans largely the White House is beefing up its said, he and other diplomats in- LISA MASCARO what Democrats said Wednes- dismiss the impeachment inqui- communications operations. volved in Ukraine policy started AND ERIC TUCKER day they want Americans to hear ry, now into its second month, as Trump ally Pam Bondi, the for- having concerns about a shad- Associated Press first. a sham. mer attorney general of Florida, ow foreign policy being run by Taylor has told investigators But Rep. Adam Schiff, the and Tony Sayegh, a former Trea- Trump and his private attorney. WASHINGTON — Democrats about an “irregular channel” that chairman of the Intelligence sury Department spokesman, are Taylor testified that the con- announced they will launch pub- the Republican president’s per- Committee leading the probe, expected to join the White House cerns reached high levels at the lic impeachment hearings next sonal lawyer said that with two days of hearings team to work on “proactive im- White House. In a July 10 meeting week, intending to bring to life Rudy Giu- next week Americans will have a peachment messaging,” a senior with Trump’s national security weeks of closed-door testimony liani set up chance to decide for themselves. administration official told The adviser John Bolton, Trump’s am- and lay out a convincing narra- for Ukraine “The most important facts are Associated Press. The official bassador to the European Union, tive of presidential misconduct diplomacy largely not contested,” the Cali- spoke on condition of anonymity Gordon Sondland raised the idea by Donald Trump. and how fornia Democrat said. “Those to discuss internal staffing. of Ukrainian investigations. First to testify will be Wil- the White open hearings will be an oppor- The Trump administration has That “triggered Ambassador liam Taylor, the top diplomat in House was tunity for the American people to ordered officials not to participate Bolton’s antenna, political anten- Ukraine, who has relayed in pri- holding up evaluate the witnesses for them- in the House inquiry. But law- na, and he said ‘we don’t do poli- vate his understanding that there the military selves, to make their own deter- makers have spent weeks hearing tics here,’” Taylor testified, noting was a blatant quid pro quo with aid, accord- minations about the credibility from current and former govern- that Bolton ended the meeting. Trump holding up military aid to ing to a tran- Taylor of the witnesses, but also to learn ment witnesses, largely from the a U.S. ally facing threats from its script of his firsthand about the facts of the State Department, as one official Bolton, who resigned from the giant neighbor Russia. closed-door interview released president’s misconduct.” after another has relayed his or administration later, did not show That aid, at the heart of the Wednesday. Along with Taylor, the public her understanding of events. up for an interview with House impeachment inquiry, is alleged “That was my clear under- will hear from former U.S. Am- The testimony from Taylor investigators Thursday. His law- to have been held hostage until standing, security assistance bassador to Ukraine Marie Yova- further connected Trump, Giu- yer said he would not come with- Ukraine agreed to investigate money would not come until the novitch, whom Trump fired after liani and the administration to out a subpoena. political foe Joe Biden and the president committed to pursue what she and others say was a a quid-pro-quo agreement that All three of those scheduled to idea, out of the mainstream of the investigation,” Taylor said. smear campaign against her, and came to light after a government appear in public hearings next U.S. intelligence findings, that He was asked if he was aware career State Department official whistleblower’s complaint about week have already testified behind Ukraine interfered in the 2016 that “quid pro quo” meant “this George Kent. Taylor and Kent Trump’s July 25 phone call with closed doors, and investigators U.S. election. for that.” will appear Wednesday, Yovano- Ukraine President Volodymyr in recent days started releasing The testimony of Taylor, a ca- “I am,” he replied. vitch on Friday. Zelenskiy. hundreds of pages of transcripts reer envoy and war veteran with Trump has denied any wrong- To prepare for what’s ahead, Even before that call, Taylor from their interviews. Pence aide appears for impeachment interview

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK next week. Associated Press Democrats scheduled 13 wit- nesses to testify behind closed WASHINGTON — An aide to doors this week, but so far only Vice President Mike Pence was Williams and another State De- speaking to impeachment inves- partment employee, David Hale, tigators Thursday as Democrats have shown up. Trump has di- wrap up the closed-door phase of rected his employees not to coop- their inquiry. erate with the probe. Jennifer Williams, a career In addition to former national foreign service officer detailed to security adviser John Bolton, Pence’s office from the State De- partment, was subpoenaed to ap- Democrats had requested inter- J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP pear. She is one of several White views from two other high-level House aides who were listening in Trump administration witness- Jennifer Williams, a special adviser to Vice President Mike Pence for Europe and Russia who is a career on a July phone call between Pres- es, acting White House Chief of Foreign Service officer, arrives for a closed-door interview in the impeachment inquiry on Thursday. ident Donald Trump and Ukraine Staff Mick Mulvaney and Energy President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Secretary Rick Perry. Perry did previously said Bolton wouldn’t corroborated the same narrative like Bolton, Mulvaney and Perry in which Trump asked the new not show up for his Wednesday appear without one. — that Trump had delegated his will just add fuel to their case that leader to investigate Democrats, interview and Mulvaney was not Still, Democrats have indicated lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to guide the president has obstructed jus- according to an administration expected to appear for his sched- that they already have ample tes- Ukraine policy and that the two tice. They say obstruction is like- official who requested anonymity uled deposition on Friday. Bolton timony about Trump’s conduct on men were focused on pressuring ly to be an article of impeachment to discuss the conversation. did not show up Thursday. Ukraine. A slew of current and Ukraine as the administration against Trump, when and if they Investigators are wrapping up An attorney for Bolton, Charles former officials from the State De- withheld military aid from the are written. Williams is the first the private interviews as they Cooper, said his client had not re- partment and White House have country. person directly connected with prepare to start public hearings ceived a subpoena. Cooper had already appeared and largely Democrats say that witnesses Pence to testify in the probe. Trump denies he wanted Barr to publicly clear him in Ukraine call

Associated Press FAKE NEWS story with anony- was relayed from the president to That appears to be a reference dling. Barr painted what many mous sources that don’t exist.” White House officials, and then to to a statement from the Justice saw as an overly flattering pic- WASHINGTON — President And he continued to lash out the Justice Department. Department in September an- Donald Trump on Thursday de- ture as it related to Trump and at the press, declaring “The House Democrats are inves- nouncing that the department’s repeatedly declared investigators nied a report that he wanted At- LameStream Media” to be the tigating Trump’s pressure on Criminal Division “reviewed the torney General William Barr to had found “no collusion” between “Enemy of the People.” Ukraine to investigate political official record of the call and de- the Trump campaign and Russia, hold a press conference to de- The Post reported that Barr rivals as aid money was being termined, based on the facts and a point Trump had seized on to clare he broke no laws during a rebuffed the request, which came withheld from the Eastern Euro- applicable law, that there was try to claim vindication. July phone call in which Trump in September around the time the pean country. no campaign finance violation pressed his Ukrainian counter- White House released a rough Trump insists he did nothing and that no further action was While the appearance drew part to investigate Democrats. transcript of Trump’s July 25 call wrong. warranted.” praise from Trump, it also raised Trump tweeted just after mid- at the center of the House im- “Just read the Transcript,” he Barr famously held a news con- alarms from critics already wary night that the story, first report- peachment probe. The paper, cit- wrote Thursday. “The Justice ference ahead of the release of of his independence after Barr ed by The Washington Post, “is ing unidentified people familiar Department already ruled that special counsel Robert Mueller’s released a letter summarizing the totally untrue and just another with the effort, said the request the call was good.” report into Russian election med- reports’ conclusions. PAGE 10 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 NATION Immigration exposes divide among Dems

BY WILL WEISSERT Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth important fault line between rela- Democratic strategist who lived has done. His advisers shrugged Associated Press Warren called in July for re- tive moderates like Biden and for years along the Rio Grande. off concerns that decriminaliz- pealing the criminal prohibition Buttigieg and those White House In Thursday’s plan, Sanders ing illegal border crossings may WASHINGTON — Bernie against crossing the border ille- candidates willing to openly em- also promised to use executive make their campaign, or those Sanders is adding his support to gally, promising in her own im- brace progressive values like orders to halt construction of the of other Democrats, seem soft on a call by some of his fellow presi- migration plan to “immediately Sanders and Warren. Still, grap- U.S.-Mexico border wall, put a immigration. dential hopefuls for decriminal- issue guidance to end criminal pling with full decriminalization moratorium on all deportations “As sure as the sun coming up izing illegal border crossings, a prosecutions for simple adminis- could be a tough sell for Demo- until current federal policy can tomorrow, Trump will still be proposal that’s further exposing trative immigration violations.” crats after the primary when their be audited and allow people seek- racist,” Sanders national policy deep ideological divides in the South Bend, Ind ., Mayor Pete But- nominee will face voters who may ing U.S. asylum to remain in the director Josh Orton said. “But Democratic primary and may tigieg has suggested he’d support disagree with President Donald country while their claims are Bernie will never waver from his prove politically treacherous for making illegal border crossings Trump’s hard-line U.S.-Mexico processed rather than being sent commitment to a humane and ra- the party in the general election. civil offenses, but not in cases in border policies — he leads cheers to Mexico or elsewhere. And he tional immigration system, which The Vermont senator released which “fraud is involved,” a po- of “Finish the wall!” at his rallies vowed to break up the Depart- is supported by the overwhelm- a detailed immigration policy tentially key caveat. Former Vice — but worry about moving too far ment of Homeland Security. ing majority of Americans.” proposal on Thursday, writing, President Joe Biden also hasn’t in the other direction. Sanders said he was taking back Even as Trump, who has denied “Unauthorized presence in the fully backed decriminalization of “The problem with decrimi- an issue that should be about hu- being racist, makes immigration United States is a civil, not a crim- illegal border crossings, saying nalizing undocumented cross- manitarianism and not be viewed a centerpiece of his reelection inal, offense.” He vowed to repeal during a July presidential debate, ings is it fulfills the Republican through the national security strategy, however, it has largely existing statutes that put “border “If you cross the border illegally, narrative that Democrats want prism it often has been since the been overshadowed in the Demo- crossings on par with other forms you should be able to be sent back. open borders, and that will be an Sept. 11 terrorist attacks — nor cratic primary by other issues of immigration violations, such as It’s a crime.” absolute killer for us in Novem- used to stoke racist fears for po- like universal health coverage overstaying a visa.” The issue illustrates another ber,” said Colin Strother, a Texas litical gain like he said Trump under “Medicare for All.” Gabbard’s denials of a 3rd-party bid don’t ease Democrats’ fears

Associated Press the Democrats who have pledged not to run as a third-party candi- Tulsi Gabbard keeps making date. “It’s about something much her fellow Democrats nervous. bigger.” The Hawaii congresswoman The anxiety isn’t going away. and Democratic presidential Often expressed privately for candidate appeared on Tucker fear of pushing Gabbard further Carlson’s show on Fox News. She from the party, the concerns wrote for the conservative-lean- mirror the handwringing over ing editorial pages of The Wall the abortive presidential bid by Street Journal. former Starbucks CEO Howard She denounced Hillary Clinton Schultz earlier this year. Then, as the “per- Democrats feared Schultz would sonification peel off enough affluent, sub- of the rot that urban voters to reelect Trump. has sickened Now, they worry Gabbard’s vocal the Demo- anti-interventionist stance could EVAN VUCCI/AP cratic Party do the same with younger liberal for so long.” voters and others unhappy with Supporters of President Donald Trump listen as he speaks during a campaign rally at the Monroe Civic And facing a the Democratic establishment. Center on Wednesday in Monroe, La. stiff primary Trump was able to win in 2016 challenge for with a minority of the popular her congres- vote in part because those who Trump on stump in La. runoff sional seat, disapproved of him in a handful Gabbard she recently of battleground states split their announced votes between Clinton and third- Associated Press head to polls. Trump also visited Lake Charles last her retirement from Congress. month to encourage voters to back one of the Repub- party candidates, giving an un- MONROE, La. — President Donald Trump That’s feeding fears among usually large share to the Green licans ahead of the state’s open primary. Because no party leaders and pundits that worked up a sweat in a steamy Louisiana arena candidate won a majority in the October primary, Party’s Jill Stein and the Liber- Wednesday night as he attempted to boost Repub- Gabbard isn’t necessarily aiming tarian Party’s Gary Johnson. the top two vote-getters — Edwards and Rispone lican businessman Eddie Rispone’s effort to unseat to win a Democratic primary but Democrats fear a repeat. Only — advanced to the Nov. 16 runoff. incumbent Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in is laying the groundwork to run this time, Gabbard, 38, a Samoan- Trump told the friendly audience that a vote for the nation’s last governor’s race of the year. as a third-party candidate. Such a American congresswoman with Rispone is a vote for his agenda, which he said Dem- “It may be 120 degrees in this room,” Trump told scenario, they fear, could slice off an unusual mix of political views ocrats have tried to hamstring through an impeach- just enough support from the ul- who has participated in three of the crowd at the end of a rally in the northeastern ment inquiry. timate Democratic nominee that the Democrats debates and, on Louisiana city of Monroe. “The American people are fed up with Democrat President Donald Trump could Wednesday, qualified for a fourth, “Somebody is saving on air conditioning,” Trump lies, hoaxes, smears, slanders and scams. The Dem- win reelection. could draw far more attention joked. “That’s all right. You’ve always got to save a ocrats’ shameful conduct has created an angry ma- Gabbard repeatedly denies than Stein and Johnson did. little money. You go home and you lose about nine jority. And that’s what we are,” Trump said. “We’re planning an independent candi- Some political analysts say pounds and you say, ‘What happened?’ ” a majority, and we’re angry, that will vote the do- dacy, as she did Wednesday when Democratic worries may be The gubernatorial runoff election in Louisiana of- nothing Democrats out of office in 2020.” she told ABC’s “The View” that excessive. fers Trump an opportunity to pick up a win in a rare With Wednesday’s visit to Monroe, Trump waded she’s “running to build a new “This is something that’s sig- Democratic-held governor’s seat in the Deep South into the heart of the congressional district represent- Democratic Party.” nificantly fueled by the 2016 and change the narrative after a pair of apparent ed by Republican Ralph Abraham, the third-place Tom Perez, the chairman of the experience,” said Josh Putnam, setbacks this week for the Republican Party in Ken- finisher in last month’s gubernatorial primary. Both Democratic National Committee, a political scientist who tracks tucky and Virginia. Rispone and Edwards are competing for Abraham’s also sought to quell the rumors presidential elections through the “You’re going out to replace a radical, liberal voters. Polls show a tight race, with few undecided Wednesday. site FrontloadingHQ.com. Democrat as your governor,” Trump said. “John Bel and both campaigns hoping Trump will mobilize “Tulsi Gabbard and every sin- During elections for open pres- Edwards has not done the job.” voters in their bases. gle candidate running for presi- idential seats, third-party votes Trump is going all in with the Louisiana gover- Trump called Abraham “a better man” than him dent understands that it’s not tend to spike. But during an in- nor’s race. for getting behind Rispone after a hard-fought pri- about them,” he told reporters, cumbent president’s reelection The White House confirmed he would visit Bossi- mary. Abraham urged voters to get out the vote for noting that Gabbard is among campaign, they usually dwindle. er City on Nov. 14, two days before Louisiana voters Rispone. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 11 NATION Migrants live in fear at border amid violence BY ELLIOT SPAGAT One wanted to extort money Associated Press from her family. A second wanted to force her into prostitution and SAN DIEGO — A Salvadoran she ended up with him before woman seeking asylum in the her escape this summer to the United States spends her days home of a stranger who paid for holed up in her cousin’s cramped her bus ticket to her cousin who slum house just across the border lives across the border from San in Mexico — too scared to leave Diego. after receiving a savage beat- She said she shared her story MONTEREY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP ing from two men three weeks with U.S. authorities after she A hole is seen Monday in the ceiling of a bathroom where Santos Fonseca and Jonathan Salazar escaped ago while she was strolling home walked across the border ille- from in the county jail in Salinas, Calif. from a convenience store. gally alone on Sept. 18 where the The assault came after she wall ends in Tijuana, Mexico, and spent four months in captivity in waited for an agent to arrest her. Mexico, kidnapped into prostitu- They rejected her pleas that it was Pair of escaped inmates are tion during her journey toward too dangerous for her to return to the U.S. Mexico to wait for a date in U.S. The woman, 31, is among immigration court for a judge to 55,000 migrants who have been hear her case. arrested at US-Mexico border returned to Mexico by the Trump Then, on Oct. 14., she said she administration to wait for their was punched and whipped with a Associated Press helped them escape or helped them after they cases to wind through backlogged belt by assailants near her cous- were out. They were reported missing at 8:15 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities are trying to de- immigration courts. Her situation in’s home in a hillside neighbor- Sunday. termine if anyone helped two inmates who escaped offers a glimpse into some of the hood of dirt and concrete roads Thornburg said authorities received a tip that the program’s problems. and empty, half-built homes from a California jail, traveled hundreds of miles pair, both born and raised in Salinas, had been spot- and crossed into Mexico before being captured try- Critics have said the admin- occupied by drug addicts and ted in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, around istration’s policy denies asylum squatters. ing to walk back into the United States. 400 miles south of Monterey County, and alerted Jonathan Salazar, 20, and Santos Fonseca, 21, seekers like the Salvadoran She still had bruises as her federal officials. woman fair and humane treat- case was heard last week in San were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protec- CBP spokeswoman Jackie Wasiluk said the men tion officials at a port of entry ment, forcing them to wait in a Diego, when immigration Judge didn’t present any documents. country plagued by drug-fueled Lee O’Connor made no secret of in San Ysidro — the nation’s They said they were U.S. largest border crossing — early violence — illustrated this week his disdain for the policy of keep- citizens, and a check of law by the slaughter near the U.S. ing asylum seekers waiting in Wednesday, Monterey County enforcement databases told border of six children and three Mexico. Sheriff’s Office Capt. John border inspectors that they women. All were U.S. citizens liv- The scene in the courtroom was Thornburg said. were wanted by authorities. ing in Mexico. chaotic, with the infant child of a Thornburg said the two are How the pair made it to Mex- The Trump administration in- Honduran woman whimpering in the custody of Monterey ico, why they decided to travel County officials and have been sists that the program is a safe and then bellowing as O’Connor together since they allegedly alternative in collaboration with returned to a jail in Salinas, a belong to rival gangs and why entered. the government of Mexico, even farming city of about 160,000 they returned to the United “Silence in the courtroom!” as the president vows to wage war people roughly 100 miles south States is under investigation, he barked. A guard escorted the on drug cartels that are a domi- of San Francisco. Fonseca Salazar Thornburg said. child and his mother to the hall- nant presence in the dangerous Salazar and Fonseca escaped “The good news here is they are in custody again,” way. The judge questioned the Sunday from the lockup in Salinas after climbing Thornburg said. border cities where migrants are two attorneys representing asy- through a hole they made in the ceiling of a bath- Salazar and Fonseca will be housed separately in forced to wait. lum seekers about how long it room, squeezing through a hollow wall and kicking a different housing unit from the one they escaped, The Department of Homeland took them to visit clients in Mex- open a hatch. Thornburg said, adding that officials had already Security added in a report last ico, noting infamously long waits Officials found their jail-issued jumpsuits outside made security improvements to the jail. He said he week that the program is “an in- to cross the border. the building. Inmates often wear their own clothes couldn’t provide details. dispensable tool in addressing “Hours,” the judge marveled. under the jumpsuits, Thornburg said. Both had been in custody since 2018 and were the ongoing crisis at the southern But the judge ruled the Salva- Investigators have not yet determined how long awaiting trial on murder counts and “numerous border and restoring integrity to doran woman and the Honduran they worked on making the hole or if anyone else other felony charges” in separate cases. the immigration system.” family were ineligible for the The woman said in an inter- program because, in his view, the view that she fled Santa Ana, El law governing asylum seekers Salvador, on Jan. 31 after days on only allows it for people who pres- the run from a police officer who ent themselves at official border Texas cop who shot woman in her home demanded sexual acts. crossings — not for immigrants She never said goodbye to her like her who entered illegally. five children — ages 5 to 12 — Customs and Border Protec- critiqued for having some ‘tunnel vision’ fearing the officer would discover tion officials then sent the woman where they lived. The Associated back to Mexico with a notice tell- Associated Press according to records obtained by October without answering ques- Press granted her anonymity be- ing her she had another court the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. tions about the shooting. FORT WORTH, Texas — A cause she fears for her safety if date set for Dec. 16, even though white Fort Worth police officer But his supervisor was critical During his 2017 police depart- her identity is revealed. her case had been terminated. who fatally shot a black woman in earlier performance reviews, ment job interview, Dean said She said she was kidnapped The woman’s lawyer, Siobhan in her home last month had been writing that Dean had poor com- he wanted to serve the public after leaving a Mexican govern- Waldron, accused Customs and critiqued in a 2018 performance munication skills and accusing and liked “the action and adven- ment office on its southern border Border Protection of making up review for missing calls for help him of being evasive rather than ture” that he believed came with with Guatemala after inquiring the Dec. 16 court date to get the over the radio and sometimes owning up to doing wrong. being an officer. Dean said he about getting asylum in Mexico. woman out of the U.S. and back having “tunnel vision.” The records offer new insight had aspired to join the military She and others were taken in to Mexico. Waldron said she does Aaron Dean’s supervisor com- into the 35-year-old who is facing and saw becoming an officer as a minivan to Ciudad Juarez, on not know what will come next for mended him in his most recent a murder charge for shooting Ata- a “way to do some of those same Mexico’s border with Texas. Cap- her client. evaluation, in April 2019, for tiana Jefferson, 28, through her things without having to deploy tors in a large room argued over Customs and Border Protec- working at the level of more ex- back window after responding to overseas.” He said he would have who would take possession of the tion did not provide answers perienced officers, exhorting a call about an open front door. He “no problem” using lethal force if men, women and children gath- to emailed questions about the him to “keep up the good work,” resigned from the department in necessary. ered there. woman’s case. PAGE 12 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 NATION Calif. discloses Facebook probe, sues for records

BY TALI ARBEL practices, deceived users and relationship between ad spending Associated Press broke California law. and access to data and the intro- Cambridge Analytica, a data- duction of new privacy features California’s attorney general mining firm, gathered details on and privacy-related news stories. disclosed an ongoing probe into as many as 87 million Facebook Officials also sought information Facebook’s privacy practices users without their permission. on the effects of privacy settings Wednesday, as it sued the com- The Federal Trade Commission on third-party access to data pany over its repeated refusal to fined Facebook $5 billion this and Facebook’s enforcement of turn over documents and answer summer for privacy violations in policies. questions. an investigation that also grew Facebook, which has its head- California Attorney General out of that scandal. California of- quarters in Menlo Park, Calif ., Xavier Becerra said his probe ficials say questions have been didn’t respond to requests for has been going on for more than raised about what Facebook knew comment. a year. He said he was disclos- and why it didn’t prevent third California hadn’t joined a sepa- ing it now because his office was parties such as Cambridge Ana- rate probe involving attorneys making a public court filing to lytica from misusing user data. general from New York and other force the company to comply The court filing said Facebook states. The New York probe is with subpoenas and requests for hasn’t given answers on 19 of the looking into Facebook’s domi- information. attorney general’s questions and “Facebook is not just continu- hasn’t given any new documents nance and any resulting anticom- ing to drag its feet in response to in response to six document re- petitive conduct. California is also the Attorney General’s investiga- quests. The filing also said Face- a holdout in a separate probe into tion, it is failing to comply,” the book has refused to search the Google’s market dominance. BEN MARGOT/AP lawsuit said. emails of top executives Mark The District of Columbia and The lawsuit was filed in state Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, Massachusetts have also gone California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that Superior Court in San Francisco. as the state requested. after Facebook on privacy. The Facebook is failing to comply in an ongoing probe of its privacy The California probe, one of Becerra’s office said it request- Massachusetts attorney general’s practices. many legal and regulatory inqui- ed additional information after office is set to argue in a state ries into Facebook, began as a Facebook took a year to respond court Thursday why Facebook bles have yet to make a significant of Facebook’s revenue last year. response to the Cambridge Ana- to an initial subpoena. should be compelled to stop re- financial dent on the company. The penalty was criticized by lytica scandal and grew into an Investigators sought communi- sisting and turn over documents Even the FTC’s $5 billion fine, consumer advocates and a num- investigation into whether Face- cations among executives on de- for its investigation. the largest ever for a tech compa- ber of public officials as being too book misrepresented its privacy velopers’ access to user data, the Facebook’s various legal trou- ny, came to just under one-tenth lenient. Acting UAW head says President Harrison’s sword he’ll clean up the fraud likely found after 40 years BY DAN SEWELL photos, old letters and do inter- BY TOM KRISHER Joe Ashton is accused of re- Associated Press views to verify that in what’s ex- AND ED WHITE ceiving thousands of dollars in pected to be a lengthy effort. CINCINNATI — An Ohio Associated Press kickbacks from a contractor who “I still have a responsibility as a sheriff wearing white gloves dis- made watches for union mem- peace officer ... to make sure this played a sword wielded in the DETROIT — The acting presi- bers. The 58,000 watches are still is, in fact, the sword in question dent of the United Auto Workers American Revolution and by a in storage five years later. that was stolen from the Cincin- said Wednesday that a corruption Ashton was charged with con- future U.S. president in the War of 1812 and pledged Wednesday nati Historical Society 40 years scandal plaguing the union will spiracy to commit wire fraud AUL ANCYA/AP P S ago,” Neil said. get worse before it gets better, but and conspiring to commit money an exhaustive investigation to de- he’s confident he can fix the mess laundering. The case is filed in Rory Gamble, acting head of the termine whether it’s the one that But Kochan says he still believes and turn over a clean house to the Detroit federal court as a “crimi- United Auto Workers union, says disappeared from Cincinnati four he has rights to the weapon. next leader. nal information,” which means a he is working on a plan to fix decades ago. “The fact is, nothing has been Rory Gamble, a union vice guilty plea is expected. issues plaguing the union. It’s believed the sword Ham- established yet,” Kochan said by president who successfully ne- Ashton was a powerful official ilton County Sheriff Jim Neil phone. “I have legal title to the gotiated a tentative contract with who headed the UAW’s General ropractor to set up a company to held up was carried in battle by sword they have.” Ford, took over as acting presi- Motors department. He also was buy the watches from a manufac- President William Henry Harri- Kochan said he is a veteran his- son and before him, Continental dent Saturday when President a member of the GM board but turer and resell them to the union torian, curator and collector who Army Col. John Cleves Symmes, Gary Jones took a paid leave of resigned in 2017 after being im- at an inflated price. They’re ac- bought the sword in 2015 from a absence. Harrison’s future father-in-law. plicated in the corruption probe. cused of taking kickbacks from collection being sold by Christie’s In an interview with The As- the chiropractor. Police in Connecticut seized The federal charges against auction house in New York. sociated Press, Gamble pledged Ashton are the latest fallout in UAW members recently rati- the sword last month, just before He was offering it Oct. 19 as to put financial controls in place the mounting corruption investi- fied a new four-year contract with it was to be auctioned. part of an auction of artifacts to stop the bribery and embezzle- gation. Federal agents have also GM after a 40-day strike, and it Members of the Harrison- from the American Revolution, ment uncovered in a widening searched the Detroit-area home has reached a tentative agree- Symmes Memorial Foundation, federal investigation. of Jones, the union president, and ment with crosstown rival Ford, some 15 miles west of Cincinna- the War of 1812 and the Napole- ti, are confident it is a historical “We’re going to plan for going the Corona, Calif ., home of for- where workers are voting on the onic Wars. sword that disappeared 40 years forward and how we fix this great mer president Dennis Williams. deal. It will then shift the bar- It’s now in custody in Hamil- union,” Gamble said. “Right now, ago from the Cincinnati Histori- According to court papers gaining focus to Fiat Chrysler. ton County, where the Harrison- that’s my charge and what I came filed by prosecutors Wednesday, cal Society. But would-be seller Gamble planned to meet with Symmes foundation historians to this job to do, to make sure I Ashton and two other officials of James Kochan, of Wiscasset, the union’s executive board on say the Symmes family donated hand to the next president a very a joint GM-UAW training cen- Maine, said he thinks the missing it to Hamilton County Probate Thursday and said he’ll announce Cincinnati sword was a copy. clean and uncorrupted union.” ter, Michael Grimes and Jeffrey Court in 1922. Documents show Gamble, a former director of a Pietrzyk, used their positions to steps next week that are designed Neil agreed with the founda- the court loaned the sword to the union region based in Detroit, has get hundreds of thousands of dol- to stop corruption from happen- tion members that the probabil- a tough job to do. lars in bribes and kickbacks from ing again. ity is high the sword he held is Cincinnati Historical Society, Earlier Wednesday, a retired 2012 until July 2016 in a scheme Gamble said he is “absolutely the real deal and belongs back in which used it in a 1976 Bicenten- union vice president became the involving the purchase of $3.97 blown away” by the misconduct Cincinnati. But he said his detec- nial display. 13th person to be charged in the million worth of watches to be by union officials. “This is a tes- tives, probate court investigators, Sometime within the next few federal probe of the union and given to union members. tament to just how deep human the county coroner’s analysts and years, it disappeared from stor- auto companies. The men got a Philadelphia chi- frailties can go,” he said. historians will study documents, age in a Cincinnati museum. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 13 NATION US says Saudis recruited Twitter workers to spy

Associated Press acting as agents of Saudi Arabia would seem to show how the without registering with the U.S. Saudi government has tried to SAN FRANCISCO — Saudi government. Arabia, frustrated by growing control the flow of information At his appearance in Seattle criticism of its leaders and poli- on Twitter, said Adam Coogle, federal court on Wednesday, Ab- cies on social media, recruited a Middle East researcher with ouammo was ordered to remain two Twitter employees to spy on Human Rights Watch. thousands of accounts that in- in custody pending a detention The platform is the main venue cluded prominent opponents, U.S. hearing set for Friday. Investiga- for Saudis to express their views, prosecutors have alleged. tors said Alzabarah is in Saudi and about a third of the country’s A complaint unsealed Wednes- Arabia. 30 million people are active users. day in U.S. District Court in San The Saudi government’s em- But the free-wheeling nature of Francisco detailed a coordinated bassy in Washington did not com- Twitter is a major source of con- effort by Saudi government offi- ment on the case and its state-run cern for its authoritarian govern- cials to recruit employees at the media and affiliated state-linked ment, Coogle said. social media giant to look up the media did not report on the charg- The kingdom has used different private data of Twitter accounts, es on Wednesday or Thursday. tactics to control speech and keep including email addresses linked The allegations against the two reformers and others from orga- to the accounts and internet pro- former Twitter employees and a nizing, including employing troll tocol addresses that can give up a third man who ran a social media armies to harass and intimidate user’s location. It appeared to link marketing company that did work users online. It has also arrested for the Saudi royal family comes Crown Prince Mohammed bin and imprisoned Twitter users. a little more than a year after the Salman, the powerful 34-year- The crown prince’s former top killing of Jamal Khashoggi. The son of King Salman, to the effort. adviser, Saud al-Qahtani, who Washington Post columnist and The accounts that were looked also served as director of the /Star Tribune (Minneapolis) prominent critic of the Saudi gov- BRIAN PETERSON at included those of a popular cyber security federation, started Saudi government critic with ernment was slain and dismem- Artist Adam Turman stands by a large mural he painted inside the “Black List” hashtag to target more than 1 million followers bered in the Saudi Consulate in Duluth Trading Co.’s new prototype store in Mall of America, in critics of the government. He om- and a news personality, but they Istanbul. Bloomington, Minn. The store only carries men’s underwear . inously tweeted in 2017 that the were not named in the complaint. Saudi Arabia under King government had ways of unmask- It marks the first time that the Salman and Prince Mohammed ing anonymous Twitter users. kingdom, long linked to the U.S. has aggressively silenced and de- Al-Qahtani has been sanc- through its massive oil reserves tained government critics even New Duluth Trading tioned for his suspected role in and regional security arrange- as it allowed women to drive and ments, has been accused of spy- opened movie theaters in the con- orchestrating the brutal killing of store has only men’s ing in America. servative kingdom. Khashoggi. His Twitter account The complaint alleged that the Prince Mohammed also has was suspended in September for employees — whose jobs did not been implicated by U.S. officials violating the platform’s manipu- drawers in its drawers require access to Twitter users’ and a United Nations investiga- lation policy. private information — were re- tive report in the assassination of Twitter acknowledged that it Star Tribune (Minneapolis) really can be a ball,” and “How warded with a designer watch Khashoggi. The prince has said cooperated in the criminal inves- does it feel to go Buck Naked?” and tens of thousands of dollars he bears ultimate responsibility tigation and said in a statement MINNEAPOLIS — When an A mural by artist Adam Tur- funneled into secret bank ac- for what happens in the kingdom’s that it restricts access to sensitive underwear store opens in 2019 man features Duluth Trading’s counts. Ahmad Abouammo, a name, but he has denied orches- account information “to a lim- with a “Museum of Man” inside, potbellied man named Buck U.S. citizen, and Ali Alzabarah, a trating the slaying. ited group of trained and vetted it can only mean Duluth Trading wearing nothing but Buck Naked Saudi citizen, were charged with The new criminal allegations employees.” Co. is up to something again. underwear. To reinforce the com- The company’s impish ads for pany’s Minnesota heritage, he’s “Ballroom Jeans,” “Fire Hose holding a spoon and cherry while workpants,” and “Longtail T- underwear-clad loons fly near shirts that fix plumber’s butt” the Duluth Lift Bridge and a boat Vegas law makes sleeping on street have long elicited chuckles, ey- with sails puffed out in the shape erolls and occasionally criticism. of boxer shorts. “We offend people,” said Rick- “Duluth Trading is one of those downtown – not on the Strip – illegal er Schlect, a vice president for great clients who took me along Duluth Trading and son of owner for the ride,” Turman said. “It BY KEN RITTER ficials and downtown business able” provision. Steve Schlect. “We get letters. was fun.” Associated Press owners characterize as a home- Opponents rejected city offi- We dance on the line a lot with The prototype represents an- less crisis. cials’ assurances that there will ball jokes and butt cracks. Some other example of Duluth Trad- LAS VEGAS — Despite pro- “This is flawed but it is a start,” be enough shelter space when people don’t want to hear it, but ing’s aggressive growth strategy. tests about a “war on the poor,” the mayor said after noting Las necessary. we want people to have a smile on Eighteen months ago, the chain Las Vegas officials passed a law Vegas’ economy relies on its The law provides for warn- their face when they interact with included 34 stores. With new Wednesday making it illegal for image as an attractive interna- ings by public officers, beginning our brand.” stores opening this week, the the homeless to sleep on streets tional tourist attraction. Sunday, for people found “camp- The company’s new store that count has almost doubled to 60. when beds are available at estab- “We have been having these ing, lodging, sitting, lying down, opened Thursday at the Mall of That’s led some analysts to ques- lished shelters. conversations for 20 years,” she sleeping and similar activities” in America in Bloomington, Minn., tion the wisdom of such rapid The issue spurred emotion and said, “and we must have results.” most downtown areas. is its first-ever devoted only growth. drama, including the ejection by Las Vegas becomes the latest Those activities become a mis- to men’s underwear. It’s much For many men, underwear is city marshals of several audi- city in the U.S. West — from San demeanor beginning Jan. 1, pun- smaller, just 1,600 square feet, no longer a three-for-$10 pur- ence members who Mayor Caro- Francisco and Seattle to Hono- ishable by up to six months in jail than its normal stores that carry chase. Manufacturers in recent lyn Goodman deemed disruptive lulu and Salt Lake City — to try and a $1,000 fine. its broader assortment of work- years have innovated with bright during a daylong City Council to deal with complaints about “It’s criminalizing the home- wear for men and women, shoes, colors, elaborate patterns and meeting that drew dozens of time- homelessness. less,” the Rev. Leonard Jackson, jackets and accessories. high-tech synthetic fabrics that limited comments. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of associate pastor of First African The Mall of America store is reduce moisture and odor. At Du- Most people spoke against the Appeals struck down a similar Methodist Episcopal Church in a prototype that Duluth Trading luth Trading, prices for a single law before the 5-2 council vote. law from Boise, Idaho, last year North Las Vegas and director of may take to other malls and loca- pair routinely range from $20 to The measure will apply to the — calling it unconstitutional to the regional Faith Organizing Al- tions. As ever, Schlect’s goal is to $30 for boxer briefs . city’s downtown urban core, not prosecute people for sleeping in liance said during a morning pro- entertain. “We’re not looking to compete the tourist-heavy Las Vegas Strip, public places when there aren’t test outside City Hall . The Museum of Man that is in- with Kohl’s or Walmart on the ba- which is overseen by a different enough shelter beds. City officials report spending terspersed among the boxers and sics,” Schlect said. “We just want jurisdiction. City Attorney Brad Jerbic said more than $35 million on home- briefs is a sendup of museum so- to people to have fun in our store Goodman, the sponsor of the the Las Vegas law was crafted to less-related services last year, in- lemnity. It has placards of Amaz- and stay a little longer than they measure, called it imperfect but withstand a similar legal chal- cluding outreach, fire, police and ing Ball Moments “Yes, history might otherwise.” necessary to deal with what of- lenge, with its “if beds are avail- community services. PAGE 14 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Coworkers buy car for woman who walks home GREER, S.C. — Coworkers bought a new vehicle for a woman who had to regularly walk 12 miles home from work after her car broke down. Josh Lewis said he and his boss noticed Darlene Quinn, 60, on foot as they drove home from a FedEx facility near Greer. Lewis said they began offering Quinn rides, and she told them her car broke down three months ago and she couldn’t afford to fix it. Lewis told The Greenville News that Quinn had someone to drive her to work, but she had to walk home. Lewis created a GoFundMe page and 100 coworkers and strangers donated enough to buy Quinn a car. Sheriff: Man with ax found in courthouse

DOVER — Authorities TN in Tennessee said a man wielding an ax walked into a courthouse and made his way to a judge’s chambers before being seen and arrested. News outlets reported Mi- chael Dupont, 46, was charged with trespassing, possession of a weapon, disorderly conduct and drug possession with intent to manufacture or sell. Stewart County Chief Deputy Dale Ward said Dupont walked into the county courthouse through a side door that led to the TED S. WARREN/AP basement where the offices are located. Ward says Dupont was carry- Big wheel keeps on turning ing a brush hook ax, which is a gardening tool. With the Seattle Great Wheel behind him, a worker moves a cable as he works at the new Washington State Ferry Colman Dock terminal Tuesday in Seattle. The entire project to replace the terminal is scheduled to be complete in 2023. University taking PB&J as payment for tickets larceny at the time and initially THE CENSUS Fire chief accused of held on a parole violation. driving ambulance drunk ANCHORAGE — Any- The amount in gallons of raw sewage that was spilled from a Man in stabbing attack pipe into the Willamette River in downtown Portland, Ore. The AK one with unpaid park- GRAND JUNCTION — Oregonian/OregonLive reported the city’s Bureau of Environmen- ing fines at the University of banished from county IA A central Iowa fire chief Alaska Anchorage campus has 3K tal Services said crews discovered the spill Tuesday morning. To was accused of being drunk while put 3,000 gallons in context: The city’s treatment plant takes in the option to reduce or cover the SPOTSYLVANIA driving an ambulance and taking 70 million gallons of sewage a day. Diane Dulken, a bureau spokeswoman, said cost of their tickets with peanut VA COURTHOUSE — A a patient to a hospital. the problem was a leaking underground pipe. butter and jelly. Virginia man who stabbed anoth- Greene County court records Officials said the food goes to er during a fight last year is now said Thomas Launderville, 39, students in need. banned from the county where Green Diamond Gallery in the discovered they were stolen. was charged with operating while University officials said each the crime happened. Cincinnati suburb of Montgom- The caller, who was not identi- intoxicated, second offense. person could use PB&J payments The Free Lance-Star reported ery will be available during a fied, told police they were found Launderville has since been for two citations issued within the Conerison Jimenez, 23, pleaded live public auction Saturday at dismissed as Grand Junction’s past 45 days. guilty to unlawful wounding among a relative’s possessions the Louisville Slugger Museum & fire chief. Officials said two 16-ounce jars in the Spotsylvania County at- after she died. Factory in downtown Louisville. Records said an officer arrested offer a $10 credit, three jars offer tack. He was banished from the Launderville at the hospital, and a a $35 credit and five jars offer a The collection includes over 100 Sheriff: Man went bar county. breath test showed Launderville $60 credit. Hall of Fame member jerseys, He also was sentenced to five hopping on electric cart had a blo od alcohol content of years in prison with all but 10 hundreds of game-used bats and thousands of autographed items. more than twice the legal limit. Sheriff: Wrongly freed months suspended. But he won’t HOUMA — A Loui- be returning to jail as he has al- siana man avoided a murder suspect caught ready served 10 months in cus- Caller leads police to LA State Police look into driving while intoxicated charge tody in the case. COLUMBUS — Au- $800K in stolen art stolen grave markers Jimenez also was ordered to by operating an electric-powered thorities in Missis- MS pay $24,900 in restitution to the shopping cart to get from one bar ANNAPOLIS — sippi said a man charged with LOS ANGELES — This victim, who was stabbed while to another. Maryland State Po- murder was mistakenly free for CA time detectives didn’t MD trying to keep people out of the A news release from the Terre- lice are investigating the theft of days due to a clerical error. have to track down the stolen art, fight. bonne Parish Sheriff’s Office said The Commercial Dispatch re- someone led them to it. 30 American Legion grave mark- Los Angeles police said they re- Brice Kendell Williams, 32, was ers from a cemetery. ported Malcolm Hill, 26, was accused of taking the cart from a found in Foley, Ala., five days after Baseball memorabilia to covered $800,000 worth of prints The police said in a news re- Walmart in Houma to a bar about being released from a detention go up for public auction by Scottish abstract expressionist lease that the thefts occurred at half a mile away. center in Columbus. A Lowndes Benjamin Creme after a caller the Rosebank Cemetery in Cal- County sheriff’s statement said MONTGOMERY told them they were in the per- The sheriff’s office said Wil- vert in Cecil County. A caretaker Hill was back at the center , and OH — Historic baseball son’s home in the Los Angeles liams told the deputy he thought of the cemetery reported the the employee responsible for the memorabilia displayed in Ohio suburb of San Fernando. he might get charged with DWI thefts after noticing they were error no longer works there. will soon be available to the pub- Police believe the nearly 1,300 if he drove his own vehicle from missing from the grave sites. Hill and his girlfriend, Victoria lic for auction in Kentucky. signed prints were there for sev- bar to bar. The markers hold a miniature Slayton, 24, are charged with cap- The Cincinnati Enquirer re- eral years but the caller who had Williams was charged with American flag and mark the ital murder in a 2018 slaying. Hill ported items from a collection them had only recently checked felony “unauthorized use of a graves of U.S. service members. was on parole for burglary and displayed for years at the former a law-enforcement database and movable.” From wire reports Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 15 WIRED WORLD Game’s depiction of Russians sparks backlash

BY ALEX HORTON of a man burned through to his The Washington Post skeleton. The targets were “basically At one point in the newly re- just sitting ducks,” one squadron leased Call of Duty Modern War- commander said. Then-Chair- fare, the player becomes Farah man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Karim as she rushes through Gen. Colin Powell was concerned fictional streets in Urzikstan, the mission appeared like “wan- watching Russian soldiers mas- ton killing” and the violence so sacre fellow civilians. one-sided that it was “un-Ameri- Her father is gunned down by can” to pile on. a soldier eager to kill the young The game also features a num- girl and her brother. And Farah, ber of civilian executions and in- gripping a screwdriver, plunges discriminate bombing of civilians the tip into the soldier’s stomach reminiscent of Russian air cam- before killing him with his own paigns in Syria that have killed rifle. many people. The brutal scene earned some U.S. forces have killed scores of detractors in the United States, as noncombatants on modern battle- the developers defended their ef- fields, such as the 2014 strike on fort to produce a messy, complex a Doctors Without Borders hospi- story that defies the black-and- tal in Afghanistan that killed 30 white conventions of fighting en- emies like Nazis or terrorists. people and numerous airstrikes But in Russia, the portrayal of in Iraq and Syria targeting the its soldiers as over-the-top vil- Islamic State. lains has earned rebukes from Taylor Kurosaki, the game’s state-owned media, sparked narrative director, defended the calls for boycotts and prompted game’s twist on history, suggest- live-streamers to pull out of pro- ing one of the most infamous motional deals with publisher Activision moments of the late 20th cen- Activision. tury could be interpreted from Ilya Davydov, an influential In the video game Call of Duty Modern Warfare, gamers play one mission as a younger version of elsewhere. Russian gamer with nearly half a freedom fighter Farah Karim, who must kill a Russian soldier in her home. “I think you could probably million Twitch subscribers, said find many instances of the words he signed a promotion deal with The gamer response to Call of characters reference a mass kill- tary tanks and confiscated civil- ‘highway of death’ being used in a Activision Russia to live-stream Duty has been swift and merci- ing known as the “highway of ian vehicles fleeing from Kuwait lot of cases,” he told Gamespot. the game over six months. less, as Russians flooded Meta- death” where Russians bombed back into Iraq. Davydov suggested the game But on Oct. 25, timed with the critic to downvote the game’s fleeing civilians. The sorties lasted for hours, should be banned in Russia, and release of the game, he backed user score in an effort to blunt its That term is already well with images of burned out husks in a scorched earth tweetstorm, out two hours before he was appeal. known from the Gulf War’s infa- of vehicles and charred bodies said he refused the payout of scheduled for his first campaign The PC rating is below 3 out mous “Highway of Death.” Late seen around the world — except more than a million rubles, or live-stream, following a look at of 10. The PlayStation 4 score is in the 1991 war, U.S. warplanes for the U.S. initially, following more than $15,700. the missions. pulling just above a 3. pounded the head and tail of an widespread self-censorship of “But having a conscience is “I realized that I did not want The Call of Duty franchise enormous column of Iraqi mili- one particularly gruesome photo worth more,” he said. to show such content on my chan- has relied on a host of villains nel, since the story campaign was throughout its history, beginning filled with outrageous moments with Nazis in World War II be- that presented Russia and the fore shifting to amorphous terror Russian army as war criminals,” groups, extremist splinter cells Davydov, who also goes by Mad- and space tyrants. dyson, told The Washington Post Developer Infinity Ward has by email. said it intended in the newest Russia has increasingly used release to create a morally and popular culture as a channel to politically gray narrative in a fic- both defend itself and recast its tional country distant from real image on the world stage. State- events. run media slammed HBO’s That intent was relayed to pro- “Chernobyl” as Western pro- moters like Davydov, he said. paganda, prompting a network But “there is no ‘gray moral- to produce a series that places ity’ in the game,” he said. “SAS blame on the U.S. for the disaster, soldiers and CIA operatives do according to the Moscow Times. not shoot women (unless they are Part of Davydov’s agreement, holding weapons) or children, un- he said, was to not mention the like Russian soldiers.” “No Russian” mission from Infinity Ward and publisher 2009’s Modern Warfare 2 release. Activision did not return requests That mission let players partake for comment. in a Russian terrorist attack in an In the game, players assume airport. the role of a CIA operative and It prompted blowback for Ac- Farah, both as a young girl and tivision, which removed the mis- later as a militia commander, as sion from Russian versions of they wage a guerrilla campaign the game, which at the time was against Russian occupiers in available on PC. Urzikstan, a mash-up of Syria, Other streamers followed suit Afghanistan and Chechnya. and pulled out of their deals, Later in the game it’s revealed Davydov said. that the Russian commander has Kirill Kleimenov, the anchor gone rogue, and players fight of flagship, pro-Kremlin Chan- alongside some Russians to re- nel One, mocked the game days solve the campaign. later. But that appears to have done “Why are these terrible Rus- little to diminish anger over the sians doing these things?” he game’s earlier missions and In- asked rhetorically, according to finity Ward’s decision to lift real NBC News. “Simply because that incidents of U.S. military opera- is their essence. They are by na- tions, then reimagine them as ture not even people, but some Russian massacres. infernal orcs.” In one mission, the game’s PAGE 16 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 17 WORLD Iraq port closes after briefly reopening

BY QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Tens of thousands of people Associated Press have taken to the streets since last month in the capital and BAGHDAD — Iraqi security across the largely Shiite south forces opened fire on Thursday, to demand sweeping political killing six protesters as they were change. The protesters complain t r y i n g t o r emove ba r r ier s blo ck i n g of widespread corruption, a lack their march in central Baghdad, of job opportunities and poor while in the south, demonstrators basic services, including regular forced the closing of the country’s power cuts despite Iraq’s vast oil main port, hours after services reserves. More than 250 people had resumed following days of have been killed since the unrest closure, officials said. erupted on Oct. 1. Demonstrators have been try- Protesters have blocked roads ing to reach the Green Zone, to raise pressure on the govern- which houses government offices ment. A similar tactic is being and foreign embassies. used in Lebanon’s ongoing anti- Along with the six killed, at government demonstrations. least 41 protesters were wound- In southern Iraq, the reopen- ed as security forces fired live ing of the Umm Qasr port, which rounds and tear gas to disperse houses a vital oil terminal and is the march in downtown’s Rashid an entry point for food and basic Street, where the central bank is goods, came a day after the mili- located, security and medical of- tary called on the protesters to ficials said. stop blocking roads and ports. It The protesters were trying to said the blockages had cost Iraq remove barriers near two bridges $6 billion, and vowed to arrest that lead to the west bank of the those responsible. Tigris River. Now all bridges Thursday afternoon, protesters leading to the Green Zone have returned, burning tires and block- been blocked by security forces. ing the road to the port. Trucks Later, a security official said came to a standstill and the port more reinforcements have been shut down again. added to the entrances leading Iraq’s leaders have promised HADI MIZBAN/AP to the Green Zone. All officials reforms and early elections, but spoke on condition of anonymity the process they laid out could Riot police fire tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters gathering on the al-Shuhada bridge in in line with regulations. take months. central Baghdad on Thursday. PAGE 18 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 WORLD Ex-lawmaker: Corbyn unfit to lead

Associated Press lead our country.” attitudes would change when he Austin’s startling interview became party leader but said he LONDON — A former member came a day after deputy Labour had instead turned a blind eye to- of the Labour Party’s inner circle leader Tom Watson, who has ward anti-Jewish statements by urged the public on Thursday often clashed with Corbyn, an- other party members. to vote for Conservative Prime nounced he was stepping down. “We believe that the over- Minister Boris Johnson in Brit- The two actions underscore the whelming majority of British peo- ain’s Dec. 12 election, saying that unease many Labour lawmak- ple abhor racism,” the newspaper Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is ers have with Corbyn’s left-wing said. “We ask only that, when you “unfit” to lead the country due to views, his leadership and his am- cast your vote, you act on that.” anti-Semitism. bivalence over Britain’s ties to the All 650 seats in the House of Ian Austin, one of former European Union. Commons are up for grabs in the Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Since he took charge in 2015, Dec. 12 election, chosen by 46 mil- closest allies, told the BBC that Corbyn has moved Labour fur- lion voters in the country’s first the Labour Party has been poi- ther to the left and away from the December election in 96 years. soned by “anti-Jewish racism” center ground staked out by for- Johnson pushed hard for the under Corbyn’s leadership. Aus- mer Prime Minister Tony Blair. vote, which is coming more than ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO/AP tin left the party in February over The Jewish Chronicle news- two years early, after Parliament its handling of an anti-Semitism paper, meanwhile, used a rare thwarted his plans to have Brit- scandal. front-page editorial Thursday to ain leave the EU on Oct. 31. John- Soviet memories “There’s only two people who urge non-Jewish voters in Britain son hopes his Conservatives can can be prime minister on Dec. 13 to reject Corbyn’s bid for power win the vote, then pass his Brexit A Russian soldier dressed in a Red Army World War II winter — Jeremy Corbyn or Boris John- because of what it called his dan- divorce plan and get the country uniform stands amid Soviet-era flags as he waits to take part in a son,” Austin told the BBC. “And I gerous anti-Semitism. The news- out of the 28-nation bloc by the reconstruction of a WWII-era parade in Moscow’s Red Square on think Jeremy Corbyn is unfit to paper said it had hoped Corbyn’s next Brexit deadline on Jan. 31. Thursday. South Korea deports 2 North Koreans who fled after killing 16 Associated Press then fled to South Korean waters, investigation later found the two the first time that South Korea min said South Korea decided to Seoul officials said. had killed 16 colleagues, includ- has deported any North Korean expel the two fishermen to North SEOUL, South Korea — In an The two North Koreans, both ing the captain. national who has come to South Korea because they were “hei- extremely unusual case, South men in their 20s, were captured in South Korea has a policy of Korea since the end of the 1950- nous criminals” who could not Korea deported two North Kore- their boat south of the countries’ accepting North Koreans who 53 Korean War, according to the be recognized as refugees under an fishermen on Thursday after eastern sea border last Saturday, want to resettle in the South to Unification Ministry, which deals international laws. Lee said the finding they had killed 16 other according to Seoul’s Unification avoid political oppressions and with North Korean affairs. two were sent back through the crew members on their boat and Ministry. It said a South Korean economic poverty at home. It is Ministry spokesman Lee Sang- Koreas’ land border. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 19 FACES CGI James Dean cast in new war film

From wire reports Peter Cushing, who first appeared together Ernst and Tati Golykh — the right to use the in “Star Wars” and were prominently fea- “East of Eden” star’s image. Sixty-four years after James Dean’s fatal tured in the 2016 spinoff “Rogue One.” Ernst explained that he and Golykh car crash, Hollywood has a new role for the “Rebel Without a Cause.” But the prospect of one of the movies’ most chose Dean after “months of research” and With the help of “full-body” CGI, which beloved former stars being digitally resur- “search(ing) high and low” for the actor to uses real footage and photos, Dean, who died rected was met with widespread criticism play Rogan and his “extreme complex char- in 1955 at age 24, will posthumously play after the news was first reported by The Hol- acter arcs.” Rogan in the live action Vietnam era-film lywood Reporter. Chris Evans, the “Captain Ernst added that the pair “will take every “Finding Jack,” according to The Hollywood America” actor, was among those who called precaution to ensure that his legacy as one of Reporter on Wednesday. the plans disrespectful and wrongheaded. the most epic film stars to date is kept firmly The film, adapted from Gareth Crocker’s “Maybe we can get a computer to paint intact” and Dean’s family “views this as his 2011 novel of the same name, focuses on the us a new Picasso. Or write a couple new fourth movie, a movie he never got to make. more than 10,000 military dogs abandoned John Lennon tunes,” said Evans on Twitter. We do not intend to let his fans down.” following the end of the Vietnam War. “The complete lack of understanding here is The directors plan to re-create “a realistic Digitally manipulated posthumous perfor- shameful.” version of James Dean,” who will be voiced HULTON ARCHIVE, GETTY IMAGES/TNS mances have made some inroads into films. Dean’s family granted the new indepen- by another actor. James Dean, shown in the 1950s, But those have been largely roles the actors dent production house Magic City Films At the time of publication, IMDb had not isn’t done making movies. already played, including Carrie Fisher and — started by the film’s co-directors Anton revealed any other cast members. Study finds more LGBTQ characters on network TV

Associated Press “Pose” and “Batwoman” are among the shows contributing to a surge in LGBTQ and gender inclusiveness on television, according to a new study by the advocacy group GLAAD. The percentage of regularly seen LGBTQ characters on prime-time broadcast TV this season reached an all-time high of 10.2%, or 90 out of a total of 879 characters, according to the study released Thursday. That topped last year’s record of 8.8% and achieved the 10% goal that GLAAD had set for the networks by 2020. Series including “Pose,” set in the 1980s ballroom culture and with the biggest NEW WORLD PICTURES, GETTY IMAGES/TNS LGBTQ cast ever for a scripted show, and Shannen Doherty (from left), Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker and Winona Ryder on the set of “Heathers” in 1988. The movie, which “Batwoman,” with the first gay superhero includes hot-button topics such as bullying and teen suicide, plays differently for today’s audiences than it did decades ago. in a lead TV role, are signposts of TV’s growing diversity and proof that “view- ers everywhere continue to respond with extreme positivity,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO. GLAAD is upping the stakes for the fu- Taking stock of ‘Heathers’ ture. It’s asking the industry to reach 20% representation of LGBTQ regularly seen characters on primetime scripted broad- Actress Lisanne Falk talks about 30-year-old subversive hit movie cast series by 2025, and to ensure that half of LGBTQ characters on every TV plat- form are people of color within the next BY RICK BENTLEY Anything” and “Less Than Zero,” before making “Heathers” that three decades two years. Tribune News Service being cast as Heather McNamara. She later she would have her own teenage An estimated 4.5% of adults in the United knew as soon as she started reading the daughter and that she would use her States, approximately 11.3 million people, Lisanne Falk had no idea when she was “Heathers” script that the fi lm was very character to explain how in high school identify as LGBTQ, according to the Wil- making the dark comedy “Heathers” in different from anything she had done. the people who look like they are the liams Institute at UCLA School of Law. 1988 that 31 years later she still would be “I had been going up for a lot of after- most confi dent are often the most inse- talking about the fi lm. The only thing on school specials and movies of the week, cure. It’s that kind of element that Falk Other news her mind at the time was just getting the but as soon as I read this, I knew that it wants people to take from “Heathers” movie made.  Oprah Winfrey appealed to my dark sense of humor,” and focus less on how it deals with the has chosen Elizabeth “I think if someone imagines that in 30 Strout’s “Olive, Again,” the follow-up to Falk says. “I knew it wasn’t going to be a topics of depression, bullying and death. years people are still going to be talking Strout’s Pulitzer Prize winning “Olive Kit- fi lm for everybody, but it defi nitely blew “First, the fi lm was not made today. about this movie, probably they are not,” teridge,” as her next book club read. In a my mind. A millennial saw the fi lm and wrote Falk says with a laugh. “I had never in all my years of audi- statement provided Thursday to The As- an article about how this fi lm was not There’s not only talk by fans of the tioning for things seen anything that was sociated Press, Winfrey praised Strout’s acceptable. It was not made today and movie going on, but a 30th anniversary so subversive in the best way.” plain-spoken title character for teaching edition of “Heathers” will be released The appeal came from the complicated commenting on what is happening in the us “so much about loneliness, judgment, on Blu-Ray Nov. 12. The release starring nature of her Heather. On the surface, world today,” Falk says. aging, and loss.” Falk, Winona Ryder, Christian Slater and which generally included Falk wearing “What is universal is teen angst and  Mark Halperin’s first book since Shannen Doherty follows the Heathers, a yellow wardrobe, her Heather looked all the issues teenagers relate to today his career was upended by allegations of picture-perfect queens of the social to be one of the young women who ruled because they are not looking at this as a sexual harassment is clearly no “Game scene at Westerburg High that every- the school. But, as more was revealed, joke but fi nding stuff in there that still Change.” “How to Beat Trump” sold just one wants to be but also fears. Veronica Falk got to show that her Heather was conjures a level of emotions. 502 copies in its first week. The numbers (Ryder) wants to be part of the group vulnerable despite a superfi cial display “Then you can say ‘Oh my god, this is were reported Wednesday by NPD Book- until she meets the school’s new bad boy, of confi dence. Falk loved getting to play so intense, but let’s kind of make fun of it Scan. The book, published Oct. 29, com- JD (Slater). a character who went from popular to an because that’s a way to defl ate the inten- piles comments from such Democratic Falk had starred in other movies deal- emotional mess. sity of it.’ You just have to look at ‘Heath- strategists as Donna Brazile, David Axel- ing with young angst, including “Say Falk also didn’t realize when she was ers’ in the time period it was made.” rod and James Carville. PAGE 20 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 BUSINESS/WEATHER China, US to ease some tariffs as talks progress

BY JOE MCDONALD agreed to postpone a planned tar- progress. But U.S. officials say Associated Press iff hike while lower-level officials the two governments are looking hammered out details. for a different location. BEIJING — Beijing and Wash- Trump said China agreed to U.S. Commerce Secretary ington have agreed to reduce buy up to $50 billion of American Wilbur Ross said this week any some punitive tariffs on each farm goods. Beijing has yet to con- “Phase 1” agreement would be other’s goods as talks on ending firm the scale of its commitment. general and cover trade in spe- their trade war progress, a Chi- News reports said Beijing cific areas such as soybeans and nese spokesman said Thursday, wants 15% tariffs imposed in Sep- liquefied natural gas. removing a possible stumbling tember on $125 billion of Chinese More complicated issues would block to a settlement. imports removed before it will be tackled in later negotiations, The agreement came during make a formal commitment. Ross said. talks aimed at working out details There had been no indication He gave no indication whether of a “Phase 1” deal announced whether Trump might agree, rolling back tariffs was a possibil- Oct. 12. Financial markets were which raised the possibility of an- ity at this stage. rattled by reports China was pushing for tariffs to be lifted, other breakdown in negotiations. which raised the possibility of a China’s imports of Ameri- EXCHANGE RATES breakdown in talks. can soybeans and other goods tumbled 26.4% in the first nine Military rates Negotiators agreed to a “phased Euro costs (Nov. 8)...... $1.1374 months of this year following tar- Dollar buys (Nov. 8) ...... €0.8792 cancellation” of tariff hikes if British pound (Nov. 8) ...... $1.32 talks progress, said a Commerce iff hikes and orders to importers Japanese yen (Nov. 8) ...... 106.00 to find other suppliers. South Korean won (Nov. 8) ...... 1,130.00 Ministry spokesman, Gao Feng. Commercial rates “If the two sides achieve a The Oct. 12 agreement helped Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 to ease financial market jitters, British pound ...... $1.2832 ‘Phase 1’ agreement, then based Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3165 but the two sides have yet to re- China (Yuan) ...... 6.9768 on the content of that agreement, /AP MARK SCHIEFELBEIN port progress on major disagree- Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.7538 tariffs already increased should Egypt (Pound) ...... 16.1454 be canceled at the same time and Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said Thursday ments over technology and other Euro ...... $1.1064/0.9039 that Washington and Beijing have agreed to a “phased cancellation” irritants following 13 rounds of Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.8265 by the same rate,” Gao said at a Hungary (Forint) ...... 300.53 news briefing. of tariff hikes as a condition of progress in trade talks. talks. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4924 As for the size of reductions, Trump and Xi were due to Japan (Yen) ...... 109.17 Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3037 Gao said that would depend on China’s trade surplus and tech- The Oct. 12 agreement was meet at this month’s gathering of Norway (Krone) ...... 9.0933 the agreement. nology ambitions. modest and details have yet to be Asia-Pacific leaders in Chile but Philippines (Peso)...... 50.47 Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.85 Governments of the two biggest That weighs on trade worldwide put on paper but it was welcomed that event was canceled due to Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7501 global economies have raised tar- and threatens to depress global as a sign of progress toward end- protests there. Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3576 South Korea (Won) ...... 1,154.47 iffs on billions of dollars of each economic growth that already is ing the trade war. That dampened hopes a face- Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9937 other’s goods in the fight over showing signs of slowing. President Donald Trump to-face meeting might produce Thailand (Baht) ...... 30.35 Turkey (Lira) ...... 5.7336 (Military exchange rates are those EUROPE GAS PRICES PACIFIC GAS PRICES MARKET WATCH available to customers at military banking facilities in the country of issuance Country Super E10 Super unleaded Super plus Diesel Country Unleaded Super unleaded Super plus Diesel for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For Germany $2.868 $3.327 $3.576 $3.325 Japan -- $3.369 -- $3.119 nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Change in price +0.9 cents +1.8 cents +1.5 cents -0.2 cents Change in price -- +2.0 cents -- No change purchasing British pounds in Germany), Netherlands -- $3.823 $4.030 $4.043 Okinawa $2.659 -- -- $3.119 check with your local military banking Change in price -- +5.3 cents +5.0 cents +1.7 cents Change in price +1.0 cents -- -- No change facility. Commercial rates are interbank rates provided for reference when buying South Korea $2.689 -- $3.399 $3.149 U.K. -- $3.237 $3.486 $3.235 currency. All figures are foreign currencies Change in price -- +1.8 cents +1.5 cents -0.2 cents Change in price +1.0 cents -- +2.0 cents No change to one dollar, except for the British pound, Azores -- -- $3.567 -- Guam $2.669** $3.129 $3.379 -- which is represented in dollars-to-pound, Change in price -- -- +1.5 cents -- Change in price +1.0 cents +2.0 cents +2.0 cents -- and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) Belgium -- $3.600 $2.860 $3.130 INTEREST RATES Change in price -- +72.2 cents +13.1 cents +2.3 cents Turkey -- -- $3.377 $3.126* Prime rate ...... 4.75 Change in price -- -- +1.5 cents -0.2 cents * Diesel EFD ** Midgrade Discount rate ...... 2.25 For the week of Nov. 9-15 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.58 3-month bill ...... 1.52 30-year bond ...... 2.30 WEATHER OUTLOOK FRIDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST FRIDAY IN EUROPE SATURDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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Naples 65/55 Okinawa Morón 72/69 62/48 Sigonella 65/57 The weather is provided by the Djibouti Rota Souda Bay American Forces Network Weather Center, 89/74 63/53 71/67 2nd Weather Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 21 PAGE 22 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander A convicted Trump could still run in 2020 Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY FRANK O. BOWMAN III subject to only two penalties: removal from in a “corrupt conspiracy” — soliciting a Special to The Washington Post the current office, and a bar against ever $150,000 bribe in a case before him — and EDITORIAL again holding that or any other federal of- convicted in the Senate. But the Senate took Terry Leonard, Editor f President Donald Trump were con- fice. The Constitution goes on to say that no vote on disqualification. In 1992, Hast- [email protected] victed by the Senate in an impeach- if the conduct for which the official was ings ran for and won a seat from Florida in ment trial and removed from office, impeached constituted a crime, he or she the U.S. House of Representatives, where , Senior Managing Editor Robert H. Reid could he still run for president in could be prosecuted for that crime, but he remains to this day. [email protected] I 2020? The possibility is remote, but the only in a separate proceeding conducted If Trump were convicted by the Sen- Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content candidacy of a former President Trump by the regular courts. ate, but the Senate chose not to hold a dis- [email protected] could happen unless the Senate takes steps There has been speculation in some qualification vote, he could in theory run to prevent it. quarters about whether Trump would vol- again, win and return to the White House. Managing Editor for Presentation Sean Moores, The process bears examination be- untarily vacate his office if defeated in an The path to reelection would also be open [email protected] cause it has never been used before. No election. In the event of Senate conviction in if a Senate vote favoring disqualification Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital U.S president has ever been convicted of an impeachment trial, the question would failed. Of course, even an impeached, [email protected] an impeachable offense by the Senate. An- be moot, at least as a constitutional matter. convicted and disqualified Trump could drew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both Removal has always been understood to be run for reelection, whether as a Republi- impeached by the House and acquitted by an automatic consequence of conviction. can or as a third-party candidate, in the BUREAU STAFF the Senate. Richard Nixon resigned before And the 25th Amendment decrees, “In sense of announcing his candidacy, tweet- Europe/Mideast the full House could vote to impeach him. case of the removal of the President from ing madly and holding bellicose rallies. He Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief Let’s begin with the Constitution itself. office or of his death or resignation, the might even be able to secure a ballot line in [email protected] The American framers adapted impeach- Vice President shall become President.” some primaries or in the general election. +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ment from British parliamentary practice, In short, Vice President Mike Pence would One can imagine ugly statewide quarrels in which it was sometimes thought neces- become President Mike Pence the moment between his die-hard loyalists and those Pacific insistent on enforcing the Constitution. 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(+1)(202)886-0033 But if senators take that step, and don’t Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News vengeance. They embraced impeachment issue of disqualification from future feder- [email protected] as necessary to protect against a president al office after it votes for conviction. Since want to invite even more political chaos whose failings or misdeeds endangered at least the 1912 impeachment of Judge than the country has seen over the past CIRCULATION constitutional order. But they consciously Robert Archbald, the Senate has required three years, they should finish the job and limited the consequences of conviction to only a majority vote for disqualification. disqualify Trump from ever holding fed- Mideast eral office again. Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager “removal from Office, and disqualification If no disqualification vote is held, even a [email protected] to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust convicted official can reenter federal ser- Frank O. 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with a preferred goal of 1.5 degrees Cel- What newspapers sius. We’re already about 1 degree above pre-industrial levels, with most of that in- crease coming in the last 35 years. are saying at home We must do more. We must do better. The Paris agreement, as insufficient as it The following editorial excerpts are se- is, stands as a crucial step by world lead- lected from a cross section of newspapers ers to try to save us from ourselves. The throughout the United States. The editori- Obama administration was the main driv- als are provided by The Associated Press er behind the Paris agreement, and the and other stateside syndicates. U.S. must be a global leader in the transi- tion from fossil fuels to renewable energy. End visa roadblocks for Iraqis Trump, instead, seeks to lead the nation in the opposite direction by expanding oil who worked alongside GIs and gas production, ratcheting back fuel The Washington Post standards for motor vehicles and ignoring Iraqis who worked alongside U.S. troops both the moral and economic imperatives during the war provided “essential mission of combating global warming. Even if he support,” according to former Defense Sec- is defeated in 2020, this decision will cost retary Jim Mattis, a retired Marine Corps the world valuable time we can’t afford to general who fought in that conflict. Iraqis lose. served as interpreters, translators and guides. They “risked their own lives and their families’ lives,” Mattis said in a letter AP Not clear Airbnb plan would made public last year by Politico. “We owe Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, above, said Wednesday the company is have stopped deaths at party them support for their commitment.” launching a 24-hour hotline for guests, neighbors and others to report problems. The (San Jose, Calif.) Mercury News We do. But President Donald Trump is It’s a shame that it took the fatal shoot- turning his back on Iraqis waiting for the Sweden. The Nordic country had a tax when weighing a 2000 presidential bid, ings of five people at a Halloween party in United States to keep its promise of possible Orinda, Calif., last week to wake up Airbnb resettlement. The number of U.S.-affiliated wealth tax for most of the 20th century, no doubt without much thought. though its revenue never accounted for The best argument against a wealth tax to potential problems with its short-term Iraqis who make it through the severe vet- rentals. ting process to resettlement in the United more than 0.4% of gross domestic product is moral. It is a confiscatory tax on the as- in the postwar era. One reason is that the sets from work, thrift and investment that The question is what the online property States has been reduced to a trickle of just booking firm plans to do about it. The an- a few hundred a year. Now the president levy treated different assets differently. have already been taxed at least once as in- This distorted investment as the wealthy dividual or corporate income, and perhaps swer should start with more vigilance — a has authorized the lowest refugee ceiling lot more. in the history of the program, 18,000 total took on debt to buy tax-free assets. If the again as a capital gain or death tax. The U.S. farm lobby convinced a President European experience shows that it also More than 100 people showed up for a for the current fiscal year, which will make party at a rental house that was supposed it that much harder for the Iraqis to win Warren to remove farmland as a taxable fails in practice. The question is how much to be occupied by no more than 13. The visas. This is a sickening coda to the war asset, say, prepare for a property bubble. economic damage comes first. house had been the subject of neighbor and a terrible signal that the United States The relatively small Swedish tax still complaints earlier this year, and city offi- will not keep its commitments. was enough of a burden to drive out some Leaving climate agreement is cials had issued warnings to the property A special immigrant visa program for of the country’s brightest citizens. IKEA Trump’s worst decision yet owner. Yet no one stopped the booking last the Iraqi interpreters, translators and oth- founder Ingvar Kamprad famously left week. And when complaints started roll- ers was closed to new applications five Sweden for Switzerland in the 1970s over Los Angeles Times onerous taxation. In 2007 the government ing in, Orinda police were slow to respond. years ago, and those remaining — an es- The world is, without a doubt and with- repealed its 1.5% tax on personal wealth timated 110,000 — must apply through out a credible opposing argument, heading This was a tragedy that should have been over $200,000. the Direct Access Program, a part of the pell-mell toward environmental disaster prevented. Germany. Berlin imposed levies of refugee admissions process. In the refu- because of humanity’s continuing reliance There’s plenty of blame to go around: 0.5% and 0.7% on personal and corporate gee ceiling, the president set aside 4,000 on burning fossil fuels to create energy. The renter who lied about the planned use. wealth in 1978. The rate rose to 1% in 1995, spots for these Iraqis. But the number ac- Among the leading culprits is the U.S., The property owner who failed to vet the but the Federal Constitutional Court struck which has burned coal, oil and other fossil tually admitted is expected to be far less. renter. The police who took well over an down the wealth tax that year, and it was fuels en route to developing the wealthiest The strict security checks can stretch on hour to respond to neighbor complaints at effectively abolished by 1997. America’s economy in global history. for years and sharply limit the number an address that was already known to law Founders banned “direct taxes” not appor- But instead of working with the rest of who get visas. According to The New York enforcement as a problem location. tioned by state population. Warren argues the world to try to undo the damage, Presi- Times, interviews have been slowed since And Airbnb. her law isn’t a direct tax, but courts would dent Donald Trump is now making good on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and consul- To its credit, the company is now trying get their say. his campaign pledge to withdraw the U.S. ate in Irbil ordered all nonessential em- to be proactive. “We are banning ‘party France. In 1982 Socialist President from the 2015 Paris agreement, the effort ployees out of Iraq for security reasons in houses’ and we are redoubling our efforts Francois Mitterrand imposed a wealth tax by 195 nations to join together and try to do to combat unauthorized parties and get rid May. As a result, teams of U.S. officers go with a top rate of 1.5% on assets above $1.5 something about our warming climate. He to Iraq on temporary “circuit rides,” and of abusive host and guest conduct, includ- million at the time. The tax was eliminated submitted formal notice to the United Na- ing conduct that leads to the terrible events this also restricts the flow. then reimposed several years later. In 2013 tions on Monday to start the yearlong pro- These interpreters and support staff did we saw in Orinda,” CEO Brian Chesky an- another Socialist president, Francois Hol- cess of withdrawing from the pact, though nounced Saturday on Twitter. not abandon the U.S. troops during the lande, tried to hit the wealthy even harder. in truth, his polices have been actively un- war. One of them told the International Chesky said the company will expand The results? Some 70,000 millionaires dercutting it all along. its manual screening of high-risk reserva- Refugee Assistance Project last year that have left France since 2000, according Of all the dangerous, ignorant and insup- he had served side by side with U.S. troops tions flagged by the company’s risk-detec- to the South African research group New portable decisions by this administration, tion technology; create a dedicated “party in 2003 and 2004. “They became my World Wealth. In 2017 French President pulling out of the Paris agreement stands brothers: they relied on me and I relied on house” rapid response team; crack down Emmanuel Macron, a former economic tallest. In that single act, the president is more quickly on abusive renters; and initi- them,” he said. adviser to Hollande, scrapped the scheme making it all the more difficult for the world ate a “10 day sprint” to develop and imple- He should not be abandoned. This is a in favor of a property tax. to curtail emissions of carbon and other ment the new measures. OK, but it’s not at question of duty, honor and commitment Austria. One difficulty of imposing a greenhouse gases that are already melting all clear any of that would have prevented — values so often celebrated by politicians wealth tax is figuring out how much some- glaciers and polar ice, raising the levels of last week’s tragedy. Large parties were al- but, in this case, cruelly forsaken. one is worth. Valuing securities, homes the seas, fueling larger and stronger hurri- ready prohibited at the property. or private jets is at least relatively objec- canes and other devastating storms, exac- Wealth taxes failed in Europe, tive. What about modern art, racehorses erbating — paradoxically — both droughts If Airbnb, which did not respond to our or closely held companies? When Austria and floods and making areas of the Earth request to discuss its new plans, is serious shouldn’t be employed in US abolished its decades-old wealth tax in uninhabitable for human life. about cracking down, it should start with The Wall Street Journal 1994, officials cited the administrative None of this is of concern to the president, flagging and blocking problem listings, Bernie Sanders often points to Europe as burden of calculating the exact levy. who disregards the clear and overwhelm- like the one in Orinda. For that, Airbnb his economic model, but there’s one lesson While a dozen European states had ing scientific consensus, the conclusions needs an open and direct line of communi- from the continent that he and Elizabeth wealth taxes in 1990, the number has fall- of analysts across government agencies cation with the cities. Warren want to ignore. Europe has tried en to three today. Nationally, Spain taxes — including the Pentagon, which lists cli- San Francisco has imposed registration and mostly rejected the wealth taxes that fortunes above 700,000 euros at 0.2%, ris- mate change as a national security threat rules on rental properties that have led the two presidential candidates are now ing to 2.5% at roughly 10.7 million euros. — and basic common sense in his danger- to coordination between that city and the promising for America. Rates can vary among Spain’s regions, but ous quest to make the U.S. the world’s dom- company. But Airbnb has no communica- Sen. Warren’s plan sets an annual 2% tax does anyone think of Madrid as an eco- inant source of oil and natural gas. Even tion with cities like Orinda, which also has on assets above $50 million, and the rate nomic model? Switzerland’s wealth tax members of the oil industry have come a short-term occupancy ordinance. rises to 6% for billionaires. Sen. Sanders hits the middle class, starting in the low around to recognizing the perils of their It should, starting with a violations ho- wants to tax joint filers’ wealth between six figures inside most of the country’s 26 endeavors, but not Trump. tline [Chesky announced Wednesday that $32 million and $10 billion at rates of 1% to cantons. Norway taxes wealth starting at The challenge for the nation, and for the the company would launch a 24-hour hot- 8%. His advisers brag that this could wipe about $170,000 at 0.85%, but the country’s world, is to reduce greenhouse gas emis- line Dec. 31] that cities can use to report out half a billionaire’s wealth in 15 years. oil reserves have let it get away with bad sions as sharply and as quickly as possible, problems. Had Airbnb known about the The candidates say these taxes will deliver economic decisions for decades. and even that will not be enough to avoid troubled history of the Orinda property, it “justice” and revenue to finance their vast Despite the obvious flaws, the wealth tax the effects of climate change. The Paris could have flagged last week’s rental more new spending plans. That’s also what Eu- stays alive in the socialist mind because it agreement set a global century-end target carefully. rope’s socialists said only to find it didn’t is the ultimate populist envy tax. Donald of keeping temperatures from rising by 2 Maybe that would have been enough to work: Trump popped off in support of a wealth degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, save five lives. PAGE 24 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 25 SCOREBOARD

Sports Pro football College basketball NFL ing veteran). LIMITED: S Kurt Coleman Wednesday’s men’s scores North Texas at VCU on AFN (hamstring), CB Kevin Johnson (knee). Longwood at George Mason AMERICAN CONFERENCE BROWNS: DNP: TE Pharaoh Brown (con- EAST Penn State Wilkes-Barre at Norfolk St. East cussion), S Eric Murray (knee), TE Ricky Boston College 77, Wake Forest 70 Arkansas St. at Mississippi W L T Pct PF PA Seals-Jones (knee), DE Olivier Vernon Colgate 80, NJIT 75 Bob Jones at SC State New England 8 1 0 .889 270 98 (knee). LIMITED: G Joel Bitonio (back), Georgetown 81, Mount St. Mary’s 68 E. Kentucky at Kentucky Go to the American Forces Buffalo 6 2 0 .750 158 131 S Damarious Randall (hamstring). FULL: Maine 84, Merrimack 64 Coppin St. at Virginia Tech Miami 1 7 0 .125 103 256 WR Odell Beckham (groin), OT Kendall Pittsburgh 63, Florida St. 61 Colorado St. at Duke Network website for the most N.Y. Jets 1 7 0 .125 96 211 Lamm (knee), WR Jarvis Landry (shoul- San Jose St. 79, Hofstra 71 Milligan at Elon up-to-date TV schedules. South der), OT Greg Robinson (ankle). St. John’s 109, Mercer 79 Central Penn College at Campbell Houston 6 3 0 .667 238 191 BALTIMORE RAVENS at CINCINNATI Virginia 48, Syracuse 34 Hampden-Sydney College at Coastal myafn.net Indianapolis 5 3 0 .625 182 177 BENGALS — RAVENS: DNP: RB Mark In- SOUTH Carolina Jacksonville 4 5 0 .444 176 189 gram (not injury related), OT Ronnie Bethune-Cookman 110, Johnson (Fla.) 68 Sam Houston St. at Mississippi St. Tennessee 4 5 0 .444 168 165 Stanley (knee), S Earl Thomas (not in- ETSU 79, Newberry 46 Bowling Green at LSU North jury related), G Marshal Yanda (illness). Georgia St. 104, Brewton-Parker 35 Ecclesia at Grambling St. College football Baltimore 6 2 0 .750 251 176 LIMITED: WR Chris Moore (thumb). Grambling St. 102, E. Texas Baptist 70 Reinhardt at Georgia Southern Pittsburgh 4 4 0 .500 176 169 BENGALS: DNP: TE Tyler Eifert (not in- Hampton 112, Mid-Atlantic Christian 52 Ave Maria at FIU Cleveland 2 6 0 .250 152 205 jury related), WR A.J. Green (ankle), CB James Madison 79, Charlotte 74 MIDWEST Cincinnati 0 8 0 .000 124 210 Dre Kirkpatrick (knee), G Alex Redmond Wednesday’s scores West Morgan St. 71, Central Penn 44 Siena Heights at E. Michigan (knee/ankle). FULL: CB Darqueze Den- North Carolina 76, Notre Dame 65 Siena at Xavier MIDWEST Kansas City 6 3 0 .667 252 204 nard (hamstring), OT Cordy Glenn (con- Oakland 4 4 0 .500 182 216 South Alabama 82, Pikeville 51 UTSA vs. S. Illinois at Kissimmee, Fla. Miami (Ohio) 24, Ohio 21 cussion), DE Carl Lawson (hamstring), G South Carolina 77, North Alabama 55 N. Kentucky at Missouri L.A. Chargers 4 5 0 .444 183 168 John Miller (groin). Denver 3 6 0 .333 149 170 Southern U. 87, Loyola NO 70 E. Illinois at Wisconsin NEW YORK GIANTS at NEW YORK JETS Tulane 75, SE Louisiana 55 Fairleigh Dickinson at DePaul Schedule NATIONAL CONFERENCE — DNP: TE Evan Engram (foot), GIANTS: Vanderbilt 83, SE Missouri 65 Merrimack at Northwestern East C Jon Halapio (hamstring), WR Sterling Friday’s games W L T Pct PF PA Shepard (concussion). LIMITED: T Mike MIDWEST SIU-Edwardsville at Iowa SOUTHWEST Dallas 5 3 0 .625 227 142 Remmers (back). JETS: DNP: RB Le’Veon Butler 80, IUPUI 47 UNC-Greensboro at Kansas UCF at Tulsa Philadelphia 5 4 0 .556 224 213 Bell (knee/ankle), C Ryan Kalil (knee), S DePaul 84, Chicago 55 SOUTHWEST FAR WEST N.Y. Giants 2 7 0 .222 176 255 Rontez Miles (neck/hip), LB C.J. Mosley Illinois St. 79, Belmont 72 Arlington Baptist at Lamar Washington at Oregon St. Washington 1 8 0 .111 108 219 (groin). LIMITED: DE Henry Anderson Kent St. 97, Hiram 58 Houston Baptist at Oral Roberts Saturday’s games South (shoulder), OT Kelvin Beachum (ankle), Missouri 82, Incarnate Word 42 FAR WEST EAST New Orleans 7 1 0 .875 195 156 TE Christopher Herndon (hamstring), Ohio St. 64, Cincinnati 56 Illinois at Grand Canyon UMass at Army Carolina 5 3 0 .625 209 204 LB Neville Hewitt (knee/neck), LB Jor- Purdue 79, Green Bay 57 MVSU at Utah Florida St. at Boston College Tampa Bay 2 6 0 .250 230 252 dan Jenkins (calf), DT Steve McLendon W. Michigan 75, McNeese St. 65 Weber St. at Utah St. St. Francis (Pa.) at CCSU Atlanta 1 7 0 .125 165 250 (hamstring), CB Darryl Roberts (calf), SOUTHWEST South Dakota vs. Pacific at Honolulu Lafayette at Holy Cross North WR Demaryius Thomas (hamstring), G Arkansas St. 65, Ark.-Monticello 49 Baylor vs. Washington at Anchorage, North Alabama at Monmouth (NJ) Green Bay 7 2 0 .778 226 189 Brian Winters (knee/shoulder). FULL: WR Louisiana Tech 82, Texas A&M-CC 49 Alaska Wagner at Sacred Heart Minnesota 6 3 0 .667 234 158 Braxton Berrios (hamstring), LB Brandon Oklahoma St. 80, Oral Roberts 75 Incarnate Word at N. Colorado Texas Tech at West Virginia Detroit 3 4 1 .438 204 217 Copeland (thumb/knee), WR Jamison Stephen F. Austin 89, LeTourneau 70 Cal Poly at Santa Clara, 10 p.m. Yale at Brown Chicago 3 5 0 .375 142 144 Crowder (knee), QB Sam Darnold (left Texas A&M 77, Northwestern St. 63 California Lutheran at California Baptist Lehigh at Bucknell West thumb), OT Chuma Edoga (hip/ankle), FAR WEST Simpson at Sacramento St. Fordham at Colgate San Francisco 8 0 0 1.000 235 102 CB Nate Hairston (thumb/knee/neck), G Arizona 91, N. Arizona 52 Arizona St. vs. Colorado at Shanghai Harvard at Columbia Seattle 7 2 0 .778 248 230 Alex Lewis (elbow/neck). New Mexico 92, E. New Mexico 71 Portland at Southern Cal Albany (NY) at Delaware L.A. Rams 5 3 0 .625 214 174 ATLANTA FALCONS at NEW ORLEANS Stanford 73, Montana 62 NC A&T at Morgan St. Arizona 3 5 1 .389 195 251 SAINTS — FALCONS: DNP: DE John UC Santa Barbara 83, Jackson St. 62 Wednesday’s women’s scores Duquesne at Robert Morris Thursday’s games Cominsky (ankle), RB Ito Smith (neck). UCLA 69, Long Beach St. 65 Richmond at Villanova L.A. Chargers at Oakland LIMITED: G Jamon Brown (foot), G James EAST Sunday’s games Carpenter (knee), TE Jaeden Graham George Washington 68, Villanova 56 Cornell at Penn Arizona at Tampa Bay Men’s schedule Bethune-Cookman at Delaware St. (knee), QB Matt Ryan (ankle), G Wes Hofstra 43, Hartford 41 Kansas City at Tennessee Schweitzer (head), CB Desmond Tru- Friday’s games Lehigh 68, Delaware St. 38 Towson at Stony Brook Buffalo at Cleveland Dartmouth vs. Princeton at Bronx, N.Y. fant (toe). SAINTS: LIMITED: TE Josh Hill EAST Seton Hall 95, Sacred Heart 69 Baltimore at Cincinnati (calf), RB Alvin Kamara (ankle, knee), CB SOUTH N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets Oakland vs. Delaware at Kissimmee, Fla. SOUTH Vanderbilt at Florida Patrick Robinson (hamstring). FULL: QB United States Merchant Marine Acad- Auburn 84, Wofford 82 Atlanta at New Orleans Drew Brees (right thumb), TE Jared Cook Georgia Tech at Virginia Detroit at Chicago emy at Army Belmont 63, Chattanooga 50 Kennesaw St. at Campbell (ankle), WR Tre’Quan Smith (ankle). Sacred Heart at UConn Clemson 77, Furman 69 Miami at Indianapolis DETROIT LIONS at CHICAGO BEARS VMI at Furman Carolina at Green Bay Dartmouth at Buffalo E. Kentucky 69, N. Kentucky 62 Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian — LIONS: DNP: G Joe Dahl (ankle), DE William & Mary at American U. George Mason 72, Coll. of Charleston 61 L.A. Rams at Pittsburgh Da’Shawn Hand (ankle), P Sam Martin San Diego at Stetson Minnesota at Dallas Bryn Athyn at Towson Hampton 64, Alabama 61 (abdomen), S Tracy Walker (knee). LIM- Rhode Island at William & Mary Open: Washington, Jacksonville, New Akron at West Virginia James Madison 93, Longwood 53 Howard at SC State England, Denver, Philadelphia, Houston ITED: DT Mike Daniels (foot), G Graham Oberlin at Yale Middle Tennessee 68, East Carolina 66 Glasgow (back), DT A’Shawn Robinson Jackson St. at Alabama A&M Monday’s games Vermont at St. Bonaventure NC State 80, NC A&T 44 Seattle at San Francisco (ankle), QB Matthew Stafford (hip/back). Mass.-Lowell at LIU Brooklyn UCF 74, Pittsburgh 58 Maine at Elon FULL: WR Danny Amendola (hand), DT Norfolk St. at NC Central Thursday, Nov. 14 Rider at Delaware St. MIDWEST Pittsburgh at Cleveland Damon Harrison (groin), TE Jesse James Niagara at Drexel Bowling Green 89, Cleveland St. 62 UTSA at Old Dominion (back), CB Amani Oruwariye (knee), CB Jacksonville St. at Tennessee Tech Sunday, Nov. 17 Harvard at Northeastern Green Bay 111, Cent. Michigan 105 Dallas at Detroit Darius Slay (hamstring). BEARS: DNP: DT East Carolina at Navy Milwaukee 84, Wis.-Parkside 77 Alcorn St. at Grambling St. Eddie Goldman (thigh), LB Isaiah Irving Wofford at Mercer N.Y. Jets at Washington SOUTH N. Iowa 95, N. Dakota St. 63 New Orleans at Tampa Bay (quadricep). Columbia International at Mercer Nebraska 68, Alabama A&M 46 Chattanooga at Samford MIAMI DOLPHINS at INDIANAPOLIS E. Illinois at Tennessee St. Denver at Minnesota Truett-McConnell at SC-Upstate Northwestern 89, Lewis 34 Houston at Baltimore COLTS — DOLPHINS: DNP: CB Ken Web- Johnson (FL) at Jacksonville Saint Louis 56, UT Martin 50 LSU at Alabama ster (ankle). LIMITED: S Walt Aikens New Hampshire at James Madison Buffalo at Miami Auburn vs. Davidson at Annapolis, Md. SOUTHWEST Jacksonville at Indianapolis (hip), C Evan Boehm (hip), DT Davon Radford at Liberty Arkansas St. 88, Central Baptist 63 Louisville at Miami Godchaux (shoulder), S Reshad Jones UAB at Southern Miss. Atlanta at Carolina North Carolina at UNC-Wilmington Sam Houston St. 91, Howard Payne 49 Arizona at San Francisco (chest), C Daniel Kilgore (knee), DE Avery Georgia Southern at Troy Moss (ankle), DE Christian Wilkins (toe). Loyola of Chicago at Furman UTSA 73, Concordia (Texas) 44 New England at Philadelphia Charleston Southern at NC A&T FAR WEST Wake Forest at Virginia Tech Cincinnati at Oakland FULL: T Jesse Davis (elbow), QB Ryan ETSU at W. Carolina Fitzpatrick (right shoulder), LB Trent St. Francis (Pa.) at Richmond Fresno St. 79, Cal Poly 52 Chicago at L.A. Rams Ill.-Chicago at Memphis San Diego 84, CS San Bernardino 32 UT Martin at Austin Peay Open: N.Y. Giants, Seattle, Tennessee, Harris (foot), CB Chris Lammons (ankle/ North Texas at Louisiana Tech toe), S Bobby McCain (shoulder), LS Tay- Marist at VMI Seattle 91, St. Martin’s 81 Green Bay FAU at Miami Wyoming 70, Colorado Christian 31 New Mexico St. at Mississippi Monday, Nov. 18 bor Pepper (shoulder), WR Albert Wilson Houston Baptist at Nicholls Kansas City vs L.A. Chargers at Mex- (hip). COLTS: DNP: WR Parris Campbell Georgia St. at Louisiana-Monroe ico City (hand), WR T.Y. Hilton (calf), S Malik Va. Lynchburg at Southern U. Hooker (knee). LIMITED: QB Jacoby Bris- Deals Hampton at Charleston Southern sett (knee), CB Pierre Desir (hamstring), FIU at FAU NFL injury report S Clayton Geathers (not injury related). Missouri at Georgia NEW YORK — The National Football FULL: C Ryan Kelly (burner). Wednesday’s transactions NEW YORK GIANTS — Released P Sean Lamar at Northwestern St. League injury report, as provided by the CAROLINA PANTHERS at GREEN BAY Smith from the practice squad. Appalachian St. at South Carolina league (OUT - definitely will not play; PACKERS — PANTHERS: DNP: CB James BASEBALL PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed WR Notre Dame at Duke DNP - did not practice; LIMITED - limited Bradberry (groin), DE Vernon Butler American League DeSean Jackson on IR. Waived S Andrew Tennessee at Kentucky participation in practice; FULL - full par- (back), OT Greg Little (concussion), RB LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Retained hit- Sendejo. Clemson at NC State ticipation in practice): Christian McCaffrey (knee), DT Gerald ting coach Jeremy Reed, Named Mickey PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed LB MIDWEST Sunday McCoy (knee), S Eric Reid (ankle), WR Callaway pitching coach, Brian Butter- Ulysees Gilbert III on IR. Released RB Dar- Davidson at Butler ARIZONA CARDINALS at TAMPA BAY Curtis Samuel (hamstring). FULL: LB Ma- field third base coach, John Mallee assis- rin Hall from the practice squad. Signed Penn St. at Minnesota BUCCANEERS — CARDINALS: DNP: DE rio Addison (not injury related), QB Kyle tant hitting coach, Jesliciano first base LB Robert Spillane from the practice Purdue at Northwestern Zach Allen (neck), CB Tramaine Brock Allen (right shoulder), LB Brian Burns coach and Jose Molina catching coach. squad and LB Sutton Smith, WR Terry Maryland at Ohio St. (hamstring), RB Chase Edmonds (ham- (wrist), LB Christian Miller (ankle), LB MINNESOTA TWINS — Signed C Tomas Wright and TE Kevin Rader to the prac- Shaq Thompson (ankle). DNP: Marist at Dayton string), WR Larry Fitzgerald (not injury PACKERS: Telis and RHP Jonathan Cheshire to mi- tice squad. related), LB Chandler Jones (not injury S Adrian Amos (hamstring), TE Jimmy nor league contracts. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed LB Jacksonville at Drake Graham (not injury related), CB Tramon E. Kentucky at SE Missouri related), OT Justin Murray (knee), LB National League Kwon Alexander on IR. Signed LB Eli- Terrell Suggs (hamstring). LIMITED: DT Williams (not injury related). LIMITED: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Claimed jah Lee from the practice squad and LB Morehead St. at Valparaiso WR Davante Adams (toe), OT Bryan Bu- Illinois St. at S. Dakota St. Corey Peters (not injury related), LB 2B Kean Wong off waivers from the L.A. Christian Sam to the practice squad. laga (not injury related), CB Kevin King Angels. Missouri St. at S. Illinois Brooks Reed (hamstring). FULL: RB David SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released Johnson (ankle). BUCCANEERS: DNP: LB (groin), TE Robert Tonyan (hip), WR Mar- BASKETBALL WR Cody Thompson from the practice Youngstown St. at South Dakota Carl Nassib (groin), LB Anthony Nelson quez Valdes-Scantling (ankle/knee). National Basketball Association UConn at Cincinnati squad. Signed DT Bryan Mone to the (hamstring). LIMITED: CB Carlton Davis FULL: LB Oren Burks (chest), DT Kenny ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred G practice squad. Illinois at Michigan St. (hip), OT Demar Dotson (hamstring), G Clark (shin), RB Aaron Jones (shoulder), Brandon Goodwin to College Park (NBA- W. Illinois at N. Dakota St. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Waived Ali Marpet (ankle). FULL: TE Cameron WR Jake Kumerow (shoulder), LB Blake GL). WR Amara Darboh. Placed TE Antony Au- Iowa at Wisconsin Brate (ribs), TE O.J. Howard (hamstring), Martinez (hand), S Will Redmond (el- FOOTBALL Indiana St. at N. Iowa clair on IR. Signed LB Sam Acho. Signed OT Donovan Smith (thumb). bow), QB Aaron Rodgers (knee), LB Pres- National Football League LB Kahzin Daniels from the practice SOUTHWEST KANSAS CITY CHIEFS at TENNESSEE TI- ton Smith (hand). ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed DL Baylor at TCU squad and LB Quinton Bell to the prac- TANS — CHIEFS: Practice Not Complete. LOS ANGELES RAMS at PITTSBURGH Clinton McDonald on IR. Released LB tice squad. W. Kentucky at Arkansas — Practice Not Com- Zach Brown. Activated OL Max Garcia TITANS: DNP: LB Jayon Brown (groin), STEELERS RAMS: HOCKEY East Carolina at SMU DT Jurrell Casey (shoulder), WR Corey plete. STEELERS: Practice Not Complete. from the PUP list. Ark.-Pine Bluff at Prairie View ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed WR National Hockey League Davis (hip), TE Delanie Walker (ankle). MINNESOTA VIKINGS at DALLAS Reassigned D Josh Alabama St. at Texas Southern — DNP: RB C.J. Ham Brandon Powell from the practice squad ANAHEIM DUCKS — LIMITED: C Ben Jones (concussion), LB COWBOYS VIKINGS: Mahura to San Diego (AHL). Charlotte at UTEP Harold Landry (shoulder), CB Chris Mil- (ankle), DE Ifeadi Odenigbo (shoulder), and G Anthony Coyle and S C.J. Reavis to WR Adam Thielen (hamstring). LIM- the practice squad. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled F Kansas St. at Texas ton (ankle), LB Cameron Wake (not injury Eetu Luostarinen from Charlotte (AHL). South Alabama at Texas St. related). ITED: CB Trae Waynes (ankle), DE Ste- BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived phen Weatherly (groin). FULL: DT Linval CB Maurice Canady. Signed WR/RS DETROIT RED WINGS — Acquired C Sam Houston St. at Abilene Christian BUFFALO BILLS at CLEVELAND BROWNS Robby Fabbri from the St. Louis Blues for SE Louisiana at Cent. Arkansas — BILLS: DNP: LB Lorenzo Alexander Joseph (knee), LB Eric Kendricks (hip), De’Anthony Thomas. Re-signed LB Mike (not injury related-resting veteran), DT Shamar Stephen (knee). COWBOYS: Onuoha to the practice squad. Signed RB C Jacob de la Rose. Incarnate Word at Stephen F. Austin WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned Iowa St. at Oklahoma OT Ty Nsekhe (not injury related-rest- Practice Not Complete. Byron Marshall to the practice squad. BUFFALO BILLS — Released DE Wy- F Liam O’Brien to Hershey (AHL). FAR WEST SOCCER Montana St. at N. Colorado att Ray. Signed LB Tyrel Dodson and OT Brandon Hitner to the practice squad. Major League Soccer Air Force at New Mexico COLUMBUS CREW — Named Clive Stanford at Colorado Pro soccer CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed DE Wes Horton. Brewer director of high performance. Idaho at Montana DETROIT LIONS — Released LB An- COLLEGE Southern Cal at Arizona St. MLS playoffs Thursday, Oct. 24 thony Pittman from the practice squad. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE — An- Sacramento St. at N. Arizona Los Angeles 5, LA Galaxy 3 Signed RB Bo Scarbrough and P Matt nounced the University of Detroit’s wom- North Dakota at Weber St. Conference Semifinals Conference Championships Wile to the practice squad. en’s lacrosse program will join the con- E. Washington at Idaho St. Eastern Conference Tuesday, Oct. 29 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Activated ference for the 2020-21 school year. UC Davis at Portland St. Women’s vol- Wednesday, Oct. 23 Seattle 3, Los Angeles 1 QB Nick Foles from IR. CULVER-STOCKTON — Washington St. at California Toronto 2, New York City 1 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released P leyball coach Daniel Cabrera announced Utah St. at Fresno St. Thursday, Oct. 24 Wednesday, Oct. 30 Jack Fox from the practice squad. Signed his resignation. Liberty at BYU Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 0 Toronto 2, Atlanta 1 TE Alize Mack to the practice squad. HAWAII — Announced men’s basket- Wyoming at Boise St. Western Conference MLS Cup MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Claimed S An- ball coach Eran Ganot is taking a medical Nevada at San Diego St. Wednesday, Oct. 23 Sunday, Nov. 10 drew Sendejo off waivers from Philadel- leave of absence. Named Chris Gerlufsen San Jose St. at Hawaii Seattle 2, Salt Lake 0 Toronto at Seattle phia. Waived S Marcus Epps. acting men’s basketball coach. PAGE 26 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 NBA Roundup Scoreboard

Eastern Conference Rockets 129, Warriors 112 Atlantic Division GOLDEN STATE — Robinson III 6-13 0-0 W L Pct GB 15, Paschall 6-15 5-5 19, Cauley-Stein 1- Harden, Rockets Boston 5 1 .833 — 6 2-2 4, Bowman 3-9 0-1 8, Poole 2-11 2-2 Philadelphia 5 2 .714 A 8, Spellman 6-6 1-2 13, Chriss 1-4 2-2 4, Toronto 5 2 .714 A Burks 10-18 5-6 28, Lee 3-14 6-8 13. Totals Brooklyn 3 4 .429 2A 38-96 23-28 112. New York 1 7 .125 5 HOUSTON — House Jr. 6-10 0-0 17, Southeast Division Tucker 9-14 0-0 22, Capela 9-14 1-2 19, Miami 5 2 .714 — Westbrook 8-18 1-4 18, Harden 10-23 10- Charlotte 4 3 .571 1 13 36, Sefolosha 1-3 0-0 2, Chandler 0-0 Atlanta 3 4 .429 2 0-0 0, Clemons 0-2 0-0 0, Rivers 4-7 0-0 pound Warriors Washington 2 5 .286 3 12, McLemore 1-6 0-0 3. Totals 48-97 12- Orlando 2 6 .250 3A 19 129. Central Division Golden State 29 23 31 29—112 Milwaukee 6 2 .750 — Houston 30 33 35 31—129 Indiana 4 4 .500 2 Associated Press Three-point goals—Golden State 13-33 24 points and host Toronto beat Detroit 4 5 .444 2A (Robinson III 3-6, Burks 3-8, Bowman 2-3, Sacramento. Chicago 3 6 .333 3A Paschall 2-4, Poole 2-8, Lee 1-4), Houston HOUSTON — James Harden Cleveland 2 5 .286 3A 21-45 (Harden 6-16, House Jr. 5-6, Rivers Serge Ibaka scored 10 of his had 36 points and 13 assists and 4-4, Tucker 4-8, Westbrook 1-3, McLemore 21 points in the fourth quarter, Western Conference 1-6, Clemons 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Re- the Houston Rockets routed Gold- bounds—Golden State 51 (Robinson III and OG Anunoby had a season- Southwest Division 11), Houston 50 (Capela 16). Assists— en State 129-112 on Wednesday high 18 for the defending cham- W L Pct GB Golden State 22 (Bowman 4), Houston 31 night, sending the short-handed Dallas 5 2 .714 — (Harden 13). Total Fouls—Golden State pion Raptors, who won their fifth Houston 5 3 .625 A 12, Houston 20. Technicals—Golden Warriors to their sixth loss in San Antonio 4 3 .571 1 straight over the Kings. State coach Warriors (Defensive three eight games this season. Memphis 2 5 .286 3 second). A—18,055 (18,500). Harrison Barnes had 26 points New Orleans 1 6 .143 4 Harden again appeared to be Northwest Division for Sacramento. Bogdan Bogda- Pacers 121, Wizards 106 moving past his early shooting Denver 5 2 .714 — Utah 5 3 .625 A WASHINGTON — Bonga 0-2 0-0 0, novic scored 13 of his 22 in the MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP woes, going 6-for-16 from three- Minnesota 4 3 .571 1 Hachimura 0-5 0-0 0, Bryant 6-10 7-7 20, point range. Since going 17-for- fourth quarter, and Buddy Hield Portland 3 4 .429 2 Thomas 3-10 2-2 10, Beal 12-29 5-5 30, added 21. Oklahoma City 3 4 .429 2 The Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Miles 6-11 0-0 15, Brown Jr. 3-9 0-0 7, Ber- 79 on threes in his first six games, Pacific Division Antetokounmpo had 38 points tans 4-8 0-0 11, Wagner 2-6 2-2 8, Smith Harden has made 13 of 32 the last Mavericks 107, Magic 106: L.A. Lakers 6 1 .857 — 1-5 3-3 5, McRae 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-95 Luka Doncic scored 27 points and Phoenix 5 2 .714 1 and 16 rebounds in his team’s 19-19 106. two. L.A. Clippers 5 3 .625 1A INDIANA — Warren 9-15 1-1 21, Samp- host Dallas drew two charges on Golden State 2 6 .250 4A 129-124 win Wednesday over son 7-12 0-0 14, Sabonis 4-11 5-6 13, Russell Westbrook had 18 A Aaron Gordon in the final minute Sacramento 2 6 .250 4 the Los Angeles Clippers. A.Holiday 7-10 1-1 18, Brogdon 3-14 5-5 points, eight rebounds and six Tuesday’s games 12, McDermott 6-10 3-3 19, J.Holiday 1-8 Boston 119, Cleveland 113 assists. P.J. Tucker had 22 points of a win over Orlando. 0-2 3, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Bitadze 3-6 6-8 Trying to protect a one-point Charlotte 122, Indiana 120, OT Mavericks 107, Magic 106 13, McConnell 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 44-94 21- and 11 rebounds, Clint Capela Atlanta 108, San Antonio 100 26 121. lead, the Mavericks had two of L.A. Lakers 118, Chicago 112 ORLANDO — Isaac 5-8 2-2 13, Gordon Washington 26 36 18 26—106 added 19 points and 16 rebounds, Oklahoma City 102, Orlando 94 10-17 2-2 23, Vucevic 7-15 4-5 19, Fultz 5- Indiana 26 44 24 27—121 their 17 turnovers on consecutive Denver 109, Miami 89 10 1-1 11, Fournier 3-5 2-2 9, Iwundu 0-4 and Austin Rivers was 4-for-4 Three-point goals—Washington 13- possessions before each of the Wednesday’s games 2-4 2, Aminu 0-4 0-0 0, Birch 1-2 1-4 3, Au- from three with 12 points. Detroit 122, New York 102 gustin 4-6 3-3 13, Carter-Williams 4-9 5-5 40 (Miles 3-6, Bertans 3-6, Wagner 2-4, fouls on Gordon, who was trying Indiana 121, Washington 106 13. Totals 39-80 22-28 106. Thomas 2-4, Bryant 1-2, Brown Jr. 1-3, Alec Burks led Golden State Chicago 113, Atlanta 93 DALLAS —Finney-Smith 1-3 1-2 4, Porz- Beal 1-12, Hachimura 0-1, Smith 0-2), In- to drive on the first call and at- diana 12-30 (McDermott 4-6, A.Holiday with 28 points. Eric Paschall had Houston 129, Golden State 112 ingis 4-14 1-2 10, Powell 5-8 2-2 12, Doncic tempting to make a move at the Toronto 124, Sacramento 120 10-21 6-7 27, Curry 1-2 3-5 5, Jackson 4-6 3-5, Warren 2-6, Bitadze 1-2, Brogdon 19 points, and Glenn Robinson III Memphis 137, Minnesota 121 2-2 11, Hardaway Jr. 4-11 3-4 13, Kleber 4- 1-3, J.Holiday 1-5, Sampson 0-3). Fouled added 15 points and 11 rebounds. three-point line on the second. Dallas 107, Orlando 106 6 4-4 14, Marjanovic 0-1 0-0 0, Barea 3-6 Out—Sabonis, Wagner. Rebounds— Doncic also had seven rebounds Utah 106, Philadelphia 104 2-2 11, Wright 0-2 0-0 0, Brunson 0-4 0-0 0. Washington 48 (Bryant 11), Indiana 48 Already reeling from injuries Milwaukee 129, L.A. Clippers 124 Totals 36-84 24-30 107. (Sabonis 17). Assists—Washington 24 and seven assists. Orlando 28 28 23 27—106 (Smith 7), Indiana 35 (Brogdon 13). Total to Splash Brothers Stephen Curry Thursday’s games Fouls—Washington 26, Indiana 25. Tech- Gordon led the Magic with Boston at Charlotte Dallas 25 29 32 21—107 (broken hand) and Klay Thomp- Oklahoma City at San Antonio nicals—Washington coach Scott Brooks. Three-point goals—Orlando 6-24 A—16,171 (20,000). son (knee surgery) and the loss 23 points, but had just two after Miami at Phoenix (Augustin 2-3, Fournier 1-2, Isaac 1-2, halftime. Portland at L.A. Clippers Vucevic 1-3, Gordon 1-5, Carter-Wil- of Kevin Durant, the Warriors Friday’s games liams 0-1, Fultz 0-2, Iwundu 0-3, Aminu Grizzlies 137, T-Wolves 121 were without D’Angelo Russell Pistons 122, Knicks 102: Cleveland at Washington 0-3), Dallas 11-31 (Barea 3-4, Kleber 2-3, Tony Snell scored 24 points on Detroit at Indiana Hardaway Jr. 2-5, Finney-Smith 1-2, Jack- MINNESOTA — Okogie 3-4 0-0 7, Cov- (sprained ankle) and Draymond Memphis at Orlando son 1-2, Porzingis 1-5, Doncic 1-7, Curry ington 5-11 0-0 13, Towns 8-19 6-6 25, 9-for-9 shooting in host Detroit’s Sacramento at Atlanta 0-1, Brunson 0-2). Fouled Out—Fournier, Culver 5-13 3-6 15, Wiggins 11-21 5-8 30, Green (index finger) for a third Layman 3-7 2-2 9, Vonleh 1-3 3-4 5, Dieng victory over New York. Golden State at Minnesota Gordon. Rebounds—Orlando 44 (Vucevic straight game. Toronto at New Orleans 11), Dallas 43 (Powell, Porzingis 8). As- 1-2 0-0 2, McLaughlin 2-7 0-0 5, Nowell 0-0 0-0 0, Graham 4-9 0-0 10. Totals 43-96 19- Bucks 129, Clippers 124: Andre Drummond had 27 New York at Dallas sists—Orlando 25 (Vucevic 7), Dallas 20 Milwaukee at Utah (Doncic 7). Total Fouls—Orlando 30, Dal- 26 121. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 38 points, 12 rebounds and seven as- Philadelphia at Denver las 23. Technicals—Orlando coach Magic MEMPHIS —Crowder 6-8 2-4 18, Jack- sists, and Markieff Morris added Brooklyn at Portland (Defensive three second), Dallas coach son Jr. 0-5 0-0 0, Valanciunas 5-9 0-0 10, points and 16 rebounds, George Miami at L.A. Lakers Mavericks (Defensive three second). Morant 9-19 8-10 26, Brooks 9-16 8-8 31, Hill scored 24 off the bench and 22 points to help the Pistons beat A—19,487 (19,200). Hill 3-4 0-0 7, Caboclo 2-5 0-0 5, Anderson the Knicks for the eighth straight 3-4 1-2 7, Clarke 7-7 4-4 18, Jones 3-6 2-2 8, Milwaukee repelled every threat Wednesday Bulls 113, Hawks 93 Guduric 3-5 0-0 7. Totals 50-88 25-30 137. to win at Los Angeles for its fourth time. Detroit played without in- Bucks 129, Clippers 124 Minnesota 26 38 32 25—121 jured Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose CHICAGO — Porter Jr. 5-6 0-0 13, Mark- Memphis 37 35 29 36—137 victory in a row. MILWAUKEE — Middleton 3-13 7-8 13, kanen 6-11 1-2 17, Carter Jr. 1-3 0-0 2, Sa- Three-point goals—Minnesota 16-45 The Bucks hit 18 three-point- and Reggie Jackson. G.Antetokounmpo 10-21 14-18 38, B.Lopez toransky 10-13 3-4 27, LaVine 4-10 2-2 10, (Wiggins 3-8, Covington 3-8, Towns 3- 4-12 3-4 11, Bledsoe 8-14 0-0 20, Matthews Hutchison 2-6 5-7 9, Th.Young 1-6 0-2 3, 11, Graham 2-3, Culver 2-5, Okogie 1-1, ers, led by six from Hill. Julius Randle led the Knicks 0-2 0-0 0, Ilyasova 0-4 2-2 2, R.Lopez 3-6 Gafford 0-0 0-0 0, Kornet 1-2 1-1 3, Arci- Layman 1-3, McLaughlin 1-4, Vonleh 0-1, Antetokounmpo just missed a with 20 points. 1-2 7, Hill 9-14 0-0 24, DiVincenzo 0-2 0-0 0, diacono 1-1 2-2 4, Dunn 6-8 1-1 13, White Dieng 0-1), Memphis 12-23 (Brooks 5-7, Connaughton 0-1 0-0 0, Korver 5-9 0-0 14. 3-13 3-6 10, Harrison 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 41- Crowder 4-6, Guduric 1-1, Hill 1-2, Cabo- triple-double with nine assists. Grizzlies 137, Timberwolves Totals 42-98 27-34 129. 82 18-27 113. ATLANTA —Hunter 1-7 2-2 4, Parker 6- clo 1-4, Jones 0-1, Jackson Jr. 0-2). Fouled L.A. CLIPPERS — Shamet 5-10 0-0 14, Out—None. Rebounds—Minnesota 36 He’s posted at least 10 rebounds 121: Dillon Brooks scored 31 Patterson 1-2 0-0 2, Harrell 13-25 8-12 34, 12 5-5 18, Len 2-4 2-2 6, Tr.Young 3-12 3-3 points, rookie Ja Morant added Beverley 6-9 5-5 20, Williams 9-27 12-13 9, Reddish 1-8 2-2 5, Fernando 4-5 2-3 10, (Towns 13), Memphis 49 (Valanciunas 14). and five assists in each of the first 34, Harkless 0-4 1-2 1, Green 3-10 1-2 9, Jones 1-1 0-0 2, Wallace 1-3 0-2 2, Huerter Assists—Minnesota 29 (Culver 7), Mem- eight games this season, the first 26 and host Memphis held onto a Zubac 3-4 2-2 8, Robinson 1-6 0-0 2, Mc- 4-10 3-5 12, Brown Jr. 0-0 2-2 2, Bembry phis 34 (Jones 5). Total Fouls—Minnesota lead to beat Minnesota. Gruder 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-98 29-36 124. 3-4 3-6 9, Carter 4-8 3-3 14. Totals 30-74 22, Memphis 22. A—13,503 (18,119). player to do that since at least Milwaukee 28 42 28 31—129 27-35 93. 1972-73. Rookie Brandon Clarke made L.A. Clippers 30 29 30 35—124 Chicago 33 23 35 22—113 Raptors 124, Kings 120 Atlanta 19 22 24 28— 93 all seven of his shots and scored Three-point goals—Milwaukee 18-49 SACRAMENTO — Barnes 7-15 8-10 26, The Clippers were without (Hill 6-7, G.Antetokounmpo 4-7, Korver Three-point goals—Chicago 13-33 Kawhi Leonard, who rested for 18 points, and Jae Crowder also 4-7, Bledsoe 4-8, Connaughton 0-1, DiVin- (Satoransky 4-5, Markkanen 4-7, Porter Holmes 4-8 0-0 8, Bjelica 2-7 0-0 5, Fox 7- had 18 points for the Grizzlies, cenzo 0-2, Matthews 0-2, B.Lopez 0-3, Jr. 3-4, Th.Young 1-4, White 1-7, Carter Jr. 16 2-5 17, Hield 7-16 2-2 21, Ariza 1-4 2-2 5, the first half of a home back-to- R.Lopez 0-3, Ilyasova 0-4, Middleton 0-5), 0-1, Hutchison 0-1, Harrison 0-1, Kornet Dedmon 2-6 0-0 6, Ferrell 0-0 0-0 0, Joseph back. He’ll play against Portland who snapped a three-game skid. L.A. Clippers 13-31 (Shamet 4-8, Williams 0-1, LaVine 0-2), Atlanta 6-30 (Carter 3-6, 5-9 0-0 10, Bogdanovic 7-14 2-2 22. Totals 4-9, Beverley 3-4, Green 2-7, Patterson Huerter 1-4, Reddish 1-4, Parker 1-4, Wal- 42-95 16-21 120. on Thursday night. Andrew Wiggins led the Tim- 0-1, Robinson 0-1, Harkless 0-1). Fouled lace 0-1, Len 0-1, Hunter 0-2, Tr.Young 0-8). TORONTO — Anunoby 7-10 1-3 18, berwolves with 30 points. Out—None. Rebounds—Milwaukee 54 Fouled Out—Carter Jr.. Rebounds—Chi- Siakam 8-13 7-8 23, Gasol 4-6 3-4 12, Van- Jazz 106, 76ers 104: Dono- (G.Antetokounmpo 16), L.A. Clippers cago 43 (LaVine 8), Atlanta 41 (Fernando Vleet 3-9 4-4 12, Lowry 8-15 3-4 24, Bouch- van Mitchell had 24 points and Pacers 121, Wizards 106: T.J. 54 (Harrell 13). Assists—Milwaukee 18 6). Assists—Chicago 26 (Satoransky 8), er 0-0 0-0 0, Ibaka 9-16 2-2 21, Thomas 2-3 (G.Antetokounmpo 9), L.A. Clippers 21 Atlanta 18 (Bembry 4). Total Fouls—Chi- 2-2 8, Davis 0-0 0-0 0, Powell 2-6 2-2 6. To- eight assists and host Utah Warren scored 21 points to help (Williams 11). A—19,068 (18,997). cago 30, Atlanta 26. A—15,049 (18,118). tals 43-78 24-29 124. handed Philadelphia its second host Indiana beat Washington. Sacramento 23 35 30 32—120 Doug McDermott scored 17 of Jazz 106, 76ers 104 Pistons 122, Knicks 102 Toronto 36 30 29 29—124 straight loss after a 5-0 start. Three-point goals—Sacramento 20-44 Bojan Bogdanovic added 20 his 19 points in the first half, and PHILADELPHIA — Harris 4-11 8-10 16, NEW YORK — Randle 8-15 1-2 20, Mor- (Bogdanovic 6-11, Hield 5-7, Barnes 4-9, Domantas Sabonis returned after Horford 3-14 0-0 7, Embiid 5-16 16-18 27, ris Sr. 7-14 1-1 18, Robinson 3-4 0-0 6, Bar- Dedmon 2-5, Ariza 1-3, Fox 1-3, Bjelica 1- points, Rudy Gobert had 14 points, Simmons 1-2 0-0 2, Richardson 8-13 6-6 rett 4-12 6-11 15, Ntilikina 5-7 0-2 11, Knox 4, Joseph 0-2), Toronto 14-29 (Lowry 5-7, missing two games with a left calf 24, Ennis III 2-2 0-0 4, Thybulle 1-4 0-0 2, II 5-7 2-2 14, Brazdeikis 0-2 0-0 0, Gibson Anunoby 3-4, VanVleet 2-3, Thomas 2-3, 16 rebounds and three steals, and Scott 2-3 0-0 5, Neto 5-11 0-0 11, Korkmaz 3-4 0-0 6, Portis 1-6 1-1 3, Dotson 1-2 0-0 2, Trier 1-2 2-2 5, Ellington 1-5 0-0 2. Totals Gasol 1-2, Ibaka 1-4, Siakam 0-3, Powell Joe Ingles scored a season-high contusion to finish with 13 points 2-4 0-0 6. Totals 33-80 30-34 104. 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Sac- UTAH — Bogdanovic 9-18 0-1 20, 39-80 13-21 102. 16 points. and tie his career high with 17 O’Neale 1-2 2-2 5, Gobert 4-8 6-8 14, DETROIT — Snell 9-9 0-0 24, Morris 7-11 ramento 43 (Holmes, Hield 8), Toronto Joel Embiid had 27 points and rebounds. The Pacers played for Conley 6-15 2-3 15, Mitchell 10-23 3-6 24, 4-5 22, Drummond 12-16 3-4 27, Brown 3-9 37 (Siakam 13). Assists—Sacramento Ingles 6-11 2-2 16, Niang 0-1 1-2 1, Green 2-2 9, Kennard 4-12 3-4 12, Mykhailiuk 0-2 23 (Fox 9), Toronto 28 (Lowry 6). To- 16 rebounds to lead the 76ers in the third time in four nights. 1-6 0-0 3, Bradley 4-5 0-0 8. Totals 41-89 0-0 0, Maker 3-3 0-1 7, Wood 3-8 0-0 7, Gal- tal Fouls—Sacramento 23, Toronto 20. his return from a two-game sus- Bradley Beal had 30 points for 16-24 106. loway 3-7 6-6 13, Bone 0-2 0-0 0, Thomas Technicals—Toronto coach Raptors (De- Philadelphia 29 27 17 31—104 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 44-79 19-24 122. fensive three second), Lowry. A—19,800 (19,800). pension. Josh Richardson added the Wizards. Utah 26 32 26 22—106 New York 25 34 26 17—102 a season-high 24 points. Ben Bulls 113, Hawks 92: Tomas Three-point goals—Philadelphia 8-25 Detroit 33 31 32 26—122 (Korkmaz 2-4, Richardson 2-6, Scott 1-2, Three-point goals—New York 11-25 Leaders Simmons did not play in the sec- Satoransky scored 27 points in Neto 1-2, Horford 1-4, Embiid 1-5, Thy- (Randle 3-5, Morris Sr. 3-7, Knox II 2-3, Chicago’s victory at Atlanta. bulle 0-1, Harris 0-1), Utah 8-22 (Ingles Ntilikina 1-1, Trier 1-2, Barrett 1-2, Portis Scoring ond half because of right shoul- 2-5, Bogdanovic 2-5, O’Neale 1-1, Con- 0-1, Ellington 0-4), Detroit 15-30 (Snell 6- G FG FT PTS AVG der soreness after bumping into Starting his second straight ley 1-3, Mitchell 1-4, Green 1-4). Fouled 6, Morris 4-7, Maker 1-1, Brown 1-2, Wood Harden, HOU 8 74 114 292 36.5 Out—Gobert. Rebounds—Philadelphia 1-2, Galloway 1-3, Kennard 1-7, Bone 0-1, Irving, BRO 7 75 49 222 31.7 Royce O’Neale’s chest while post- game in place of John Collins, 42 (Embiid 16), Utah 50 (Gobert 16). As- Mykhailiuk 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Re- Lillard, POR 7 74 43 218 31.1 ing up on a first-quarter play. Jabari Parker led the Hawks with sists—Philadelphia 20 (Richardson, Neto bounds—New York 30 (Barrett 6), Detroit Leonard, LAC 6 64 37 176 29.3 4), Utah 21 (Mitchell 8). Total Fouls—Phil- 43 (Drummond 12). Assists—New York 24 Antetokunmpo, MIL 8 84 56 232 29.0 Raptors 124, Kings 120: 18 points. Collins is serving a 25- adelphia 20, Utah 21. Technicals—Phila- (Barrett 8), Detroit 37 (Kennard, Drum- Beal, WAS 7 64 42 189 27.0 delphia coach Brett Brown, Utah coach mond 7). Total Fouls—New York 20, De- Towns, MIN 5 45 23 134 26.8 Pascal Siakam had 23 points and game suspension for violating the Jazz (Defensive three second). A—18,306 troit 17. Technicals—Morris Sr., Randle. Doncic, DAL 7 62 43 187 26.7 13 rebounds, Kyle Lowry scored NBA’s doping policy. (18,306). A—15,463 (20,491). Davis, LAL 7 63 55 186 26.6 Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 27 NBA/NHL NHL scoreboard Roundup

Eastern Conference Unplanned Atlantic Division Blues beat GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 15 11 2 2 24 56 36 Buffalo 15 9 4 2 20 45 40 Oilers, win Toronto 16 8 5 3 19 56 53 Florida 14 7 3 4 18 51 51 Montreal 15 8 5 2 18 56 49 Tampa Bay 13 6 5 2 14 44 47 absences Ottawa 14 4 9 1 9 38 48 6th straight Detroit 17 4 12 1 9 35 68 Metropolitan Division Washington 16 11 2 3 25 64 49 Associated Press N.Y. Islanders 14 11 3 0 22 44 30 Williamson, Curry injuries Carolina 15 9 5 1 19 50 42 EDMONTON, Alberta — The Pittsburgh 15 8 6 1 17 51 39 Philadelphia 14 7 5 2 16 47 46 Stanley Cup champion St. Louis N.Y. Rangers 13 6 6 1 13 42 43 Columbus 15 5 7 3 13 35 52 Blues are rolling again. New Jersey 13 4 5 4 12 38 51 Alex Pietrangelo had a goal could be blow to ratings and two assists and St. Louis re- Western Conference mained atop the Western Con- Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA ference standings, beating the St. Louis 17 11 3 3 25 54 49 second-place Edmonton Oilers Nashville 15 9 4 2 20 60 43 Colorado 15 8 5 2 18 49 43 5-2 on Wednesday night for their Winnipeg 16 8 7 1 17 44 51 sixth straight victory. Dallas 17 8 8 1 17 41 42 Chicago 14 4 7 3 11 33 44 Jaden Schwartz, Robert Thom- Minnesota 15 5 9 1 11 37 51 as, Tyler Bozak and Ivan Barba- Pacific Division Edmonton 17 10 5 2 22 48 46 shev also scored to help St. Louis Vancouver 15 9 3 3 21 54 36 tie Washington for the overall Arizona 15 9 4 2 20 44 34 Vegas 16 9 5 2 20 51 46 NHL lead Calgary 18 9 7 2 20 52 53 with 25 BY JOE REEDY The Warriors’ first national broad- Anaheim 17 9 7 1 19 45 43 San Jose 16 5 10 1 11 40 58 points. Associated Press cast on Oct. 24 aga inst the L os A nge- Los Angeles 15 5 10 0 10 39 60 “We just les Clippers averaged 2.26 million, Note: Two points for a win, one point LOS ANGELES for overtime loss. Top three teams in find a way to but that was down compared to the each division and two wild cards per get it done,” he NBA was banking on Zion Wil- same window last year, which was conference advance to playoffs. liamson and the Golden State Tuesday’s games said Thom- LeBron James’ debut with the N.Y. Islanders 4, Ottawa 1 as, whose Warriors as main attrac- Lakers (3.31 million). Philadelphia 4, Carolina 1 tions when the televi- Vegas 2, Columbus 1 team had T TNT isn’t scheduled Montreal 5, Boston 4 won its last sion schedules were released in to air another War- Toronto 3, Los Angeles 1 New Jersey 2, Winnipeg 1, SO three games August. Less than three weeks riors game until Jan. Dallas 4, Colorado 1 in overtime. into the season, the league’s 16 against Denver. Calgary 4, Arizona 3, OT Pietrangelo St. Louis 2, Vancouver 1, OT “We’re win- television partners are still But that will mark San Jose 4, Chicago 2 ning a lot of trying to assess the fallout the first of 11 ap- Minnesota 4, Anaheim 2 Wednesday’s games 2-1, 3-2 games and close games from injuries. pearances until the N.Y. Rangers 5, Detroit 1 at the end. I think that shows our Williamson’s knee injury St. Louis 5, Edmonton 2 end of the season. Thursday’s games character and being able fight and Steph Curry’s broken N.Y. Rangers at Carolina A Turner spokes- until the end and get some wins.” hand have many wondering Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders man told The As- Montreal at Philadelphia Jake Allen made 32 saves to im- if ratings will suffer. In the sociated Press Washington at Florida Vegas at Toronto prove to 3-1 on the season. case of the New Orleans that it is still early Los Angeles at Ottawa “I’ve felt like I’ve been getting Pelicans, there is cause to discuss sched- Vancouver at Chicago Nashville at Colorado better every game to be hon- for worry. uling changes Columbus at Arizona est than at the start of the year,” The Pelicans are with the league. New Jersey at Calgary Minnesota at San Jose Allen said. “I felt a lot more com- on either ESPN, TNT The league has Friday’s games fortable and it felt good to get a or NBATV in all but become more Tampa Bay vs. Buffalo at Stockholm Boston at Detroit lot of action and obviously it was eight of their first 19 flexible with Vancouver at Winnipeg New Jersey at Edmonton good to get the win and the guys games. The league ESPN and TNT Saturday’s games battled hard.” routinely frontloads about schedul- Florida at N.Y. Islanders Buffalo vs. Tampa Bay at Stockholm Connor McDavid and Zack television appear- ing changes, Los Angeles at Montreal Kassian scored for the Oilers. ances with the top but in the case Chicago at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Toronto They have lost two in a row. picks early, figur- of TNT, there Carolina at Ottawa “This was a lesson for us,” Oil- ing their teams are few options Vegas at Washington Minnesota at Arizona ers defenseman Oscar Klefbom will not be in available due to Columbus at Colorado said. “This was a playoff game Thursday’s light St. Louis at Calgary contention after Nashville at San Jose and obviously we have a long way the All-Star break. schedule. to go. We have to find a way to Despite also having Charles Bark- Wednesday win these games because there Brandon Ingram and ley said during a Rangers 5, Red Wings 1 are going to be many of them Lonzo Ball, New Orleans hasn’t recent “Inside the Detroit 0 1 0—1 this year. We’re going to play a been a big TV draw without NBA” luncheon in N.Y. Rangers 0 3 2—5 Second Period—1, N.Y. Rangers, DeAn- lot of good teams and we have to Williamson. Los Angeles that “there are gelo 5 (Buchnevich, Lemieux), 4:25 (pp). be ready. They played last night, Their opener against To- some nights when we come 2, N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 3 (Buchnevich, DeAngelo), 6:04. 3, N.Y. Rangers, Strome we gave them a little bit too much ronto on Opening Night aver- in and we know it is going 5 (Panarin, Fox), 8:49 (pp). 4, Detroit, Filp- and it cost us.” aged 2.25 million viewers on to be a long night due pula 2 (Athanasiou, Mantha), 9:41. Third Period—5, N.Y. Rangers, McK- Rangers 5, Red Wings 1: TNT, which was a 24% drop from to the matchups. That’s egg 1 (Howden, Trouba), 8:44 (sh). 6, Tony DeAngelo had a goal and last year’s opener between Phila- when we know we have to N.Y. Rangers, Panarin 7 (Strome, Staal), 17:23. an assist in hist team’s three-goal delphia and Boston. It was also be more entertaining.” Shots on Goal—Detroit 7-13-16—36. second period, Henrik Lundqvist ESPN has more games to N.Y. Rangers 11-13-7—31. the first time since 2016 that the Power-play opportunities—Detroit 0 stopped 35 shots in his first start league’s opener went up against choose from on Wednesday and of 2; N.Y. Rangers 2 of 3. in 10 days, and host New York Friday nights, but any changes Goalies—Detroit, Howard 2-8-0 (30 Game 1 of the World Series. shots-26 saves). N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist beat struggling Detroit. Last Thursday’s game against are unlikely until January since 3-3-0 (36-35). The Rangers were coming off A—16,804 (18,006). T—2:26. Oklahoma City also was down production and travel schedules a 6-2 loss to an Ottawa team that sharply compared to the are pretty set. Blues 5, Oilers 2 had been winless on the road this Not all NBA ratings news is bad, same window last season. The St. Louis 1 2 2—5 season. 784,000 average was a 60% though. The Clippers-Lakers opener Edmonton 1 0 1—2 “We had to have a performance drop from last year’s Nuggets- on Oct. 22 was the highest-viewed First Period—1, Edmonton, McDavid 8 like this after what happened last game of the week at 3.58 million while (Smith, Draisaitl), 2:46 (pp). 2, St. Louis, Lakers game. Schwartz 3 (Pietrangelo, Perron), 6:02 game,” Lundqvist said. “You need How much of a ratings hit the both of ESPN’s games on Oct. 23 were (pp). to learn from our ups and downs up 9% and 12% from last season. Second Period—3, St. Louis, Pietrange- depleted Warriors will take will lo 6 (O’Reilly, Schenn), 7:10 (pp). 4, St. and I think we did.” start to be known beginning this Louis, Thomas 3 (Schwartz, Faulk), 15:18. Artemi Panarin and Ryan Top: New Orleans Pelicans rookie Third Period—5, Edmonton, Kassian 4 week. Golden State will be on (Draisaitl, McDavid), 11:02. 6, St. Louis, Strome also had a goal and an forward Zion Williamson, who is Bozak 2 (Parayko), 19:01 (sh). 7, St. Louis, ESPN four times over the next assist apiece, and Chris Kreider recovering from knee surgery. Left: Barbashev 1 (Pietrangelo, Gunnarsson), two weeks, which began with 19:27 (sh). and Greg McKegg scored to help Golden State Warriors’ All-Star guard Shots on Goal—St. Louis 7-9-9—25. Ed- Wednesday’s road loss to Hous- New York win for the fourth time Stephen Curry will miss at least three monton 7-12-15—34. ton. The others are Nov. 13 at the Power-play opportunities—St. Louis 2 in six games. months with a broken left hand. of 3; Edmonton 1 of 3. Lakers, Nov. 15 vs. Boston and at Goalies—St. Louis, Allen 3-1-0 (34 Valtteri Filppula scored for De- Dallas on Nov. 20. AP photos shots-32 saves). Edmonton, Smith 5-4-1 troit, which has lost four straight (23-20). A—17,068 (18,641). T—2:30. to fall to 1-11-1 in its last 13. PAGE 28 •STARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Swinney: Clemson again peaking at the right time

BY PETE IACOBELLI 15, it’s not worth the brain cells,” Associated Press said Swinney, who has seen his team drop in the Top 25 despite CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson the preseason No. 1 pick not los- coach Dabo Swinney doesn’t ing a game. need a top-four College Foot- Quarterback Trevor Lawrence ball Playoff ranking to know his said the team never pays much fourth-ranked Tigers are play- attention to what those on the ing well and have developed the outside think. He’s spent much leadership and chemistry they of season dealing with analysts need to defend their national breaking down his game — from championship. his throwing motion to footwork Swinney said the team’s talent to decision making. Though it’s and execution are on par with last not all unwarranted. Much of the year’s 15-0 title winners. scrutiny that has come the 6-foot- “The similarities to where we 6 sophomore’s way is because of are now to where we were then, his eight interceptions — double we were playing our best football his total from last season. and the leadership and chemistry But Lawrence has performed were really, really good,” he said. more like that sensational fresh- “And that’s exactly where this men the past month with 12 touch- group is.” down passes and three picks the The Tigers have won 24 straight last four games. He had nine TDs games with their offense operat- and five interceptions the first ing at level that statistically is five games. better than a year ago. Clemson Reigning ACC player of the had has four games with 600 or year Travis Etienne lately has also DAVID BANKS/AP more yards this season, the first stepped up his game. He has run Northwestern wide receiver Riley Lees, left, is tackled by Iowa defensive back Devonte Young, bottom, time that’s ever happened. And for 640 yards and six touchdowns and Iowa linebacker Amani Jones, right, during the Hawkeyes’ 20-0 win Saturday in Evanston, Ill. the Tigers’ average of 7.58 yards the past four games — which per play this fall is also tops in Clemson has won by a combined school history. score of 208-45 — compared with Clemson’s defense, expected to 462 yards and five touchdowns be a concern after losing seven the first five games. Shut down units: Wisconsin, starters from a year ago, is giving “It’s really important that we’re up fewer points per game than playing our best football in No- last season when it lead the coun- vember and getting better every try in that category. week,” Lawrence said. “It’s some- “It’s exciting as we go into the thing we take a lot of pride in.” Iowa emphasize the physical fourth quarter of the season,” The Wolfpack has played well Swinney said. against the Tigers, especially in Clemson (9-0, 6-0 Atlantic Raleigh, N.C. They won at home Coast Conference) looks to keep in 2011 and stayed within single Badgers lead nation in total defense, Hawkeyes have four shutouts its momentum going when it plays digits of Clemson in 2013 and at North Carolina State (4-4, 1-3) 2017. Associated Press on Saturday night. “This week the challenge is provement. But the focus is to be the best. You don’t No one should expect Swinney obviously a great one when you want to be top-five, you want to be number one. If IOWA CITY, Iowa — The numbers say one thing. to pay much attention to the CFP play a team that’s done what we can clean up things and just be tighter, we can But it was last week during the media availability rankings, which come out for the Clemson’s done,” North Carolina with Iowa’s assistant football coaches when some- be better .” first time this season Tuesday State coach Dave Doeren said. “I one asked defensive line coach Kelvin Bell and line- No. 16 Wisconsin will provide the defense with its night and will be released weekly could go through their statistics, backers coach Seth Wallace if biggest test Saturday in Madison. until four playoff teams are set but you all know where they’re at. the Hawkeyes defense was Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor ranks Dec. 8. They do a great job on both sides “elite.” ‘ It’s been a fifth nationally with 126.1 rushing yards per game “If we’re two, three, four or of the ball.” “No,” Bell said. Wallace and ninth in rushing yards with 1,009. He has 15 agreed, saying there were physical week rushing touchdowns, ranking fourth nationally. plenty of things the Hawk- in practice “When you play a guy as good as Taylor, you might eyes could be better at. and we’re be stopping him for a while, but it’s that threat that Their players agree with he can take it and then go the distance,” Ferentz the assessment. getting ready said. “Those plays break your back. They’re tough Iowa’s defense ranks third for a physical to come back from. The big thing is you’re on edge nationally in scoring defense game. That the entire game as long as he’s out there. You have (10.1 points allowed per to respect his ability to finish plays, and it’s really a game), sixth in total defense is the way it significant factor.” (265.9 yards per game) and should be. ’ Linebacker Djimon Colbert said he and his team- eighth in rushing defense mates look forward to games like this one, “especial- Jack Koerner ly guys in the front seven, because we know they’re (87.8 yards per game). Iowa safety The scoring average is the going to come out and run the ball.” best of coach Kirk Ferentz’s 21 The Hawkeyes have been preparing for the Bad- seasons at Iowa, and the lowest of any Iowa team gers’ physical play, and it started with the prepara- since the 1956 Hawkeyes gave up 8.4 points per tion for Northwestern. game. The total defense number is the lowest of any “We had two of our more physical practices ever,” Iowa team since the 1984 team gave up an average safety Jack Koerner said. “And it carried over into of 272.2 yards per game. the game. You do see it carry over. It carries over Iowa has allowed nine touchdowns in seven games and makes us more effective in the game. It’s been this season. Among Big Ten schools, only Ohio State, a physical week in practice and we’re getting ready with six, has allowed fewer. for a physical game. That is the way it should be.” “Right now, the best thing we’re doing defensively The Hawkeyes’ defense will have to match the is we’re playing great team defense,” Ferentz said. Badgers, who have won six of the last seven games The No. 18 Hawkeyes are coming off a bye week in the series. Wisconsin leads the nation in total de- after a 20-0 win at Northwestern. That game was fense and is fourth in scoring defense and fifth in /AP Iowa’s fourth shutout in its last 11 Big Ten games. rushing defense. RICHARD SHIRO No other Big Ten team has more than one shutout “Wisconsin, they’re not going to make mistakes,” Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, left, hands the ball off to Travis Etienne. since the start of the 2018 season. Ojemudia said. “So if we dig ourselves into a ditch, Lawrence has stepped up lately for the Tigers, with 12 touchdown “I’ve seen the numbers,” cornerback Michael in years past, you see it’s hard to come from behind. passes against three interceptions in his team’s past four games. Ojemudia said. “If we clean it up a little bit, we can So if we’re mistake-free like them, I feel like we Etienne has also raised his game, running for 640 yards and six be that much better. There’s always room for im- have the best edge coming into this game.” touchdowns the past four games. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES•PAGE 29 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Tagovailoa, Burrow well-armed Heisman-caliber QBs By the numbers have ‘top 2 receiving corps in the country’ 9 BY JOHN ZENOR Associated Press Number of TD catches, TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — For- each, by LSU recievers get the Heisman, maybe quar- terbacks Joe Burrow and Tua Justin Jefferson, Ja’Marr Tagovailoa can settle the ques- Chase, and Alabama WR tion of who has the better wide DeVonta Smith this season. receivers. No. 1 LSU’s Burrow and No. 2 Alabama’s Tagovailoa both could SOURCE: Associated Press make a strong case going into Saturday’s game. on defense,” Alabama coach Nick It’s Jerry Jeudy vs. Justin Jef- Saban said. ferson. DeVonta Smith against GERALD HERBERT/AP He was speaking of LSU, but the Ja’Marr Chase. Henry Ruggs III LSU’s Ja’Marr Chase is SEC’s same could be said for ’Bama. and Terrace Marshall Jr. leading reciever in yards per The receivers are as likely to In other words, it’s two of the game, with teammate Justin put up 100-yard games as the run- best collections of receivers in Jefferson ranked second. ning backs, a big departure from college football with Heisman past Alabama and LSU teams. Trophy-caliber quarterbacks The SEC’s top four receivers throwing to them. Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis in yards per game and half of the “They’ve got NFL guys. We’ve Landry to Alabama’s Julio Jones, got NFL guys, too, so it’s a fun Amari Cooper and Calvin Ridley. Top 10 will be on the field at Bry- one,” LSU cornerback Kristian Unlike Beckham and Landry, ant-Denny Stadium. Fulton said. who have had NFL seasons that Chase and Jefferson are 1 and Fun, indeed. aren’t too far away from their LSU 2, followed by Smith and Jeudy. Fulton called them “the top two career numbers, these groups Chase, Jefferson and Smith all receiving corps in the country.” have been piling up catches, yards have nine touchdown catches, They’re certainly among the most and touchdowns all season. and Jeudy has eight. prolific with receivers who are They’re huge beneficiaries of Jefferson is tied for the South- projected as potential first-round a dramatic shift in offensive phi- eastern Conference lead in catch- losophies, just like Burrow and es per game with South Carolina’s VASHA HUNT/AP picks, led by Alabama’s Jeudy and Ruggs and LSU’s Jefferson. Tagovailoa. Bryan Edwards, averaging 6.9. Alabama wide receiver Jerry Jeudy catches a touchdown pass Both teams have produced “They have a lot of guys who Next up is Jeudy, last year’s Bilet- against Arkansas on Oct. 26 in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Jeudy has eight plenty of standout NFL receiv- can make plays on offense, which nikoff Award winner, followed by touchdown receptions this season. ers in recent seasons, from LSU’s makes it very challenging for you Chase. Final: SEC powers have embraced game’s offensive revolution

FROM BACK PAGE Conference teams at 432.1. more dangerous game. He said So what happened? Are the To be clear: Alabama and LSU in 2012: “I just think there’s got days of teams winning champi- have usually had offenses that sta- to be some sense of fairness in onships with dominant defenses tistically rank among the best in terms of asking: Is this what we complemented by conservative the SEC, even the country. They want football to be?” offenses over? have fielded dynamic offensive He, like just about every defen- “You just can’t do that anymore players such as Derrick Henry sive coach, questioned whether because there are too many ca- and Odell Beckham Jr. But noth- rules should be changed to de- pable offenses that can move the ing reveals the true identify of a crease how far down field an of- ball at will even against some of college football team like a game fensive lineman could block on the best defenders,” said former against a physical peer. When a passing play from 3 yards to 1. Alabama quarterback and cur- LSU and Alabama have gotten Why? Because the run-pass option rent ESPN analyst Greg McEl- together over the last decade, was creating still more problems roy, who won a national title with the games have generally been for defenders who were getting the Crimson Tide in 2009 while grinding affairs, where yards and turned inside out trying to decide throwing 17 touchdown passes in points are hard to come by. whether to drop into coverage or 14 games. Since LSU’s 9-6 victory in 2011, play the run. Points and yards in college Alabama has won eight straight The transformation to spread football have been steadily in- meetings by an average score of offense for Saban started with the creasing for decades, but there 24-9. hiring of Lane Kiffin as offensive was a surge in 2007 when Bowl Danielson traces the evolution coordinator in 2014. Subdivision teams averaged a re- of offense in the SEC back past It took LSU a little longer. Les /AP cord 28.4 points and 392.6 yards BRYNN ANDERSON 2011 to Urban Meyer’s Florida Miles’ replacement, Ed Orgeron, per game. After a little regression LSU head coach Ed Orgeron, left, and Alabama head coach Nick teams that won national champi- needed a couple of years, but in the next year, it’s been up, up and Saban meet in the center of the field before a game in Tuscaloosa, onships in 2006 and ’08. Meyer Burrow and first-year passing away ever since. Ala., on Nov. 4, 2017. The Tigers and the Crimson Tide will play the brought the spread with him from game coordinator Joe Brady, who The 2011 season was the last in first regular-season game matching the top-two ranked AP squads Utah, stressing the perimeters of was lured away from the New Or- which FBS teams averaged fewer since 2011 — when No. 1 LSU beat No. 2 Alabama 9-6 in overtime. a defense. leans Saints, LSU now has an of- than 400 yards per game and “There were a little bit of ques- fense that can keep pace. 5.7 yards per play. With spread smothering defenses. It was sev- winning a rematch with LSU in tion marks: Would that work “I think that’s the way the offenses, um, spreading and enth among 11 FBS conferences the BCS title game 21-0. That against the elite NFL players in game is going now, and if you look pace-pushers following Oregon’s in scoring at 27.3 points per team Alabama team is the last in major the SEC? And Urban proved he at some of the most successful up-tempo lead, teams averaged per game in 2011 and ranked last college football to hold its oppo- could do it,” Danielson said. “Now, teams offensively they’re pretty 28.3 points per game that season in yards per team per game at 355. nents below 10 points per game the reason LSU and Alabama much all playing that way,” Saban — a mark that has been surpassed That was 15 yards fewer than the for a season (8.2). didn’t change was because they said. “It’s much more difficult to every season since. next lowest BCS league (Big East This year, SEC teams are av- didn’t have to change. They were make explosive plays just run- The SEC, while in the middle at 371.6) and almost 100 yards eraging 30.25 points per game, winning the way they were.” ning the ball. These guys (LSU) of a long run of national titles, fewer than Big 12 teams (453.3). fourth among 10 FBS confer- Saban also pushed back against just make a ton of explosive plays was mostly still playing slow and The Crimson Tide won the ences, and 420.2 yards per game, the fast-paced offenses, question- because of what they’ve evolved steady on offense and relying on national championship in 2011, second only to American Athletic ing whether they were creating a to.” PAGE 30 • S TARS AND STRIPES• Friday, November 8, 2019 COLLEGE BASKETBALL No. 11 Virginia stifles Syracuse Cavs’ defense suffocates Orange

BY JOHN KEKIS game since UCLA opened the Associated Press 1967-68 season at Purdue. The Cavaliers have a 12-game win- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Virginia ning streak in ACC openers and picked up right where it left off in are 11-0 in ACC openers under April — showcasing its Pack-Line Bennett. defense in impressive fashion. Virginia held the Orange to 68 Mamadi Diakite scored 12 or fewer points in each of the pre- points, Jay Huff added 11 points vious eight meetings between the and 12 rebounds, and No. 11 Vir- teams and this one followed form, ginia shut down Syracuse 48-34 and then some, against a team on Wednesday night. that gave four freshmen nearly Syracuse’s shooting numbers 50 minutes of playing time. They told the story: 13-for-55 (23.6%) finished 2-for-13 from the floor. from the floor, 5-for-29 (17.6%) “It’s hard,” said Elijah Hughes, from behind the arc against the the only Syracuse player in double defending national champions. figures with 14 points on 4-for-14 “I know we have to be good shooting. “They’ve got guys that defensively. That will be very guard the ball. They’ve got shot significant for how good we can blockers. It’s really hard to get in be,” Virginia coach Tony Bennett a rhythm. He (Bennett) makes it NICK LISI/AP said. “I think our team under- difficult every year. They’re com- stands how important that aspect ing off a national championship. Syracuse’s Marek Dolezaj, left, and Bourama Sidibe, center, battle Virginia’s Jay Huff for the ball during will be. It starts with willingness. They’re just really good at what the second half of Wednesday’s season opener in Syracuse, N.Y. Virginia won 48-34. If there’s no willingness, then they do.” you’re wasting your time, and Virginia also outrebounded “I thought they’d be bet- They’re one of the few teams that “Right now, our offense isn’t there’s willingness by the coach- Syracuse 47-28 as the Orange fell ter defensively than they were can do that to you.” good enough to play against that ing staff and there’s purpose and behind early and never managed last year,” Syracuse coach Jim Syracuse lost the bulk of its defense,” Boeheim said. “They’re buy-in by the young men.” to stage any sort of comeback. It Boeheim said. “I think they’re scoring with the early departures too physical, too strong. They The Cavaliers became the first marked the first time the Orange maybe better, or at least as good. of Tyus Battle, Oshae Brissett just take you out. The shots we reigning NCAA champion to start hadn’t scored 40 points since 2013 We could get by them a little bit and Frank Howard, who exhaust- got were tough. Our defense was the next season with a true road at Georgetown (39). last year. We couldn’t this year. ed his eligibility. respectable.” Roundup Anthony’s 34 points power Tar Heels past Irish

Associated Press No. 23 Purdue 79, Green Bay 57: by taking advantage of foul-prone Florida Graduate transfer Jahaad Proctor scored State (0-1, 0-1). Pitt outscored Florida State CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Freshman Cole 26 points and Eric Hunter Jr. added 15 22-13 at the free-throw line and knocked Anthony had 34 points and 11 rebounds to help the host Boilermakers beat the down nine three-pointers, three of them in his college debut, leading No. 9 North Phoenix. by Murphy, a junior college transfer who Carolina past Notre Dame 76-65 in their opener Wednesday night. Purdue has won seven straight season provided Pitt with a needed jolt following With his father — former UNLV and openers, 18 in a row at Mackey Arena and a sluggish start. NBA guard Greg Anthony — in the stands, 20 consecutive home games against non- Oklahoma State 80, Oral Roberts 75: the Atlantic Coast Conference preseason conference foes. Proctor spent the last two Isaac Likekele scored 18 points, with nine freshman of the year broke Rashad Mc- seasons at High Point. rebounds and five assists, to help lead the Cants’ 17-year-old scoring record by a Kameron Hankerson led the Phoenix host Cowboys past the Golden Eagles in freshman in his first game and finished with 15 points. the season opener for both squads. 12-for-24 from the field with six three- UCLA 69, Long Beach State 65: Tyger Lindy Waters added 15 points and six pointers. Anthony scored 15 points during Campbell scored 15 points, Cody Riley rebounds while Yor Anei contributed 13 a 29-13 second-half run that put the Tar added 14 and the host Bruins rallied in points, 10 boards and eight blocks for Okla- Heels in control. the second half to defeat the 49ers in Mick homa State, which won its 44th consecutive Prentiss Hubb scored a career-high 22 Cronin’s debut as coach. home opener. points, and T.J. Gibbs added 19 for the Long Beach led most of the game and Texas A&M 77, Northwestern State Fighting Irish. was up by as many as eight six minutes into 63: Savion Flagg scored 22 points as the No. 18 Ohio State 64, Cincinnati 56: the second half. A layup by Michael Carter host Aggies started the Buzz Williams era Kyle Young had a career-high 14 points III gave Long Beach a 56-50 advantage with a victory over the Demons. and 13 rebounds for the host Buckeyes. with 5:39 remaining before UCLA seized Flagg, a junior forward and the team’s Young, a junior forward, made 6 of 7 momentum with a 13-2 run. top returning player, made 9 of 11 shots shots from the floor and Ohio State rallied Stanford 73, Montana 62: Oscar da from the field in Texas A&M’s opener. in the second half to spoil John Brannen’s Silva scored 21 points and the host Cardi- Butler 80, IUPUI 47: Sean McDermott Cincinnati coaching debut. nal beat the Bobcats in the season opener had 26 points as the host Bulldogs rolled D.J. Carton added nine points and five for both teams. past the Jaguars. GERRY BROOME/AP rebounds for the Buckeyes, and Kaleb Tyrell Terry added 13 points for Stan- McDermott made his first nine shots Wesson had eight points and 11 rebounds. North Carolina guard Cole Anthony, left, ford, which improved to 87-14 all-time in from the field and finished 10-for-11. Jarron Cumberland and Keith Williams drives to the basket while Notre Dame season openers. Bryce Wills scored 11. Boston College 77, Wake Forest 70: each had 13 points for the Bearcats. forward Nate Laszewski defends during Pittsburgh 63, Florida State 61: Xavier Derryck Thornton scored a career-high 23 No. 21 Arizona 91, Northern Arizona the first half of Wednesday’s season Johnson, Terrell Brown and Ryan Murphy points and Nik Popovic had 19 to lead the 52: Zeke Nnaji scored 20 points in his col- opener in Chapel Hill, N.C. scored 13 points apiece as the host Pan- host Eagles past the Demon Deacons in the lege debut for the host Wildcats. thers slipped past the Seminoles in a rare season opener for both schools. Stone Gettings added 13 points and Nnaji in the paint. Atlantic Coast Conference season opener. Jay Heath, a 6-foot-3 freshman guard, hit 9 of 12 shots. Arizona led by 22 at half- Cameron Shelton led Northern Arizona Pittsburgh (1-0, 1-0 ACC) won despite added 18 points, five rebounds and four as- time, shot 54% and had a 42-14 advantage with 17 points. shooting 31% (16-for-51) from the field sists for Boston College. Friday, November 8, 2019 •STARS AND STRIPES• PAGE 31 NFL

JOHN MUNSON/AP Cincinnati Bengals coach Zac Taylor argues for a call during a game against the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 22 in Orchard Park, N.Y. The NFL made pass interference penalties reviewable this season and made backside offensive holding a point of emphasis, but the interpretation of those rules has been frustrating at best. Yellow flags, red flags and black eyes Frustration over rules, rash of quarterback injuries leaves little to celebrate in league’s 100th season

BY ARNIE STAPLETON one of the least controversial people we have to become a misnomer. Associated Press in our game. He is league royalty. When he Starting with Andrew Luck, who retired at makes a statement like that, that should get age 29 after dealing with a series of ailments, he NFL’s 100th season has not been somebody’s attention.” so many star quarterbacks have been hurt in worth celebrating even if the history It sure did. 2019 that it’s hard for fans to keep track of of the league is. Al Riveron, the league’s senior vice presi- who’s confined to the sideline. T Some teams appear to be tanking, dent of officiating, held a conference call with The casualty list includes Super Bowl win- penalties are wrecking the flow of games, referees that Saturday, instructing crews to ners Ben Roethlisberger (elbow), Drew Brees some of the biggest stars have been sidelined, allow linemen more time to get their hands (thumb), Nick Foles (collarbone) and Joe Flac- the new pass interference rule appears to inside the frame of defenders on blocks, and co (neck) along with MVPs Patrick Mahomes have been adapted only to quiet the uproar the penalties began to plummet. (knee), Cam Newton (foot) and Matt Ryan that started after last season’s NFC champi- So have the coaches’ challenges on pass in- (ankle). onship game and, even though ratings are up, terference that were approved for this season Luck’s replacement, Jacoby Brissett, left it all looks like one big mess on TV. after the Saints were victimized by a non-call Sunday’s loss at Pittsburgh with a sprained The NFL opted for a history-tinged Pack- ED ZURGA/AP on interference in the NFC championship, knee that forced Brian Hoyer into his first ex- ers-Bears opener and what it got was a throw- helping the Rams advance to the Super Bowl. tended action in more than two years. back to the 1920s, with a knock-down-drag-out Kansas City Chiefs quarterback The tipping point came in the Eagles-Pack- Backups aren’t safe, either. Mason Rudolph defensive clash that Green Bay won 10-3 in a Patrick Mahomes watches his ers game Sept. 26, when Green Bay challenged was knocked unconscious after replacing Ro- rivalry rumpus that featured 20 penalties. team’s game against the Green a non-call, believing Marquez Valdes-Scant- ethlisberger and Trevor Siemian broke an That foreshadowed a sea of yellow flags and Bay Packers from the sidelines ling was interfered with on a deep pass. Eagles ankle while starter Sam Darnold was out with another black eye for the league following the Oct. 27 in Kansas City, Mo. DB Avante Maddox had his left hand jammed mononucleosis. Antonio Brown head-to-toe, coast-to-coast A rash of injuries has made it into the receiver’s facemask as the ball was The NFL started to look a lot like the NBA saga and threatened to hijack the league’s difficult for fans to keep track of arriving. But the league ruled “there was in 2019, with some of its biggest stars gaining centennial celebration. who’s in and who’s out. no clear and obvious evidence “that Maddox more of a say in where they play. Although flags continue to fly, six-time “significantly hindered” Valdes-Scantling. Miami’s fire sale of Laremy Tunsil, Kenny Super Bowl winner Tom Brady’s indignation “It looks clear and obvious to me,” said Stills and Kiko Alonzo prompted Minkah helped whittle the whistles. Packers coach Matt LaFleur, who added, “I Fitzpatrick to ask for his ticket out of town and The NFL made backside offensive holding really don’t know what pass interference is the Dolphins sent the star safety to the Steel- a point of emphasis this season, asking offi- anymore.” ers. Then, Jalen Ramsey talked his way out of cials to flag what’s known as a “lobster block” Nobody does, Broncos coach Vic Fangio Jacksonville, which traded him to the Rams, where O-linemen wrap their arms around a said a day later. who sent Marcus Peters to the Ravens. defender when blocking on the backside of Tony Dungy argues that subjecting subjec- Through all this, CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN running plays. tive calls to review was a monstrous mistake. report ratings jumps from last season. The officials went overboard, however, “There are going to be things that are Although the trade deadline was a dud, big throwing flags for offensive holding all over missed. That’s part of the game,” Dungy said. names changing addresses before the cutoff the field, calling 178 through the first two “The NFC championship game, there was included Jadeveon Clowney, Leonard Wil- weekends and 10 more in the Titans-Jaguars a missed call — too bad. I feel bad for New liams, Michael Bennett and Emmanuel Sand- Thursday night game that kicked off Week 3, Orleans. But it happens. It’s happened every ers, who caught seven passes for 112 yards, a prompting Brady to tweet, “Too many penal- year since football began. So, to have this rule touchdown and two crucial third-down con- ties. Just let us play!!!” now and to say we’re going to suddenly elimi- versions against Arizona last week. NICK WASS/AP By halftime, Brady was as disgusted as nate or help out this one particular call that That helped the 49ers hit the halfway point any fan. “I’m turning off this game I can’t After New England Patriots QB everybody saw, now we’ve got all the unin- as the league’s only unbeaten team at 8-0 two watch these ridiculous penalties anymore,” Tom Brady tweeted during a tended consequences (like wildly inconsistent years after they were 0-8. The Bengals (0-8) he tweeted. Thursday night game, the NFL rulings). I think this whole thing has been a have a jump on the top pick in the draft, al- Analyst Troy Aikman noted Brady’s tweets took a look at the number of disaster.” though the Dolphins, Jets, Redskins and Fal- on the game broadcast, saying, “Tom Brady is penalties being called. So has pass protection, which has starting cons are close behind with one win each. S TARS AND STRIPES Friday, November 8, 2019 Orange crushed Virginia’s Pack-Line defense SPORTS shuts down Syracuse » Page 30

Offensive revolution taking center stage with Alabama-LSU

BY RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press ary Danielson has called the last 12 Alabama-LSU regular-season games for CBS Sports, including the Game of the Century in 2011, a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup that pro- duced not one touchdown. GBefore Danielson does the next Alabama-LSU game Saturday, another 1-2 event in Tuscaloosa, he planned to re-watch that ’11 slugfest. “One, to get into the mood. I don’t really need it, but I kind of want to,” Danielson said. “And the other is to get the feel of how much football has changed since then.” College football’s most recent offensive revolution started in 2007 and is about to reach the final fron- tier: The Alabama-LSU rivalry. The top-ranked Tigers (8-0) and No. 2 Crim- son Tide (8-0) are playing a brand of football that bears little resemblance to the 2011 game, which LSU won 9-6 in overtime. This season, Alabama and LSU rank in the top five nationally in scoring, yards per play and — the one the really stands out — passing yards per game. With Joe Burrow pull- ing the trigger for the Tigers and Tua Tagovailoa leading Nick Saban’s Tide, Alabama and LSU aver- age a combined 715 yards passing and 95 points per game. The star quarterbacks have combined to throw 57 touchdown passes, and that’s with Tagovailoa hav- ing missed the last game and a half. The SEC these days looks more like the Big 12. SEE FINAL ON PAGE 29

Quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa of Alabama, top, and LSU’s Joe Burrow, bottom, are at the forefront of college football’s offensive revolution. The top-ranked Tigers and No. 2 Crimson Tide meet Saturday in Tuscaloosa with the teams averaging a combined 715 yards passing and 95 points per game. AP photos

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