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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Monday, October 15, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Poll: Biden Has 20-Point Lead In Crowded Field Of Potential 2020
Democrats. <#S1>

• Talk-Radio Host Leslie Marshall: Biden Best Democrat To Take On Trump.
<#S2>

• Stumping For Donnelly, McGrath, Biden Says Trump “Trashing American
Values.” <#S3>

• Biden Campaigns For Smith, Other Democrats In South Carolina. <#S4>

• Biden Backs Brown’s Bid To Unseat McMorris Rodgers In WA5. <#S5>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Refers To Mattis As “Sort Of A Democrat,” Says He May Leave
Administration. <#S6>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Warns Of “Severe Punishment” For Khashoggi’s Killing. <#S7>

• Trump Says He Trusts Kim. <#S8>

• Trump Says Putin “Probably” Involved In Assassination Plots. <#S9>

• Trump: NATO Members “Have To Pay Their Way.” <#S10>

• Trump Approves Expanded Foreign Aid To Compete With China. <#S11>

• Rouhani: US Seeking “Regime Change” In Iran. <#S12>

• Last Major Holdout Accepts Russian-Turkish DMZ In Syria’s Idlib. <#S13>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Considering New Round Of Family Separations At Border. <#S14>

• Trumps To Visit Florida, Georgia Today. <#S15>

• Trump Won’t Pledge Not To Shut Down Mueller Investigation. <#S16>

• Trump Not Convinced Climate Change Manmade, Says It Could “Go Back.”
<#S17>

• Trump Says He Treated Ford With Respect. <#S18>

• Hillary Clinton: Husband “Absolutely” Shouldn’t Have Resigned Over
Lewinsky. <#S19>

• Sears Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. <#S20>

• CBS House Battleground Tracker: 226 Democratic Seats, 209 GOP. <#S21>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• St. Jude Joins WHO Initiative To Increase Pediatric Cancer Cure Rates
Worldwide. <#S22>

• NCI Grant Supports Research On Canine Glioma Tumors. <#S23>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S24>

• Washington Post. <#S25>
Biden in the News
Poll: Biden Has 20-Point Lead In Crowded Field Of Potential 2020 Democrats.

In an online article, CNN
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(10/14, Agiesta) reported that a CNN national poll of “Democrats and
Democratic-leaning independents,” conducted Oct. 4-7 by SSRS, shows former
Vice President Joe Biden leading a hypothetical field of 16 potential 2020
Democratic White House hopefuls with 33%, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
at 13%, Sen. Kamala Harris at 9%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 8%, Sen. Cory
Booker and ex-US Secretary of State John Kerry each with 5%, ex-New York
Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 4% and Rep. Beto O’Rourke each at 4%, and
attorney Michael Avenatti and Rep. John Delaney each at 1%.

        The Washington Examiner
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(10/14, Chaitin) reported, “Despite the huge gap” between the first-place
Biden and second-place Sanders, “the results display a sizable lack of
excitement around a single candidate which was evidence four years ago.
Compare this year’s CNN poll with the same one taken at around the same
time in 2014: Hillary Clinton was the clear favorite by a lot. She got 65
percent of the vote from Democrats and left-leaning independents, way ahead
of second place – Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who got 10 percent.” The
Hill
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(10/14, Anapol) reported that Biden “has consistently polled ahead of other
Democrats and Trump in a number of surveys about potential 2020 showdowns.”

        The Daily Caller
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(10/14, Kruta), Business Insider
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(10/14, Collman), and Vox
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(10/14, Stewart) also reported on the results of the CNN poll.
Talk-Radio Host Leslie Marshall: Biden Best Democrat To Take On Trump.

In an op-ed on the website of Fox News
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(10/12), progressive, syndicated talk-radio host Leslie Marshall said that
she thinks former Vice President Joe Biden is the best Democrat to take on
President Trump and defeat him in 2020. Marshall dismissed what she
described as concerns about Biden’s age and touted his experience. Marshall
added that Biden “appeals to the very group of voters Hillary Clinton
ignored and ultimately paved the path to victory for Trump: members of the
white working-class.”

        *Polman: Biden Would Bring Baggage To A 2020 Campaign. *Writing for The
Atlantic
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(10/13), however, Dick Polman said that as Biden mulls a 2020 run, “a
sizable share of Democrats” think “that he’s too encumbered by the weight
of decades of political baggage – and that, as a man in his mid-70s, he
isn’t likely to take the plunge knowing that the odds of winning the
nomination aren’t guaranteed in his favor. The age factor is major – Biden
will be 78 in 2021.” Other potential drawbacks for Biden, Polman said, are
his role in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, “the Clinton-era crime
bill that he shepherded through the Senate,” and “his past ties to
credit-card companies.” Polman added, “One former Biden campaign aide, who
spoke on the condition of anonymity, summed up his weaknesses this way:
‘What I’m thinking is this: ‘Joe, you were always a bad candidate and now
you’re too old and too white and too male, but I love you as a happy
warrior.’”
Stumping For Donnelly, McGrath, Biden Says Trump “Trashing American Values.”

The New York Times
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(10/12, Tackett) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday
delivered “some of his harshest criticism of President Trump to date,”
saying “that the president was ‘trashing American values’ and undermining
institutions to ‘amass power,’ as he appealed to his party to not give up
on winning the votes of the white working class.” Stumping “in rural
Kentucky for a Democrat running in one of the nation’s most watched House
races, Mr. Biden appeared to be testing themes for a potential 2020
campaign to unseat Mr. Trump.” The Times said Biden campaigned on behalf of
retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who is challenging KY6 Rep. Andy
Barr (R).

        The AP
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(10/12, Lovan) reported that Biden “told a crowd in a small Kentucky town
that ‘basic American values are under assault’ as voters face the midterm
elections, and...McGrath has the character and courage that’s lacking in
Washington.” Biden is quoted as saying, “This is not hyperbole. This
election is bigger than politics. No matter how young or old you are you’ve
never been through an election quite like this, never. Our basic values,
our basic American values are under assault.” The Washington Post
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(10/13, Phillips) reported that Biden said “Trump ‘has debased’ American
values and ‘ceded global leadership to tyrants and thugs,’” offering “some
of his fiercest criticisms yet of the president.” Biden is quoted as
saying, “The example we’re showing the rest of the world is sad. Our values
are being shredded. Our democracy’s under assault. A president has put his
own interest before those of our ideals.”

        The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
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(10/12, Loftus, Bailey) reported that Biden’s “remarks were a mixture of
traditional Democratic themes emphasizing workers’ rights and social
safety-net programs while touting McGrath’s military service as one that
puts bipartisan values of honor and integrity above party politics.”
McGrath’s “campaign estimated that more than 2,200 people crammed into [a]
gymnasium to” hear Biden speak. The University of Kentucky – Kentucky Kernel
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(10/12, Momeyer), WFPL-FM
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Louisville, KY (10/13, Johnson), the Huffington Post
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(10/13, Moran), and The Hill
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(10/12, March) also reported on Biden’s appearance at McGrath’s rally.

        The Northwest Indiana Post-Tribune
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(10/12, Lyons) reported that Biden, campaigning on Friday for Sen. Joe
Donnelly in Hammond, Indiana, “said it’s time Americans stand up, remember
who they are, and stop walking with their heads down. ‘This election is
bigger than politics. This is the most important election you’ve voted in,’
Biden said. ‘Our basic American values are under assault.’” Biden “said the
country has seen a president who failed to condemn hate groups in the wake
of Charlottesville; a president who has taken the word of a dictator over
intelligence agencies; and ceded America’s values to dictators. ‘We know
who Donald Trump is. But here’s the deal guys, the public has to know who
we are as Democrats,’ Biden said.” Donnelly is being challenged by
businessman Mike Braun (R).

        Politico
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(10/12, Arkin) reported that in Biden, Donnelly “turned to red-state
Democrats’ best national surrogate to gin up enthusiasm among his base.” In
his address, Biden offered “red-meat applause lines for the hundreds of
enthusiastic Democrats in the crowd: he talked of protecting health care
and coverage for pre-existing conditions, gave shout-outs to union and
middle-class households and criticized the current administration, saying
that ‘basic American values are under assault’ and...Trump is ‘cratering’
America’s reputation abroad.”

        The Indianapolis Star
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(10/12, Lange) reported that Biden “praised Donnelly but spent much of his
time chastising the Trump administration.” The AP
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(10/12, Slodysko, Burnett) reported that Biden “brought his blue-collar
appeal to a Democratic stronghold of Indiana on Friday,” lauding Donnelly
“as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party – and would
have his back in a street fight. Around the same time, current Vice
President Mike Pence was rallying for Donnelly’s” challenger, “Braun, in
Indianapolis.” On its website, WTHR-TV
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Indianapolis (10/13, Rader) reported that Biden’s speech “sounded every bit
like a man poised to run for President of the United States in 2020.”

        ABC News Radio
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(10/13) reported that Biden “has been traversing the country to campaign
for Democratic candidates hoping to be a part of a so-called blue wave to
sweep the midterms. ... Since Labor Day, Biden has campaigned in
Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island and California. He
headlined two rallies in Kentucky and Indiana on Friday alone.” His
“appearances Friday with two red-state Democrats could be an indicator of
Biden’s unique appeal in the Democratic party as a politician who can win
over blue-collar voters – a bloc he believes Democrats will need to win
back the White House in 2020.”
Biden Campaigns For Smith, Other Democrats In South Carolina.

The Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
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(10/13, Byrd) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday
stumped in South Carolina for four Democratic candidates, including state
Rep. James Smith, who is challenging Gov. Henry McMaster (R). The Post and
Courier said that the Democratic hopefuls appeared with Biden at a
restaurant in Mount Pleasant “on a busy political day in the Palmetto
State, where the state’s midterm elections are just three weeks away. ‘We
are in a battle for America’s soul,’ Biden said of the midterms, adding
that South Carolina is a key player in that fight.” Biden later “headlined
a long-promised private fundraiser for Smith in downtown Charleston.”

        In an online article, WCIV-TV
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Charleston, SC (10/14, Lunsford) reported, “When asked if he would run for
President in 2020, [Biden] said he doesn’t know. But he is concerned with
how President Donald Trump addressed the Charlottesville Virginia Rally
last year: ‘The idea of people out in fields, carrying torches chanting out
anti-Semitic bile, accompanied by white supremacist, and confronted by
people and the President making moral equivalence between them That’s just
wrong, that’s not who we are as Americans.’”
Biden Backs Brown’s Bid To Unseat McMorris Rodgers In WA5.

On its website, KING-TV
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Seattle (10/13) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday
endorsed Washington State University-Spokane chancellor Lisa Brown’s bid to
unseat Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) in the WA5. KING said that Brown “is
the closest competition McMorris Rodgers has seen in the past 13 years.”
Leading the News
Trump Refers To Mattis As “Sort Of A Democrat,” Says He May Leave
Administration.

President Trump’s comments during a wide-ranging interview Sunday about
Defense Secretary Mattis are garnering significant media coverage with
reports casting the two as having a contentious relationship. Trump told CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14), “I think I have a great cabinet. There are some people that I’m
not happy with.” Asked who, Trump said, “I don’t want to say that, but I
have some people that I’m not thrilled with. And I have other people that
I’m beyond thrilled with.” Asked if Mattis is leaving the Administration,
Trump said, “Well, I don’t know. He hasn’t told me that. I have a very good
relationship with him. It could be that he is. I think he’s sort of a
Democrat, if you want to know the truth. But General Mattis is a good guy.
We get along very well. He may leave. I mean, at some point, everybody
leaves. Everybody. People leave. That’s Washington.”

        The CBS Weekend News
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(10/14, story 6, 0:50, Morgan) reported Trump made the remarks when “asked
about a potential shake-up in his Administration,” and CBS News
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(10/14) says on its website that he “suggested...Mattis could be one of the
next administration officials to depart his Cabinet.” To USA Today
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(10/14, Groppe), Trump said Mattis “may leave the administration after the
midterm elections,” the New York Post
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(10/14, Schultz) that “Trump suggested...Mattis may be among the next
high-level Cabinet officials to step down,” and to the Washington Times
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(10/14, Boyer), Trump said “it wouldn’t surprise him if the Pentagon chief
left the administration relatively soon.”

        The Washington Examiner
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(10/14, Lim) reports that “while Mattis had not signaled to Trump that he
had any intention of stepping down from his post at the Pentagon, the
president said to expect more changes within his administration.” Reuters
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(10/14, Stewart) says the interview marked the “first time that the
Republican president has publicly said anything negative about Mattis, who
last month told reporters not to take seriously reports that he may be
leaving.” Asked about Trump’s remarks, Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning
said in a brief statement: “Secretary Mattis is laser-focused on doing his
job – ensuring the US military remains the most lethal force on the
planet.” CNN
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(10/14, Watkins, Starr), among sources, also reports Manning’s statement,
while the AP
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(10/15) notes that last month, Mattis “dismissed news reports that tensions
with Trump could soon point to his exit.”

        The Wall Street Journal
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(10/14, Youssef) calls Trump’s reference to Mattis as “sort of a Democrat”
a veiled criticism, and to the New York Times
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(10/14, Shear, Gibbons-Neff), Trump’s comments “underscored the policy
disagreements between Mr. Mattis and the president’s national security
team, led by” National Security Adviser Bolton, “as well as differences”
with Secretary of State Pompeo. The Times says Bolton’s “decision in April
to appoint Mira Ricardel as his deputy was viewed by many in the Pentagon
as a direct affront to Mr. Mattis, who clashed with Ms. Ricardel when she
served as a Pentagon transition official for the new administration.” In a
statement Sunday, Ricardel said the National Security Council “is
coordinating across government agencies to implement the president’s
agenda, including with the Defense Department under the leadership of
General Mattis, for whom I have great respect.” Bloomberg News
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(10/14, Krasny) similarly says Mattis has “become less central to Trump’s
foreign policy team as the president has developed a closer rapport over
recent months” with Bolton and Pompeo, “who both came aboard in the
spring.”

        The Washington Post
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(10/14, Sonmez) says that in the interview, “Trump also described reports
of chaos within his administration as ‘so false,’ dismissing concerns about
the rate of turnover among his top officials.” Said Trump, “I’m changing
things around, and I’m entitled to. I have people now on standby that will
be phenomenal. They’ll come into the Administration. They’ll be
phenomenal.”

        *Trump On Sessions: “We’ll See What Happens Comes Midterms.” *Asked
on CBS’ 60 Minutes
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(10/14) about Attorney General Sessions’ future with the Administration,
Trump said, “Well, we’ll see what happens come midterms. ... I was
disappointed that he recused himself, and many people think I was right on
that. I was very disappointed. Why should he have recused himself? So I was
very disappointed, but we’ll see what happens.” Interviewer Leslie Stahl
asked if she can assume Sessions “is gone,” to which Trump replied, “No,
no. You can’t assume that.”

        *Trump Says NYTimes May Have Written Anonymous Op-Ed. *Asked on CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14) about the anonymous New York Times op-ed that was purportedly
written by a member of his Administration, Trump said, “Whoever it is.
Maybe it was the New York Times. You don’t know how dishonest the New York
Times is? It could’ve been the New York Times. I doubt it, but it could’ve
been. It also could’ve been any one of 3,000 people.”
Foreign Policy
Trump Warns Of “Severe Punishment” For Khashoggi’s Killing.

During his wide-ranging interview on Sunday, President Trump was asked on
the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey
earlier this month. Asked on CBS’ 60 Minutes[image: Image removed by
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(10/14) if Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Sultan gave the order to kill
Khashoggi, President Trump said, “Nobody knows yet, but we’ll probably be
able to find out. It’s being investigated. It’s being looked at very, very
strongly. And we would be very upset and angry if that were the case.”
Asked if he would consider imposing sanctions, Trump said, “It depends on
what the sanction is. I’ll give you an example. They are ordering military
equipment. Everybody in the world wanted that order. Russia wanted it,
China wanted it, we wanted it. We got it. ... I don’t want to lose an order
like that.” Trump added, “There’s a lot at stake. And, maybe especially so
because this man was a reporter. There’s something – you’ll be surprised to
hear me say that – there’s something really terrible and disgusting about
that, if that were the case. ... We’re going to get to the bottom of it,
and there will be severe punishment.”

        The CBS Weekend News
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(10/14, story 3, 2:15, Morgan) reported that Trump told “60 Minutes” that
“there will be ‘severe punishment’ if Saudi Arabia is implicated. But he’s
arguing to preserve a $110 billion arms sale to the Kingdom.” Trump: “I
don’t want to lose an order like that and you know, there are other ways of
punishing, to use a word that is a pretty harsh word. But it’s true.”

        Bloomberg News
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(10/14, Epstein, Jacobs, Wadhams, Fattah) reports that Saudi Arabia is
“running out of time to explain to the Trump administration what happened
to journalist Jamal Khashoggi within its consulate in Turkey.” According to
Bloomberg News, the Administration “increasingly regards Saudi Arabia’s
denial of any involvement of Khashoggi’s disappearance as untenable,
and...Trump and his aides are more and more convinced that the Washington
Post writer died after entering the Saudi consulate,” said three US
officials. National Economic Council Director Kudlow warned Sunday of
“stern action” by Trump if Saudi Arabia is found responsible for
Khashoggi’s disappearance. Said Kudlow, “If the Saudis are involved, if
Khashoggi was killed or harmed or whatever bad outcome here, he will take
action.”

        Politico
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(10/14, Forgey) reports Kudlow “did not specify Sunday which retaliatory
measures the administration would take,” but he warned of “stern action”
and cautioned the royal family to “take the president at his word.” On “Fox
News Sunday,” Kudlow said, “Obviously, he is very, very serious.” On Fox
News Sunday
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(10/14), Kudlow said, “The President several times said we want a prompt,
swift, open, transparent investigation. ... I think the President wants a
very prompt resolution of what exactly happened and we will see what
actions are necessary should we find some results coming in this week. ...
But take him at his word, if the Saudis are involved, if Khashoggi was
killed or harmed or whatever, bad outcome here. He will take action.” On ABC’s
This Week
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(10/14), Kudlow similarly said, “Believe what the President says when he
says we’ll take very tough action if the allegations of Saudi interference
prove to be the case.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(10/14, story 2, 2:20, Snow) said there’s “mounting pressure on the Saudis
to come up answers.” While Saudi and Turkish leaders have announced a joint
working group to investigate Khashoggi’s disappearance, the UK, France, and
Germany said in a joint statement that there “must be a credible
investigation with those responsible held to account, and they are expect
the Saudi government to provide a complete and detailed response.”

        Saudi Arabia, however, pushed back Sunday against what it said were
US “threats.” ABC World News Tonight
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(10/14, story 2, 3:10, Llamas) reported Riyadh, which has repeatedly denied
any involvement in Khashoggi’s disappearance, is “now escalating the war of
words in a statement, saying, ‘if it receives any action, it will respond
with greater action.’ Issuing this veiled threat, ‘the Kingdom’s economy
has a influential and vital role in the global economy,’ a clear reference
to Saudi oil and its power to control prices.” The Washington Post
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(10/14, Mekhennet) reports the Kingdom is as “glorious and steadfast as
ever” and “neither threats of sanctions nor the repetition of ‘false
accusations’ will hurt it, the official news agency said.”

        USA Today
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(10/14, Bacon) reports the Saudis also warned that “if it receives any
action, it will respond with greater action,” noting that it plays an
“influential and vital role” in the global economy. Reuters
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(10/14, Torchia, Mohammed) reports that the Saudi Embassy in Washington
later tweeted
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“what it called a clarification, thanking countries” including the US “for
refraining from jumping to conclusions” over the case. The New York Times
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(10/14, Kirkpatrick) notes the “Saudi statement criticizing Mr. Trump did
not repeat the previous assertions of the crown prince and others that Mr.
Khashoggi had left the consulate freely. But the statement also offered no
further information about his disappearance.”

        The AP
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(10/14, Gambrell) says the “apparent threat of economic retaliation from
the world’s top oil exporter came after a turbulent day on the Saudi stock
exchange, which plunged as much as 7 percent at one point,” and to the Wall
Street Journal
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(10/14, Stancati) Sunday’s threats marked Riyadh’s strongest response yet.

        *Rubio: No “Business As Usual” With Saudi Arabia. *Politico
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(10/14, Tamborrino) reports Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said Sunday the US
should not continue with “business as usual” in response to Saudi Arabia
following Khashoggi’s disappearance. Rubio added he did not think Treasury
Secretary Mnuchin should attend an upcoming economic summit in Saudi
Arabia. On CNN’s State Of The Union
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(10/14), Rubio said, “I don’t think he should go. I don’t think any of our
government officials should be going and pretending it’s business as usual
until we know exactly what’s happened here.” Pressed on whether President
Trump should cut off arms sales if Saudi Arabia is found responsible, Rubio
said, “Arms sales are important not because of the money but because it
also provides leverage over their future behavior. ... I would not take
cutting that off off the table. Every option needs to be there in a
response.”

        On CBS’ Face The Nation
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(10/14), Rubio said, “As far as the options are concerned, people talk
about the arm sales, our relationship with Saudi Arabia extends well beyond
arm sales as well. And I would say it’s unfortunate, because Saudi Arabia
is an important part of our Middle Eastern strategy, they are a key
leverage and hedge point against the influence. That cannot supersede our
commitment to human rights.” Rubio, the Washington Times
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(10/14, Richardson) reports, “also said that Congress would respond
strongly no matter how the administration may react.” Said Rubio, “I
believe the Trump Administration will do something, the President said
that, but if he doesn’t, Congress will, that I can tell you with 100
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(10/14), Rubio said, “If this is proven to be true, there’s going to be a
response from Congress, it’s going to be nearly unanimous and swift. That
could include arm sales, but could include a bunch of other things as
well.”

        The AP
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(10/14, Yen) reports Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) also said Sunday that “Congress
was prepared to move quickly and firmly if...Trump failed to adequately
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(10/14) that if the Saudis did, in fact, kill Khashoggi, “Congress might
specifically curtail US military aid to Saudi-led forces in Yemen.”

        On CNN’s State Of The Union
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(10/14), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said, “I think it’s clear, we cannot
have an ally who murders in cold blood, in their own consulate, a critic, a
dissident. That is unacceptable. ... I think one of the strong things that
we could do is not only stop military sales, not only put sanctions on
Saudi Arabia, but most importantly get out of this terrible, terrible war
in Yemen led by the Saudis.”

        A New York Times
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(10/14, Baker) analysis says when Trump “made Saudi Arabia his first
foreign destination after taking office last year, he struck what amounted
to a fundamental bargain with the royal family: He would not lecture them
about human rights, and they would buy plenty of American weapons and
military hardware. So as the world recoils at reports that the Saudis sent
agents to Turkey to kill and dismember a Saudi dissident journalist with a
bone saw, Mr. Trump faces the most profound test of that trade-off.” The
Times warns that Trump’s approach could put him “on a collision course with
Congress.”

        White House correspondent Abby Phillip said on CNN’s Inside
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(10/14), “Every time [Trump] has been asked about this this week, he has
been very, very clear, he is resistant to revisit this issue of the arms
deal. He has convinced himself that Saudi Arabia is an important financial
boon to the United States. That is not actually particularly true, but that
is what the President believes and I think that is a big deal to him. He
doesn’t want to have to explain somehow that what he claims to be $110
billion in investments are not coming to the United States.”

        *WPost: Kushner’s Ties With Saudi Crown Prince Scrutinized.
*The Washington
Post
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(10/14, Gearan) reports White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has
“carefully cultivated a close partnership with the heir to the Saudi
throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whom Kushner has championed as a
reformer poised to usher the ultraconservative oil-rich monarchy into
modernity.” While the US-Saudi relationship is strained by Khashoggi’s
disappearance, the Post says Kushner “has already signaled that he has no
intention of turning his back on the crown prince.”

        *Brennan: Saudi Crown Prince Emboldened By Trump. *Former CIA
Director John Brennan said on NBC’s Meet The Press[image: Image removed by
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(10/14), “The strength of the US-Saudi relationship goes back many years. I
think MBS [Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman] has been emboldened. His
relationship with the White House, with Donald Trump as well as with Jared
Kushner, I think probably gave him increased confidence to do some of these
things in a more aggressive way. Look what’s happened in Yemen and that
awful, awful tragic war. I also think Donald Trump’s siding with
authoritarian leaders around the globe, Donald Trump’s condemnation of the
press that’s critical, his continued dishonesty and denial of reality, I
think that’s encouraged MBS to go along this road.”

        Jackson Diehl writes in his Washington Post
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(10/14) column when Trump was “unexpectedly elected president, two nations
in the Middle East that had been particularly aggrieved by the policies of
the Obama administration rushed to take advantage. They were Saudi Arabia
and Israel – and they succeeded beyond their wildest expectations.”
Khashoggi’s disappearance, Diehl writes, “has exposed the real return on
Trump’s gambits: a string of reckless acts by the Saudis and Israelis that
have made the region more rather than less unstable.”

        *JP Morgan, Ford Withdraw From Saudi Investor Event. *Reuters
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(10/14, Renshaw) reports JP Morgan & Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and Ford Motor
Co. Chairman Bill Ford have “canceled plans to attend a Saudi investor
conference, the companies said on Sunday, the latest such high-profile
announcements” after Khashoggi’s disappearance. Reuters says the
cancellations “could add pressure on other US firms like Goldman Sachs
Group Inc, Mastercard Inc and Bank of America Corp to reconsider their
plans to attend the investor event.”
Trump Says He Trusts Kim.

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(10/14), “The day before I came in, we were going to war with North Korea.
... I think it was going to end up in war. ... Even in my first few months,
I mean, that rhetoric was as tough as it could possibly get. Doesn’t get
any tougher than that. Nobody’s ever heard rhetoric that tough. We were
going to war with North Korea. Now, you don’t hear that. You don’t hear any
talk of it. And he doesn’t want to go to war, and we don’t want to go to
war, and he understands denuclearization, and he’s agreed to it. And you
see that, he’s agreed to it. No missiles.” Asked if he trusts Kim Jong-un,
Trump said, “I do trust him, yeah, I trust him. That doesn’t mean I can’t
be proven wrong about it.”

        *Moon: Kim Sincere, Must Be Rewarded For Move To Denuclearize. *
Reuters
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(10/14, Melander) reports South Korean President Moon Jae-in told French Le
Figaro that Kim “is sincere and really means to abandon nuclear weapons,”
but “the international community needed to reward him for that.” Ahead of
state visit to Paris, Moon told the French newspaper, “This year I have
discussed in depth with Kim for hours. These meetings have convinced me
that he has taken the strategic decision to abandon his nuclear weapon.” He
added, “It is now time to respond to these efforts that were hard to agree
to. We need to assure Kim Jong-un that he took the right decision in
deciding to denuclearize and we need to accompany him in his wish for a
durable and solid peace.”
Trump Says Putin “Probably” Involved In Assassination Plots.

The Washington Post
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(10/14, Sonmez) reports President Trump on Sunday said he believes that
Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably” has been involved in
assassinations plots, but “appeared to dismiss the gravity of those
actions, noting that they have not taken place in the United States.” Asked
during an interview on “60 Minutes” whether he thinks Putin is involved “in
assassinations, in poisonings,” Trump said, “Probably he is, yeah.
Probably. But I rely on them; it’s not in our country.”

        *Trump Repeats Accusation China Meddling In US Elections.
*Asked on CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14) why he has never said anything harsh about Putin publicly, Trump
said, “I think I’m very tough with him personally. I had a meeting with
him. The two of us. It was a very tough meeting and it was a very good
meeting.” Asked if he believes Russia interfered in the 2016 election,
Trump said, “They meddled, but I think China meddled, too.”
Trump: NATO Members “Have To Pay Their Way.”

Asked on CBS’ 60 Minutes
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(10/14) if he is willing to get rid of the Western alliance, President
Trump said, “I like NATO. NATO’s fine. But you know what? We shouldn’t be
paying almost the entire cost of NATO to protect Europe. And then on top of
that, they take advantage of us on trade. They’re not going to do it
anymore. They understand that.” Trump added, “I will always be there with
NATO, but they have to pay their way. I’m fully in favor of NATO, but I
don’t want to be taken advantage of.”
Trump Approves Expanded Foreign Aid To Compete With China.

The New York Times
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(10/14, Thrush) reports President Trump “is embracing a major expansion of
foreign aid” having signed legislation to establish “a new foreign aid
agency – the United States International Development Finance Corporation –
and gave it authority to provide $60 billion in loans, loan guarantees and
insurance to companies willing to do business in developing nations.” The
Times says the move is “a significant reversal” by Trump, and was taken
because of his “desire to block Beijing’s plan for economic, technological
and political dominance.” The Times adds that the new agency will replace
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and like it will be “funded
primarily through fees, and will provide loans, loan guarantees and
political risk insurance.”

        *Trump Open To Additional Tariffs On Chinese Imports. *Asked on CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14) if he is going to impose additional tariffs on China, President
Trump said, “I might. ... They want to negotiate.” Trump added, “I have a
great chemistry also with President Xi of China. I don’t know that that’s
necessarily going to continue. I told President Xi, we cannot continue to
have China take $500 billion a year out of the United States in the form of
trade and others things. And I said, we can’t do that, and we’re not going
to do that anymore.”

        *Kudlow: US Wants Reciprocity With China. *Discussing China on Fox
News Sunday
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(10/14, Wallace), National Economic Council Director Kudlow said, “I’ve
been very involved in the trade talks with China. Those talks have been
unsatisfactory. We have made our asks: you can’t steal America’s
intellectual property and force technology transfers. Just recently, China
issued a regulation where their police can hack into American companies in
China in order to steal secrets. That is not good. ... The President said
time and time again...we want reciprocity. We want rules of the game to be
observed and China has not. The President and President Xi will probably
meet at the G20 in Buenos Aires, Argentina later in the year. There’s plans
and discussions and agendas and so forth. But the relationship has not been
positive lately and we have to have reciprocity in all of these areas:
trade, security, military issues. That’s what is at stake here. We have to
defend American interests as the President has said many, many times.”

        *Chinese Ambassador: Beijing Doesn’t Want Trade War. *Bloomberg News
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(10/14, Beene, Condon) reports China’s ambassador to the US said Sunday
that Beijing “has no choice but to respond to what he described as a trade
war started by the US.” Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Ambassador Cui
Tiankai said, “We never wanted a trade war, but if somebody started a trade
war against us, we have to respond and defend our own interests.” Cui also
told Fox News Sunday
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(10/14), “I think all of these accusations...are groundless and not fair to
the Chinese people. China has 1.4 billion people. It would be hard to
imagine that one fifth of the global population could develop and prosper
not by relying mainly on their own efforts, but by stealing or forcing some
transfer of technology from others. That’s impossible. The Chinese people
are as hardworking and diligent as anybody on earth.”

        The Washington Post
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(10/14, Sonmez) reports Cui also said it’s “very confusing” trying to
discern who has President Trump’s ear on trade policy. Asked by host Chris
Wallace, “Are you clear who President Trump listens to on trade issues,
whether it’s moderates like Kudlow and [Treasury Secretary] Mnuchin or
hard-liners like [Peter] Navarro?” Cui replied, “You tell me.” He
continued, “Honestly, I’ve been talking to ambassadors of other countries
in Washington, D.C., and this is also part of their problem. They don’t
know who is the final decision-maker. Of course, presumably the President
will take the final decision. But who is playing what role? Sometimes, it
could be very confusing.”

        *WSJournal: Tariffs On Chinese Imports Hurting US Factories. *The Wall
Street Journal
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(10/14, Simon) reports that while the Administration says tariffs on
Chinese imports will shift manufacturing back to the US, some small and
midsize US companies say the tariffs are hurting, not helping, their
business. Companies that have brought manufacturing back to the US say
tariffs are raising their production costs.

        *Trump: “Nobody Treats Us Much Worse Than” The EU. *Asked on CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14) about tariffs he has imposed on US allies, Trump said, “I mean,
what’s an ally? We have wonderful relationships with a lot of people. But
nobody treats us much worse than the European Union. The European Union was
formed in order to take advantage of us on trade, and that’s what they’ve
done.”

        Richard Haass of the Council of Foreign Relations tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018101501biden&r=email-758d&l=055-b59&t=c>,
“.@realDonaldTrump just claimed on @60Minutes that EU created to take
advantage of the US on trade. Not exactly. EU is heir to the European Coal
and Steel Community, created to make sure France and Germany so knitted
together that major war never again broke out in Europe.”
Rouhani: US Seeking “Regime Change” In Iran.

Reuters
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(10/14, Dehghanpisheh) reports President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that
the US is seeking “regime change” in Iran, adding that the current
Administration is the most hostile that Tehran has faced in its four
decades. In a speech televised on state TV, Rouhani said, “In the past 40
years there has not been a more spiteful team than the current US
government team toward Iran, Iranians and the Islamic Republic. There was a
time when there was one person who had enmity. The rest were moderate.
Now...the worst have gathered around each other.”
Last Major Holdout Accepts Russian-Turkish DMZ In Syria’s Idlib.

Reuters
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(10/14, McDowall) reports Tahrir al-Sham, “Syria’s main jihadist group
signaled on Sunday it would abide by the terms of a Russian-Turkish deal to
prevent a Syrian government offensive on rebel-held Idlib.” The group “said
it had accepted the deal after taking time for ‘consultation.’” Under the
agreement, there will be “a demilitarized zone running 15-20 km (9-13
miles) deep into rebel territory that must be evacuated of all heavy
weapons and all jihadist groups by Monday, Oct. 15.” The AP
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(10/14, Mroue) reports that with the agreement, Russia, Turkey, and Iran
“appear to have succeeded in creating a buffer zone around” Idlib, though
the AP adds that “most observers believe...Assad’s forces will eventually
retake the province,” and on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human
Rights reported “that government forces shelled rebel areas in the DMZ.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Considering New Round Of Family Separations At Border.

ABC World News Tonight
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(10/14, story 3, 2:15, Llamas) reported President Trump “is weighing a new
round of family separations at the US/Mexico border.” ABC’s Tara Palmeri
added that “weeks out of the midterms, President Trump putting a spotlight
on immigration. This amid a report his Administration is considering a new
take on family separation at the border.” While Trump “says family
separation could deter illegal immigration,” he “cited no evidence and gave
no proof that undocumented immigrants are bringing children into the
country to bypass immigration laws.” ABC added that according to a
Washington Post report, Trump “is considering a plan that gives parents who
cross the border illegally two choices – stay in detention for months or
even years with their children as they await immigration proceedings, or
allow children to wait in government facilities until relatives are
located. Even the First Lady saying she was blindsided by the policy, and
she’s against it.”

        Reuters
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(10/14), Trump “would not say whether he intended to return to the
contentious policy of separating immigrant children from their families at
the border, but gave no ground on what he saw as the need for tough
policy.” he said, “When you allow the parents to stay together, OK, when
you allow that, then what happens is people are going to pour into our
country. ... There have to be consequences ... for coming into our country
illegally.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(10/14, story 4, 1:50, Snow) that the Administration has expanded the
capacity of a tent city outside El Paso, Texas. NBC (Gutierrez) added that
the facility now “holds about 1,500 and can accommodate up to 3,800 who
cross into the US illegally without parents.” This, as the President “is
now considering a new version of the family separation policy to act as a
deterrent.”

        The Congressional Hispanic Caucus tweeted
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“President Trump’s attempts to push a politically motivated anti-immigrant
agenda knows no bounds. He is again considering a deeply flawed policy that
detains families indefinitely in facilities that harken back to the
Japanese internment camps of WWII.” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018101501biden&r=email-758d&l=05e-157&t=c>,
“The Trump administration is responsible for kidnapping migrant children as
political hostages and holding them in camps. This is a human rights
violation, not a solution towards comprehensive immigration policy.”

        *McCarthy Says Border Wall Bill Is About Safe Communities. *House
Majority Leader McCarthy discussed his new bill funding the border wall on Fox
News’ Sunday Morning Futures
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(10/14). McCarthy said, “This is more than just building the wall. What
this is about is safe communities, our children, protecting them from
fentanyl, protecting them from gang members and from human trafficking.
What the bill does is even further. It gives an advanced appropriation that
fully funds the wall but more importantly, it goes in to protect them.”

        *Republican Candidates Finding Immigration A Winning Issue. *The New
York Times
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(10/14, Davis) reports Republican candidates, “leaning on the
scorched-earth campaign playbook employed by President Trump, saw an
opening” on the issue of immigration, “painting Democrats as the ones
pursuing an extreme immigration agenda that would fill the country with
‘sanctuary cities’ where violent criminals roam free.” The Times adds that
the strategy “may be working” as Democrats “have found that in politically
competitive states, particularly ones that Mr. Trump carried in 2016, the
attacks can easily turn crucial voting blocs against Democrats.” A memo
“prepared by the liberal Center for American Progress and the centrist
think tank Third Way, that has been shared at about a dozen briefings for
Democrats in recent weeks,” said that while Democrats “could neutralize the
attacks if they responded head-on,” they should spend “as little time as
possible” discussing immigration and “instead pivot to more fruitful issues
for Democrats like health care and taxation.”

        *Detained Immigrants Face Challenges When Claiming Abuse By Agents.
*The AP
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(10/14, Merchant, Lauer) reports that advocates say detained immigrants
face extensive hurdles when they make claims of misconduct by immigration
agents. The AP cites the case f two teenage sisters from Guatemala who
claimed “that an agent conducted an improper strip search.” A redacted copy
of the investigative report obtained by the AP “shows that investigators
determined that the sisters’ allegations could not be substantiated due to
a lack of physical evidence.” According to advocates, “the Department of
Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, which reviewed the
sisters’ case, rarely recommends action against officers.”

        *Group Of 1,500 Honduran Migrants Headed To US. *Reuters
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(10/15, Palencia) cites witnesses and organizers who said that a “growing
group of more than 1,500 Honduran migrants headed for the United States
moved toward the Guatemalan border on Sunday.” The group, which includes
“families of adults and children, and women carrying babies, began a march
on Saturday from the violent northern city of San Pedro Sula, days after”
Vice President Pence “called on Central America to stop mass migration.”

        *Mexican Man Dies Trying To Return To US After Deportation. *The New
York Times
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(10/14, Romero, Blue) reports on Adrián Luna, an Idaho man who was taken
from his family and deported to Mexico, “ensnared in the Trump
administration’s immigration crackdown.” Luna “lost no time in planning his
return to the place where everything he understood as home resided: Wife,
children, residence, job, friends, church,” but his body was “found deep in
the California desert. He had made a desperate bid to come home to her, but
had not survived the perilous trek.”

        *Dionne Blasts Administration Cut In Number Of Refugees Allowed
Into US. *E.J. Dionne in the Washington Post
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(10/14) criticizes “the administration’s decision last month to slash the
number of refugees who can be resettled in the United States next year to
30,000, down from the already shamefully low level of 45,000.” Dionne
argues that in any circumstance, the policy would be “shortsighted, mean,
politically opportunistic and embarrassingly out of line with what we have
always claimed our values are. But it is even more cruel and wrongheaded
now, as the world confronts what Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) called the
‘worst refugee crisis since World War II.’” Dionne writes that refugee
resettlement has historically been “a bipartisan issue,” but “Trumpian
Republicanism means turning away from basic decency in the name of
politically motivated attacks on newcomers to our shores.”
Trumps To Visit Florida, Georgia Today.

The AP
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(10/14) reports the White House says President Trump and the First Lady
plan to visit Florida and Georgia on Monday to survey damage caused by
Hurricane Michael. In its lead story, the CBS Weekend News[image: Image
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(10/14, lead story, 2:45, Morgan) reported that Trump “will visit
storm-battered areas in Florida and Georgia tomorrow.” Meanwhile,
“officials at Tyndall Air Force Base are assessing the damage to a number
of aircraft, possibly including F-22 stealth fighter jets.” According to
the AP
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(10/14, Bynum, Farrington), Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) said Tyndall Air Force
Base “was heavily damaged, but he promised it would be rebuilt.”

        On ABC World News Tonight
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(10/14, lead story, 3:20, Llamas), Rob Marciano reported that “FEMA’s
director [is] touring the devastation,” where “19,000 people [have]
register[ed] for federal assistance.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed
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(10/14, story 3, 1:50, Snow) reported from “the small town of Lynn Haven,
Florida,” where “hundreds waited in line, hoping FEMA will provide
temporary housing.”

        The Tallahassee (FL) Democrat
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(10/14, Robinson) reports FEMA Administrator Long said Sunday that the
“nation’s storm recovery system is working well after Hurricane
Michael...but because of the scope of the devastation, it will be a long
time before impacted communities find a new normal.” During a visit to
Panama City with Gov. Rick Scott (R-FL), Long said, “FEMA is rapidly trying
to meet the demands the governor puts forward when it comes to sustaining
life, but in some cases, because of the (severity of the) hit, we’re still
focusing on search and rescue in some of the areas like Mexico Beach to
make sure we leave no stones unturned and we’re getting to anybody that may
be trapped.” The CBS Weekend News
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(10/14, lead story, 2:45, Morgan) reported that “an untold number of people
are still unaccounted for,” and “the death toll has risen to at least 19.”

        Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said on CNN’s State Of The Union[image:
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(10/14), “I think everyone is doing the best they can. The state government
is the lead response agency. They’re in charge of the response. Federal
government steps in and provides them whatever help they need. Our job is
to make sure that the federal government is providing them with everything
the states are asking them for.” On NBC’s Meet The Press[image: Image
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(10/14), Rubio said, “So far I haven’t heard anything that the state
government has asked for that the federal government hasn’t provided.
Whether there needs to be more, that’s something we’ll see in the days to
come. I know the federal government, including the Department of Defense,
is standing ready to offer more if the state says it needs it.”

        On CBS’ Face The Nation
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(10/14), Rubio said, “I want you to remember one thing: there are inland
areas away from Mexico Beach, away from Panama City, not on the coast,
these are rural areas, a lot have older residents, poorer residents, people
that could not evacuate, many living in manufactured housing and mobile
homes...who are completely isolated at this very moment. Crews are working
hard to get to them. But these are the first people, likeliest people to be
forgotten. That is where the challenges lie ahead in terms of saving lives
and getting to people quickly.”

        According to the Washington Post
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(10/14, Sullivan), “electricity, communications and essential services are
slowly being restored to the Florida Panhandle communities that were
hobbled by Hurricane Michael on Wednesday, as hundreds of thousands of
residents continue to feel isolated and lack electrical power.” Roughly
200,000 Floridians are still without power, down from “its peak of about
400,000.” Scott “said he is urging cellphone companies to speed up their
repairs.” The New York Times
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(10/14, Burch, Mazzei) says the “power situation is worst in the Florida
counties directly in the northward path traced by Michael’s destructive
eye: 99 percent of customers remained in the dark on Sunday in Gulf County,
98 percent in Calhoun County and 91 percent in Jackson County.” The Miami
Herald
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(10/14, Mahoney) reports that state emergency officials “said it will take
at least five more days to see progress in these areas, but even that
estimate could be highly optimistic for places where buildings were reduced
to piles of rubble.”

        The CBS Weekend News
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(10/14, story 2, 1:55, Morgan) reported on roughly “two dozen people road
out the storm inside their church,” St. Andrew United Methodist Church, in
Panama City.

        *New FEMA Initiative Puts Response Teams In Place Ahead Of
Disasters. *The Washington Post
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(10/14, Sellers) reports that as Hurricane Florence arrived in North
Carolina last month, “a call for help came into the state’s Emergency
Operations Center in Raleigh, the nerve center of the official response.”
According to the Post, “sometimes, responses to such requests are delayed
by state and federal bureaucracies learning to work together on the fly.
But in this case, FEMA staffer David Musick knew where to find the needed
satellite phones and which state employee could distribute the 200
devices.” Musick is “part of an initiative that the agency launched this
year, embedding a small group of FEMA employees in state agencies full time
to create a more seamless response.” The Post calls it “a small success
story in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s most recent effort to
overcome the challenges responders face as they navigate separate state and
federal systems.”
Trump Won’t Pledge Not To Shut Down Mueller Investigation.

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(10/14), the Daily Caller
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(10/14, Enjeti) reports, President Trump “refused to pledge that he would
not suspend special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.” Asked if he
would pledge not to shut down the probe, Trump said, “Well, I – I don’t
pledge anything. But I will tell you, I have no intention of doing that. I
think it’s a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of
any kind.” Trump added, “There is no collusion. I don’t wanna pledge. Why
should I pledge to you?… I have no intention of doing that.”

        *Jordan: Rosenstein Should Be Subpoenaed If Necessary. *Rep. Jim
Jordan (R-OH) was asked on Fox News Sunday Morning Futures[image: Image
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(10/14) what happened with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s
testimony before Congress last week. Jordan said, “He didn’t show up. When
you re the guy who, in reality, it running the Justice Department, and the
chairman of the committee that has jurisdiction over your agency asks you
to come, you are obligated to come and you are obligated to come and
testify under oath. He didn’t do that. So, if it takes a subpoena that is
exactly what should happen. We need him to answer questions about all kinds
of issues associated with the Trump-Russia investigation but specifically,
the statement that is alleged that he said where he talked about actually
recording the Commander and Chief of our great country and he talked about
the 25th Amendment.”

        *Ratcliffe: Fusion GPS Co-Founder Simpson Is In “Real Legal
Jeopardy.” *The Daily Caller
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(10/14, Ross) reports that Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), a member of the
House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures[image:
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(10/14) on Sunday that Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson is “in real
legal jeopardy” over his congressional testimony concerning his work on the
Steele Dossier. Ratcliffe said, “I’m not surprised that Glenn Simpson is
taking the Fifth. ... He probably should. He’s in real legal jeopardy. Very
clearly someone is not telling the truth.” The Washington Examiner
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(10/14, Chaitin) also reports on Ratcliffe’s comments.
Trump Not Convinced Climate Change Manmade, Says It Could “Go Back.”

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(10/14) if he still believes climate change is a hoax. Trump said, “Look, I
think something’s happening. Something’s changing and it’ll change back
again. I don’t think it’s a hoax. I think there’s probably a difference.
But I don’t know that it’s man-made. I will say this: I don’t want to give
trillions and trillions of dollars. I don’t want to lose millions and
millions of jobs. I don’t want to be put at a disadvantage.” Trump added,
“Trump: I’m not denying climate change. But it could very well go back. You
know, we’re talking about over a millions of years. They say that we had
hurricanes that were far worse than what we just had with Michael.” Asked
about the scientists who say it’s worse than ever, Trump said, “You’d have
to show me the scientists, because they have a very big political agenda.”

        Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) tweeted
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“Climate will not ‘change back again.’ ... Trump is risking millions of
lives with his ignorance toward climate change. There has never been a more
urgent time to embrace climate action.”

        *Kudlow Downplays UN Climate Change Report. *Politico
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(10/14, Tamborrino) reports that in an interview with ABC’s This Week[image:
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(10/14), National Economic Council Director Kudlow “downplayed the
significance of a recent United Nations report that called for a ‘rapid’
cut to greenhouse gas emissions in order to stave off dire climate change
consequences around the globe.” Kudlow said, “I won’t say it’s a scare
tactic, but I think they overestimate.” Kudlow added, “I’m not denying any
climate-change issues. I’m just saying, do we know precisely, and I mean
worth modeling, things like how much of it is man-made, how much of it is
solar, how much of it is oceanic, how much of it is rain forest and other
issues? I think we’re still exploring all of that. ... I don’t think we
should panic. I don’t think there’s an imminent disaster coming, but I
think we should look at this in a level-headed and analytic way.”

        The Hill
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(10/14, Burke) reports that the Administration “appeared at odds with
lawmakers over the severity of climate change and how it should be
addressed in wake of a United Nations report warning of potential dire
consequences.” Sens. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Chris
Van Hollen (D-MD) “were quick to call for action,” and Sen. Marco Rubio
(R-FL) “acknowledged the scientific consensus that humans are the chief
contributor to climate change.”
Trump Says He Treated Ford With Respect.

The Wall Street Journal
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(10/14, Salama) reports that during his “60 Minutes” interview, President
Trump defended a speech he delivered in Mississippi during which he mocked
the testimony of Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford. Trump told CBS’
60 Minutes
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(10/14), “Had I not made that speech, we would not have won. I was just
saying she didn’t seem to know anything. And you’re trying to destroy a
life of a man who has been extraordinary.” Asked if he believes he treated
Ford with respect, Trump said, “I think so, yeah. I did.” Pressed on the
issue, Trump said, “You know what? I’m not going to get into it, because we
won. It doesn’t matter. We won.”

        *Flake: Congress Should Not Move Forward With Kavanaugh
Investigations. *The Hill
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(10/14, Keller) reports Sen. Jeff Flake (R) told ABC’s This Week[image:
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(10/14) that “he doesn’t think Congress should move forward with additional
investigations into Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or the alleged
leak of Christine Blasey Ford’s letter regarding her accusations against
him.” Flake said, “I don’t think that [Congress] should move forward...with
additional investigations. ... Either into the leak that occurred that
allowed a lot of the back and forth to go between Democrats and Republicans
or certainly trying to remove Justice Kavanaugh from the [Supreme] Court as
some of the Democrats have said that they would do.”

        *WSJournal: Case Highlights Problems Investigating Sexual Assault
Accusations. *The Wall Street Journal
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(10/14, King) reports in a front-page story on efforts by Katie Brennan,
the chief of staff for New Jersey’s housing agency to get officials to take
action against a campaign aide to Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ). The Journal
cites the case as an en example of the difficulties they pose for the
criminal-justice system and says officials are weighing new ideas about how
to handle them.
Hillary Clinton: Husband “Absolutely” Shouldn’t Have Resigned Over Lewinsky.

The CBS Weekend News
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(10/14, story 5, 1:40, Morgan) ran clips from Hillary Clinton’s appearance
on CBS’ Sunday Morning, where she discussed the #MeToo movement and women
in politics. CBS’ Tony Dokoupil: “In retrospect, do you think [your
husband] should have resigned in the wake the Monica Lewinsky scandal?”
Clinton: “Absolutely not.” Dokoupil: “It wasn’t an instance abuse of
power?” Clinton: “No, no.” Dokoupil: “There are people who look at the
incidents of the ‘90s, and they say a President of the United States cannot
have a consensual relationship with an intern. The power imbalance.”
Clinton: “She was an adult. But let me ask you this: Where is the
investigation of the current incumbent against whom numerous allegations
have been made, in which he dismisses, denies and ridicules?”
Sears Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

The New York Times
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(10/14, Corkery) reports, “Sears, which more than a century ago pioneered
the strategy of selling everything to everyone, filed for bankruptcy
protection early on Monday.” The company “had long ago given up its mantle
as a retail innovator. It was overtaken first by big box retailers like
Walmart and Home Depot and then, by Amazon as the go-to shopping
destinations for clothing, tools and appliances.” The Wall Street Journal
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(10/15, Rizzo, Kapner) reports that Sears sought Chapter 11 protection in
US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York. It is expected to close at
least 150 stores immediately. The Washington Post
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(10/15, Siegel) reports that the 125-year-old company “has roughly $5.6
billion in outstanding debt and has dwindled down to about 820 Sears and
Kmart stores, down from 2,000 five years ago.”
CBS House Battleground Tracker: 226 Democratic Seats, 209 GOP.

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(10/14, story 4, 0:35, Morgan), “A new CBS News Battleground Tracker shows
that the Democratic lead to take over the House continues to grow. They
need to win 218 seats for a majority, and our poll shows that the
elections, if they were held today, they would stand to win 226” and
Republicans 209. On its website, CBS News
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(10/14, Khanna, Salvanto) says the margin of error “on each of these
estimates is plus or minus 14 seats, which means that there’s still the
prospect of Republicans retaining control.” Bloomberg News
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(10/14, Brody) reports on the CBS analysis.

        *WPost/ABC Poll Shows Strong Voter Interest In Midterms. *USA Today
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(10/14, Groppe) reports, “Voters are significantly more interested in the
Nov. 6 elections than the last midterm elections, according to a new
Washington Post-ABC News poll released Sunday. In a sign of increased
interest in the outcome, 77 percent of registered voters say they are
certain to vote, compared with 65 percent who said the same in a Post-ABC
poll taken in October 2014.”

        *Media Analyses: Democrats Struggling To Motivate Latinos To Turn
Out In Midterms. *Politico
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(10/13, Schneider) reported that heading into this fall’s midterm
elections, “a key piece of the Democratic coalition – Latino voters – is
lagging behind other groups in its interest in the 2018 campaign, an
enthusiasm gap that could tip the scales in key battleground House
districts. Latinos make up at least 20 percent of the population in more
than a dozen districts that top Democrats’ House target list in 2018,” and
“a Politico analysis of over 20,000 interviews conducted with
battleground-district voters by Siena College and the New York Times shows
that Latinos rated themselves less likely to vote than both white and black
voters. Two-thirds of white voters surveyed said they were ‘almost certain’
to vote...as did 61 percent of African-Americans. But only 55 percent of
the Latinos polled said the same.”

        The Washington Post
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(10/12, Sullivan, Debonis) reported, “Democrats are worried about Latino
voters in the midterms, fearing that weak efforts to energize a core
element of their base could imperil their bid to win control of Congress in
next month’s elections.” Across the US, “there are signs that the Hispanic
vote – which party leaders have long hoped would be the foundation of
future electoral success – has yet to flourish in their favor this year.”
The Post added, “Democratic strategists and officials have pointed fingers
at fellow Democrats, blaming congressional campaigns and allied groups for
failing to engage Latino voters strongly enough as they place a heavy
emphasis on winning white, middle-class voters in suburban swing areas.”

        In an online article, NBC News
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(10/14, Seitz-Wald, Sarlin) quoted Cook Political Report’s David Wasserman
as saying, “There’s a mountain of evidence showing Latino voters are a weak
point for Democrats this cycle.” NBC added, “Nationally, Latino voters
favor a Democratic Congress over a Republican one by 64-21 percent,
according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal Telemundo poll last month. But
self-reported interest in the election is low, according to the same
survey, and the picture in some individual races looks even worse for
Democrats.”

        *Democrats Target Their Midterm Message To Focus On Healthcare. *The
AP
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(10/14, Riccardi) reports Democrats’ healthcare arguments “are resonating
with voters in the final weeks before the midterm elections.” Although
anger toward the President has fueled Democratic enthusiasm this year,
“candidates have targeted their messaging to focus more on health care.”
The issue is “the subject of the greatest share of political ads on
television now, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis, and a top
issue in campaigns from Virginia to Arkansas to California.”

        On NBC’s Meet The Press
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(10/14), Chuck Todd reported data from the Wesleyan Media Project shows
healthcare has been a topic in 44 percent of ads for Democratic House
candidates and 50 percent for Democratic Senate candidates. Comparatively,
Republican House candidates discuss healthcare in 34 percent of ads, while
health does not enter the top five issues for Republican Senate candidates.

        *Sanders Blasts Republicans On Healthcare. *Sen. Bernie Sanders
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(10/14), “You have Republican leadership in the House and the Senate that
tried, came within one vote of throwing 32 million people off of the health
insurance they currently have. You have leadership there in the House and
the Senate that wants to do away with preexisting protections that people
have in this country so they can get health insurance when you have cancer
or heart disease.” Asked about his Medicare-for-all plan, Sanders said, “As
a nation we are spending twice as much per capita on healthcare as do the
people of any other country, over $10,000 a year, family of four $28,000 a
year. That is unsustainable.” Sanders added, “Trump lied about 19 different
times in his op-ed. He said we are going to weaken Medicare coverage for
the elderly. That is an outrageous lie. We expand it to include dental
care, vision care and hearing aids. This is really important for seniors.”
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(10/14).

        *Hawley Would Vote To Repeal ACA If Elected. *On NBC’s Meet The
Press
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(10/14), Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (R), who is challenging Sen.
Claire McCaskill (D), said he would vote to repeal and replace the
Affordable Care Act. He said, “I think it’s vital that we bring down costs,
protect people with preexisting conditions in the law with a mandate. ...
I’ve had family after family in this state come up to me and say, look, we
can’t afford our health insurance. We’ll have to get second jobs and a
spouse back to work. It shouldn’t have to be that way.” Hawley added,
“What’s not constitutional is the requirement to have people buy health
insurance they don’t want. It’s constitutional to say companies have to
cover people with preexisting conditions. My own little boy has a
preexisting condition and should be covered under the law. But we don’t
have to have Obamacare to do it.”

        *Abrams: People Should Not Have To Fight For Access To Healthcare. *On
CNN’s State Of The Union
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(10/14), Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) said, “I’m
running for governor because you shouldn’t have to work more than one job
full time to make a living. You shouldn’t have to fight to get access to
healthcare. We shouldn’t have rural hospitals shutting down because of our
refusal to expand Medicaid. I want to be a governor for everyone, not just
those succeeding in our economy but everyone who needs good education, jobs
and access to healthcare.” Abrams added, “Believing we should draw down
billions of dollars for healthcare to protect preexisting conditions and
those who are working hard that simply are too poor to afford insurance,
that’s not progressive or conservative value. It’s a good economic
decision. That’s why Democrats and Republicans have expanded Medicaid.”

        *WPost: Warren Network “Far Beyond” What Prospective Presidential
Candidates Usually Build. *The Washington Post
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(10/14, Viser) reports that over the past six months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(D) “has quietly built a shadow war room designed to elect Democrats across
the country in the midterm elections, overtaking some of the traditional
duties of Democratic Party campaign committees and further positioning
herself for an all-but-certain 2020 presidential bid.” Warren’s operation
“goes far beyond the fundraising and endorsement speeches in which
prospective presidential candidates typically engage” and includes efforts
“in all 50 states and close coordination with more than 150 campaigns.”

        *McCarthy: Bloomberg “Trying To Buy” Democratic Presidential
Nomination. *The Washington Examiner
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(10/14, Chaitin) reports that House Majority Leader McCarthy “said Sunday
that Michael Bloomberg is angling to ‘buy’ the Democratic nomination to run
against President Trump in 2020.” Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning
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(10/14), McCarthy said, “There is a real concern because Michael Bloomberg,
who re-registered as a Democrat, is trying to buy the nomination to run
against Donald Trump. He’s put in $80 million to win the House [for
Democrats].”
Cancer Research
St. Jude Joins WHO Initiative To Increase Pediatric Cancer Cure Rates
Worldwide.

In paywalled coverage, the Cancer Letter
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(10/12, Ong) reported that at the United Nations General Assembly in
September, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced it is partnering
with the World Health Organization for a five-year collaborative effort
that joins “partners across the world” for the goal of “[curing] at least
60 percent of children with cancer worldwide by 2030.” St. Jude has
committed “$15 million to the WHO Global Initiative in Childhood Cancer.”
NCI Grant Supports Research On Canine Glioma Tumors.

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(10/13, McCoy) reported a five-year, $2.6 million project “funded by the
Moonshot Initiative through the Center for Cancer Research of the NIH’s
National Cancer Institute” will facilitate research on immunotherapy for
glioma tumors conducted by investigators at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Auburn University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and another
two “Southeastern veterinary programs.” Researchers will treat canine
gliomas through methods including “surgery to remove all or most of the
tumor, followed by treatment with a cancer-killing virus and checkpoint
inhibitor in some cases, as well as all post-operative imaging,
hospitalization and all scheduled postoperative visits.”
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*Monday editorials not available.*
Washington Post.

        *“Goodbye And Good Riddance To The Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo.”
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(10/14) celebrates the end of the Cleveland Indians’ “racist logo,” Chief
Wahoo, and says it is good “that yet another example has been set
underscoring how indefensible it is that Washington’s football team clings
to its equally offensive name.”

        *“Doubling Down On The Biofuel Boondoggle.” *A Washington Post
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(10/14) editorial is critical of the Renewable Fuel Standard, calling it a
“foolhardy energy policy.” The Post argues that the President’s
announcement, “on the midterm-election campaign trail in Iowa, that he
would, in effect, double down on this decreasingly justifiable policy” was
aimed at “rescu[ing] Iowa corn farmers from adverse market conditions,
which include lower prices because of retaliation from trading partners
against Mr. Trump’s tariffs.”

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