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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Monday, September 24, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Leading the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Second Woman Alleges Sexual Misconduct By Kavanaugh. <#S1>

• Ford Agrees To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee On Thursday.
<#S2>

• Fox Poll: 50% Of Voters Oppose Kavanaugh Confirmation, 40% Support. <#S3>

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Biden Urges Senate To Treat Ford Better Than It Did Anita Hill. <#S4>

• Biden Kicks Off 2018 Cancer Summit. <#S5>

• Biden “Deflects” Question About 2020 Bid, Says Democrats Will Win House,
Senate. <#S6>

• Katzenberg Hosting Beverly Hills Fundraiser For Biden’s PAC. <#S7>

• Biden To Help Raise Cash For South Carolina Gubernatorial Hopeful Smith.
<#S8>

• Biden Backs Rose’s Bid To Unseat Donovan In NY11. <#S9>

• Biden To Stump With Abrams In Georgia On Thursday. <#S10>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Bolton: New Cyber Policy “Long Overdue.” <#S11>

• Iran Blames US, Gulf Allies For Military Parade Attack. <#S12>

• Pompeo, Bolton: US Would Respond To Chemical Weapons Use In Syria. <#S13>

• Pompeo Says Despite Progress, North Korea Sanctions To Remain. <#S14>

• Trump To Address UNGA This Week. <#S15>

• Pompeo Decries Lack Of Russian Cooperation On International Stage. <#S16>

• Retailers Sound Alarm With Ten Percent Tariffs On Chinese Goods Set To
Begin Today. <#S17>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Administration Seeks To Deny Green Cards To Immigrants Receiving Public
Aid. <#S18>

• After Polling Staff, Advisers, Trump Holds Off On Firing Rosenstein.
<#S19>

• Prosecutors Investigating Gregory Craig As Part Of Manafort Probe. <#S20>

• More Than A Dozen States To Challenge EPA Plan To Weaken Fuel Economy
Rules. <#S21>

• Hassett Defends Claim Corporate Tax Cuts Will Pay For Themselves. <#S22>

• Congress Considering Nearly $1.7B Florence Relief Package. <#S23>

• NBC/WSJournal Poll: Democrats Lead Generic Ballot Vote 52%-40%. <#S24>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• Nintedanib Slows Progression Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis In Phase 3
Trial. <#S25>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S26>

• Washington Post. <#S27>
Leading the News
Second Woman Alleges Sexual Misconduct By Kavanaugh.

In a nearly 4,000-word piece, the New Yorker
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(9/23) details a second allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme
Court Justice-designate Brett Kanavaugh made by a former classmate from
Yale University. Deborah Ramirez alleges that a drunk Kavanaugh pulled down
his pants and exposed himself to her at a dormitory party during the
1983-84 academic year. In a statement, Kavanaugh said, “This alleged event
from 35 years ago did not happen. The people who knew me then know that
this did not happen, and have said so. This is a smear, plain and simple. I
look forward to testifying on Thursday about the truth, and defending my
good name – and the reputation for character and integrity I have spent a
lifetime building – against these last-minute allegations.” White House
spokesperson Kerri Kupec said the Administration stood by Kavanaugh,
dismissing the “uncorroborated claim” as “the latest in a coordinated smear
campaign by the Democrats designed to tear down a good man.”

        The Washington Times
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(9/23, Swoyer) reports Ramirez, “who was contacted by the New Yorker, was
reluctant to share her story since she had been drinking heavily at the
time of the alleged incident. But after a few days, she decided to talk to
the magazine.” Ramirez told the magazine, “I would think an F.B.I.
investigation would be warranted.” The Los Angeles Times
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(9/23, King) points out both the White House and Kavanaugh “issued swift
denials” after the “explosive new” allegation added “greater disarray to a
nomination already sullied by an earlier charge of sexual abuse.” Politico
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(9/23, Everett, Schor, Korecki) says “Kavanaugh’s prospects of being
confirmed...suffered another major setback” amid the new allegations. Sen.
Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, wrote to
Chairman Chuck Grassley on Sunday night to ask for the “immediate
postponement” of any further consideration of Kavanaugh’s nomination and
“asked for Grassley to join her work with her to get the FBI to investigate
the allegations against Kavanaugh.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/23, Brown) reports that in her letter to Grassley, Feinstein asked “that
the newest allegations of sexual misconduct be referred to the FBI for
investigation, and that you join our request for the White House to direct
the FBI to investigate the allegations of Christine Blasey Ford as well as
these new claims.” In response, the Washington Examiner
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(9/23, Chaitin) reports, Grassley’s office announced late Sunday evening
that the panel will “attempt to evaluate” the new allegation and accused
Senate Democrats of withholding information until “politically opportune
moments.” In a statement, the Judiciary Committee spokesman Taylor Foy
said, “It increasingly appears that they are more interested in a political
takedown than pursuing allegations through a bipartisan and professional
investigative process.”

        The AP
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(9/23, Mascaro, Jalonick) says “the latest accusation set the stage for a
dramatic showdown” and “could also determine the fate of Kavanaugh’s
confirmation, which hangs on the votes of a handful of senators.”

        *Ramirez Acknowledges “Significant Gaps” In Her Story. *The New
Yorker
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(9/23) reports Ramirez “acknowledged that there are significant gaps in her
memories of the evening, and that, if she ever presents her story to the
F.B.I. or members of the Senate, she will inevitably be pressed on her
motivation for coming forward after so many years, and questioned about her
memory, given her drinking at the party.” Still, after “several days of
considering the matter carefully,” Ramirez said “that what has stayed with
her most forcefully is the memory of laughter at her expense from Kavanaugh
and the other students.”

        *New Yorker Has Not Confirmed Account With Eyewitnesses. *The New
Yorker
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(9/23) reports that it “has not confirmed with other eyewitnesses that
Kavanaugh was present at the party.” The magazine says it contacted
“several dozen classmates of Ramirez and Kavanaugh regarding the incident,”
but “many did not respond to interview requests; others declined to
comment, or said they did not attend or remember the party.” One classmate
“who declined to be identified...said that another student told him about
the incident either on the night of the party or in the next day or two.”

        *Avenatti Says Third Woman Has “Information” On Kavanaugh. *USA
Today
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(9/23, Villalobos) reports attorney Michael Avenatti “tweeted
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that he is representing a third woman with ‘information’ on Kavanaugh.”
According to the Washington Examiner
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(9/23, Lim), Avenatti wrote, “I represent a woman with credible information
regarding Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge. We will be demanding the
opportunity to present testimony to the committee and will likewise be
demanding that Judge and others be subpoenaed to testify. The nomination
must be withdrawn.” In a second tweet
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Avenatti shared an email he sent to Mike Davis, chief counsel for
nominations for the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which he said, “We are
aware of significant evidence of multiple house parties in the Washington,
D.C. area during the early 1980s during which Brett Kavanaugh, Mark Judge
and others would participate in the targeting of women with alcohol/drugs
in order to allow a ‘train’ of men to subsequently gang rape them.” The New
York Post
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(9/23, Perez) reports that “no other details were offered about Avenatti’s
client, but he is scheduled to speak with CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Monday to
discuss what they know.”
Ford Agrees To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee On Thursday.

Media accounts are describing Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
on Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Supreme Court
Justice-designate Brett Kavanaugh as a momentous event that could have
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(9/23, lead story, 3:40, Wright), in its lead story referred to the
Senate’s “‘#MeToo’ moment,” which is “shaping up to be the most
closely-watched congressional hearing in a generation.” Reuters
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(9/23, Chiacu) says “Republicans will be forced to walk a careful line in
questioning Ford’s account without alienating female voters before the
November congressional elections,” and the AP
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(9/23, Mascaro, Jalonick, Lemire) that “the White House is approaching
Ford’s potential testimony with trepidation,” and that “the 11 senators on
the GOP side of the dais are all men, which could send an unwanted message
on live television against the backdrop of the #MeToo era.”

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(9/23, lead story, 2:50, O'Donnell) warned, meanwhile, that the hearing
“risks becoming spectacle with both of their lives exposed for the world to
see,” though Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley “said through a
statement that he will do everything that he can to provide a safe,
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(9/23, lead story, 2:30, Jiang) reported “the hearing was added to the
official Senate judiciary schedule,” and” Ford’s attorney made a point to
say, yeah, there are logistics that have to be hashed out, but that ‘will
not impede this hearing from taking place.’” The New York Times
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(9/23, Stolberg, Fandos) said the agreement was “reached after an hourlong
negotiating session Sunday morning between” Ford’s “lawyers and committee
aides.” Ford lawyers Debra S. Katz, Lisa J. Banks and Michael R. Bromwich,
said in a statement, “Despite actual threats to her safety and her life,
Dr. Ford believes it is important for senators to hear directly from her
about the sexual assault committed against her.”

        Bloomberg News
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(9/22, Litvan, Dennis) reports that according to “a person familiar with
the conversation,” among the issues “still being ironed out are how long
senators will have to ask questions.” The Washington Post
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(9/23, Brown) also points out “Ford’s attorneys said they had not been
informed whether Republican staffers or senators would be asking questions
of her, though it is customary during public hearings for the members to
put questions to the witnesses.” Grassley “thanked Ford for accepting the
invitation in an email that, according to people familiar with its
contents, also reminded her attorneys that ‘the committee determines which
witnesses to call, how many witnesses to call, and what order to call them
and who will question them. These are nonnegotiable.’”

        The Washington Times
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(9/23, Swoyer) also reports Republicans “may use an independent lawyer to
question Ms. Blasey Ford rather than only senators,” and the AP
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(9/23, Mascaro, Jalonick, Lemire) that they “were trying to hire an outside
female counsel.” The Hill
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(9/23, Carney) reported that an unnamed “source” said “the hearing will
include 45 minute breaks and Ford will be given dedicated security and have
two counsels sitting with her.” This “source” also “said that Ford wants
Kavanaugh to testify first but will accept second and that Democrats are
planning to ask their own questions.”

        Politico
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(9/23, McCaskill, Schor) notes Ford’s attorneys said in a statement, “We
were told no decision has been made on this important issue, even though
various senators have been dismissive of her account and should have to
shoulder their responsibility to ask her questions. ... Nor were we told
when we would have that answer or answers to the other unresolved issues.”
Axios
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(9/23, Axios), the New York Post
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(9/23, Moore) and Wall Street Journal
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(9/23, Peterson, Bykowicz, Nicholas), among other news outlets, run similar
reports this morning.

        *Grassley Delays Kavanaugh Vote. *CQ Roll Call
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(9/23, Ruger) reports that “a confirmed Thursday hearing would seem to
preclude the possibility of a vote to report Kavanaugh’s nomination to the
floor during a committee markup that would normally be scheduled for that
same day.” Along similar lines, The Hill
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(9/23, Carney) points out “the Senate Judiciary Committee has formally
postponed” a the vote. Said Grassley’s office in a statement, “Chairman
Grassley has also postponed the committee’s vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s
nomination previously scheduled for Monday.”

        *Trump On Ford: “I Want Her To Have Her Voice.” *ABC World News
Tonight
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(9/23, lead story, 3:40, Wright) reported that “in a radio interview with
ABC affiliate WTAM
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President Trump insisted he’s keeping an open mind” on Ford’s allegations
against Kavanaugh. Trump was heard saying, “I want her to have her voice.
Let her have her voice. Let her say whatever she has to say. Let him say
what he has to say. And at the end, the Senators will make a choice.”

        *All Witnesses Named By Ford Deny Memory Of Incident, Being At
Party In Question. *The Washington Times
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(9/23, Swoyer) reports Ford “has reportedly named four people who were
present at the party during the time of the incident” in which Kavanaugh
allegedly sexually assaulted her when they were high school students, but
“so far all four have said they don’t recall” being there. ABC World News
Tonight
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(9/23, lead story, 3:40, Wright) said Ford “is believed to have named at
least three others who she says were at the party. Two had already denied
any memory of the incident. This weekend, a third, Leland Keyser, told the
committee she does not know Kavanaugh, and has no recollection of ever
being at a party or gathering where he was present. But she also told the
Washington Post she believes Ford.” Howard Walsh, Keyser’s attorney,
released a statement to CNN
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(9/22, De Vogue) and the Senate Judiciary Committee in which he said,
“Simply put...Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no
recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present,
with, or without, Dr. Ford.” The lawyer “acknowledged to CNN that Keyser is
a lifelong friend of Ford’s.”

        The Daily Caller
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(9/22, Prince) reports the statement “was in response to a Washington Post
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article that detailed the party according to Ford’s account. In the
article, Ford said there were three individuals at the party in addition to
Kavanaugh – Mark Judge, Patrick Smyth and another person.” USA Today
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(9/23, Cummings) notes that Smyth also “told the Judiciary Committee in a
statement that he ‘has no knowledge of the party in question.’” The AP
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(9/23) says Keyser’s “response seemed a setback to Ford supporters’ efforts
to corroborate her claim.” The Hill
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(9/22, Carney) reports “the White House immediately seized on the
statement, adding Keyser was the latest individual who did not remember the
party where Ford says the alleged sexual assault happened.” Said the White
House, “One week ago, Dr. Christine Ford claimed she was assaulted at a
house party attended by four others. Since then, all four of these
individuals have provided statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee
denying any knowledge of the incident or even having attended such a
party.”

        The Washington Times
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(9/23, Swoyer) reports that “though the denials undermine Ms. Blasey Ford’s
claim, Democrats doubled down Sunday, saying there’s still a need for an
FBI probe, so the witnesses can be interviewed and more facts can come to
light.”

        Emily Jashinsky of The Federalist said on Fox News MediaBuzz[image:
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(9/23), “As the story is playing out, I think we are seeing mounting
evidence in favor of Kavanaugh. Partially that is because we’re dealing
with a 36 year allegation. It is just so hard to prove. Partially it is
because we have all the people who could provide any corroborating evidence
saying they don’t remember this party. It is just difficult. I don’t think
anybody on the right – I think one thing we have learned in Me Too is you
take women seriously. You allow them to prove their credibility. You don’t
assume that they are telling the truth. You don’t assume that the men are
guilty. But we have to be serious about this. I hope as this goes through
the week, the media will be fair as evidence continues to mount.”

        *Kavanaugh To Give Senate Calendars From 1982 To Support Denial. *The
New York Times
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(9/23, Baker) reports Kavanaugh “has calendars from the summer of 1982 that
he plans to hand over to the Senate Judiciary Committee that do not show a
party consistent with the description of his accuser, Christine Blasey
Ford, according to someone working for his confirmation.” The calendars “do
not disprove” Ford’s allegations, “Judge Kavanaugh’s team acknowledged. He
could have attended a party that he did not list. But his team will argue
to the senators that the calendars provide no corroboration for her
account.”

        *Durbin: “No Surprise” Others Wouldn’t Remember Events. *Politico
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(9/23, Kullgren) reports Sen. Dick Durbin yesterday “advocated for a
thorough investigation of a sexual assault allegation against...Kavanaugh,
saying there’s ‘no reason’ other people would remember the night of the
alleged incident.” Durbin told ABC’s This Week, “It’s no surprise, if
another person was…in the house that night and had no occurrence like the
one that was stated by Dr. Ford, there’s no reason why they wouldn’t [sic]
even remember that party scene 36 years ago.”

        *Hirono Says Kavanaugh’s Credibility “Already Questionable” Before
Sexual Assault Allegations. *Sen. Mazie Hirono discussed the sexual assault
allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on CNN’s State Of
The Union
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(9/23). Hirono said, “His credibility is already very questionable in my
mind and the minds of my fellow judicial committee members, the Democrats.
So...when I say he is very outcome driven, he has an ideological agenda,
very outcome driven. ... This is a person that will be sitting on our
Supreme Court, making decisions that will impact women’s reproductive
choices.”

        *Graham To Vote Yes “Unless There’s Something More.” *The CBS
Weekend News
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(9/23, lead story, 2:30, Jiang) reported “South Carolina Republican Lindsey
Graham said there was little Ford could say to change his ‘yes’ vote on
judge Brett Kavanaugh.” Graham was shown saying, “Unless there’s something
more, no, I’m not going to ruin Judge Kavanaugh’s life over this.”

        *Trump Campaign Adviser: Corroborating Evidence, Presumption Of
Innocence A Must. *Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson said
on Fox News MediaBuzz
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(9/23), “My point is there are criminal allegations here and the
authorities are nowhere involved. The police should investigate this. What
Republicans should be doing moving forward is getting on with the business
of confirming Kavanaugh.” Pierson added, “I believe if they continue to
delay the vote on Judge Kavanaugh, they are sending a message to every
husband and to every son in this country that an accusation from high
school alone without corroboration or evidence is enough to destroy your
character and your legacy.”

        *Ford’s Sister-In-Law Believes Her “Completely.” *The CBS Weekend
News
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(9/23, story 2, 1:40, Quijano) reported, “The accuser’s sister-in-law is
speaking out, saying that facts matter to Christine Blasey Ford, and that
Dr. Ford is hoping to be treated fairly by the Senate Committee.” CBS
(Oliver) went on to show Sandra Mendler saying, “I believe her completely.
And there’s just no doubt in my mind. ... She’s a serious person, and she
has a very full life. She didn’t need to bring this into her life.”

        *McCabe’s Lawyer Latest Addition To Ford Legal Team. *The Daily
Caller
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(9/22, Daley) reports Ford added Michael R. Bromwich, “a former federal
prosecutor and Department of Justice inspector general, to her legal team
Saturday,” further burnishing “the progressive credentials of the Blasey
Ford roster.” Bromwich “represents former deputy FBI Director Andrew
McCabe, a James Comey confidant and frequent target of” President Trump’s
“ire.”

        *Yale Law Professor: Reports She Groomed Potential Kavanaugh Clerks
“100% False.” *The Daily Caller
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(9/23, Bogorowski) reports Yale Professor Amy Chua is “strongly denying
allegations that she advised her students seeking judicial clerkships with
Judge Brett Kavanaugh that they needed to look a certain way,” calling the
reports “100% false.” According to “multiple reports,” Chua was alleged to
have told her students that it was “not an accident” that Kavanaugh’s
female clerks “looked like models.” In a weekend statement, Chua said,
“Everything that is being said about the advice I give to students applying
to Brett Kavanaugh – or any judge – is outrageous, 100% false, and the
exact opposite of everything I have stood for and said for the last fifteen
years.”

        *Haley: Do Not “Second-Guess The Accuser.” *The Hill
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(9/23, Burke) reports Ambassador Haley said on CNN’s “State Of The Union”
on Sunday “that people shouldn’t ‘second-guess’ Christine Blasey Ford,” who
is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Haley
said, “Accusers go through a lot of trauma. Some handle it one way and some
handle it another way. Regardless, it’s not something we want to do to
blame the accuser or try and second-guess the accuser. We don’t know the
situation she was going through 35 years ago. We don’t know the
circumstances.”
Fox Poll: 50% Of Voters Oppose Kavanaugh Confirmation, 40% Support.

The Washington Times
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(9/23, Dinan) reports, “Voters, already lukewarm on Brett Kavanaugh’s
nomination to the Supreme Court, have now turned decidedly against him as
his confirmation drags on amid allegations of an alleged attempted sexual
assault three decades ago.” A Fox News poll
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of 1,003 registered voters nationwide, conducted Sept. 16-19 “found 50
percent of voters, if they had a direct say, would vote against confirming
him to the high court, while just 40 percent would back him.” Fox News
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(9/23, Blanton) reports, “Last month, views split 45-46 percent (August
19-21)” on Kavanaugh’s cofirmation. “More voters believe Ford’s claims than
Kavanaugh’s denials by a 6-point margin, 36 vs. 30 percent. However, about
one-third, 34 percent, are unsure who is telling the truth. Women are more
likely to believe Ford by 10 points, and among suburban women that jumps to
17. Men side with her by just 1 point.” Fox adds, “Since August, support
for Kavanagh’s confirmation dropped 12 points among independents, 11 points
among suburban women, and 10 points among voters under age 45.”

        Capri Cafaro, executive in residence at American University School
of Public Affairs, said on Fox News MediaBuzz[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(9/23), “This is the court of public opinion. This is basically who do you
want to believe more? And if you want to believe Brett Kavanaugh, you will
find ways to believe him. If you want to believe Dr. Ford, you will find
ways to believe her.” Michael Bender of the Wall Street Journal said on CNN
Inside Politics
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(9/23), “The White House has long believed that time is on their side, that
the pressure, as far as timing goes, is on Dr. Ford. The longer she delays
this, the more that will cast doubt on what happened to her 30 years ago.
If this doesn’t happen on Thursday, for some reason if she would pull out,
the White House believes that that would play into their hands as well.”

        *NYTimes, WPost, LATimes: Kavanaugh Nomination Could Hinder GOP
With Women Voters. *Under the headline “Kavanaugh Was Supposed To Be A
Midterm Boon For G.O.P. Not Anymore,” Jonathan Martin writes in the New
York Times
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(9/23) that while Republican Senate candidates in states won by President
Trump in 2016 were hoping to use Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination
as part of their case against Democratic incumbents, the sexual assault
allegation against Kavanaugh has changed this calculus. Miller writes that
“a Supreme Court nomination that was once seen as a political winner in
many conservative-leaning states could, instead, rouse female voters and
independents who otherwise may have cared little about the confirmation
fight” – particularly since “suburban women are pivotal in this year’s
campaign and many of them were already tilting toward Democrats.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/23, Rucker, Parker, Costa) similarly writes that the GOP’s “fight to
save” Kavanaugh “has surfaced deep anxieties over the hypermasculine
mind-set that has come to define the GOP in the nation’s roiling gender
debate.” Beyond “the specter of Republicans on the Senate Judiciary
Committee – all 11 of them men – questioning” Kavanaugh’s accuser, a
“senior GOP aide working on the confirmation resign[ed] amid his own sexual
harassment allegations. ... And then there is the party’s id, Trump, who as
a candidate denied more than a dozen accusations of sexual assault and
harassment and sought to silence and retaliate against his accusers – and
who as president has defended one accused man after another.”

        To the Los Angeles Times
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(9/23, Finnegan), meanwhile, “Republicans’ rush to put Kavanaugh on the
Supreme Court before the midterm, regardless of Ford’s testimony Thursday
in a high-stakes Senate hearing, risks further alienating women already put
off by Trump and his party.”

        *Fox News’ Wallace: All Democrats On Senate Judiciary Panel Refused
Invites To Appear On Show. *The Daily Caller
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(9/23, Kruta) reports “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace said Sunday that
“all 10 Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats refused invitations to appear
on his show — for the second week in a row — to discuss the allegations
made by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford against Supreme Court nominee Brett
Kavanaugh.”

        *Breitbart: MSNBC’s Hayes Says Confirming Kavanaugh Like Rape. *
Breitbart
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(9/23, Caruso) reports that in a tweet Friday, MSNBC host Chris Hayes
“compared the GOP wanting to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to rape.” Wrote
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Hayes, “So even though Dr Ford is saying please stop, slow down, I’m not
comfortable with the way this is going, the GOP is gonna plow through,
ignore her telling them to stop and just take what they think is rightfully
theirs?”

        *Whelan Placed On Leave After “Raising Specter Of Mistaken
Identity” On Ford’s Part. *The Washington Examiner
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(9/23, Lim) reports the longtime friend of Judge Kavanaugh who “raised the
specter of mistaken identity” amid Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh
sexually assaulted her “will take a leave of absence from the ethics
institute he heads.” Ed Whelan, the president of the Ethics and Public
Policy Center, “faced a torrent of criticism last week after he indicated
in a flurry of tweets that Ford may have confused her attacker during a
high school party in the 1980s with Kavanaugh.” In a statement Sunday, the
Institute said Whelan “offered his resignation in light of what he
described as an ‘appalling and inexcusable’ error.” The Washington Post
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(9/23, Hamburger) reports Whelan’s resignation offer “was not accepted by
the board...which decided instead to place him on a leave of absence.”

        *Women Tweet At #WhyIDidntReport In Response To Questions About
Reporting Of Assaults. *The New York Times
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(9/23, Fortin) reports, “When the #MeToo movement erupted on social media
last year, people who had been sexually harassed, abused or assaulted – and
felt ready to discuss it – went public with their stories. Now a new
hashtag has surfaced as if in answer to the question: Why didn’t you say
something sooner?” The hashtag #WhyIDidntReport began appearing “to
highlight the difficulties, fear, anger and shame that so often surround
sexual harassment and assault,” and why some women wait years to discuss
their experiences. The Times says the hashtag took off after President
Trump questioned the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford, saying in a
tweet “that if the attack ‘was as bad as she says,’ she or her parents
would have reported it to the authorities when it happened more than 30
years ago.”

        The AP
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(9/23) reports in a brief item that one of those women was New Hampshire
state Sen. Martha Hennessey, “who disclosed
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a decades-old assault at the hands of a male classmate says she was
inspired to come forward by President Donald Trump’s tweet questioning”
Ford’s truthfulness. Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty also tweeted
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about her own assault.
Biden in the News
Biden Urges Senate To Treat Ford Better Than It Did Anita Hill.

USA Today
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(9/21, Jackson) reported former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said
that he “regrets how Anita Hill was treated 27 years ago and hopes the same
thing doesn’t happen to Christine Blasey Ford,” who has accused Supreme
Court Justice-designate Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her some 36
years ago. In an interview with NBC’s Today Show[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(9/21), Biden said the Senate “should do an FBI investigation. We did that
for Anita Hill. It took two days, number one. Number two, most importantly,
Anita Hill was vilified by a lot of my colleagues, character assassination.
I hope my colleagues learned from that – learned that she deserves to be
treated with dignity. It takes enormous courage for a woman to come forward
under the bright lights of million of people watching her. She should be
treated with respect.” Under the headline “As He Considers 2020, Biden Airs
Regrets Of Thomas Hearings,” the AP
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(9/22, Beaumont) reported that Biden, mulling a 2020 bid for the White
House, “struck a contrite tone” in the NBC interview about the handling of
Hill’s hearing, “arguing the experience prompted him to invite women
senators to join the Judiciary Committee and for him to author the 1994
Violence Against Women Act. But he mainly expressed powerlessness to stop
his male committee colleagues from being insensitive.”

        Politico
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(9/21, Ferguson) reported that Biden said “that when he was Judiciary
chairman, he had a hard time using the Senate rules to protect Hill during
her testimony.” Said Biden, “My biggest regret was I didn’t know how I
could shut you off if you were a senator and you were attacking Anita
Hill’s character. Under the Senate rules, I can’t gavel you down and say
you can’t ask that question, although I tried.” On its website, CNN
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(9/21, Saenz) reported that after Biden expressed regret about the handling
of Hill’s hearing, NBC’s Craig Melvin said to Biden, “It seems like you get
it now, versus in ‘91.” Biden replied, “Well I think I got it in ‘91,”
pointing out that “he drafted the Violence Against Women Act.” NBC News
added, “Hill has long been critical of Biden’s approach to the hearings and
earlier this week, said she has yet to receive a direct apology from the
former vice president.”

        The Hill
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(9/21, Folley) reported that Biden “issued an apology to Hill during the
interview when asked what he would say if she were tuning in. ‘I’m sorry I
couldn’t have stopped the kind of attacks that came to you,’ Biden said.
‘But I never attacked her. I supported her,’ he also said. ‘I believed her
from the beginning and I voted against Clarence Thomas.’” Under the
headline “Biden Again Apologizes To Anita Hill For Not Stopping Attacks
Against Her,” the New York Post
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(9/21, Lapin) reported on Biden’s remarks, and the Huffington Post
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(9/21, Fang) reported that Biden “again expressed ‘regret’ for what
happened in 1991, but immediately defended his record, citing his support
of female lawmakers and his work on the Violence Against Women Act.”

        Despite Biden expressing regret in Friday’s interview, Amanda
Terkel wrote for the Huffington Post
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(9/22, Terkel) that “it’s clear that the Hill episode will not go away and
that, with [Ford] and Kavanaugh in the national spotlight, Biden’s missteps
will be long discussed. ‘The problem is not just that many voters and
activists will be learning about his actions in the Thomas hearings for the
first time,’ said [a] Democratic strategist. ‘It’s that he still refuses to
acknowledge any regret for those actions. Women are fired up and know that
Anita Hill deserved better from the Democrat leading the effort. He should,
too.’”

        In his San Francisco Chronicle
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(9/22) column, ex-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) said that with the
controversy over Kavanaugh, Biden’s “possible 2020 presidential run may
have gone up in smoke.” Brown said Biden’s handing of the Hill hearings was
his “worst moment as a senator, and now it’s haunting him.” Brown added
that Biden “has said he owes Hill an apology. But ‘sorry’ won’t cut it with
the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, whose influence is only
growing. If he runs, Biden is going to be spending a lot of time trying to
explain his actions from way back then.”

        BuzzFeed News
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(9/21, Hensley) reported, “The specter of those hearings has hung over
Biden for decades, even as he became a crusader on the issue of violence
against women and sexual assault as a senator and during his vice
presidency.” CQ Roll Call (DC)
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(9/21, Connolly) reported that Biden’s “national political standing has
rested on a shaky foundation ever since his handling of the Hill hearings
in 1991 when he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Some Democrats
have railed against” Biden “for allowing his Republican (and Democratic)
colleagues to grill Hill on the witness stand without his objection and not
impaneling three other women who would have testified in support of her.”

        NBC News
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(9/21, Edelman), TIME
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(9/21, Lang), Breitbart
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(9/21, Baker), and the Washington Times
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(9/21, Chasmar) are among the other media outlets that also reported on
Biden’s interview.
Biden Kicks Off 2018 Cancer Summit.

The American Journal of Managed Care
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(9/21, Rosenberg) reported, “The flagship event of more than 450 Biden
Cancer Community Summits” that convened on Friday focused “on sharing
experiences, promoting new solutions, and bridging gaps in cancer care.
‘Today, we celebrate the survivors, the caregivers, the doctors, the
nurses, [and] the scientists by highlighting their stories and their
courage,’ said former Vice President Joe Biden, co-chair, Biden Cancer
Initiative, as he gave the opening remarks at the 2018 Biden Cancer
Summit.” Biden “offered words of hope for the audience, remarking on
medical innovations and progress that is being made in the treatment of the
disease. However, he followed his words of hope with words of caution,
reminding the audience that, this year, 18 million people worldwide will be
diagnosed with cancer. ‘If we maintain the status quo, it will be 26
million by 2020,’ he said.”

        On its website, NPR
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(9/23) provided a transcript of an interview Michel Martin conducted on
Friday with Dr. Jill Biden, who discussed “the Biden Cancer Initiative and
its effort to bring together health care providers, researchers drug
companies and patients.” Dr. Biden said, “Our aim is to pull people
together. I mean, the whole theme of our summit...is the urgency of now.
And the beauty I think of what Joe did in the administration, in the
‘moonshot,’ is that he brought people together. He brought all the
government agencies together. And so people saw his strength in that area.
So once we left the administration, people came up to me and to Joe and
said...we need somebody who can bring people together. And so that, really,
I see as our strength.”

        *At Bidens’ Urging, Airbnb, WeWork, Lyft, Others Vow To Help Cancer
Patients. *Writing for Forbes
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(9/21), Matthew Herper said that AirBNB was “one of 50 organizations as
part of a meeting” that took place on Friday “in Washington, D.C., by the
Biden Cancer Initiative in response to a call by former Vice President Joe
Biden and his wife, Jill, to double the rate of progress against cancer.”
Airbnb announced “that it is expanding the Open Homes program,” which
cancer victims and their families use “through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.”
In addition, “WeWork will create new ‘collaboration hubs’ that will provide
spaces for researchers, patients, and advocates to meet together.” And
“Lyft, the ride-sharing service, which already has a significant amount of
its business in providing rides to patients, promises to reach the
‘healthcare transportation gap’ – the millions of Americans who miss
medical appointments because they lack transportation – by 50%”
Biden “Deflects” Question About 2020 Bid, Says Democrats Will Win House,
Senate.

Asked on NBC’s Today Show
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(9/21) whether he is considering a 2020 White House run, former Vice
President Joe Biden said, “I want to change the landscape and there’s more
than one way to do that. I’m looking for someone – there’s a lot of
talented people out there. There’s Kamala Harris. You have Cory Booker. ...
You have a lot of talented people. We have to stop this degradation of the
system that’s going on. That’s why I’m campaigning all over the country.
I’m campaigning for candidates because we have to build a berm out there.
We’re going to win back the United States House of Representatives, I
promise you. And I predict we’ll win back the Senate, too.”

        In an online article, CBS News
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(9/21) reported that Biden “deflected when asked about” a possible White
House bid, saying “that there is ‘more than one way’ to change that
landscape, listing liberals he thought might fit that ticket – including
Democratic Senators Kamala Harris of California and Cory Booker of New
Jersey.”
Katzenberg Hosting Beverly Hills Fundraiser For Biden’s PAC.

In an “exclusive” headlined “Joe Biden To Hold Beverly Hills Fundraiser
Hosted By Jeffrey Katzenberg,” the Hollywood Reporter
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(9/21, Kiefer) said that former Vice President Joe Biden “will dust off his
fundraising chops for an Oct. 3 fundraiser that will be held in Beverly
Hills, just weeks before the” 2018 “midterm elections. The $5,000 per plate
event is being organized by Gonring, Spahn and Associates along with
Jeffrey Katzenberg. Proceeds will benefit Biden’s PAC American
Possibilities, which supports Democratic candidates and causes. Beyond the
money raised, an event of this stature signals to observers that Biden is
taking a possible 2020 presidential candidacy very seriously.” The Wrap
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=05d-a85&t=c>
(9/21) reported that the event will be “hosted by Jefferey Katzenberg. ...
No invites have been sent, according to organizers. Guests are being
invited via phone calls and emails.” In an online article, CNBC
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(9/21, Daniels) reported, “Biden’s office confirmed he’s headlining the
event.”

        Breitbart
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(9/21, Caplan) said, “Reports of the Biden-Katzenberg gathering come just
days before Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to hold a fundraiser on
September 25 with comedian Jimmy Kimmel and DJ Khaled. Proceeds of the
event will benefit Garcetti’s Midterm Victory Fund, supporting Democrat
candidates running in the midterm elections.”
Biden To Help Raise Cash For South Carolina Gubernatorial Hopeful Smith.

The Columbia (SC) State
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(9/22, Schecter) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden “will return
to South Carolina on Wednesday to” rally support for state Rep. James Smith
(D-SC), who is bidding to oust Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC), “a source close
to the Smith campaign confirmed on Saturday. Biden will participate in a
fundraiser in Charleston Wednesday afternoon, the source said. It was not
immediately clear where the fundraiser will be and who is hosting it.”
Biden and Smith “have long been friends, connected, in part, by Smith’s
military service. Biden’s late son, Beau, was an Iraq war veteran. He died
in 2015 as a result of brain cancer.” The Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=061-147&t=c>
(9/22, Shain) reported that Biden “encouraged Smith to join the governor’s
race last year, saying that the state lawmaker from Columbia reminded him
of his late son Beau in his dedication to service. Like Biden’s son, Smith
is in the National Guard and was deployed to combat duty in the Middle
East.” The Post and Courier added that Biden “also could take part in an
event with” attorney Joe Cunningham (D-SC), who is battling state Rep.
Katie Arrington (R-SC) in the race to succeed Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) in
the SC1.
Biden Backs Rose’s Bid To Unseat Donovan In NY11.

The Staten Island (NY) Advance
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=062-5b9&t=c>
(9/21, Michel) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday
backed Army veteran Max Rose’s (D) bid to unseat NY11 Rep. Dan Donovan (R).
The Advance said Rose “thanked Biden for his endorsement and pledged to
address gun violence, transportation, and Staten Island’s opioid crisis if
elected. ‘It is an honor and a privilege to have the endorsement of Vice
President Joe Biden. His commitment to working Americans, our first
responders, and putting party aside to solve problems is why he is one of
the greatest public servants of our time,’ said Rose.” The Huffington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=063-eb3&t=c>
(9/21, Marans) reported that Biden “highlighted Rose’s Army service in
Afghanistan as evidence of his commitment to public service. Rose took
leave from his campaign in August to participate in training duty with the
New York National Guard, Biden noted. ‘That is the kind of dedication to
country and integrity that we need right now in Washington DC,’ Biden
said.”
Biden To Stump With Abrams In Georgia On Thursday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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(9/21, Bluestein) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden will stump
“in Georgia next week” for ex-state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D), who is battling
Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) in the race to succeed term-limited Gov.
Nathan Deal (R). An Abrams spokesperson “said that Biden will stump with
Abrams on Thursday, though the location of the visit is still unclear.” The
AJC added, “Other potential Democratic presidential contenders, including
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, have also trekked to Georgia to
back [Abrams’] campaign. And two former presidents – Jimmy Carter and
Barack Obama – have also endorsed her.” The Hill
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=065-674&t=c>
(9/22, Folley) reported that Biden, “who is rumored to be considering
running for president in 2020, has been campaigning for Democrats in
Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania this month. Abram is” bidding “to
become the first black female governor in U.S. history.”
Foreign Policy
Bolton: New Cyber Policy “Long Overdue.”

National Security Adviser Bolton discussed a new cyber policy on Fox News’
Sunday Morning Futures
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(9/23). Said Bolton, “This is the first fully articulated cyber-security
strategy in 15 years, as you say. And it’s long overdue. Things are moving
in a very rapid pace. This document is not carved in tablets of stone.
We’re going to be monitoring and updating it.” Bolton said the biggest
offenders are “China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. We have seen it in
multiple hacks and damage done in both the private and the public sectors.”
Iran Blames US, Gulf Allies For Military Parade Attack.

The CBS Weekend News
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(9/23, story 3, 0:20, Quijano) reported briefly that “Iran is blaming the
US and Saudi Arabia for provoking a deadly attack this weekend on a
military parade” that left more than two dozen people dead, “including a
child.” An “Arab-separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack.”

        Reuters
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(9/23, Georgy) reports that “Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards vowed on
Sunday to exact ‘deadly and unforgettable’ vengeance” for the attack, which
Reuters says was “one of the worst ever against the most powerful force of
the Islamic Republic” at a time when the US “and its Gulf allies are
working to isolate Tehran.” There was also “a blizzard of furious
statements from top Iranian officials, including President Hassan Rouhani,
accusing Iran’s adversaries the United States and Gulf states of provoking
the bloodshed and threatening a tough response.”

        The AP
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(9/23, Karimi, Gambrell) reports that “Iranian officials appeared to
believe the claim” from the Arab separatists, and Defense Ministry
officials “summoned diplomats from Britain, Denmark and the Netherlands
early Sunday for allegedly harboring ‘members of the terrorist group’ that
launched the attack.” The Defense Ministry later summoned envoys from the
United Arab Emirates “as well over what it called the ‘irresponsible and
insulting statements’ of an Emirati adviser, according to the semi-official
ISNA news agency.” Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused an
unnamed US ally in the Persian Gulf of being behind the attack.

        While Rouhani “did not identify the country he was blaming for the
attack,” the AP
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(9/23) says in a separate article that “Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates are close military allies of the United States that
view Iran as a foe, particularly because of its support for militant groups
across the Middle East.” On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
similarly accused regional countries and their “US masters” for arming and
funding the separatist group.

        The Wall Street Journal
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(9/23, Rasmussen) says there was little condemnation of the assault among
Arab nations, and some Emirati commentators disputed Tehran’s description
of the attack as terrorism because it had targeted Iran’s military. Even
though Iran accused the US of being complicit, State Department spokeswoman
Heather Nauert said the US “stand[s] with the Iranian people against the
scourge of radical Islamic terrorism and express our sympathy to them at
this terrible time.”

        The Washington Times
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(9/23, Wolfgang) reports Administration officials nonetheless “pushed back
hard Sunday against Iranian claims that the US and its allies were behind”
the attack, saying that “Iran is simply passing the buck” when it “is fully
responsible for fomenting a climate of unrest and instability inside its
own borders and across the Middle East.” On [image: Image removed by
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(9/23), Secretary of State Pompeo commented, “When you have a security
incident at home, blaming others is an enormous mistake.” Pompeo added,
“The loss of innocent life is tragic and I wish Zarif would focus on
keeping his own people secure rather than causing insecurity all around the
world.” Pompeo also indicated President Trump would be willing to meet with
Iranian officials, saying, “I don’t know that there are any plans to date,”
but the “President has been pretty clear: If there are constructive
conversations to be had with the Iranians, the President is happy to have
them. He’d be willing to do so.”

        Ambassador Haley also discussed Rouhani’s allegations and the
broader US position on Iran in several Sunday television appearances.
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(9/23), Haley said that “what you’re seeing is, you have got a lot of
rhetoric coming from Rouhani. The United States condemns any terrorist
attack anywhere, period. We have always stood by that.” Yet, Haley said, “I
think what Rouhani needs to do is, he needs to look at his own home base.
He’s got – the Iranian people are protesting. Every ounce of money that
goes into Iran goes to his military. He has oppressed his people for a long
time. And he needs to look at his own base to figure out where that’s
coming from.” Haley reiterated, “I think the Iranian people have had
enough, and that’s where all of this is coming from. But, having said that,
he can blame us all he wants, but the thing he’s got to do is look in the
mirror.”

        Haley similarly said on ABC’s
This Week
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(9/23) that Iran “can confront us all they want. The problem is they don’t
like the fact that we’ve called them out. We have called them out for
ballistic missile testing. We’ve called them out for their support of
terrorism. We’ve called them out for their arms sales. And they don’t like
it.” Haley said “not only that, the worst of all, we stopped the hundreds
of billions of dollars that were going them and allowing them to do these
violations. And so their economy is plummeting. The deals that they had are
falling apart, and they’re getting desperate.”

        Asked whether the US intends to sanction nations that continue to
do business with Iran despite US sanctions, Haley told [image: Image
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(9/23) that the US found that “hundreds of billions of dollars” were “going
into Iran and in return they were having ballistic missile testing. They
were selling arms to terrorist fighters. They were basically continuing to
support terrorism and what we said was we’re not going to give you money to
continue to do those bad things. The Europeans have a decision to make. And
I think that decision is already being made. If you look, they are dropping
business from Iran left and right. Iran’s economy is plummeting and it’s
because they can’t continue to sustain this. So yes we will have decisions
to make in terms of whether they get exemptions or not but I’ll tell you
right now we’re going to be really tough on Iran. We’re not giving them a
pass.”

        Politico
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(9/23, Forgey) reports Haley “also brushed off comments that Trump attorney
Rudy Giuliani made at a meeting of the National Council of Resistance of
Iran in Manhattan on Saturday, where the former New York City mayor warned
Rouhani that ‘you must truly be afraid of being overthrown,’ according to
the Guardian.” The New York Post
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(9/23, Schultz) reports that Haley “shot down the assertion” and said that
the US “is not looking to do a regime change in Iran.” She reiterated,
“We’re not looking to do regime change anywhere.”

        *Former US Officials: Trump Is Risking Potential US-Iran War. *
Politico
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(9/23, Toosi) analyzes a letter released by the National Coalition to
Prevent an Iranian Nuclear Weapon and signed by “dozens of prominent US
foreign policy, intelligence and national security figures,” including
former DNI James Clapper and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,
warning that President Trump “is risking a potential war with Iran unless
he engages the Islamist-led country using diplomacy, not just pressure
tactics.” Politico says the letter “is unusual in that it acknowledges the
legitimacy of Trump’s criticisms of Iran’s overall behavior, even as it
pushes the president to rethink his strategy.” The signatories offered
“tacit agreement with many of the Trump administration’s criticisms of
Iran,” but insisted, however, “that the administration’s goal of reining in
Iran ‘can only be achieved through a strategy that is both multilateral –
engaging close allies and other powers – and which combines pressure and
diplomacy.’”

        *May: UK Disagrees With US On Nuclear Deal, Agrees On “Other
Aspects Of Iran’s Behavior.” *The CBS Weekend News[image: Image removed by
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(9/23, story 4, 1:15, Quijano) reported, “Tensions between the US and Iran
will take center stage this week at the UN” after President Trump pulled
out of the Iran nuclear deal this year. British Prime Minister Theresa May
discussed that with CBS’ John Dickerson. She says the UK does have a
“difference of opinion with President Trump. Because we believe the JCPOA
should stay in place, and others involved in putting that deal together
believe that it should stay in place.” She added that she agrees with the
US when it comes to “other aspects of Iran’s behavior,” like “the issue of
the ballistic missiles, looking at the way in which Iran
is...destabiliz[ing] the region. We need to address those issues, too, but
we also want to ensure that we have a nuclear deal in place that prevents
them from getting a nuclear weapon.”
Pompeo, Bolton: US Would Respond To Chemical Weapons Use In Syria.

The New York Post
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(9/23, Moore) reports that in a Sunday appearance on NBC’s “Meet the
Press,” Secretary of State Pompeo warned that the US would not hesitate to
respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Asked whether Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad’s regime or Russia was primarily to blame for
chemical weapons attacks, Pompeo said President Trump “is very clear” that
the US “will go to the source of the bad behavior,” and “deadly serious to
make sure that chemical weapons don’t become the norm in the way nations
act around the world.” On whether the US would consider a military
response, Pompeo responded: “We’re not going to rule out a single thing.”

        On Fox News Sunday Morning
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(9/23), National Security Adviser Bolton similarly said “the President is
clear he expects Syria won’t engage in a brutal invasion of Idlib province.
We’ve commented that if Syria uses chemical weapons again, in Idlib or
anywher else, they will face a third response militarily. We want to make
it clear this will never happen again.”

        Ambassador Haley told CBS’
Face the Nation
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(9/23), “I don’t think it’s a victory until we see it’s actually followed
through with. Our goal was to make sure that first of all no chemical
weapons were used but that no military action was used in Idlib. They are
talking about terrorists, about 15,000 terrorists, there’s three million
civilians there, and so the responsibility and caution that has to be used
on any offense in Idlib is one that the United States takes very seriously.
I think the fact that they came together they decided on a cease fire we
have to see if that follows through. We’ll know October 15th. I think the
world is watching.”

        *Pompeo, Haley: US Allies Must Share Burden Of Syrian
Reconstruction Effort. *In an interview with [image: Image removed by
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Secretary of State Pompeo was asked about the US position on Syrian
refugees and reconstruction efforts in that country. Said Pompeo,
“President Trump is also committed to making sure America is secure and the
vetting that’s taking place is important. It reduces risk in the American
homeland. Finally, the work that we’ve done to get our allies to share this
burden, we now have hundreds of millions of dollars coming in from the Gulf
states to support Syrian reconstruction and redevelopment.”

        On CNN’s State of the Union
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(9/23), Ambassador Haley similarly said the US has also “made it very
clear, we are not going to pay for reconstruction of Syria as long as there
is Iranian influence there. We’re not going to pay as long as ISIS has not
been defeated, which we’re almost there. We’re not going to pay for
reconstruction to help Russia out when this is their problem. What we’re
saying is there are a lot of things that have to happen before
reconstruction is even talked about, and it’s not just going to be the US,
other countries have to weigh in. Right now you’ve got a very sensitive
situation in Syria, and Russia has to step up. They took responsibility for
this, they’ve got to manage it. They can’t sit there and do whatever they
want, allowing the Iranians to continue to have influence when they’re the
biggest sponsor of terrorism and then turn around and have their hand out,
asking us for money.”

        *Israel-Russia Tensions Reignite Over Downed Russian Aircraft In
Syria. *The Washington Post
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(9/23, Eglash) reports Russia-Israel tensions “reignited on Sunday after
Russia’s Defense Ministry issued a harsh critique of Israel’s role in the
downing of a Russian plane in Syria last week, despite previous efforts to
smooth over the rift.” Israel released a statement “disputing the Russian
findings” and expressing an intent to continue striking against what it
described as “Iran’s incessant attempts to establish itself in Syria and to
arm the terrorist organization Hezbollah with lethal and accurate weapons.”
The Post says while “Russia gave no indication that it is planning to take
any action against Israel,” its rejection of “Israel’s version of events
appeared to catch Israel by surprise, after the matter seemed to have been
settled last week, and raised the question of whether Russia might seek to
curtail Israel’s freedom to maneuver in Syria in the future.”

        On Fox News Sunday Morning
Futures
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(9/23), National Security Adviser Bolton addressed the incident, saying
that “the Syrians shot down a Russian airplane, killing 15,” even though
the two nations “are allies” and “Russia has two bases, military bases in
Syria. This happened because of an Israeli airstrike against Iranians who
are trying to equip the Hezbollah terrorists with ballistic missile
capabilities. So here’s something that shows the continuing threat of Iran,
not just on the nuclear side, but in aggressive, militaristic behavior in
the region that puts us at risk of this kind of conflict.” Bolton went on
to say that President Trump’s “decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear
deal has had a profound effect on Iran and the region as a whole. And with
even stronger sanctions coming back in November, we think we have disrupted
their efforts to impose their will in countries around the region.”
Pompeo Says Despite Progress, North Korea Sanctions To Remain.

The AP
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(9/23, Pennington) reports Secretary of State Pompeo “said Sunday that
economic sanctions on North Korea won’t be reduced until it completes
‘denuclearization’ after leader Kim Jong Un offered to close the North’s
main nuclear site in exchange for US concessions.” In an interview with
“Fox News Sunday,” Pompeo asserted: “Everybody’s got their own idea what a
concession might be. Some thought it was a concession for President Trump
to go to Singapore. I certainly didn’t think so; President Trump doesn’t.”
Pompeo continued, “But what we’ve made clear is the economic sanctions –
the driving force to achieve the outcome we’re looking for – will not be
released. And the UN Security Council will not reduce those sanctions,
until such time as we’ve achieved that final denuclearization.”

        Pompeo told Fox News Sunday
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(9/23), “We have now achieved the ceasing of missile testing, the ceasing
of nuclear testing, we have gotten the remains of 55 Americans, we’re in
deep discussions about how to proceed with respect to denuclearization.
President Moon traveled to Pyongyang for the third time this past week and
made progress. We’re continuing to make progress.” Yet, Pompeo stressed,
“we’ve made clear to the world that the economic sanctions, the pressure
that has caused Chairman Kim to come as far as he has come to date, will
remain in effect until denuclearization occurs. And so we’re hard at it.
President Trump has given me the task to use our entire diplomatic team to
achieve the outcome that the world has demanded through UN Security Council
resolutions.”

        Pompeo provided a similar, cautiously optimistic assessment in a
separate appearance on NBC’s Meet
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(9/23). Pompeo stated, “There was the risk of war. We’ve taken that threat
down by taking the temperature down by beginning this set of discussions.
They have stopped missile firings and nuclear testing. That’s all to the
good. We got back the remains of some of our soldiers. That’s to the good.”
He added, however, “We have our eyes wide open. There is a long ways to go
to get Chairman Kim to live up to the commitment that he made to President
Trump and indeed to the demands of the world and the UN Security Council
resolutions to get him to fully denuclearize. But our team is fully engaged
in this. There are lots of conversations taking place. There’s lots of work
being done. It isn’t all visible to the public, but we are fully engaged in
the process. We understand the objective, and economic sanctions will
remain in place until we get there.”

        Reuters
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(9/23, Brunnstrom, Spetalnick) reports that Pompeo “has proposed a meeting
with his North Korean counterpart, Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, and plans
to chair a Security Council meeting on the denuclearization effort on
Thursday.” Trump, meanwhile, is slated to meet South Korean President Moon
Jae-in “on Monday to get a first-hand account of the Korean summit before
delivering his UN address on Tuesday.” Reuters says that at the UN
gathering this week, Trump is expected “to tout diplomatic efforts that
have reduced the risk of war,” but some US officials and analysts “are
concerned Trump is taking an overly rosy view of North Korea developments”
because “Pyongyang has yet to take concrete measures” toward its
commitments.

        *Haley Applauds US Progress With North Korea. *Ambassador Haley on
Sunday gave a positive assessment of US-North Korea denuclearization talks
in appearances on ABC’s “This Week,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” and the
CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

        Haley told This Week With George Stephanopoulos[image: Image
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(9/23), “I think the progress is the fact that in 2017, it felt like every
other weekend there was a ballistic missile test. You had the fact that
South Korea and Japan were under great threat. He was threatening America.
And since then, what we’ve seen is, you know, you’ve got the two Korean
leaders now shaking hands saying they want peace. We have not had one
single ballistic missile test, in their big, the 70th anniversary parade
there weren’t nukes shown. It was more a ceremonial situation.” While “a
lot of really good this have come out of it,” Haley said, “we have got a
long way to go. And I think what we have to do is denuclearization with
verification.”

        Haley said on CBS’ Face the
Nation
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(9/23), “I think what President Trump has said is we’re not going to do any
half measures. We have to make sure that we’re thorough in this. There are
multiple sites in North Korea and we need to have inspectors in all
multiple sites if that’s going to happen. This is really a conversation
about what denuclearization is. What the United States is looking for is
denuclearization with complete verification – that they are actually
stopping their nuclear program. And so that’s a longer conversation. What I
can say is we’ve had a win and that we’re not having any more ballistic
missile testing. We’re trying to focus on the nuclear development to get
that to stop as well. I think the idea that the Korean leaders are speaking
to each other is a win because we want that region to be at peace. And so
this is all baby steps. But I think it’s baby steps moving in the right
direction.”

        Asked on CNN’s State of the
Union
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(9/23) about President Trump’s Monday meeting with South Korean President
Moon Jae-in, Haley said the talks will center on North Korean
denuclearization. Haley said of North Korea’s progress, “First of all, it
is a major step that they’re not testing. That’s no small feat. All through
2017, we were constantly seeing ballistic missile tests. The fact they
stopped that and the two leaders in Korea shook hands and said they want to
denuclearize and want peace is no small thing. The fact that at their
parade they didn’t show off nuclear weapons for the first time is a major
accomplishment. Look, we are far from reaching the end of this. What we
want to focus on is denuclearization with verification. We need to make
sure that North Korea knows what we mean by denuclearization and enforce
sanctions because that’s what brought them to the table in the first place
and I think that’s what we’ll continue to do.”

        *NYTimes: US Ignores South Korea’s Progress On North Korean Crisis.
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(9/23) says that “diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear
crisis are quickening, thanks largely to the South Korean president, Moon
Jae-in.” Moon has “made clear” that he is seeking “a commitment by the
United States to declare an end to the Korean War as an incentive for North
Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons,” but the Times says the US “still
seems confused about its strategy.” The Times argues that the
Administration appears “caught between a president who, eager for a deal,
said that the Moon-Kim summit had made ‘tremendous progress,’ and hard-line
advisers who doubt any deal with the North is possible.”
Trump To Address UNGA This Week.

A New York Times
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(9/23, Landler, Sanger) analysis says ahead of the UN General Assembly this
week, President Trump’s advisers believe the “biggest risk” is “not that he
will be dangerously undiplomatic,” as he was last year, “but that he will
be overly enthusiastic about engagement with wily adversaries,” including
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Far from restraining Mr. Trump’s
belligerent tendencies,” the Times writes, “his senior aides are engaged in
a quiet effort to avoid a direct encounter with Iran’s leader that he would
be unprepared to handle or concessions that they fear could undermine their
effort to keep pressure on North Korea.” The Times says either outcome
“would rattle” Trump’s aides, “are uniformly hawkish about Iran and North
Korea, and favor squeezing those countries over talking to them.”

        An AP
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(9/23, Lemire, Miller) analysis instead predicts a “sequel to his stormy UN
debut.” The AP argues that Trump “is poised to redouble his commitment to
‘America First’ on the most global of stages this week” and “will stress
his dedication to the primacy of US interests while competing with Western
allies for an advantage on trade and shining a spotlight on the threat that
he says Iran poses to the Middle East and beyond.” Ambassador Haley “told
reporters in a preview of Trump’s visit, that the president’s focus ‘will
be very much on the United States,’ its role and the relations it wants to
build.”

        On its front page, the Wall Street Journal
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(9/23, A1, Fassihi, Gordon) says European leaders are expected to counter
several of Trump’s policies, including his decision to withdraw the US from
the Iran nuclear deal and how to constrain Tehran’s regional ambitions.
Iran is also expected to attempt to widen the gap between the
Administration and Europe by casting itself as adhering to its commitments
and the US as violating international accords.

        A Washington Post
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(9/23, Nakamura) analysis focuses on how “China’s rapid rise” in particular
will impact Trump’s presence at the gathering. The Post explains that the
President “prepares to face world leaders” amid “a fast-escalating, head-on
trade war with China” that “his critics say is being played on Beijing’s
terms, as the president has rattled US allies and undermined partners,
looked the other way on human rights abuses and cozied up to authoritarian
leaders.” To the Post, “The upshot is a growing consensus that the United
States under Trump is going it alone – a sharp break from the multilateral
approach that leaders of both political parties have pursued since World
War II.” Beyond the UNGA, “analysts said it will be difficult for the
administration to pressure other countries into turning away from China.”

        *WPost Analysis: Haley’s UNGA Appearance To Be Subdued. *The Washington
Post
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(9/23, Gearan, Hudson) says in an analysis that at the UN General Assembly,
Ambassador Haley “will still be a central figure,” and her “close rapport”
with President Trump “is likely to be apparent,” but her “public role has
narrowed as Trump’s national security Cabinet was shuffled over the past
year and advisers who advanced more nationalist agendas on trade,
immigration and international engagement gained favor.” Administration
officials maintain that Haley’s relationship with National Security Adviser
Bolton “is strong, and his interest in the United Nations hasn’t come at
Haley’s expense,” but “longtime aides of Bolton say tensions between the
two are inevitable.” The Post adds that “Haley’s influence at the United
Nations has been blunted by Trump policy decisions that many other nations
opposed, including recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, cutting
aid to Palestinians and announcing a U.S. withdrawal from the UN Human
Rights Council.”

        *Bannon: Italy “Center Of The Political Universe.” *Politico Europe
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(9/23, Anderson) reports former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon
says Italy is the “center of the political universe.” Speaking to Politico
during a tour of Europe to promote his Movement foundation, Bannon called
Italy’s League-5Star coalition government an “experiment that, if it works,
will change global politics.” The former Trump aide said, “A populist party
with nationalist tendencies like the 5Stars, and a nationalist party with
populist tendencies like the League. … It’s imperative that this works
because this shows a model for industrial democracies from the U.S. to
Asia.”
Pompeo Decries Lack Of Russian Cooperation On International Stage.

The Washington Times
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(9/23, Wolfgang) reports Secretary of State Pompeo delivered “a blistering
takedown of Moscow that comes on the eve of a key United Nations summit in
New York City.” Pompeo “also rejected the narrative that he and other top
Administration officials are the acting as a ‘bad cop’ while President
Trump acts as something like a ‘good cop,’” a narrative that the Times says
“especially took hold following Mr. Trump’s friendly and widely condemned
press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the summer.”

        Pompeo told NBC’s Meet the
Press
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(9/23) that he worked with Russia “closely on counterterrorism issues.
There’s a handful of other places in the world where we do have overlapping
interests, although certainly not values. They’re a country that’s very
different from ours in that respect.” Pompeo continued, “They have not
proven helpful in the Ukraine, in Syria. You’ve shown it. We, this week,
sanctioned – put sanctions on China as a result of the CAATSA law that
passed, again, trying to push back against Russia’s malign activity around
the world. The President is trying to develop a relationship and change
that, but we’ve not been successful, at least to date.”

        *Russia Seeking To Entice White South African Farmers To Relocate. *The
Washington Post
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(9/23, Ferris-Rotman) reports on “a charm offensive in South Africa with a
very particular goal: hoping to lure white South Africans to move 8,000
miles away to rural Russia.” The “selling points,” according to the Post,
are “abundant farmland, relative safety and a country that holds tight to
traditional Christian values.” The effort “intersects with many issues.
There is Russia’s declining population and worries about the influence of
Islam on Russia’s borders. Add to that the unease among some white South
African farmers as the country debates possible land redistribution to
redress racial imbalances during apartheid.”

        *Despite Trump’s Call For Lower Oil Prices, OPEC, Russia Will Not
Increase Output. *The New York Times
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(9/23, Reed) reports that OPEC officials and allies like Russia meeting in
Algiers Sunday indicated “that they did not see any rush to increase
output, despite pressure from President Trump to pump more oil and hold
down prices.” The officials “said that after having increased production in
recent months, customers now have adequate supplies.” The Times says the
Saudis and their allies “appear to be trying to walk a fine line between
accommodating Mr. Trump and not putting so much oil into the market that
prices crash – as they did in 2014, damaging their petroleum-dependent
economies.” Bloomberg News
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(9/23, Mazneva, Mahdi, Smith) says “Trump’s demand that OPEC take rapid
action to reduce oil prices got a tepid response,” while Reuters
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(9/23, El Gamal, Ghaddar, Astakhova) offers a more negative description,
reporting that OPEC and Russia “effectively rebuff[ed] US President Donald
Trump’s calls for action to cool the market.”

        *Russia Again Surpasses US As Leading Wheat Exporter In 2018. *The Wall
Street Journal
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(9/23, Marson) reports that in the year ending in June, Russia was the
world’s leading wheat exporter in 2018 as it surpassed the US again with
over 40 million tons of wheat. The Journal calls the competition from
Russian agriculture another threat to US farmers, who are seeing the
largest spate of farm closures since the 1980s, lower prices due to an
oversupply of grain, and the danger of Russian wheat appearing more
attractive if retaliatory tariffs are applied to US grains as a result of
US trade disputes with China and other countries.
Retailers Sound Alarm With Ten Percent Tariffs On Chinese Goods Set To
Begin Today.

ABC World News Tonight
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(9/23, story 4, 1:25, Norman) reported that with a 10 percent tax on
“certain Chinese-made goods” set to take effect Monday, “retail giants are
sounding the alarm, bracing for price hikes, and hikes, and warning
American consumers could bear the brunt” of the new tariffs. ABC added,
“Walmart, Sears, Target, Kohl’s, Gap, Macy’s and Dollar General are among
the hundreds of retailers asking the administration to rethink the plan.”
While “experts say consumers won’t see the price increases immediately,”
the National Retail Federation said in a statement, “The Administration
continues to advance harmful tariff policies that threaten to weaken the US
economy. We can’t afford further escalation, especially with the holiday
shopping season right around the corner.”

        The New York Times
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(9/23, Kang) says that while President Trump argues “his trade war with
China will protect America’s dominance and derail Beijing’s plan for
technological and economic supremacy,” US tech and telecom firms “are
warning that the industry’s growing reliance on products made and assembled
in China means they are more likely to be casualties, not victors, in the
skirmish.” In a story updated Sunday evening, Bloomberg News
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(9/22, News) said there is “no improvement in relations between the two
rivals in sight.” On Saturday, China “called off planned trade talks with
US officials.” Citing “people familiar with the situation,” Bloomberg says
there is “a growing consensus in Beijing that substantive talks will only
be possible with the Trump administration after US mid-term elections in
November.”

        The New York Times
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(9/23, Perlez) says “the immediate worry in Beijing is how the Chinese
public, accustomed to a fast-expanding economy, will handle the trade war,
and what impact it might have on the ruling Communist Party’s overriding
concern, domestic stability.” While “the government has sought to project
confidence,” others “are worried, and some have urged the Chinese
leadership to seize the moment and shift the economy even further toward
open markets and private enterprise rather than allowing an inefficient
state sector to dig in.” The Times adds, “Other Chinese are arguing that
the spike in hostility from the United States could have been avoided if
President Xi had continued the policy of ‘hiding strength, biding time’
followed by his predecessors.” Instead, Xi “has flaunted two ambitious
programs: the global infrastructure plan known as the Belt and Road
Initiative and the effort to dominate advanced industries known as Made in
China 2025, both of which have drawn criticism by the Trump
administration.”

        Under the headline, “Trump’s No-win Trade War,” Felix Salmon writes
in an analysis for Axios
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(9/23, Salmon) that Trump’s “bigger-picture” view is that “TRADE IS BAD.
That’s all trade, not just trade with China.” Salmon argues that “as in
most trade wars, there will be no winners at all.” He adds that Trump
“doesn’t understand tariffs. (He thinks they’re paid by China, when in fact
they’re paid by American importers.) When the guiding principle at the top
of the US government is ‘trade is bad,’ it’s hard to see what would cause
this war to end.”

        *China Buys Ads In Des Moines Register Criticizing Trump’s Trade
Policies. *Axios
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(9/23, Basu) reports that China Daily, the English-language publication
owned by China’s government, “took out four pages of sponsored content in
Sunday’s Des Moines Register highlighting the negative effects of President
Trump’s trade war.” While China has “frequently” purchased ad space in the
New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications, “its shrewd
targeting of the Des Moines Register appeals directly to America’s
heartland, which data suggests has the most to lose from an extended trade
war.” Bloomberg News
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(9/23, News) reports that China used “the advertising supplement in Iowa’s
largest newspaper to highlight the impact on the state’s soybean farmers as
‘the fruit of a president’s folly.’” The four-page section, which carried
the label “paid for and prepared solely by China Daily, an official
publication of the People’s Republic of China,” included “such articles as
one outlining how the trade dispute is forcing Chinese importers to turn to
South America instead of the US for soybeans.”

        *Administration Set To Launch Major Broadside Against China. *Jonathan
Swan writes on Axios
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(9/23) that the Administration “is planning to launch a major,
‘administration-wide,’ broadside against China, according to two sources
briefed on the sensitive internal discussions.” The sources said the
effort, which “is expected to launch in the next few weeks,” is “planned to
be both rhetorical and substantive.” It will be “administration-wide,”
including “the White House (led by senior officials on the National
Security Council), Treasury, Commerce and Defense.” Swan adds that the
White House “plans to unveil new information about China’s hostile actions
against America’s public and private sectors, and to act on it.” Officials
“will call out China for its ‘malign activity’ in cyberattacks, election
interference and industrial warfare (e.g., intellectual property theft), an
administration source told me.”

        *China Summons US Ambassador Over Sanctions Stemming From Russian
Weapons Deal. *The AP
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(9/23, Bodeen) reports that China has “summoned the American ambassador and
the defense attache and recalled its navy commander from a US trip” in
“strong protest” of “economic sanctions Washington lodged over the purchase
of Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air missile equipment.” China’s
Defense Ministry “said the US had no right to interfere in Chinese military
cooperation with Russia.” The Ministry said in a statement, “We demand that
the US immediately correct the mistake and revoke the so-called sanctions,
otherwise the US must bear the consequences.” Washington says China’s
purchase of the Russian weapons “violated a 2017 law intended to punish the
government of Russian President Vladimir Putin for interfering in US
elections and other activities.”

        *WPost A1: CB Radio Manufacturer “Clubbed Over The Head” By
Tariffs. *On its front page, the Washington Post
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(9/23, A1, Whalen) looks at how Trump’s tariffs are impacting Chicago-based
Cedar Electronics, which “has been selling CB radios to American truckers
since the 1960s.” The company produces its radios in China, and is now
“racing around Asia looking for other countries to host its manufacturing.”
Company Vice President Mark Karnes told the Post, “We’re dealing with a
very unstable situation. As a business, my government just clubbed me over
the head.” The Consumer Technology Association “has heard from hundreds of
US member companies hurt by the levies, many of which are small businesses
ill equipped for this sort of tumult,” according to one of its top
officials.

        *Farm Aid Founders Say Family Farmers Worse Off Due To Trump Trade
Policies. *Reporting from this year’s Farm Aid concert in Hartford,
Connecticut, NBC Nightly News
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(9/23, story 3, 2:05, Snow) interviewed Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp,
two founders of the “annual event meant to help struggling family farms.”
According to Nelson and Mellencamp, “family farmers are worse off today
than in the ‘80s due to falling incomes and President Trump’s trade
policies.”
Domestic Policy
Administration Seeks To Deny Green Cards To Immigrants Receiving Public Aid.

The Los Angeles Times
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(9/23, Hennessy-Fiske) reports immigrants who rely on public assistance
“could be denied green cards under new rules put forth Saturday by the
Trump administration.” The Administration said the rule announced by the
Department of Homeland Security “would affect about 382,000 people a year,
but opponents have said it could have a far greater chilling effect,
leading current green card holders to stop using public benefits for fear
of being deported.” In a Saturday statement, DHS Secretary Nielsen said,
“Those seeking to immigrate to the United States must show they can support
themselves financially,” adding that the new rule would “promote immigrant
self-sufficiency and protect finite resources by ensuring that they are not
likely to become burdens on American taxpayers.” The AP
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(9/23, Spagat) notes that federal law “already requires those seeking green
cards to prove they will not be a burden – or ‘public charge’ – but the new
rules detail a broad range of programs that could disqualify them.”

        USA Today
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(9/22, Hughes) reports DHS said the proposal “would save federal taxpayers
$2.7 billion annually,” but critics “contend that focusing on the immediate
economic costs of immigration is short-sighted and ignores the long-term
contribution they make to society.” To Politico
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(9/22, Hesson, Cook, Evich, Restuccia), the move “represents the latest
move by White House aide Stephen Miller to reduce drastically all
immigration to the US, both legal and illegal, and reflects his strong
conviction that doing so will improve congressional Republicans’ chances in
the midterm elections.”

        *MIT-Yale Study Doubles Estimated Number Of Undocumented Immigrants
In US. *Bloomberg News
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(9/21, Lanman) reported that a new MIT-Yale study found there may be twice
as many undocumented immigrants in the US as commonly estimated.
Researchers “examined figures on border apprehensions and visa overstays to
infer the number of undocumented arrivals,” and they “reconstructed
population outflows by looking at data on deportations, voluntary
emigration and death rates.” The researchers found that current estimates
are “too low,” and they suggest a “true number is likely to be larger, with
an estimated 95 percent probability interval ranging from 16.2 to 29.5
million undocumented immigrants.”

        *Undocumented Immigrant Sentenced To 16 Years In Killing NFL
Player. *The AP
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(9/21, Callahan) reported a Marion County judge on Friday sentenced Manuel
Orrego-Savala, a 37-year-old undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, “to the
maximum of 16 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that killed
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver.” According
to the AP, “investigators said the twice-deported Orrego-Savala had a
blood-alcohol content of 0.19 – nearly 2 ½ times Indiana’s legal limit –
when his truck crashed into Jackson and Monroe on Feb. 4 along Interstate
70 in Indianapolis.”

        *WPost: DC’s Unique Status Has Made Sanctuary City Policy Difficult
To Enforce. *The Washington Post
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(9/23, Hermann) reports, “As part of its promise to make the nation’s
capital a welcoming place for immigrants,” the District of Columbia “has
vowed it won’t turn over arrestees to federal immigration agents unless
that person is a convicted violent offender.” However, the District “finds
itself powerless to shield many illegal immigrants who get arrested – even
those accused of minor crimes – from possible deportation” because, “unlike
in other cities, the District’s judicial system is run not only by local
agencies, but also through federal partners that do not adhere to the
city’s sanctuary policies.” The Post writes that the “complicated nature of
the District’s bifurcated justice system has confused both advocates and
others.”

        *Jeb Bush: Americans Seeking Immigration Controls “Threatened” By
“Less White” Country. *Breitbart
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(9/23, Binder) reports Jeb Bush “says Americans who are urging for
immigration controls are ‘threatened’ by their perception that the United
States is ‘changing’ and becoming ‘less white.’” In a podcast interview
with National Review Editor Nordlinger, Bush “said immigration controls
were ‘foolhardy’ and that illegal alien crime gets too much attention
compared to crimes committed by American citizens.”
After Polling Staff, Advisers, Trump Holds Off On Firing Rosenstein.

The AP
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(9/23, Lemire) reports that in the wake of the “explosive” story that
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “had suggested wearing a wire to
secretly record Trump, and raised the idea of using the 25th Amendment to
remove the president from office,” President Trump “polled staff...called
his outside network of advisers and kept a careful eye on what his favorite
hosts on his favorite network were recommending. The messages were mixed,
but more were in favor of containing the urge to fire Rosenstein, a move
that would declare open warfare with the Justice Department and cast doubt
on the future of the special counsel’s Russia probe, according to two
people familiar with the exchanges but not authorized to publicly discuss
private conversations.” Trump told “confidants that he felt the moment was
another example of the ‘Deep State’ and media conspiring to undermine him,”
but he “held off dismissing Rosenstein. For now.”

        Rachael Bade of Politico said on CNN Inside Politics[image: Image
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(9/23), “This whole thing is really baffling to me because the President’s
allies on Capitol Hill and conservative talk show hosts, they’ve been
gunning for Rosenstein for a long time. ... Now they have this report, this
bombshell report. You would think they would latch on to it, call for him
to be fired, impeach him, but they’re not. They’re saying this is a trap.
And I think this actually speaks to this sort of change in tone with
Republicans and specifically Trump allies. They are more cautious as we get
closer to the midterm elections and they are also afraid, of course, of the
President potentially hurting himself regarding obstruction of justice,
that this could feed into that narrative.”

        Meanwhile, Trump 2020 campaign senior adviser Katrina Pierson told Fox
News MediaBuzz
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(9/23), “I have been an advocate for months now for firing Rod Rosenstein.
We didn’t need this New York Times bombshell report outlining memos from
2017 to let us know that this guy probably didn’t have the best intentions
when he took the post. We can look at the DOJ Inspector General’s report.
We can look at what the House intelligence committee has been reporting
with his obstruction and their own investigation with the whole Russia
hoax. We already know that this guy is compromised in a sense. not to
mention the number of conflicts of interest that he’s had going into the
Mueller probe. The problem is, it’s not President Trump’s responsibility to
fire him today. ... This is a question for his boss, his immediate superior
Jeff Sessions.”

        *Graham Calls For Special Counsel As Lawmakers Urge Trump Not To
Fire Rosenstein. *On the Sunday talk shows, lawmakers argued that Trump
should not fire Rosenstein. The Washington Post
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(9/23, Hamburger) reports that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News Fox
News Sunday
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that he believes “a bureaucratic coup” led by enemies of the President is
occurring at the Justice Department, and called for a new special counsel
to be appointed to investigate. Graham said, “He shouldn’t fire Rosenstein
unless you believe Rosenstein’s lying.” Referring to former FBI officials
Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, and Peter Strzok, Graham argued that others in
the Department have “tried to destroy this president.” He said, “Before the
election, the people in question tried to taint the election, tip it to
Clinton’s favor; after the election, they’re trying to undermine the
president.” Graham said he did not know “what Rosenstein did, but I know
what McCabe or Page and Strzok did. They tried to destroy this president.
If Rosenstein’s involved, he should be fired. If he’s not involved, leave
him alone.” Graham also said “that a new special counsel is required to
investigate what happened at the FBI, and he called on Rosenstein to
appoint one immediately.”

        The AP
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(9/23, Lemire) also reports that Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) told CBS’ Face the
Nation
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=0aa-cf0&t=c>,
“Rod deserves the right to be heard. ... And I’m sure at some point the
president will bring Rod in and say, ‘Rod if you think I am incompetent, if
you feel the need to wear a wire when you’re talking to me, then why are
you serving in my administration?’”

        Bloomberg News
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(9/23, Dennis, Brody) reports that House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes
“cautioned against firing Rosenstein now.” Nunes told Fox News’ Fox and
Friends Sunday
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=0ac-172&t=c>,
“The answer, I think, is no for now. ... Rod Rosenstein should have his
fair day in court. ... However, if Rod Rosenstein really did talk about
wearing a wire, then for sure he should be fired.”

        *Pompeo: Those Who Don’t Back Trump Agenda Should “Find Something
Else To Do.” *The Hill
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(9/23, Wise) reports that Secretary of State Pompeo argued Sunday that
Administration officials who do not support Trump’s agenda should “find
something else to do.” Asked about the report that Rosenstein suggested
secretly recording Trump and discussed the possibility of removing him,
Pompeo told Fox News Sunday
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=0ae-c61&t=c>,
“I’ve been pretty clear since my beginning of service here in this
administration. ... If you can’t be on the team, if you’re not supporting
this mission, maybe you’ve got something else to do.” Pompeo said he has
delivered that message to junior and senior colleagues in the State
Department, CIA and FBI, “saying that the Trump administration needs
everyone ‘engaged’ in the president’s mission.” Said Pompeo, “If you’re
not, you should take this time to do something more productive.”’ Politico
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(9/23, Kullgren) also reports on Pompeo’s comments, calling them “an
implicit swipe” at Rosenstein. The Washington Times
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(9/23, Wolfgang) reports that Pompeo “also said he never heard any
discussion among Cabinet officials about invoking the 25th Amendment.”

        Pompeo was one of “multiple Trump administration officials” who
were asked about the report that Rosenstein suggested secretly recording
the President and “proposed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th
Amendment to remove Trump from office,” The Hill
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(9/23, Samuels) reports. On ABC’s This Week[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=0b2-01d&t=c>,
Ambassador Haley called the idea “absurd,” and said, “I’ve never heard of
it, I don’t think that’s a reality at all among all the Cabinet members.” The
Hill
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(9/23, Keller) also highlights Haley’s comments in a separate story.

        *WTimes: Rosenstein’s Fate Could Hinge On McCabe. *The Washington
Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092401biden&r=email-b4ba&l=0b4-8c0&t=c>
(9/23, Tucker, Balsamo) says Rosenstein’s fate “could turn on whether
President Donald Trump believes” former FBI official Andrew McCabe, “who,
as Trump once asserted in a tweet, had ‘LIED! LIED! LIED!’” The “discussion
about possibly recording Trump occurred during a meeting with McCabe in May
2017 following Comey’s firing. ... A memo from McCabe also describes
Rosenstein as having discussed the potential removal of the president under
the Constitution.”

        *Goodlatte Threatens New Subpoena For DOJ Documents. *The Washington
Examiner
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(9/23, Chaitin) reports that House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte on Sunday
“threatened to issue a new subpoena in the coming days” for Justice
Department documents, including memos written by McCabe which “remain out
of the hands of lawmakers while information from these notes gets leaked to
the media.” On Fox News Sunday Morning Futures[image: Image removed by
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Goodlatte said he was concerned about a “lack of production for some
documents.” While Good latte acknowledged that Congress has been given
access to many documents, there remain “key documents” they have not seen,
including the “so-called McCabe memos,” which were cited in the New York
Times report about Rosenstein. The Hill
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(9/23, Samuels) quotes Goodlatte as saying, “I think a lot of light can be
shed on that if the documents we have been requesting for quite some time
are made public. ... So as a result of that, this week, if they’re not
produced by tomorrow or Tuesday of this week, we are going to issue a
subpoena to the Justice Department that expands upon the subpoena we issued
earlier this year.”

        Molly Ball of Time said on CNN Inside Politics[image: Image removed
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(9/23) that “there is conflicted reporting of what the tone was of
Rosenstein’s remark. To me the remarkable thing is you have the Department
of Justice confirming that he said this and they are just quibbling about
the tone. The DOJ doesn’t seem to be contesting that he did make this
offhand comment and then the question is just was it meant seriously or
not?”
Prosecutors Investigating Gregory Craig As Part Of Manafort Probe.

The Washington Post
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(9/23, Hamburger) reports that “people familiar with the matter” say
federal prosecutors have “stepped up their investigation of prominent
Washington attorney Gregory Craig for work he conducted at his former law
firm on behalf of the Ukrainian government in 2012, an effort coordinated
by Paul Manafort.” Craig’s case and the cases of “two Washington lobbyists
who worked with Manafort on Ukrainian matters — were referred last April to
New York prosecutors, who appear to be focused on whether the three failed
to register as foreign agents while working with Manafort’s Ukrainian
clients.” The Post says the investigation of Craig, who served as a White
House counsel for President Barack Obama, “along with lobbyists Vin Weber
and Tony Podesta, have shaken Washington’s lobbying and legal community,
which until recently had faced little scrutiny of its representation of
foreign clients.”
More Than A Dozen States To Challenge EPA Plan To Weaken Fuel Economy Rules.

USA Today
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(9/23, Woodyard) reports that a “showdown begins Monday between the Trump
administration and a handful of states opposed to relaxing fuel economy
standards.” At three public hearings starting Monday, the EPA “will argue
increased auto safety, among other reasons, is the trade-off for freezing
fuel economy standards at 2020 levels and putting aside tougher
restrictions due to take effect in 2022.” Fighting the plan is “California
and other states among the 17 plus the District of Columbia, that sued the
EPA over the move to banish tougher fuel standards.” Hearings are scheduled
for this week in Fresno, California; Dearborn, Michigan; and Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
Hassett Defends Claim Corporate Tax Cuts Will Pay For Themselves.

White House Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Hassett was asked on Fox
News’ The Journal Editorial Report
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(9/23) about his claim that the corporate tax cut has almost paid for
itself. Hassett said, “If you go back to January of 2017, the Congressional
Budget Office said we were going to have about two percent growth this
year, and instead we are looking closer really to 3 1/2 percent growth, and
that extra 1 1/2 percent growth gives you so much revenue over 10 years
that it is easy to envision that tax cuts on the corporate side paying for
themselves. It is really, really simple math.”

        *Hassett: Tax Cuts Have Produced “Pretty Hefty Wage Growth.” *Hassett
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(9/23) about critics who say that the tax cuts have not produced the
increase in wages the Administration promised. Hassett said, “The people
who are saying that wages are not growing are excluding benefits...and they
also don’t account for the tax cuts which were pretty big. If you want to
know what is happening to the after tax wage...the after tax wage is
growing over last year about 1 1/2 percent after adjusting for inflation
and that is pretty healthy wage growth.”

        *Sen. Sanders Calls For Expansion Of Social Security. *In a USA
Today
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(9/23) op-ed, Sen. Bernie Sanders calls for the expansion of Social
Security – a program that, he writes, in 2016 “lifted 22 million Americans
out of poverty, including more than 15 million seniors. Before it was
created in 1935, about half of our nation’s seniors were living in poverty.
Today their poverty rate is just 8.8 percent.” Sanders writes, “Today, one
out of every five seniors are trying to survive on an income of less than
$13,500 a year,” and “about half of Americans 55 and older have zero
retirement savings. Meanwhile, the average Social Security benefit is less
than $1,300 a month.” Sanders criticizes Republicans including President
Trump and House Speaker Ryan for supporting budget plans that would reduce
benefits.
Congress Considering Nearly $1.7B Florence Relief Package.

The AP
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(9/23) reports Congress is considering “almost $1.7 billion in new money to
aid recovery efforts from Florence.” Lawmakers are “facing a deadline this
week to fund the government before the start of the new budget year Oct. 1,
and members of Congress will try to act on the disaster relief along with
separate legislation to fund the government.”

        *Flooding From Florence Continues; Kirk Expected To Hit Caribbean
This Week. *The CBS Weekend News
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(9/23, story 5, 2:05, Quijano) reported, “Flood waters from Hurricane
Florence are still rising in the Carolinas.” The Waccamaw River is expected
to crest on Tuesday, but the flood waters “may not recede for days, even
weeks.” ABC World News Tonight
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(9/23, story 3, 1:10, Llamas) too said that “Florence’s impact still being
felt across the Carolinas, with water as far as the eye can see.” Rivers
are “at record levels and still rising for at least another two days.”
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Kirk has formed in the Atlantic and is “expected
in the Caribbean by the end of the week.”

        *“60 Minutes” Looks To The Netherlands For Flooding Solutions. *Bill
Whitaker reported on CBS’ 60 Minutes
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(9/23) that “the Netherlands, one of the most flood-prone places in the
world, almost never floods. Holland is about twice the size of New Jersey
and is one of the world’s most densely populated countries. Much of it is
below sea level. Yet, the Dutch don’t bother with flood insurance. They
don’t need it. As the US cleans up from Hurricane Florence, we were
wondering, do the Dutch have a solution?” Whitaker added, “The destruction
from hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, and Maria cost hundreds of billions
of dollars. Florence is another chapter in a story we know all too well. We
met a Dutchman, Henk Ovink, who says it’s time to rewrite America’s
disaster playbook entirely.”

        *NYTimes Editorial Criticizes Long’s Defense Of Trump On Maria
Death Toll. *In an editorial, the New York Times
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(9/23) says “everyone wants to curry favor with the boss. ... So when the
president of the United States continually makes clear that he is a huge
fan of ‘alternative facts,’ what’s an eager-to-please administration
official to do?” As an example, the Times cites FEMA Administrator Long,
who defended President Trump’s claim that “3,000 people did not die” as a
result of Hurricane Maria. Long, “like a good soldier,” said, dismissed
researchers’ “methodology in his quest to support Mr. Trump’s tale of
political victimhood.” The Times adds that Long “was going through a
professional rough patch that might have made him extra keen to stay in the
president’s good graces.”
NBC/WSJournal Poll: Democrats Lead Generic Ballot Vote 52%-40%.

Bloomberg News
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(9/23, Krasny, Niquette) reports that a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal
poll finds Democrats with “a 12 percentage-point edge in congressional
preference among registered voters,” leading 52% to 40% – up from an
eight-point lead in August. However, the Wall Street Journal
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(9/23, Hook) reports that the GOP is closing the enthusiasm gap, with 61%
of Republican voters now expressing high interest in the election.
Democrats still lead that measure with 65%.

        *Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Percentage Of Democrats “Certain To Vote” In
Midterms Up From 2014. *Reuters
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(9/21, Kahn) reported that “across almost all demographic groups, more
Democrats say they are certain to vote” this fall “compared to poll results
in 2014, the last non-presidential election year.” A Reuters/Ipsos poll
“has been tracking Americans’ interest in voting since 2010 and the polling
on voter enthusiasm is built on data spanning 2014 to 2018.” Overall, the
poll, conducted from Aug. 20 to Sept. 16, “found that Democrats have the
edge in enthusiasm within most major demographic groups: college graduates,
people between 18 and 34 years old – the so-called millennial generation –
and mid-career adults.”

        *Some Democrats Sound Alarm On Overconfidence Ahead Of Midterms. *The
AP
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(9/22, Peoples, Summers) reported that “a growing number of Democrats...are
increasingly confident” they will retake the House this fall. However,
“some top Democrats [are] warning their party of the dangers of
overconfidence.” Speaking with the AP, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said, “This
is no time for confidence,” reminding “his party of Hillary Clinton’s
stunning loss in the last presidential contest: ‘If there’s any
complacency, if there’s any resting on their laurels, we need to go back to
how people felt in the early days of November 2016.’” The AP added that
“Democrats are struggling for traction in a series of contests that should
be prime pickup opportunities” and “several vulnerable Republicans in swing
districts are performing better than expected.”
Cancer Research
Nintedanib Slows Progression Of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis In Phase 3
Trial.

Pulmonary Fibrosis News
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(9/21, Melao) reported researchers found in a phase 3 trial that “long-term
treatment with Ofev (nintedanib) can safely slow disease progression in
people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).” The findings
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were published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“South Korea’s Leader Opens A Door To The North.”* In an editorial, the New
York Times
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(9/23) says that “diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear
crisis are quickening, thanks largely to the South Korean president, Moon
Jae-in.” Moon has “made clear” that he is seeking “a commitment by the
United States to declare an end to the Korean War as an incentive for North
Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons,” but the Times says the US “still
seems confused about its strategy.” The Times argues that the
Administration appears “caught between a president who, eager for a deal,
said that the Moon-Kim summit had made ‘tremendous progress,’ and hard-line
advisers who doubt any deal with the North is possible.”

        *“Presidential Lying Is Contagious.” *In an editorial, the New York
Times
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(9/23) says “everyone wants to curry favor with the boss. ... So when the
president of the United States continually makes clear that he is a huge
fan of ‘alternative facts,’ what’s an eager-to-please administration
official to do?” As an example, the Times cites FEMA Administrator Long who
defended President Trump’s claim that “3,000 people did not die” as a
result of Hurricane Maria. Long, “like a good soldier,” said, dismissed
researchers’ “methodology in his quest to support Mr. Trump’s tale of
political victimhood.” The Times notes that Long “was going through a
professional rough patch that might have made him extra keen to stay in the
president’s good graces.”
Washington Post.

*“Metro Is Outsourcing Some Of Its Operations To Contractors. It’s The
Right Move – If Done Right.”* A Washington Post
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(9/23) editorial says Metro’s “increasingly aggressive moves to outsource
maintenance, operations and jobs to private contractors” are “part of the
right strategy for Metro – if accompanied by rigorous quality control and
oversight.”

        *“‘All Of Us Have Been Standing Here Before.’” *The Washington Post
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(9/23) editorializes about “the mass shooting Thursday morning at a
warehouse in” Aberdeen, Maryland last week. The Post notes that the US “had
previously experienced other horrific shootings” and “has become all too
accustomed to the everyday reality of gun violence.” According to the Post,
“Investigation is continuing, but it appears the shooter...may have cut in
line as workers were checking in and was set off when she was rebuked. ‘So
senseless,’” Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler said. Adds the Post, “As
senseless as children slaughtered at school, churchgoers ambushed at prayer
or music lovers mowed down at an outdoor festival.” The Post argues,
“Nearly 100 lives are lost every day because of gun violence and the abject
failure of national leaders to confront the problem.”

        *“Russia’s Drug Testing Program Let’s Athletes Brazenly Cheat. Now
It’s Back – Flawed As Ever.” *The Washington Post
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(9/23) editorializes, “It took only three years for world anti-doping
authorities to reinstate Russia’s drug-testing program — three years and
the total capitulation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to Russian
deceit.” The Post says it was Russia’s “astonishingly brazen cheating” that
got it banned from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea, but “following a
vote this past Thursday, the country’s drug-testing program is back,
despite the fact that Russian officials refused to submit to two key
requirements.” The Post argues that “if and when Russian athletes are once
again caught cheating, it will reflect not only on a single corrupt
government but also on the global sports authorities who are now complicit
in letting Russian authorities escape full accountability.”

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