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*Thursday, October 11, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Says He Is Not A 2020 Candidate “At This Point,” But Doesn’t Rule
Out Run. <#S1>

• Biden Endorses Sisolak’s Bid For Nevada Governor. <#S2>

• Biden To Stump For KY6 Hopeful McGrath. <#S3>

• Biden To Present Bushes With National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal.
<#S4>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Monitors Response As Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall In Florida
Panhandle. <#S5>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Says Powell Among “Many People” Under Consideration To Replace
Haley. <#S6>

• Report: Trump May Meet With Putin Next Spring. <#S7>

• Trump “Demanding” Saudis Account For Dissident Journalist’s Disappearance.
<#S8>

• Trump: South Korea Won’t Lift Sanctions On North Without US Approval.
<#S9>

• Axios: US, India Headed Toward Clash Over Iran Sanctions. <#S10>

• Wray, Nielsen: China Trying To Influence US Midterm Elections. <#S11>

• Rebels Withdraw Heavy Weapons From Idlib. <#S12>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• At Pennsylvania Rally, Trump Lambastes “Radical Democrat Mob.” <#S13>

• WPost A1: Democrats Focus On ACA, GOP On Cultural Divide In Battle For
Senate. <#S14>

• Trump Says Fed “Has Gone Crazy,” Blames It For Tandem Stock, Bond Selloff.
<#S15>

• SCOTUS Hears Case On Undocumented Immigrants Detained For Deportation.
<#S16>

• Rosenstein Will Not Appear Before House Panels To Discuss NYTimes Report.
<#S17>

• Congress Approves $6 Billion Water-Projects Bill. <#S18>

• Man Arrested For Planning Election Day Bombing In DC. <#S19>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• FDA Panel Backs Biosimilar For Blockbuster Blood Cancer Drug. <#S20>

• Highest Rates Of US Cancer Death In Counties With Lowest Income. <#S21>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S22>

• Washington Post. <#S23>
Biden in the News
Biden Says He Is Not A 2020 Candidate “At This Point,” But Doesn’t Rule Out
Run.

USA Today
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(10/10, Hjelmgaard) reports former Vice President Joe Biden, following a
speech at London-based global affairs think tank Chatham House, insisted
that he was “not a candidate at this point” to challenge Donald Trump for
the presidency in 2020. While Biden said he was not planning to run against
Trump, he did not rule it out, saying he “had not made any decisions at
this point.” He said he would decide by January whether to run or not.
Additionally, Biden said in a Q&A after his address, “I predict to you that
the Democrats will win 40 seats in the House. I also think there is a
better than even chance we win the Senate.”
Biden Endorses Sisolak’s Bid For Nevada Governor.

The AP
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(10/10) reports former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday endorsed
businessman Steve Sisolak (D) for Nevada governor. In a statement released
by Sisolak’s campaign, Biden called him “my kind of candidate.” Biden says
Sisolak, the chairman of the Clark County Commission, came from a
blue-collar background and understands the challenges of raising a family
as a single father.
Biden To Stump For KY6 Hopeful McGrath.

WBKO-TV
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Bowling Green, KY (10/10) reports on its website that former Vice President
Joe Biden will be in Owingsville tomorrow to support former US Marines
fighter pilot Amy Mcgrath (D) in her challenge to KY6 Rep. Andy Barr (R).
Biden and McGrath will host a fish fry on Oct. 12 at Bath County High
School.
Biden To Present Bushes With National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal.

The Hill
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(10/10, Axelrod) reports the National Constitution Center announced
Wednesday former Vice President Joe Biden will award former President
George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush the center’s Liberty Medal
for their “commitment to veterans.” Biden, the chair of the National
Constitution Center’s board of trustees will present the award at a Nov. 11
ceremony at the center’s headquarters in Philadelphia.
Leading the News
Trump Monitors Response As Hurricane Michael Makes Landfall In Florida
Panhandle.

While the networks dedicated a combined 41 minutes of airtime to the
landfall of Hurricane Michael, there was very little reporting on the White
House reaction, and those reports noted President Trump traveled to Erie,
Pennsylvania for rally while the storm was raging. ABC World News
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(10/10, story 6, 0:35, Muir) reported Trump “was monitoring the status of
Hurricane Michael from the White House,” where he was briefed by Long and
Nielsen, “saying the federal government is ready.” Trump: “Everybody that’s
going to be hit, we have covered. And I just say God bless everyone,
because it’s going to be a rough one. It’s going to be a very dangerous
one.” ABC (Muir) said he “appeared to struggle with a decision today
whether to go to a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, tonight, tweeting
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that he decided to go to not disappoint the thousands of people that plan
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(10/10, story 6, 0:40, Holt) reported, “Trump says the White House is in
constant contact with state and local officials saying plans are in place
to send resources, food and water, but tonight, rather than monitor the
disaster response from here, the President is in Erie, Pennsylvania. Asked
if appropriate to campaign, he said he didn’t want to disappoint supporters
who had been waiting in line. He said he will visit the region, the
hurricane zone early next week.”

Trump had tweeted throughout the day about the approaching storm.
In his first tweet
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Trump wrote, “We are with you Florida!” Later in the afternoon, he retweeted
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a White House photo of his meeting with DHS Secretary Nielsen and FEMA
Administrator Long in the Oval Office, adding, “Earlier today: President
@realDonaldTrump, joined by Homeland Security @SecNielsen, listens as
@FEMA_Brock briefs reporters on the expected impact of Hurricane Michael on
Florida and the Southeastern United States. Follow @fema for hurricane
updates.” Wednesday evening, Trump took to Twitter
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again, writing, “Thank you to @FEMA and all First Responders!
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late Wednesday evening, Trump wrote, “Florida Highway Patrol Troopers are
all en route to the Panhandle, from all across the state of Florida – to
help those affected by #HurricaneMichael. If you see them, be sure to shake
their hands and say THANK YOU! #LESM”

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(10/10), “It was a tough windstorm. The wind was probably more dangerous
than anything else. ... To a certain extent, we don’t know, because it’s so
dark and all the electric is out, but we hear there’s a lot of damage. It
is tremendous wind damage, tremendous. A lot of things blown over.
Hopefully not houses with people in them.”

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(10/10, story 5, 1:55, Glor) reported Trump “says he’s going to be
visiting” Florida “on either Sunday or Monday.” CBS (Pegues) reported from
FEMA headquarters, where “a few hundred people are already coordinating the
response to this devastating hurricane.” Administrator Long told CBS he is
most concerned about “storm surges,” and warned that “power will be out for
weeks and infrastructure will be heavily damaged. It takes a long time to
put this back together.” CBS said “FEMA has about 3,000 employees in the
field, plus aircraft and search-and-rescue teams ready to move in to both
Florida and Georgia.” Jim Acosta said on CNN’s Situation Room[image: Image
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(10/10), “The President did tell reporters and the White House is also
telling reporters...that they believe that FEMA is on top of this, that all
of the assets of the Trump Administration have been put in place and that
essentially at this point, the President can’t really do much more than
that, but that he plans to go down to the Florida Gulf Coast on Monday or
Tuesday of next week.”

FEMA Deputy Administrator for Resilience Daniel Kaniewski said on CNN’s
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(10/10), “Our focus is on life safety. It’s making sure that all of those
who sheltered in place are appropriately taken care of, to make sure we
have search and rescue teams that can get there just as soon as possible.”
Kaniewski added, “We pre-positioned a lot of assets, including commodities,
personnel. and equipment, to just outside the area. So when this area
becomes accessible, we’ll be pushing those assets in to assist those in
need.”

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(10/10), “I talked to the President earlier today, and I’m confident that
FEMA is positioned to provide the assistance the state needs, but this is
going to take a while. We’ve got to wait and see what the damage is, and
we’re just getting images. But when we’re finally on the ground and get to
see it and the assessors get in there and start looking at it, we’ll know
more about what we’re dealing with here. Obviously, there will be some
people whose lives have been turned upside down after this, but we’ll make
sure the federal government is there to help.”

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Tampa, FL (10/10, 11:34 a.m. EDT) reported that FEMA officials “say that
they are prepared for this storm,” and Trump “approved Florida’s emergency
declaration yesterday,” which allows “the Department of Homeland Security,
which FEMA is under, to coordinate this emergency response and do anything
that it needs to do in the wake of this emergency.” FEMA Associate
Administrator Jeffrey Byard: “We are healthy in the disaster relief fund.
We have no limiting factors when it comes to recovery piece of this.” Bay9
News added that officials say “there is enough money...in the disaster
relief fund, especially after Congress passed some supplemental aid in the
wake of Hurricane Florence.” FEMA Administrator Long “also says that hey
are prepared. They have enough resources and they always say they are
preparing for a category above what is expected in case something were to
happen.”

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Orlando, FL (10/10, 12:27 p.m. EDT) reported, “There are now 3,000 FEMA
workers in Florida ready to respond to Hurricane Michael.” WSVN-TV[image:
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Miami-Dade, FL (10/10, 12:54 p.m. EDT) reported that in a meeting with
Trump, FEMA officials said that “teams are ready to go, to move in and
attack. They talked about the different utilities from 14 states ready to
help to restore power which, of course, is one of the big issues right
after the storm.” WBBH-TV[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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Fort Myers, FL (10/10, 12:49 p.m. EDT) reported Trump “did speak with Gov.
Rick Scott, and the government is coordinating with all states that will be
affected by this hurricane.”

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(10/10, Brook) reports that “the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to
cover tens of thousands of rooftops damaged by Hurricane Michael, according
to a senior officer. Computer models of damage wrought by the Category 4
storm indicate widespread roof damage and destruction across several
states, Army Maj. Gen. Scott Spellmon, the Corps’ deputy commanding general
for Civil and Emergency Operations, told USA TODAY late Wednesday.”

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(10/10, lead story, 5:10, Muir) reported that “Michael is the strongest
hurricane to hit the US since 1969, slamming ashore” with “winds of 155
mph...just shy of a Category 5 hurricane.” The CBS Evening News[image:
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(10/10, lead story, 3:40, Glor) said the storm was “one of the worst
hurricanes in American history. The worst hurricane to ever hit the Florida
panhandle, [and] the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States in the
month of October on record.” Kerry Sanders reported on NBC Nightly News[image:
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(10/10, story 2, 1:35, Holt) that “the storm surge threat is not over. In
some places, it may exceed 20 feet.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed
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(10/10, lead story, 3:00, Holt), meanwhile, reported that “Hurricane
Michael is on the move after slamming into the Florida panhandle,” and
Alabama and Georgia remain “under states of emergency.”

USA Today
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(10/10, Miller) reports the storm “was likely to remain intense for some
time, forecasters said, even as it moved into Alabama and Georgia.”
National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said, “It’s going to stay a
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(10/10, story 3, 2:15, Muir), Rob Marciano said the storm is “still a
Category 3 and now in Georgia – that hasn’t happened since 1898. ... Three
reported tornadoes so far and we got a tornado warning out right now just
south of the Atlanta area.” Meteorologist Al Roker similarly said on NBC
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(10/10, story 7, 1:00, Holt) that the storm is in “Georgia right now,”
where tornado watches have been issued “from northern Georgia all the way
down to Gainesville.”

The Washington Post
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(10/10, Lazo) reports that while the storm has been downgraded to a
Category 3, “the risk of damage from high winds and heavy rains remained
across wide swaths of the Southeast.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image
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(10/10, story 5, 1:40, Muir) showed Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal saying: “We’re
not accustomed to the magnitude of a hurricane such as this hitting in the
direction that it is traveling and with the intensity which it will hit our
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(10/10, story 3, 2:30, Glor) reported that as the storm moves to the
northeast, “portions of the Carolinas could be seeing a six-inch rainfall.
... Even New York City could be seeing a 1-3 inches tomorrow, maybe four.”

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(10/10, Sullivan), the storm “is expected to cause as much as $16 billion
in damage.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(10/10, story 4, 0:50, Muir) reported that “hundreds of thousands of
people” in Florida are “without power tonight,” and “it’s not expected to
be back on for days, in some cases, authorities say, it could be weeks.”
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(10/10, story 10, 0:40, Glor), “It’s estimated about 300,000 homes and
businesses lost electricity.”

The AP
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(10/10) reports that “more than 375,000 people up and down the Gulf Coast
were urged to evacuate as Michael closed in. But the fast-moving storm
didn’t give people much time to prepare, and emergency authorities lamented
that many ignored the warnings and seemed to think they could ride it out.”
The Wall Street Journal
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(10/10, Campo-Flores, Kamp) reports 22 counties in Florida issued orders
urging residents to evacuate ahead of the storm, and the CBS Evening
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(10/10, story 4, 1:10, Glor) reported many residents that did evacuate are
now in shelters where they are awaiting word on when they can return to
their homes.

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(10/10, story 2, 3:50, Muir) reported the storm “made landfall not far from
Panama City,” where “there’s damage as far as our eye can see,” and
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(10/10, story 4, 1:30, Holt) from Port St. Joe, which she said “looks like
a massive tornado hit.” Omar Villafranca reported on the CBS Evening
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(10/10, story 2, 3:45, Glor) also from Port St. Joe, “where rescues have
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(10/10, story 10, 0:45), David Muir described the scene earlier Wednesday
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(10/10, story 3, 1:55), Lester Hold similarly described the scene from the
hotel where he and his crew rode out the storm.

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(10/10, story 5, 0:50, Holt) reported from Tallahassee, where “the real
problem...is the trees,” which are “going down all over the place...causing
extensive damage and turning lights out throughout the city.” The New York
Times
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(10/10, Fausset, Blinder, Mazzei) reports that “a man died in Greensboro,
Fla., northwest of Tallahassee, after a tree crashed down on his home late
Wednesday afternoon, local law enforcement officials confirmed. But the
full extent of the damage and other casualties was uncertain.”

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(10/10, Call) reports Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum (D) “suspended his
campaign for governor Sunday to return to the city as it prepared for a
battering by Hurricane Michael”. In Orlando on Monday night, Trump “threw a
couple jabs at the mayor while trying to give his endorsed candidate, Ron
DeSantis, a boost.” In the interview
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with WFTV-TV in Orlando, Trump “placed the blame on Gillum’s shoulders for
a city that he said is plagued with a lot of problems” — “tremendous
corruption” and “tremendous crime.” Said the President, “(DeSantis)
opponent runs an area and a city that’s got among the worst statistics in
the country and certainly in the state. If his opponent gets elected,
you’ll have Venezuela. Florida will become another Venezuela and that’s not
good.” In response, Gillum tweeted
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“Hey @realDonaldTrump — don’t come to my state and talk trash about my city
while we are preparing for a Category 3 hurricane. We need a partner right
now, not a partisan.”

*USA Today Editorial: Climate Change Contributed To Storm’s Rapid
Intensification. *USA Today
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(10/10) editorializes, “Just two days after a United Nations report
demanded urgency in the fight against climate change, a powerful Category 4
hurricane slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday. Did global
warming ‘cause’ Hurricane Michael? No. Is the storm’s rapid intensification
over unusually warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico entirely consistent with
predictions of stronger, soggier storms? Absolutely.” USA Today says that
while this week’s UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change “warned that
a window of opportunity to sharply reduce the harshest consequences of
global warming...is closing fast,” there are things individuals can do to
battle climate change.

In an opposing USA Today
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(10/10) op-ed, Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center,
writes, “The new United Nations report is being talked about as though it
portends the end of the world: To avoid catastrophe, we must instantly
transform the entire economy no matter the costs.” He argues that “this is
unjustified,” and “what’s needed is a vast increase in spending on green
energy research and development.”

*Long Complains About FEMA Vacancies During Hurricane Season.
*Bloomberg
News
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(10/10, Christopher Flavelle ‎) reports that “as Hurricane Michael barrels
toward Florida, the agency charged with protecting Americans from the storm
has large numbers of senior positions vacant or without permanent staff.”
According to Bloomberg, “At least 22 senior leadership roles at the Federal
Emergency Management Agency are vacant or occupied by staff temporarily
filling those positions. Jobs listed on the agency’s website as open
include the assistant administrator for risk management and the director of
resource management.” FEMA Administrator Long “complained about one of the
openings during a press briefing on Hurricane Michael.” Said Long, “One
thing that would help is getting my deputy confirmed. ... It would be nice
to go through a hurricane season with a deputy director inside FEMA.”
Foreign Policy
Trump Says Powell Among “Many People” Under Consideration To Replace Haley.

Reuters
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(10/10, Holland) reports President Trump “said on Wednesday his
administration was talking to his former adviser and Goldman Sachs
executive Dina Powell about possibly succeeding Nikki Haley as the US
ambassador to the United Nations, but that Powell was just one of many
people under consideration.” Reuters adds that “asked whether Powell was
the front-runner, Trump told reporters at the White House: No, but she’s
somebody we’re talking to. ... We’re looking at many people. ... There are
some tremendous, talented people.”

Politico
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(10/10, Karni) says “Powell has emerged as the lead contender to replace
Haley, according to three current and former White House officials familiar
with the process,” and the Washington Post
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(10/10, Parker) that “a senior official said Powell is currently one of two
top candidates to replace Haley, but declined to name the other.” Trump
“did not make a formal offer to Powell during the call Wednesday morning,
the official said.” The Post cautions, moreover, that Powell “is disliked
by White House chief of staff John F. Kelly, who privately criticized her
performance in the administration and deemed her a sharp-elbowed operator
who did not follow his protocols, according to three West Wing officials.”
Powell also “has differed with national security adviser John Bolton on
some policy issues and has a less hawkish worldview.”

*Fox’s Carlson: Powell At Odds With Trump’s Ideas. *Tucker Carlson
reported on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight[image: Image removed by
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(10/10) that following Ambassador Haley’s resignation Tuesday, one of the
names “we heard most” as her possible replacement is Powell, who “seems
like a nice person” but has “worked on behalf of virtually every idea
that...Trump ran against in his 2016 campaign.”

*Conway Praises Haley, Predicts She Will “Do Very Well” In Private
Sector. *In an appearance on Fox News’ Fox & Friends[image: Image removed
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(10/10), White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said it is her
understanding that Haley is leaving her post for the reasons she stated on
Tuesday. Conway added, “You have to understand the shear volume and
velocity with the way this President and his senior advisers work means you
can accomplish a great amount in a very limited time.” She “will go out to
the private sector, I believe, and do very well. And I think we can expect
to see her on the campaign trail. I sort of thought maybe she would say she
was leaving to join the President and the Vice President on the campaign
trail these last 30 days because she would have a positive impact out
there.”

*NBC’s Welker Says Haley’s Departure May Be Related To Kavanaugh
Controversy. *On NBC’s Today Show[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(10/10), Kristen Welker reported that at the White House, Haley’s
announcement “stunn[ed] many in the West Wing, with some disappointed she
didn’t wait until after the midterms.” Welker suggested that Haley’s
resignation had something to do with the “the Kavanaugh controversy.”
Welker said Haley had “argu[ed] that accusers should be heard.” Haley was
shown saying, “It’s not something that we want to do to blame the accuser
or try to second guess the accuser.”

*Washington Examiner: “Cloud Of Suspicion” That Haley Could Be
“Anonymous.” *Under the headline “Cloud Of Suspicion Over Haley Resignation
As Identity Of ‘Anonymous’ Mystery Intensifies,” Steven Nelson writes in
the Washington Examiner
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(10/10), “Is there more to...Haley’s resignation than first meets the eye?
Putting together her past opposition to Trump, her thinly-disguised
ambition to run for the White House one day and the suddenness of the
departure announcement, some Republicans think so.” Haley “declared herself
‘not a fan’ of President Trump two weeks before the 2016 election. Author
Michael Wolff branded her ‘as ambitious as Lucifer,’” and “a key Trump
ally,” the ACU’s Matt Schlaap, “said Tuesday that the timing of her
resignation ‘raised eyebrows’ and ‘seemed odd.’” Sebastian Gorka, however,
told the Examiner, “Anyone who ever [posited] Nikki being the author of the
New York Times piece was smoking something that’s not tobacco.”

*Schlaap Draws Attention To “Unusual Timing” Of Haley’s
Resignation. *Appearing on Fox News’ Fox & Friends[image: Image removed by
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(10/10), Schlaap, president of the American Conservative Union and husband
of White House Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlaap, said
he was “shocked” by the news that Haley was resigning. Schlaap added, “It’s
a little bit of unusual timing right before...the elections.” Brian
Kilmeade noted that Axios’ Jonathan Swan, who broke the Haley resignation
story on Tuesday, said on Tuesday evening that he has no idea she Haley is
leaving.

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(10/10), Joe Scarborough said, “There doesn’t seem to be much of a reason
for Nikki Haley to resign at this point.” Scarborough said Haley had
“remained independent and has stuck pretty steadfast to a traditional US
foreign policy position.” The Washington Post’s David Ignatius said Haley
is “the rare person in the Trump team who has managed to really keep her
reputation, her dignity, her sense of independence entirely intact.”

*Bannon Criticizes Timing Of Haley’s Exit, Calls Her “As Ambitious
As Lucifer.” *Bloomberg News
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(10/10) reports that earlier today at an event in London, Steve Bannon
“slammed...Haley’s decision to announce her resignation as US ambassador to
the UN on Tuesday as ‘suspect’ and ‘horrific,’ saying it overshadowed
positive news the president needs to help rally support ahead of next
month’s midterm elections.” Bannon is quoted as saying, “The timing was
exquisite from a bad point of view. ... Everything she said yesterday and
everything she said about stepping down could have been done on the evening
of November 6. The timing could not have been worse.” Bannon also said
Haley is “as ambitious as Lucifer.”

*Paul: Next UN Ambassador Should Share Trump’s Anti-Interventionist
Views. *Asked, on Fox News’ Fox & Friends[image: Image removed by sender.
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(10/10), about potential successors to Haley at the UN, Sen. Rand Paul
(R-KY) said, “I think the President should pick with somebody who agrees
with the President’s vision: That Iraq war was a mistake...that there is no
military solution in Afghanistan. I really want somebody to come forward
that the President will pick that agrees with the President’s vision for
foreign policy. ... I think that many of the people surrounding him give
him the advice we must stay forever in Afghanistan. They’re now saying we
must stay forever in Syria.”

*Haley Draws Praise From Netanyahu, Other Israeli Officials.
*The Washington
Post
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(10/10, Eglash) reports that in Israel, Haley’s announcement, “which was
aired live...immediately drew an outpouring of appreciation for the former
South Carolina governor, who has long been viewed here as a savior of sorts
at an institution accused of harboring a long-term bias against the Jewish
state.” Prime Minister Netanyahu hailed her work at the UN and Israeli
President Reuven Rivlin called Haley “a true ambassador” for Israel.
The Washington
Post
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(10/10, Eglash) runs a similar report.

*Graham Dismisses Speculation About Him Becoming AG, Haley Running
For His Seat. *Sen. Lindsey Graham was asked on Fox News’ The Story[image:
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(10/10) about speculation that Haley resigned because he is going to become
Attorney General and she could be appointed to his Senate seat. Graham
said, “It’s crazy. She did a great job. She wants to spend time with her
family. She has got a kid going to Clemson and another one going to college
pretty soon. She served her country very well. Here’s the deal. I’ll bet
you $20 and I will give you 10-1 odds. If I’m Attorney General, I will give
you $200 and if I’m not, you give me $20. I will take all those bets all
day long.”

*Poll By Anti-Trump Conservative Group: Haley Could Be A Strong
Primary Challenger. *Politico
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(10/10, Johnson) reports “a conservative anti-Trump organization has good
news for...Haley’s 2020 presidential aspirations – even if she professes
not to have them.” She “is the strongest potential primary challenger to
President Donald Trump, according to a poll funded by the group Defend
Democracy Together.” The survey “polled likely Republican caucus-goers in
Iowa as well as Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, found that
nearly half – 47 percent – would consider another option to Trump in 2020.
Of those polled, Haley topped the list among the probable early state
voters, with 52 percent saying they would consider her as an alternative to
Trump.”
Report: Trump May Meet With Putin Next Spring.

Reuters
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(10/10, Rosendahl) reports that, citing unnamed sources, the daily
newspaper Helsingin Sanomat said online that officials are looking at
possible dates for President Trump to meet Russia’s Vladimir Putin in
Helsinki next spring. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto “said US interest
for [the meeting] had grown.”

*WSJournal A1: Putin Enemies In UK End Up Dead. *The Wall Street
Journal
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(10/10, A1, Cullison) reports on its front page on the death of Nikolai
Glushkov, a Russian émigré in the UK and former finance director of
Aeroflot Russian Airlines, who sought to expose the company as a front for
Russian security service. Glushkov was on trial for allegedly taking $120
million from the company with his partners Boris Berezovsky and former
Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko. Glushkov said the case was a
pretext for Russian harassment. Before he was killed, he planned to defend
himself by reopening Russian history sensitive for Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Russia’s security services. The three became wealthy
during Russian privatizations and helped Putin’s rise, only to fall out of
favor and flee to England. All three have suffered untimely deaths.
Trump “Demanding” Saudis Account For Dissident Journalist’s Disappearance.

Coverage on the disappearance of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
continues. The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(10/10, story 9, 0:30, Glor) reported that President Trump on Wednesday
“said...the US is demanding answers” over the disappearance of the
Washington Post contributor, who “was last seen entering the Saudi
consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, last week. Turkish officials claim the
Saudis executed Khashoggi, and a TV station broadcast images of what it
called an assassination team, flown to Istanbul to carry it out, today.”

Trump was asked on Fox News @ Night[image: Image removed by sender.
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(10/10) what it would do to US-Saudi relations if it is determined that the
Saudis are responsible for Khashoggi’s death or disappearance. Trump said,
“Well, it’s a terrible thing, and it certainly would not be a positive. I
would not be happy at all.” Asked if he would support the calls from
senators to block arms sales to the Saudis, Trump said, “I think that would
be hurting us. We have jobs. We have a lot of things happening in this
country. We have a country that’s doing probably better economically than
it’s ever done before. Part of that is what we are doing with our defense
systems and everybody is wanting them and frankly I think that would be a
very, very tough pill to swallow for our country.”

Reuters
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(10/10) reports that Trump said the US is “working closely with Turkey to
find out exactly what had happened and was seeking information from Saudi
Arabia.” Trump is quoted as saying, “We’re demanding everything. We want to
see what’s going on. It’s a very serious situation for us and for this
White House. ... I want to see what happens and we’re working very closely
with Turkey and I think we’ll get to the bottom of it.”

The AP
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(10/10, Pennington) reports, “Members of Congress have grown increasingly
insistent that the administration find out what happened to Khashoggi.”
Meanwhile, President Trump said that he will invite Khashoggi’s fiancee to
the White House. Politico
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(10/10, Choi) reports Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz, “called on
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to help locate her
husband-to-be.”

Reuters
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(10/10, Holland, Butler) also reports that “in another sign the White House
was stepping up pressure, White House national security adviser John Bolton
and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, spoke to
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday.” Reuters adds that the
White House “also said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo followed up with
his own call to the Crown Prince, who had forged close ties to the
administration, especially Kushner.” Similarly, saying that Khashoggi is “a
leading critic” of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is “closely
allied with” Trump and Kushner, NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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(10/10, story 11, 1:30, Holt) reported that Kushner, Secretary of State
Pompeo, and National Security Adviser Bolton “have talked to the crown
prince about Khashoggi as pressure builds for answers.”

The Washington Post
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(10/10, Deyoung) reports State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino
called Pompeo’s call with MBS “private diplomatic conversations.” He said,
“I would say that the United States government wants to understand what is
going on,” adding, “and to express the importance of receiving a full
accounting. And understanding in a very transparent and conclusive way what
has transpired. We’d like to get to the bottom of this.” While “US
intelligence officials have long regarded MBS with skepticism and
trepidation,” he “has been the go-to Saudi since the administration took
office.” Khashoggi’s disappearance “has thrown a wrench in” Trump’s plans
to work with MBS “to bring Iran to heel, achieve an Israeli-friendly peace
settlement with the Palestinians and sell billions worth of US weapons
along the way.”

Similarly, in an analysis, the New York Times
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(10/10, Landler, Wong, Schmitt) reports Trump “made Saudi Arabia the
fulcrum of his Middle East policy,” making Khashoggi’s possible murder “a
looming diplomatic crisis.” It is also “a personal reckoning” for Trump’s
son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who championed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
and elevated him “into a key ally in the Arab world and the White House’s
primary interlocutor to the kingdom.” Should it become clear that Mohammed
was connected to Khashoggi’s death, “it will provoke an outcry on Capitol
Hill; embarrass American executives, dozens of whom are flocking to Riyadh
for a conference next week where the crown prince is scheduled to speak;
and put Mr. Kushner, who was once himself a newspaper publisher, in an
extremely awkward position.”

Former George W. Bush Administration Deputy Assistant to the
President and Deputy National Security Adviser Elliott Abrams, in an op-ed
in the Washington Post
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(10/10), writes that unless the Saudi government “quickly and honestly”
acts to address Khashoggi’s disappearance, its “reputation will incur
irreparable damage.” If it had Khashoggi killed, that “suggests either a
regime without internal procedures and controls, or one in which an
impulsive decision to kill a critic living in Washington cannot be
contradicted or even questioned.” The result will be all Saudi
decision-making coming “into question, and the government’s reliability as
a partner will be rendered uncertain.” Abrams concludes that Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman needs to realize “that his entire modernization
program, indeed every defense of his own personal power, is undermined by
what all the evidence suggests was a carefully planned murder.”

In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(10/10) reports that the publicly available evidence “clearly shows that
Saudi officials, including the ambassador in Washington, were not telling
the truth when they denied the existence of the” Saudi operatives. The
country’s “cynical stance” that Khashoggi left the consulate and it is
concerned about his welfare “has been shredded.” The Post adds, “In the
absence of an adequate response, the regime must be held responsible.” The
Post criticizes President Trump’s “tepid reaction” to the incident and
calls on him and Congress to sanction Saudi Arabia unless it “immediately
explain[s] what happened to Mr. Khashoggi, and punish[es] those
responsible.”

*Pence: Free World Deserves Answers About Khashoggi. *The Washington
Times
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(10/10, Muñoz) reports Vice President Pence, in an interview with Hugh
Hewit, said “the free world deserves answers” about Khashoggi’s
disappearance. He added, “It’s a great concern for the United States of
America,”

*Legislators Warn Saudia Arabia Over Disappearance. *Fox News’
Special Report[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(10/10) reported that US lawmakers “are warning Saudi Arabia that relations
with the US may suffer significantly if Saudi Arabia was responsible” for
Khashoggi’s disappearance and possible death. Fox showed Senate Minority
Leader Schumer saying, “It’s despicable and the whole world is watching.
The crown prince is portraying himself as a reformer. ... Reformers don’t
kill their political opponents.” Fox also showed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
saying, “If they’re this brazen, it shows contempt – contempt for
everything we stand for” and “contempt for the relationship. ... If it did
happen, there would be hell to pay.”

*Videos, Names Of Saudis Suspected In Disappearance Leaked.
*The Washington
Post
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(10/10, Harris) reports that Turkish officials “accused Saudi Arabia of not
cooperating with Turkey’s investigation...as video footage and the names of
a 15-member Saudi team suspected of ties to the case emerged.” The Post
adds, “Turkey has put in a request to enter the consulate, where Khashoggi
was last seen Oct. 2 as he stepped through the compound’s front gate to
obtain papers for his wedding. However, despite Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman’s offer...for the Turkish government to search the premises, Saudi
Arabia is delaying and does not want an investigative team to enter, one
senior Turkish official said.” The Wall Street Journal
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(10/10, Stancati, Gauthier-Villars) reports the planes Turkey says carried
the Saudi operatives are owned by a company controlled by Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman.

The New York Times
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(10/10, Kirkpatrick, Browne) reports that among the 15 Saudis alleged to
have taken part in Khashoggi’s disappearance are “the chief of forensic
evidence at Saudi Arabia’s internal security agency,” an “officer in the
Saudi special forces,” and two “members of the Saudi royal guard, pictured
in a Saudi newspaper photograph next to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.”
The disclosure of the names of the Saudi operatives “appears to be part of
a steady stream of leaks from the Turkish government intended to put
pressure on the Saudis to admit that Mr. Khashoggi had been killed, and to
spur wider international outrage.” Such leaks may “make it harder for both
sides to save face” in resolving the issue.

*US Intelligence Intercepts Show Previous Saudi Plan To Lure Back,
Detain Khashoggi. *The Washington Post
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(10/10, Harris) reports US intelligence intercepted Saudi officials
discussing a plan ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “to
lure...Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia from his home in Virginia and then
detain him,” according to US officials familiar with the intelligence. The
Post calls this “another piece of evidence implicating the Saudi regime in
Khashoggi’s disappearance,” and adds that it raises “questions about
whether the Trump administration should have warned the journalist that he
might be in danger.” Deputy State Department spokesman Robert Palladino,
when asked about a duty to warn Khashoggi, declined to answer what he
called a “hypothetical question.” He did say, “Though I cannot comment on
intelligence matters, I can say definitively the United States had no
advance knowledge of [Khashoggi’s] disappearance.” The Washington Times
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(10/10, Taylor) reports on the Post coverage.

*WPost: Trump Hands Off On Some Autocrats’ Abuses. *In an analysis,
the Washington Post
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(10/10, Gearan) reports that President Trump’s response to other countries’
“brazen operations in recent months illustrate the hands-off posture taken
by President Trump toward many authoritarian leaders – particularly those
he views as allies or potential allies who have treated him kindly.” While
Administration his issued “harsh condemnations and vows of retaliation,”
the President has been “hesitant – and at times even reluctant – to
forcefully challenge the leaders of such countries accused of abuses.
“Human rights advocates and others said that “Trump’s apparent willingness
to look the other way at recent Saudi overreach in its war in Yemen” and
siding with the Saudis in its dispute with Qatar “may have emboldened the
kingdom to think that Trump would ignore a move against Khashoggi.”
Trump: South Korea Won’t Lift Sanctions On North Without US Approval.

After South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha suggested that Seoul may
lift unilateral sanctions against North Korea – a largely symbolic move
because they are superseded by UN sanctions – President Trump said the
South would not proceed without US approval. Bloomberg News
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(10/10, Olorunnipa, Lee) reports Trump said South Korea “won’t lift any of
its sanctions on North Korea without his approval after officials in Seoul
said they were reviewing the possibility of easing some of their own
penalties against Pyongyang.” At an Oval Office briefing, Trump said,
“Well, they won’t do it without our approval. They do nothing without our
approval.” Bloomberg News adds South Korea’s foreign ministry later “issued
a statement saying Kang’s comments did not mean there were ‘full-scale’
reviews taking place. Rather, Kang was referring to having the
‘flexibility’ to review the issue in context of the recent inter-Korean
talks and in ways that would ‘not compromise’ UN sanctions, the ministry
said in a statement.”

The AP
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(10/10, Tong-Hyung) reports Minister Kang said Seoul is “considering
lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against North Korea to create more
momentum for diplomacy aimed at improving relations and defusing the
nuclear crisis.” During a “parliamentary audit of her ministry,” Minister
Kang “said the government is reviewing whether to lift sanctions South
Korea imposed on the North in 2010 following a deadly attack on a warship
that killed 45 South Korean sailors.” While the lifting of unilateral
sanctions “would have little immediate effect since US-led international
sanctions remain in place,” it is “clear the South’s liberal government is
preparing to restart joint economic projects if the larger nuclear
negotiations between the United States and North Korea begin yielding
results.”

The New York Times
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(10/10, Sang-Hun) reports South Korea said “it was considering lifting a
sweeping embargo on bilateral trade and exchanges with North Korea, despite
Washington’s efforts to keep the economic noose on the North until it
denuclearizes.” Minister Kang “suggested that South Korea was becoming
increasingly willing to ease its own sanctions against the North in order
to encourage its denuclearization.” The Times adds that officials said the
South Korean move would be mostly symbolic because of UN sanctions.
However, “any premature easing of penalties is bound to face a backlash
from conservative South Koreans, who fear it could undermine their
country’s alliance with the United States.”

*Kang: Pompeo Was Discontented With Intra-Korea Nuclear Deal. *
Reuters
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(10/10, Shin) reports South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said
Secretary of State Pompeo “has expressed ‘discontent’ with an inter-Korean
military pact reached during last month’s summit,” a “rare disclosure of
signs of disagreement with its US ally.” Under the deal, the “two Koreas
agreed to halt military drills, set up a no-fly zone near the border and
gradually remove landmines and guard posts within the Demilitarised Zone,
among other steps.” Asked by an opposition lawmaker if Pompeo complained
about the agreement, Minister Kang said, “Yes, that’s correct. I wouldn’t
say he made strong expressions. (It was) discontent, about how he was not
briefed sufficiently, and he had a lot of questions within my knowledge.”

*China, Russia, North Korea Call For Adjusting UN Sanctions. *
Reuters
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(10/10, Martina) reports after tripartite talks in Moscow, China’s foreign
ministry said China, Russia and North Korea “believe it is necessary to
consider adjusting UN sanctions against North Korea at an appropriate
time.”

Meanwhile, Reuters
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(10/10, Ostroukh, Osborn) reports the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
said “Russia, China and North Korea had agreed on the need for five-way
talks including the United States and South Korea to end tensions on the
Korean peninsula.”

*Australia, Japan Renew Commitment To Enforcing Nuclear Sanctions
On North Korea. *The AP
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(10/10) reports Australia and Japan “reaffirmed their commitment to
pressuring North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and enforcing
sanctions on Pyongyang.” At a ministerial meeting, Australian Foreign
Minister Marise Payne said the two countries are “committed to working
closely with allies and partners to ensure North Korea is pressured to end
its nuclear and missile programs.”
Axios: US, India Headed Toward Clash Over Iran Sanctions.

Axios
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(10/10, Taleblu) reports that the US and India are “headed toward clash
over Iranian oil sanctions.” Two Indian firms are “reportedly seeking to
purchase Iranian oil in the month of November,” despite new US sanctions
set to take effect on Nov. 4. Axios says that “should the imports go
through, they would contravene the stated US aim” of bringing Iran’s
petroleum exports “as close to zero as possible.”

*Saudis To Supply India With Extra Oil Shipments To Offset Loss Of
Iranian Oil. *Reuters
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(10/10, Jaganathan, Verma) reports sources said Saudi Arabia “will supply
Indian buyers with an additional 4 million barrels of crude oil in
November.” The extra cargoes “indicate a willingness by Saudi Arabia to
increase crude supply to make up the shortfall once sanctions by the United
States on oil exports from Iran.”

*Oil Traders Have Wide Range Of Price Forecasts As Sanctions Crimp
Iranian Exports. *Reuters
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(10/10, Payne, Zhdannikov) reports the world’s “biggest trading houses said
on Wednesday they saw oil prices not falling below $65 per barrel and
possibly breaking above $100 next year as US sanctions on Iran reduce crude
exports from the Islamic republic.” The diversity of views “illustrates
deep uncertainty among top industry players over the outlook, given the
reimposition of sanctions on Iran and forecasts of slowing economies and
energy demand in 2019, potentially leading to choppy trading.”

However, Bloomberg News
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(10/10, Blas, Smith, Horden) had a less sanguine view, reporting executives
“from the world’s largest energy traders” said sanctions “on Iranian oil
exports are hitting much harder than most people predicted as the
administration of US President Donald Trump takes a tough line on
enforcement.” Jeremy Weir, chief executive officer of Trafigura Group Pte,
said “perhaps 2 million barrels a day of Iranian crude could eventually be
lost to the global market.” While other traders “including Vitol Group of
Cos. and Gunvor Group saw the impact closer to 1 million, that’s still
twice as much as most people initially predicted.”

*Iran Summons German Ambassador After Extradition Of Iranian
Diplomat. *The AP
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(10/10, Press) reports Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency “is reporting that
the country’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador over a
German court decision to hand over an Iranian diplomat wanted in Belgium.”
A German court “on Oct. 1 approved the extradition of Vienna-based
Assadollah Assadi, who is wanted in Belgium on suspicion he was part of a
failed plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally near Paris on June 30.”

Reuters
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(10/10, Guarascio) reports Belgian prosecutors said they have “charged an
Iranian diplomat and three other individuals with planning to bomb a
meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group in France in June.” The
diplomat, “identified only by his given name as Assadollah A., worked at
the Iranian embassy in Vienna.”
Wray, Nielsen: China Trying To Influence US Midterm Elections.

Reuters
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(10/10, Chiacu) reports DHS Secretary Nielsen and FBI Director Wray warned
lawmakers Wednesday that China “is waging an unprecedented campaign to
influence American public opinion as November congressional elections
approach and presents the greatest long-term counterintelligence threat to
the United States.” Asked by members of the Senate Homeland Security
Committee about President Trump’s assertion that China is interfering in US
elections, Nielsen said, “China absolutely is on an unprecedented – or
exerting unprecedented effort to influence American opinion. We have not
seen to date any Chinese attempts to compromise election infrastructure.”
Wray, Reuters says, “went farther,” saying, “China in many ways represents
the broadest, most complicated, most long-term counterintelligence threat
we face.” Russia, he added, “is in many ways fighting to stay relevant
after the fall of the Soviet Union. They’re fighting today’s fight. China’s
is fighting tomorrow’s fight.”

*Mnuchin Signals Crackdown On Chinese Investment In Sensitive US
Industries. *The New York Times
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(10/10, Rappeport) reports Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said Wednesday that
the Administration “will begin cracking down on foreign investment in
sensitive American industries like technology and telecommunications,” and
“will start using new powers that give the United States greater authority
to review and block Chinese and other international transactions that pose
a threat to national security.” According to the Times, “The expanded
review system, which Congress passed into law this summer, will apply to a
wide array of foreign transactions but is aimed primarily at China.” Said
Mnuchin, “These temporary regulations address specific risks to US critical
technology while informing the development of final regulations that will
fully implement Firrma [the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization
Act].”

*DOJ Charges Chinese Spy With Attempting To Steal Trade Secrets
From US Firms. *The Washington Times
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(10/10, Mordock) reports the Justice Department announced charges Wednesday
against “a Chinese government operative who authorities say tried to steal
tried secrets from US aviation and aerospace companies, including GE
Aviation.” Yanjun Xu, a “senior officer with the Ministry of State
Security,” is accused of “luring US executives to China with the attempt of
stealing their company’s technology, officials said.”

The AP
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(10/10) reports that from 2013 until he was arrested in April, Xu “would
recruit employees from major aerospace companies, including GE Aviation,
and convince them to travel to China under the guise that they would give a
presentation at a university, prosecutors said.” Xu was arrested in
Belgium, and extradited to the US on Tuesday. In what the Washington Post
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(10/10, Nakashima) calls “a first, federal agents lured a Chinese
government spy to Belgium, where authorities transferred him this week to
the United States for prosecution on economic espionage charges.” Current
and former officials “said Xu’s extradition is apparently the first time a
Chinese government spy has been brought to the United States to face
charges.”

The New York Times
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(10/10, Benner) reports in a statement, FBI Assistant Director for
Intelligence, William Priestap, said, “This unprecedented extradition of a
Chinese intelligence officer exposes the Chinese government’s direct
oversight of economic espionage against the United States.” John C. Demers,
head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division, said the
Department “is pursuing other thefts of trade secrets for prosecution. ...
Together, he said, they show that China has a policy of developing its
economy ‘at America’s expense.’” The Wall Street Journal
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(