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Today's Table of Contents

*Leading the News <#SECTION_1>*

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

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

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

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_2>*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

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

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S26>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In an “exclusive” headlined “Joe Biden To Hold Beverly Hills Fundraiser
Hosted By Jeffrey Katzenberg,” the Hollywood Reporter
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(9/21, Kiefer) said that former Vice President Joe Biden “will dust off his
fundraising chops for an Oct. 3 fundraiser that will be held in Beverly
Hills, just weeks before the” 2018 “midterm elections. The $5,000 per plate
event is being organized by Gonring, Spahn and Associates along with
Jeffrey Katzenberg. Proceeds will benefit Biden’s PAC American
Possibilities, which supports Democratic candidates and causes. Beyond the
money raised, an event of this stature signals to observers that Biden is
taking a possible 2020 presidential candidacy very seriously.” The Wrap
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(9/21) reported that the event will be “hosted by Jefferey Katzenberg. ...
No invites have been sent, according to organizers. Guests are being
invited via phone calls and emails.” In an online article, CNBC
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(9/21, Daniels) reported, “Biden’s office confirmed he’s headlining the
event.”

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

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

The Staten Island (NY) Advance
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(9/21, Michel) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday
backed Army veteran Max Rose’s (D) bid to unseat NY11 Rep. Dan Donovan (R).
The Advance said Rose “thanked Biden for his endorsement and pledged to
address gun violence, transportation, and Staten Island’s opioid crisis if
elected. ‘It is an honor and a privilege to have the endorsement of Vice
President Joe Biden. His commitment to working Americans, our first
responders, and putting party aside to solve problems is why he is one of
the greatest public servants of our time,’ said Rose.” The Huffington Post
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(9/21, Marans) reported that Biden “highlighted Rose’s Army service in
Afghanistan as evidence of his commitment to public service. Rose took
leave from his campaign in August to participate in training duty with the
New York National Guard, Biden noted. ‘That is the kind of dedication to
country and integrity that we need right now in Washington DC,’ Biden
said.”
Biden To Stump With Abrams In Georgia On Thursday.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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(9/21, Bluestein) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden will stump
“in Georgia next week” for ex-state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D), who is battling
Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) in the race to succeed term-limited Gov.
Nathan Deal (R). An Abrams spokesperson “said that Biden will stump with
Abrams on Thursday, though the location of the visit is still unclear.” The
AJC added, “Other potential Democratic presidential contenders, including
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, have also trekked to Georgia to
back [Abrams’] campaign. And two former presidents – Jimmy Carter and
Barack Obama – have also endorsed her.” The Hill
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(9/22, Folley) reported that Biden, “who is rumored to be considering
running for president in 2020, has been campaigning for Democrats in
Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania this month. Abram is” bidding “to
become the first black female governor in U.S. history.”
Foreign Policy
Bolton: New Cyber Policy “Long Overdue.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*May: UK Disagrees With US On Nuclear Deal, Agrees On “Other
Aspects Of Iran’s Behavior.” *The CBS Weekend News[image: Image removed by
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(9/23, story 4, 1:15, Quijano) reported, “Tensions between the US and Iran
will take center stage this week at the UN” after President Trump pulled
out of the Iran nuclear deal this year. British Prime Minister Theresa May
discussed that with CBS’ John Dickerson. She says the UK does have a
“difference of opinion with President Trump. Because we believe the JCPOA
should stay in place, and others involved in puttin