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*Thursday, October 25, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• In Wake Of Mailed Bombs, Biden Says, “This Country Has To Come Together.”
<#S1>

• WPost: Biden’s Florida Tour Displayed “Generational Divide Among
Democrats.” <#S2>

• Biden To Campaign For Wisconsin Democrats On Tuesday. <#S3>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Crude Pipe Bombs Sent To Prominent Democrats, Trump Critics. <#S4>

• Trump Calls For “Unity”; Commentators, Democrats Blame Him For Climate Of
Violence. <#S5>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• NYTimes: Chinese, Russian Spies Eavesdropping On Trump’s Cellphone Calls.
<#S6>

• Bolton: US Yet To Decide If It Will Impose New Sanctions On Russia. <#S7>

• Pompeo: US Demanding “Perfect Clarity” From Saudis On Khashoggi Murder.
<#S8>

• Administration Likely To Permit Iran To Use SWIFT Banking System. <#S9>

• Iraqi Lawmakers Confirm New Government, But Leave Key Posts Unfilled.
<#S10>

• US Military Scales Back Contacts With Afghans In Wake Of “Insider”
Shootings. <#S11>

• WPost: “Mixed Signals” Complicate Trade Talks Between US, China. <#S12>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• WPost A1: “Growing Concern” At White House Over Caravan. <#S13>

• AP Poll: 69% Of Those Age 15-To-34 Favor Single-Payer Healthcare. <#S14>

• Trump Signs Opioid Bill Into Law. <#S15>

• Interior Department Approves Arctic Drilling Off Coast Of Alaska. <#S16>

• Hatch Says Post-Election Senate Vote On Middle-Class Tax Cut “Highly
Unlikely.” <#S17>

• Dow Down 608 Points; Nasdaq Has Worst One-Day Drop Since 2011. <#S18>

• AP: Democrats’ Path To Senate Majority Has “Essentially Disappeared.”
<#S19>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• NCI Grant Funds Research On Cancer Disparities Among African-Americans.
<#S20>

• Trace Amounts Of Glyphosate Found In More Breakfast Cereals, Snack Bars.
<#S21>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S22>

• Washington Post. <#S23>
Biden in the News
In Wake Of Mailed Bombs, Biden Says, “This Country Has To Come Together.”

The Hill
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(10/24, Samuels) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday
“called for an end to ‘division,’ ‘hatred’ and ‘ugliness’ as Democratic
leaders denounced suspected explosive devices mailed to a number of
prominent party members including former President Obama.” Biden is quoted
as saying in a tweet
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“This country has to come together. This division, this hatred, this
ugliness has to end.”

*Reports: Biden Also May Have Been Targeted. *In a very brief item,
Reuters
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(10/25, Hosenball) reports that “federal investigators are trying to track
down a suspicious package they believe was addressed to...Biden, a federal
official said on Wednesday.” The Huffington Post
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(10/24, Fang) said, “CNN
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reported Wednesday evening that investigators were tracking down an
additional suspicious package apparently addressed to...Biden. Citing two
unnamed law enforcement officials, CNN’s Jim Sciutto said authorities had
considered the package a threat because it appeared similar to the others
mailed this week.”

The Washington Examiner
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(10/24, Chaitin) reported, “NBC News contributing correspondent Jonathan
Dienst said on MSNBC that law enforcement officials are concerned that a
potential package addressed to Biden was sent to the wrong address and
therefore shipped to an office of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida
because that address appeared on the return label. He added that
information from that US Postal Service indicated that the package is out
somewhere.” Drawing from the CNN report, The Hill
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(10/24, Samuels) said, “The package was originally sent to Biden’s old
address in Delaware, and was returned to the sender.”

The Wilmington (DE) News Journal
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(10/24, Parra, Peterson) reports, “Police swept...Biden’s Greenville home
Wednesday after suspicious packages were sent to homes of other national
Democratic leaders. New Castle County Police said they found no such parcel
delivered to Biden’s Greenville home. Rehoboth Beach Mayor Paul Kuhns said
no police activity was being conducted at Biden’s vacation home in the
resort town.” The News Journal says, “County officers worked with FBI
agents as a precautionary measure after parcels were sent to the homes of
former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.” The Independent (UK)
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(10/25, Cockburn) reports on the story this morning.

*University Of Buffalo Bolstering Security Measures For Today’s
Biden Visit. *Meanwhile, the Buffalo (NY) News
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(10/24, Anderson) reports that the University at Buffalo “is stepping up
security measures a notch for Thursday’s visit by...Biden, in light of this
week’s mail bomb threats to former president Obama and other political
figures. ‘The university is implementing significant security measures used
during visits by very prominent guests to our campus,’ John DellaContrada,
interim vice president for communications, said Wednesday, ‘and we also
will be taking extra precautions because of recent news reports.’” During
his visit, Biden “will give the inaugural talk in this year’s Distinguished
Speaker Series.”
WPost: Biden’s Florida Tour Displayed “Generational Divide Among Democrats.”

Paul Kane of the Washington Post
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(10/24) looks at how “the generational divide among Democrats was on full
display” in Florida this week when former Vice President Joe Biden, 75,
appeared at an event for 39-year-old gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum –
who “was in grade school when Biden began serving as chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee in 1987.” While “there is an unmistakable energy among
Democrats for a generational change,” Biden “heard repeated chants of ‘Run,
Joe, run’ and ‘Joe Biden 2020’” as he traveled the state on behalf of
Gillum and other candidates.
Biden To Campaign For Wisconsin Democrats On Tuesday.

The AP
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(10/24) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden will visit “Wisconsin
a week before the election to get out the vote in Madison and Milwaukee.”
Biden is “to hold an early voting rally Tuesday morning on the campus of
the University of Wisconsin-Madison,” where Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) and
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers are to join the former Vice
President. Later in the day, Biden heads “to Milwaukee for a similar event
at a union labor hall where he [is] to be joined by Evers and his running
mate Mandela Barnes.” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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(10/24, Beck) reports that Biden’s “stops come just four days after his
former boss, President Barack Obama, plans to visit Milwaukee for a rally
in support of Baldwin and Evers at North Division High School.” The Wisconsin
State Journal
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(10/24, Wroge), WGBA-TV
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Green Bay, WI (10/24, Reid), and WTMJ-TV
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Milwaukee (10/24) also report on Biden’s upcoming visit.
Leading the News
Crude Pipe Bombs Sent To Prominent Democrats, Trump Critics.

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(10/24, lead story, 3:45, Glor) reported last night on “a series of pipe
bombs mailed to prominent Democrats and critics of the President.” The
“crude bombs and other suspicious packages have been sent to them through
the mail or by courier. All were intercepted” and “no one has been hurt.”
CBS added that “they have been addressed to: former President Barack Obama
at his home in Washington; Hillary Clinton at her home in Chappaqua, New
York; [and] former CIA Director John Brennan at the CNN bureau in the
Time-Warner building in Manhattan.” Other targets included Eric Holder,
Rep. Maxine Waters and George Soros. ABC World News Tonight[image: Image
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(10/24, lead story, 5:10, Benitez) said “investigators say all of
“yesterday’s “pipe bombs are similar to the one found in...Soros’ mailbox
on Monday,” and The Hill
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(10/24, Fabian, Anapol) that “the FBI said it activated its Joint Terrorism
Task Force to assist with the investigation, but declined to comment
further.”

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(10/24, story 3, 1:20, Glor) showed Fran Townsend, who “served as homeland
security adviser” to President George W. Bush, saying, “What we’re hearing
from law enforcement is that it’s a crude device. It’s not a standard
recipe, so...he’s left his own signature. ... There’s something unique
about the way this has been put together, which will be very helpful to
investigators. ... This is somebody who made plenty of mistakes” and “has
likely left a lot of clues.” Tom Rogan, in the Washington Examiner
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(10/24), writes “the number of devices and their apparent
viability...suggests a suspect who has had some prior military or
construction training and is comfortable working with explosives. ... Right
now, the Secret Service’s protective intelligence division will be poring
through its vast archive system, scrutinizing actors who have threatened
Democrats in the past and have feasible means of carrying out these kind of
attacks.”

At any rate, the Washington Times
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(10/24, Muñoz) reports, “law enforcement officials said the same person or
group of people appeared to be behind the explosives.” The CBS Evening
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(10/24, story 2, 2:00, Pegues) said “investigators have a lot of promising
leads to follow up on, given the amount of evidence they have,” and that
“law enforcement sources believe that whoever is behind this is no amateur.
The person knew what they were doing.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image
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(10/24, story 2, 2:15, Thomas) reported that “with so many devices
recovered so far...sources were blunt,” saying “they are worried about more
devices.” USA Today
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(10/24, Estepa, Jansen, Spillane, King) similarly refers to “a feverish
hunt for more suspicious packages,” and the Los Angeles Times
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(10/24, Bierman) reports “authorities quickly stepped up screening of other
people across the country who could be targets.”

The Washington Post
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(10/24, Wootson) indicates the FBI “said all of the packages were sent in
manila envelopes with bubble wrap inside,” and “they all had return
addresses bearing the misspelled name of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the
Democratic congresswoman from Florida, along with address labels printed on
a computer and a half-dozen Forever stamps.”

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(10/24, lead story, 4:10, Williams) showed Jim Cavanaugh, a “NBC News
terrorism analyst,” saying, “The postal inspection service can track the
package back to the United States Post Office that first received the
package. Then you want to go grab all the cameras near there you can and
see if you can get a picture of the bomber.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(10/24, story 2, 1:20, Holt) also ran a story recounting the evacuation at
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about “security” being “on high alert at the Clinton home.”

Reuters
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(10/24, Brice, Allen) reports “the mailed devices had the appearance of
pipe bombs, though experts said there was no indication the improvised
devices could be detonated remotely.” The Washington Examiner
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(10/24, Yilek), Bloomberg News
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(10/24, Epstein, Goldman, Strohm), New York Post
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(10/24, Celona, Moore, Pagones, Steinbuch, Brown), Wall Street Journal
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(10/24, Kanno-Youngs), Daily Caller
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(10/24, Enjeti) and Washington Free Beacon
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(10/24, Rutz), among other news outlets, run similar reports on the
attempted attacks.

*“Far Right” Conspiracy Theories Say Democrats Behind Bombs. *Vanity
Fair
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(10/23, Nguyen) reports that the “far right...quickly divined a more
sinister purpose behind what appeared to be a coordinated act of
terrorism.” In a since-deleted tweet, “right-wing radio host John Cardillo”
wrote, “Just too coincidental that two weeks before Election Day, as the
‘blue wave’ has turned into a ripple, and the left is losing ground because
of incivility and violent rhetoric, explosive devices show up in the
mailboxes of Soros, Clinton, and Obama.” Kurt Schlicter, a “pro-Trump
commentator,” said, “Here’s my bet...no one will be arrested for these
alleged mail bombs. After dozens of college-campus hoaxes by leftists, I
don’t buy this super-convenient turn of events.” Turning Point USA’s
Candace Owens “suggested that there was ‘zero percent chance’ that
conservatives sent the packages.” Business Insider
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(10/24, Relman) reports that Rush Limbaugh “suggested on his show on
Wednesday...that the act was committed to fuel support for Democrats two
weeks before the midterm elections.”

Andrew McCarthy of National Review
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(10/24) writes, “There is no evidence that the atrocious but thankfully
unsuccessful targeting of the Obamas, the Clintons, CNN, George Soros, and
Eric Holder...was carried out by political leftists. There is no proof that
any Democrat was hoping to cast suspicion on Republican supporters.” But
there is also “no evidence whatsoever that provocative words from the
president had anything to do with the sending of bombs.”
Trump Calls For “Unity”; Commentators, Democrats Blame Him For Climate Of
Violence.

President Trump yesterday called for “unity” in the wake of the attempted
mail bomb attacks on some of his most prominent critics, but media analyses
and senior Democratic leaders accused him of having fomented a dangerous
climate of violence with his rhetoric. Fox News
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(10/24, Re) reports, for example, that Senate Minority Leader Schumer and
House Minority Leader Pelosi on Wednesday “apparently rejected...Trump’s
call for bipartisan unity,” saying “in a joint statement that the president
has long approved of ‘political violence.’” Fox adds “the two top
Democratic lawmakers didn’t mention recent calls by political leaders on
the left – including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – to abandon
civil discourse with Republicans.” NBC News
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(10/24, Byers) reports that CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker “strongly
criticized” Trump “for his anti-media rhetoric.” Zucker released a
statement reading, “There is a total and complete lack of understanding at
the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the
media.”

Philippe Reines, a former top aide to Hillary Clinton, said on
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(10/24), “If you are looking at who they have targeted so far, it is almost
like they are following Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. ... You have to ask
how much Donald Trump is responsible for the climate where things like this
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(10/24) that Trump’s comments on “the need to unify...struck his critics as
off, frankly, given that the thread that links these people together have
been that they have been the targets of personal attacks by” him. CNN chief
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(10/24) that Trump’s comments were “completely ludicrous.”

However, Marc Thiessen of the Washington Post said on Fox News’
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(10/24) that “it’s shocking to me how quickly some people on the left have
gone to blaming...Trump for this. ... The idea that Donald Trump is
responsible for these attacks is patently absurd, any more so by the way
than the idea that Hillary Clinton was responsible for the shooting of
Steve Scalise.” Sean Hannity said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed
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(10/24), “Despite not knowing who was responsible for these mail bombs
today, we had so many people rushing to judgment, the media, the left,
Democrats, all trying to score cheap political points and a political
victory on this. All day as the story was unfolding. they have no facts,
immediately assigning blame to their political rivals, especially...Trump.”
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in his monologue, Hannity said, “Meanwhile, the rhetoric from the left
constantly is demonizing their political opponents. They need a big fat
mirror themselves tonight to look at how they say things.”

The Washington Post
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(10/24, Wootson) reports, meanwhile, that “in a shift from his combative
tone and rhetoric toward his opponents, Trump offered a condemnation of
political violence.” USA Today
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(10/24, Jackson) reports Trump “pledged Wednesday to ‘get to the bottom’ of
the suspicious packages” and that he “said preventing political violence is
a ‘very bipartisan’ issue.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by
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(10/24, lead story, 4:10, Williams) showed him saying, “The full weight of
our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring
those responsible for these despicable acts to justice.”

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(10/24, lead story, 5:10, Benitez) showed Trump adding, “In these times, we
have to unify, we have to come together and send one very clear, strong,
unmistakable message: that acts or threats of political violence of any
kind have no place in the United States of America.” Bloomberg News
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(10/24) reports Trump also stated, “We’re extremely angry, upset, unhappy
about what we witnessed this morning and we’ll get to the bottom of it,”
and the New York Times
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(10/24, Sullivan) quotes him as saying, “We will spare no resources or
expense in this effort.” The New York Post
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(10/24, Fredericks) reports that “asked by a reporter if the attacks were
acts of domestic terrorism,” Trump “declined to respond.” He later tweeted
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“The safety of the American People is my highest priority. I have just
concluded a briefing with the FBI, Department of Justice, Department of
Homeland Security, and the US Secret Service.”

The Washington Times
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(10/24, Boyer) reports the First Lady also denounced the attacks, saying,
“We cannot tolerate these cowardly attacks, and I strongly condemn all who
choose violence,” and the Daily Caller
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(10/24, Enjeti) that White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders likewise
“delivered a lengthy condemnation of the attacks saying ‘we condemn the
attempted violent attacks recently made against President Obama, President
Clinton, Secretary Clinton, and other public figures. These terrorizing
acts are despicable, and anyone responsible will be held accountable to the
fullest extent of the law.’”

Townhall
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(10/24, Pavlich) reports that “as soon as the news broke, Republicans
swiftly condemned the attacks and called them acts of domestic terrorism,”
and the Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=03e-c57&t=c>
(10/24, Weigel) that “Republican leaders rushed Wednesday to decry the
suspected explosive devices.” The Post also reports that Ivanka Trump
tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=03f-b4c&t=c>,
“I strongly condemn the attempted acts of violence against President Obama,
the Clinton family, @CNN & others. There is no excuse – America is better
than this. Gratitude to the @SecretService and law enforcement for all they
do to keep this nation safe.”

Eric Trump said on Fox News’ Hannity[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=040-81f&t=c>
(10/24), “These people should be hunted down and they should be thrown in
jail for a very, very long time. It’s that simple. It doesn’t matter which
party it is. ... They need to hunt this person down, they need to throw the
person in jail, and they need to throw away the key because honestly the
lack of civility is unreal. This isn’t the country we are. This isn’t who
we are. There are many Democrats and Republicans, they are all great
people. The vast, vast, vast majority of people are great people. They
don’t want this nonsense. This isn’t right.”

Vice President Pence tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=041-44d&t=c>,
“We condemn the attempted attacks against fmr Pres Obama, the Clintons,
@CNN & others. These cowardly actions are despicable & have no place in
this Country. Grateful for swift response of @SecretService, @FBI & local
law enforcement. Those responsible will be brought to justice.” Trump
re-tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=042-350&t=c>
Pence’s message, adding, “I agree wholeheartedly!” The Hill
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=043-7c8&t=c>
(10/24, Samuels, Fabian) reports, however, that the President yesterday
“did not address criticism that he has helped contribute to the toxic
political environment in the US.”

Along those lines, most of the media coverage suggests that Trump
deserves some blame due to his frequently combative rhetoric. The CBS
Evening News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=044-5e9&t=c>
(10/24, story 4, 2:20, Glor) reported, for example, that “in the past,”
Trump “has hurled some of his harshest insults at the same people who were
sent the letter bombs,” and ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=045-707&t=c>
(10/24, story 3, 1:45, Vega) that “all of the targets are people that the
President regularly attacks himself,” and that “now, there is discussions
among some sources about whether he might want to tone it down in the wake
of what happened today.” Added ABC, “The question now, with less than two
weeks to go in these midterms, will he take his own advice and heed this
call for unity?”

NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=046-de9&t=c>
(10/24, story 4, 2:10, Mitchell) reported that “while there are no answers
yet on what led to” the “incidents,” Trump “has the biggest megaphone, and
there are growing questions about how he is using it.” However, “anger [is]
now spreading in all directions – a Republican candidate in Sacramento
fighting off an anti-Trump knife attacker. ... Republican Senator Ted Cruz
and his wife chased out of a DC restaurant, a Republican candidate in
Pennsylvania threatening the Democratic governor in a video.”

Anderson Cooper said on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360[image: Image
removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=047-336&t=c>
(10/24) that Trump spoke “quite hypocritically, I just have to say. He
talked about explosive devices being sent to former government officials.
He made no mention of an explosive device sent to...the headquarters of
CNN, a news organization he routinely attacks. He calls reporters the enemy
of the American people, and yet he said it’s the media’s fault for the kind
of reporting that media organizations have been doing.”

The Washington Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=048-e66&t=c>
(10/24, Boyer) reports “the list of people targeted with suspected pipe
bombs reads like...Trump’s Twitter feed,” and “Democrats and the media
swiftly blamed” him “for stirring up public anger against those top
liberals, saying his constant mocking tweets and barbs at campaign rallies
likely prompted an unstable person to mail the devices.” The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=049-551&t=c>
(10/24, Rucker) says Trump “has called Democrats ‘evil’...and
demonized...Clinton, inspiring chants of ‘Lock her up!’ at his rallies.” He
“has also used his bully pulpit to taunt” Rep. Maxine Waters “as a ‘low
I.Q. individual,’ impugn former CIA director John Brennan and fan
conspiracy theories about...George Soros. And he has called the news media
‘the enemy of the people,’ singling out CNN’s reporting as ‘fake news.’”

CNN[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04a-535&t=c>
(10/24) chief media correspondent Brian Stelter said, “There’s no need,
there’s no reason to assume motives, to assume anything at this point. But
we do know what all of these targets have in common. These are all targets
that have been criticized mercilessly by right-wing outlets, by fringe
groups on the Internet and by some right-wing commentators. Already there’s
an awful rush to claim it’s a false flag operation.” CQ Roll Call
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04b-e77&t=c>
(10/24, Bennett) also reports that “the recipients of explosive devices
sent this week have so far shared a commonality: harsh criticism by...Trump
and far-right followers.”

Former DNI James Clapper said on CNN’s The Lead[image: Image
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<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04c-061&t=c>
(10/24), “I hope the President himself will abide by what he said today
about promoting unity, which I found somewhat ironic in light of some of
his incendiary rhetoric at his rallies.”

John Roberts said on Fox News’ Shepard Smith Reporting[image: Image
removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04d-3a6&t=c>
(10/24), “When you look at the list of people to whom these suspicious
packages were addressed...those are some of the President’s fiercest
political rivals and critics. So, when the President responded to all of
this...he was very, very careful to make sure that he stayed miles away
from the politics that might be behind this.”

In the first sentence of its report on the bombs, the AP
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04e-763&t=c>
(10/24, Balsamo, Tucker, Long) says the “rash of attacks” comes “two weeks
before nationwide elections that could reshape Congress and serve as a
referendum on the first two years of...Trump’s presidency.” The AP goes on
to say that the bombs targeted “prominent Democrats and a cable news
network often criticized by political conservatives.” A few more sentences
below, meanwhile, the AP reports that the White House “quickly condemned
the attacks.”

Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=04f-55f&t=c>
(10/24) writes, “We are not saying Trump causes bomb threats; we are saying
his rhetoric is unlike any of his predecessors, does damage to our
democracy and can motivate fringe characters to behave violently.” The New
York Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=050-823&t=c>
(10/24, Rashbaum) says the “discovery of the pipe bombs reverberated across
a country already on edge, stirring anew questions about whether political
discourse had grown too vitriolic.” Likewise, Reuters
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=051-9f6&t=c>
(10/24, Brice, Allen) reports that “with the country deeply polarized, the
packages brought a new level of tension to Nov. 6 political contests that
will decide whether Democrats can challenge the majorities now held
by...Trump’s Republicans in Congress.”

Politico
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=052-466&t=c>
(10/24, Morin) reports “the rash of packages to some of...Trump’s avowed
rivals has injected a tense new dimension into the final stretch before the
midterm elections,” and the Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=053-6bf&t=c>
(10/24, Balz) that “America is a country on edge,” and “the climate is one
of fear, of threat and of division. ... Trump brands opponents as evil, a
word from which many officials in his party recoil,” but “that
characterization finds support among many of his followers, who see a
country under attack from what might be called otherness.” Democrats,
“offended and alarmed by so much of the Trump presidency,” meanwhile “see
the part of America that rallies around the president not just as people
with different views but collectively as a threat to the very future of the
country.”

Dana Milbank writes in his Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=054-84a&t=c>
(10/24) column, “Nobody but the perpetrator is responsible for this attack”
and “there is plenty of regrettable behavior on both sides,” but “one man
has done the most to create this climate, whipping supporters to fear and
desperation with often violent rhetoric. And only one man can take us back
from the brink. Stop the mob, Mr. President.”

*In Tweet Today, Trump Blames Mainstream Media For “Very Big Part”
Of Public Anger. *Trump tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=055-3b6&t=c>
this morning, “A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is
caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream
Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that
it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!”

*Scalise: “A Mistake” On Democrats’ Part To Criticize Trump Over
Packages. *The AP
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=056-d31&t=c>
(10/24) reports “Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 3 Republican in the House,
said ‘this is a dangerous path and it cannot become the new normal.’”
Scalise “survived life-threatening injuries after he was shot at a
congressional baseball practice in 2017.” Scalise “tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=057-d65&t=c>
that he’s experienced ‘first-hand the effects of political violence.’”
Scalise said on Fox News Tucker Carlson Tonight[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=058-345&t=c>
(10/24), “This isn’t the way that we should expect America to be turning.
You are seeing more and more of this and clearly you are seeing it on both
sides. We all need to be calling it out.” Asked about Democrats’ criticism
of the President’s comments, Scalise said, “I thought that was a mistake on
their part to criticize the President. I think it was important to the
President did come out with a statement the way he did, strongly. I heard
silence a lot of times when Republicans were under attack from Democrat
leaders. We all should be calling this out.”

*White House: CNN’s Zucker Responded To Trump’s Call For Unity With
Attack. *The Washington Examiner
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=059-1ef&t=c>
(10/24, Caralle) reports “the White House said on Wednesday that CNN
Worldwide President Jeff Zucker was attempting to ‘attack and divide’ with
the statement castigating...Trump for his rhetoric toward the media.”
Sanders tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05a-3f4&t=c>
last night, “Trump asked Americans ‘to come together and send one very
clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of political
violence of any kind have no place in the USA’ Yet you chose to attack and
divide. America should unite against all political violence.”

*Flake: “Obvious” That Trump’s Rhetoric Contributed To Violence. *Sen.
Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was asked on CNN’s Situation Room[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05b-0d6&t=c>
(10/24) if the President’s rhetoric has “stoked these violent tendencies.”
Flake said, “I think that that’s obvious. I’ve been concerned about this
for a long time. I spoke about it at length in the Senate, starting in
January about the President’s rhetoric. We have a record number of
journalists that have been detained internationally, record number that
have been murdered. And to use a phrase that has such a horrible pedigree,
like ‘enemy of the people,’ continually, and to ridicule and to encourage
chants against the media at events, just stokes this. So I hope that the
President will follow the very good words that he said today.”

*Romney: “Hate Acts Follow Hate Speech.” *Breitbart
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05c-b71&t=c>
(10/24, Caplan) reports that Mitt Romney, who is running for Senate in
Utah, claimed “without evidence that the sender was motivated by ‘hate
speech.’” Romney tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05d-31f&t=c>,
“Disgusting, vile threats and actions against fellow Americans and our
institutions are sadly unsurprising: hate acts follow hate speech. It is
past time for us to turn down and tune out the rabid rhetoric.” Breitbart
describes Romney as a “failed presidential candidate” who was “once a
staunch critic of the president.”

*Soros’ Son: Trump Let “Genie...Out Of The Bottle” That “May Take
Generations To Put Back In.” *Alexander Soros writes in the New York Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05e-6a2&t=c>
(10/24), “Bombs sent to my father, George Soros, and to former President
Obama and Hillary Clinton are a result of our politics of demonizing
opponents.” Before 2016, “the vitriol...was largely confined to the
extremist fringes, among white supremacists and nationalists who sought to
undermine the very foundations of democracy.” But with Trump’s campaign,
“things got worse. ... A genie was let out of the bottle, which may take
generations to put back in, and it wasn’t confined to the United States.”

*Grassley Confirms He Received Death Threat Over Kavanaugh
Confirmation. *The Washington Examiner
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=05f-68c&t=c>
(10/24, Fazio) reports Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley
confirmed Wednesday that “he is one of two previously unidentified senators
who received death threats related to the confirmation Brett Kavanaugh to
the U.S. Supreme Court.” Grassley told the Westside Conservative Club in
Iowa, that “he is ‘Senator-1’ referenced in a criminal complaint unsealed
in the federal court’s Eastern District of New York.” The Justice
Department announced last week that Ronald DeRisi has been charged “with
threatening to murder and assault two U.S. senators in response to their
support of Kavanaugh’s confirmation.”

*McConnell Says He Won’t Be Intimidated By Left’s “Mob Tactics.” *In
an op-ed for the Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=060-f4a&t=c>
(10/24), Senate Majority Leader McConnell decries the “intimidation and mob
tactics” exhibited by “the far left” when it “doesn’t get what it wants
through the democratic process.” McConnell writes that he and his wife,
Transportation Secretary Chao, were “the target of the aggressive
intimidation while eating at a restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky” last
Friday. McConnell adds, “I will not be intimidated. But this issue is not
really about me, or about any individual elected official. It’s about
something larger: The mob mentality that is being systematically fed and
encouraged by the far left all across our nation.” McConnell adds that he
“was not the first senator confronted, and I unfortunately likely won’t be
the last. But the Senate will not be intimidated by the antics of far-left
protesters, and we will continue our important work.”

*Media Analyses: Trump Adopts Measured Tone At Wisconsin Rally. *Trump
addressed a crowd of about 4,000 in Mosinee, Wisconsin on Wednesday evening
on behalf of Republican Senate nominee Leah Vukmir and Gov. Scott Walker,
who is seeking a third term. Coverage focuses on Trump’s remarks on the
explosive devices sent to prominent Democrats and CNN, and on Trump’s call
for greater civility while also faulting the media for the nation’s
political tone. Some reports say that Trump adopted a more measured tone
than at some of his other recent rallies.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=061-ee3&t=c>
(10/24, Marley) reports Trump “decried bomb threats and devices sent to
prominent Democrats as he made a campaign swing” through central Wisconsin.
Trump said, “My highest duty as President is to keep America safe. ...
Political violence is an attack on our democracy itself.” However, “Trump
himself took no blame for the contentious political climate and placed some
of the fault on the media,” and spent much of his time on themes he has
addressed at other rallies. Trump said, “This will be the election of the
caravans, Kavanaugh, law and order, tax cuts, and common sense.”

The Wisconsin State Journal
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=062-1b6&t=c>
(10/24, Wroge) reports Trump “decried the threat of political violence and
called on the media to end its ‘hostility’ hours after authorities
intercepted pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN, who have been
targets of some of his sharpest barbs.” Though he “brought up staple topics
of his rallies,” he “didn’t go after his potential 2020 rivals, including
former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump sometimes likes to talk about how he
would beat Biden in a fistfight.” Trump “also refrained from mentioning”
Hillary Clinton, though Axios
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=063-1eb&t=c>
(10/24, Atkinson) reports that “audience members and Trump supporters
chanted ‘lock her up’” when Vukmir mentioned Clinton before Trump spoke.

WJFW-TV[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=064-86d&t=c>
Wausau, WI (10/24, 10:04 p.m. CDT) said Trump “started his speech
condemning the pipe bombs sent to some of his biggest critics,” and
WFRV-TV[image:
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<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=065-2ab&t=c>
Green Bay, WI (10/24, 10:07 p.m. CDT) reported that Trump talked about “how
important voting is and how we have to come together as a country, despite
peoples’ political views.” WDJT-TV[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=066-c2a&t=c>
Milwaukee (10/24, 10:02 p.m. CDT) reported Trump’s audience “heard a rare
call for civility in politics.” The Huffington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=067-b8e&t=c>
(10/24, Herreria) reports that Trump “partially blamed the media for the
politically charged bomb scare and the country’s divide,” which the New
York Times’ Katie Rogers called “rhetorical jujitsu” in a tweet
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=068-992&t=c>,
though the Daily Caller
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=069-24c&t=c>
(10/24, Brest) says that “forcefully condemn[ed] the potentially explosive
devices sent to Democratic political figures.”

The AP
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06a-520&t=c>
(10/24) reports Trump “called on the country to come together” but “said
the media ‘has a responsibly to set a civil tone and to stop the endless
hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories.’” USA
Today
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06b-15e&t=c>
(10/24, Hayes, Fritze) reports Trump “implored politicians to stop
questioning the moral character of their opponents,” and says his remarks
were “toned down” compared to other recent events. The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06c-825&t=c>
(10/24, Sonmez) reports that the President “appeared to make a show of
behaving civil throughout his remarks” and “was relatively subdued as he
spoke, interrupted himself several times to point out that he was ‘trying
to be nice’ and took no responsibility for his own role in contributing to
the country’s civic discourse.” Politico
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06d-036&t=c>
(10/24, Griffiths) headlines its report “Trump: ‘Do You See How Nice I Am
Behaving Tonight?’” Josh Dawsey of the Washington Post tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06e-c64&t=c>,
“‘I’m trying to be nice,’ Trump keeps saying at his Wisconsin rally, almost
as if he’s reminding himself that he needs to be.”

Before the rally, Trump tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=06f-c2c&t=c>,
“Just arrived in Wisconsin to help two great people, @ScottWalker and
@LeahVukmir!” After the event, he tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=070-70e&t=c>,
“Just leaving Wisconsin. @ScottWalker and @LeahVukmir are fantastic people,
badly needed for our Country! #MAGA”. Walker tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=071-563&t=c>
in response, “Thanks for coming and for helping farmers and manufacturers
in Wisconsin!” Vukmir tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=072-bb0&t=c>,
“Thank you @realDonaldTrump for your support, your leadership, and your
kind words. We’re Making America Great Again! #MAGA”. The latest RCP
averages have Vukmir trailing Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) by 10.6 points in
the Senate race
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=073-e8e&t=c>,
and Walker training Democrat Tony Evers by 3.6 points in the gubernatorial
race
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=074-288&t=c>.


Bloomberg News
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=075-598&t=c>
(10/25, Sink, Olorunnipa) and the New York Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=076-301&t=c>
(10/24, Schultz) also report on the event. PolitiFact
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=077-468&t=c>
(10/24, Kertscher) took “a quick fact-checking look at remarks made by the
president that we’ve fact checked before.”
Foreign Policy
NYTimes: Chinese, Russian Spies Eavesdropping On Trump’s Cellphone Calls.

The New York Times
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=078-71b&t=c>
(10/24, Rosenberg, Haberman) reports that according to US intelligence,
Chinese and Russian spies are “often listening” when President Trump “calls
old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest
take on how he is doing,” and are “putting to use invaluable insights into
how to best work the president and affect administration policy, current
and former American officials said.” While Trump’s aides have “repeatedly
warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him
that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls,” they say
Trump has “still refused to give up his iPhones. White House officials say
they can only hope he refrains from discussing classified information when
he is on them.”

*In Tweet Today, Trump Calls “Boring” NYTimes Report “Soooo Wrong.”
*Trump tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018102501biden&r=email-0c5f&l=079-5e9&t=c>
this morning, “The so-called experts on Trump over at the New York Times
wrote a long and boring article on my cellphone usage that is so incorrect
I do not have time here to correct it. I only use Government Phones, and
have only one seldom used government cell phone. Story is soooo wrong!”
Bolton: US Yet To Decide If It Will Impose New Sanctions On Russia.

Reuters
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(10/24, Kuzmin, Osborn) reports National Security Adviser Bolton said
Wednesday that the Administration “has yet to decide if it will impose new
sanctions on Russia...saying it was in the process of making a decision.”
Bolton made the comments at a news conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. Earlier
Wednesday, Russia’s Interfax news agency “incorrectly reported Bolton as
saying that the United States was not currently considering imposing
additional sanctions on Russia, sending the rouble higher.” Said Bolton,
“On the potential for additional sanctions on Russia, we are still
considering what we may be obligated to do under a statute related to
chemical weapons attacks. No decision has been made at this point, and I
wouldn’t predict timing, whether it might be before the (US mid-term)
election or after the election. The decision-making is ongoing as we
speak.”

*Putin Warns Trump Not To Deploy Intermediate-Range Cruise Missile
In Europe. *Reuters
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(10/24, Astakhova, Osborn) reports Russian President Vladimir Putin warned
Wednesday that Russia “would be forced to target any European countries
that agreed to host .. nuclear missiles following Washington’s withdrawal
from a landmark Cold war-era arms control treaty.” Putin, “speaking at a
news conference after holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe
Conte...said he wanted to discuss” with President Trump “what he called
dangerous US plans to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty.” Reuters notes that Trump and Putin are “expected to hold talks in
Paris on Nov. 11.”

The AP
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(10/24, Isachenkov) says Putin “rejected Trump’s claim that Russia has
breached the INF treaty, alleging it was the United States that violated
the pact.” Putin “charged that US missile defense facilities in Romania
hold intermediate-range cruise missiles with just a quick tweak in computer
software.”

Reuters
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(10/24, Emmott) reports that elsewhere on Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General
Jens Stoltenberg “blamed Russia for breaching a landmark nuclear arms pact
that Washington is talking about quitting, but said he did not believe the
Russian threat would lead to new deployments of US missiles in Europe.” The
AP
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(10/24, Cook) says Stoltenberg “did not encourage the US...to stay in the
treaty.”

*Boot, WPost Editorial Welcome Trumps’ Move To Withdraw From INF
Treaty. *Washington Post
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(10/24) columnist Max Boot writes, “I have been critical of the Trump
presidency because I think it has been a calamity for America and the
world. But just because President Trump does something doesn’t mean it’s
wrong. Even Trump gets a few things right, and it’s incumbent on his
critics to acknowledge it when he does. Case in point: Trump’s decision
this week to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty.” Boot says Russia “is in violation of the treaty,” and due to the
“limits still imposed on the United States by the INF Treaty, the United
States today can only respond with a relatively small number of
intermediate-range Tomahawk cruise missiles.”

In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(10/24) likewise says Trump “is justified to question the status quo” with
the INF treaty, which Russia has violated. The Post, however, says during
his Helsinki summit, “Trump developed a rapport with Mr. Putin. Now’s the
time to use it. Instead of walking away, the president should attempt to
fix the INF Treaty’s flaws, verifiably, and with Mr. Putin, perhaps at
their next summit. That would be smarter than repeating the last dangerous
cycle of the Cold War.”

*Putin’s Approval Rating Drops To Historic Low Of 45%. *The Washington
Times
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(10/24, Bennetts) reports that “widespread discontent, fueled by a
massively unpopular pension reform, has sent the approval ratings for
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ruling party tumbling to historic
lows — just seven months after Mr. Putin triumphantly won a re-election
campaign meant to cement his grip on power.” In what the Times calls “a
development that is likely to alarm Mr. Putin’s critics at home and abroad,
the beneficiaries of his plunging poll numbers are the old-line Communist
Party and the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), whose
leader often urges the Kremlin to carry out nuclear attacks against
Moscow’s foes.” The Times adds, “Forty-five percent of Russians now say
they would back Mr. Putin in hypothetical presidential elections, down from
67 percent at the start of the year, according to the Public Opinion
Foundation, a Kremlin-linked pollster,” while United Russia’s backing “is
at 32 percent, an almost 20 percentage point decline since January.”
Pompeo: US Demanding “Perfect Clarity” From Saudis On Khashoggi Murder.

Reuters
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(10/24, Mohammed) reports that in an internal email sent to State
Department staff, Secretary of State Pompeo said the Administration wants
“perfect clarity” regarding the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Pompeo wrote,
“We are already seeing steps from Saudi Arabia reflecting serious
accountability, but we won’t be satisfied until we get perfect clarity on
exactly what transpired.” Pompeo said the purpose of his visit last week to
Riyadh was “to impress upon Saudi Arabia’s leadership the importance of
determining what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.”

*Sen. Sanders: Khashoggi Murder Shows US Must “Redefine Our
Relationship” WIth Saudis. *Sen. Bernie Sanders writes in the New York Times
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(10/24) that the “likely assassination of the Saudi critic and Washington
Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi underscores how urgent it has become for
the United States to redefine our relationship with Saudi Arabia, and to
show that the Saudis do not have a blank check to continue violating human
rights.” Sanders notes that in February, he and Sens. Mike Lee and Chris
Murphy introduced Senate Joint Resolution 54, “calling on the president to
withdraw from the Saudi-led war in Yemen.” While the Senate voted to delay
consideration of the resolution, Sanders writes that he intends to bring
the resolution back to the floor next month, saying, “The brutal murder of
Mr. Khashoggi demands that we make clear that United States support for
Saudi Arabia is not unconditional.”

*Trump To Be Briefed Today By Haspel. *The AP
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(10/24, Lee, George) reports President Trump will be briefed Thursday on
Khashoggi’s killing by CIA Director Haspel, “who has been in Turkey.”
The Washington
Post
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(10/24, Harris) reports that Haspel “listened to audio purportedly
capturing the interrogation and killing” of Khashoggi, “giving a key member
of President Trump’s Cabinet access to the evidence used by Turkey to
accuse Saudi Arabia of premeditated murder.” Haspel heard the audio during
her visit to Turkey this week, “according to people familiar with her
meetings.” A “person familiar with the audio” said it was “compelling” and
could put more pressure on the US to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the
death of Khashoggi.

*European Leaders Mull Possible Action Against Saudis. *Reuters
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(10/24, Bruce) reports British Prime Minister Theresa May told Saudi King
Salman on Wednesday that his country’s explanation for Khashoggi’s death
“lacked credibility.” A second Reuters
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(10/24, Blamont) report says French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday
said he had told King Salman that France, “in coordination with partners,
could take action against those held responsible” for Khashoggi’s murder.
In a statement, his office said Macron “expressed profound outrage” during
a phone conversation with the King. Another Reuters
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(10/24) report says “intensive discussions are underway in the German
government on how to deal with arms exports to Saudi Arabia that have
already been approved but not yet delivered, government spokesman Steffen
Seibert said.”

*Crown Prince Vows Khashoggi’s Killers Will Be Brought To Justice. *The
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(10/24, story 7, 0:20, Glor) reported briefly, “Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
tried to distance himself today from the killing of Jamal Khashoggi,
calling it ‘a heinous crime’ that cannot be justified.” Reuters
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(10/24, Rashad, Kalin, Paul) reports Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
“vowed” Wednesday that Khashoggi’s killers “would be brought to justice, in
his first public comments since the journalist’s murder sparked global
condemnation.” The Crown Prince, “striking a defiant tone...told
international investors at a major conference in Riyadh that the furor over
Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul would not derail the
kingdom’s reform drive.”

The New York Times
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(10/24, Rappeport) reports the Crown Prince “insisted that Turkey and Saudi
Arabia were collaborating to bring those who committed the killing to
justice,” saying, “The crime was really painful to all Saudis and I believe
it is painful to every human in the world.” Reuters
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(10/24) reports that Crown Prince Mohammed “joked about Lebanese Prime
Minister Saad al-Hariri’s detention in the kingdom last year,” saying,
“Prime Minister Saad is staying in the kingdom for two days so I hope you
don’t spread rumors that he was kidnapped.” To Bloomberg News
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(10/24, Shahine, Noueihed), the Crown Prince’s “defiant speech...signaled
confidence in his authority even as international outrage refuses to
abate.” The Wall Street Journal
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(10/24, A1, Stancati) similarly reports his remarks.

According to the Washington Post
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(10/24, Branigin), “The gathering, in an opulent conference center attached
to the Ritz-Carlton, was boycotted by dozens of big-name sponsors and chief
executives. Still, executives have come from across the Middle East, China,
Russia, Europe and the United States.” The Post notes that among today’s
speakers was former House majority leader Eric Cantor, who is now vice
chairman and managing director of the investment bank Moelis. The AP
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(10/24, Batrawy, Fraser) notes that “the summit also drew Dubai’s ru