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*Wednesday, October 10, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Delivers Inaugural Lecture At Imperial Cancer Research UK Centre.
<#S1>

• Local TV Station Highlights Biden’s Coming Appearance In Kentucky. <#S2>

• NYTimes Notes “Conversations With Joe” Audio Book Out This Week. <#S3>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Haley Announces Resignation, Says She Intends To Campaign For Trump In
2020. <#S4>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Touts Progress In North Korea Denuclearization Talks. <#S5>

• NYTimes: Iran Becoming Most Divisive Issue Between US, EU. <#S6>

• Russia Offering To Help Syria Rebuild Its Energy Infrastructure. <#S7>

• Trump To Raise Journalist’s Disappearance With Saudi Officials. <#S8>

• NYTimes: US Thwarts Russia’s Campaign To Undermine Macedonian Referendum.
<#S9>

• Trump Greets UN Climate Report With Suspicion. <#S10>

• Trump Says He Is Prepared To Impose Additional Tariffs On Chinese Goods.
<#S11>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Touts Year-Round E15 Ethanol To Receptive Crowd In Iowa. <#S12>

• Kavanaugh Takes Seat On Court, Engages In Questioning In First Oral
Arguments. <#S13>

• Court Rejects Administration Appeal In Lawsuit Over Census Citizenship
Question. <#S14>

• Trump Urges Florida Residents To Heed Warnings As Hurricane Michael
Approaches. <#S15>

• Kanye West To Have Lunch With Trump Tomorrow At White House. <#S16>

• Poll: 55% Say Trump Just “Expressing Frustration” With Attacks On Media.
<#S17>

• Sanders Plans Nine-Day Campaign Swing For Democratic Candidates. <#S18>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• Air Pollution Linked To Higher Risk Of Mouth Cancer. <#S19>

• Cancer Scientist: Firing Was “Retaliation” For Questioning Study
Authorship. <#S20>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S21>

• Washington Post. <#S22>
Biden in the News
Biden Delivers Inaugural Lecture At Imperial Cancer Research UK Centre.

Imperial College London (UK)
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(10/10, Johns, Scheuber) reports that former Vice President Joe Biden on
Wednesday “delivered the inaugural lecture of the Imperial Cancer Research
UK (CRUK) Centre,” which “is a research collaboration that brings together
scientists, clinicians, engineers and physicists in the fight against
cancer.” Biden spoke “of the ‘urgency of now’ as cancer research realises a
radical, highly collaborative and progressive step-change, surpassing that
of the Nixon-era ‘war on cancer.’” Biden, “who described Imperial’s cancer
work as ‘impressive’, said: ‘I’ve never seen folks as bright and who work
as hard as all of you. You are the most talented community in the world –
please break down the silos, continue to collaborate in ways that haven’t
existed before. Your work is important.’”
Local TV Station Highlights Biden’s Coming Appearance In Kentucky.

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Lexington, KY (10/9, Rand) reported, “Bath County is gearing up to welcome
former Vice President Joe Biden, who will be in Owingsville Friday in
support of Ret. Lt. Col. Amy McGrath, the Democratic nominee” challenging
KY6 Rep. Andy Barr (R). WKYT-TV added, “Biden and McGrath are hosting a
fish fry Friday, October 12 at Bath County High School.” Bath County
Judge-Executive Bobby Rogers (D) “said Biden’s personality could help
McGrath’s campaign. ‘I think Joe Biden can relate to a lot of people here,
just the way he carries on, you know, and I think he’s pretty well liked
here in the area,’ Rogers said.”
NYTimes Notes “Conversations With Joe” Audio Book Out This Week.

The New York Times
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(10/9) reports in “New & Noteworthy” that among the audio books out this
week is “CONVERSATIONS WITH JOE Conversations between Joe Biden and various
interviewers. (Audible.) Sit back and listen to the former vice president.
These are edited highlights from Biden’s tour of American cities this past
year, in which he spoke with a range of luminaries, from Melinda Gates to
Stephen Colbert, about his triumphs and heartbreaks.”
Leading the News
Haley Announces Resignation, Says She Intends To Campaign For Trump In 2020.

Media coverage of Ambassador Haley’s resignation strongly highlights the
surprising nature of the news and the mutual praise she and President Trump
heaped on one another yesterday. Reports also indicate that Haley indicated
that she will not run for office in 2020 and that she plans to campaign for
Trump’s reelection. The New York Times
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(10/9, Haberman) says Haley “has long been seen as a potential presidential
candidate,” but said yesterday “she had no intention of running for the
presidency in 2020, as has been speculated. Instead, she said, she plans to
campaign for Mr. Trump.” ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by
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(10/9, story 4, 2:45, Vega) showed Haley saying, “For all of you that are
going to ask about 2020, no, I’m not running for 2020. I can promise you
what I’ll be doing is campaigning for this one.”

Along similar lines, the Washington Post
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(10/9, Gearan) reports that “some of Trump’s political advisers have viewed
her warily as a potential threat in 2020 and a skeptic of the Trump agenda,
spurring her to say in her resignation announcement that she would not be
running for office.” On Fox News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(10/9), meanwhile, there was “speculation” that if Sen. Lindsey Graham were
to take a position in the Trump Administration, Haley may be interested in
filling his seat. The Washington Post
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(10/9, Rucker) says, however, that the “idea [was] quickly dismissed by
Haley confidants, Trump and Graham himself.”

USA Today
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(10/9, Jackson, Fritze, Shesgreen) quotes Trump as saying of Haley, “She’s
done a fantastic job and we’ve done a fantastic job together.” The Washington
Times
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(10/9, Boyer, Taylor) reports Trump also said “she is ‘very special to me,’
and that together they have ‘solved a lot of problems.’” Politico
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(10/9, Toosi, Johnson, Morin) adds that Trump also told Haley, “We’re all
happy for you in one way, but we hate to lose you. ... Hopefully you’ll be
coming back at some point, but maybe in a different capacity. You can have
your pick.” The New York Post
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(10/9, Fredericks) says that remark “caused her to break into good-natured
laughter.” The Federalist
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(10/9, Payton) also quotes from Trump’s remarks: “So Nikki, I just wanted
to tell you we’ll miss you. ... We’ll be speaking all the time, but we’ll
miss you nevertheless and you have done a fantastic job and I want to thank
you very much.”

The Los Angeles Times
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(10/9, Bierman) says “Haley’s departure marked one of the rare examples of
a senior Trump administration official making a graceful exit.” Trump
“heaped praise on her, saying she brought glamour and importance to the
position,” and “allowed her to address reporters from the Oval Office, a
departure from the abrupt tweets Trump often uses to announce high-level
staff changes.” The Times adds that “Haley, in turn, thanked Trump and
praised members of his family before mentioning her own family,” and “moved
quickly to squelch speculation about her political ambitions.”

The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, Lim) reports “Trump said in televised remarks that...he wanted an
on-air goodbye to dispel speculation about an adversarial ouster.” Said
Trump, “When you write it out on a piece of paper that, you know,
‘Ambassador Haley will be leaving’ and you say nice things, people say,
‘What’s going on?’ ... When you really think somebody’s done a terrific
job, I felt this was an appropriate way of doing it.” The Examiner adds
that “other top Trump administration officials have been fired without
ceremony before being shamed in the media.”

The AP
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(10/9, Miller, Riechmann, Lemire) says “the news blindsided many
congressional Republicans involved in foreign policy matters and some key
US allies.” In her resignation letter
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Haley, “who is not personally wealthy, hinted...that she is headed to the
private sector.” She “has two children to put through college and the
potential to make much more money in the business world.” The New York Times
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(10/9, Haberman) notes, moreover, that Trump said Haley “had informed him
six months ago that she wanted to take a break after finishing two years
with the administration.” However, the CBS Evening News[image: Image
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(10/9, story 4, 2:30, Glor) reported, “White House officials tell CBS News
it was a closely guarded secret.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by
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(10/9, story 4, 2:10, Holt) also reported Haley’s resignation “caught even
some of...Trump’s top aides off guard.”

McClatchy
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(10/9, Dumain, Kumar) reports that according to her letter, “Haley shared
her intentions with Trump last week” and “attributed her resignation to
being ‘a strong supporter of term limits’ who has ‘long believed that
rotation in office benefits the public.’” Haley also wrote, “As a
businessman, I expect you will appreciate my sense that returning from
government to the private sector is not a step down, but a step up.” The Los
Angeles Times
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(10/9, Bierman) points out that both Trump and Haley said “the resignation
will take effect at the end of the year,” and the Wall Street Journal
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(10/9, Ballhaus, Fassihi, Bender) runs a similar report this morning.

Some analyses, meanwhile, mused about alternative explanations for
Haley’s departure. The Washington Post
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(10/9, Gearan) reports that Haley was “frustrated to be left out of some
key debates earlier this year, administration officials said, and was not
seen as part of Trump’s inner circle.” Bloomberg News
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(10/9, Jacobs, Sink, Pettypiece) says, meanwhile, that “tensions bubbled up
between Haley and Trump in April when...Pence hired” Jon Lerner, “a
long-time Haley aide and Republican pollster as his national security
adviser, prompting speculation that Haley and Pence were forging a
political alliance.”

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(10/9), “I think she felt she was losing a bit of clout as UN Ambassador.
When [Rex] Tillerson had been Secretary of State, the President depended on
her an awful lot. When Tillerson left and Pompeo came in, the President is
very close to Pompeo. I think she felt her clout kind of decreasing. She
felt this was a good time, and maybe she wanted to get out in front of all
the people who are going to leave or get fired after the midterm elections,
and sort of separate herself that way. So that explains the timing to me a
little bit.”

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(10/9), “What doesn’t make sense about [Haley’s resignation] is why not
wait until after the election? That’s the only thing. And she said it’s not
for personal reasons. It doesn’t seem there is anything urgent she has to
be stepping down for. It would be like if one of you just went to Jeff
Zucker and said, ‘I think now would be a good time to leave.’ And he would
be like, ‘How about you wait until after the election that’s coming up
we’re all covering?’ That’s kind of something you would do. So, for her to
do this right before the election seems very strange to me.”

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(10/9), “The deeper question is why the President hired Nikki Haley in the
first place. Very public, popular among a lot of Republican voters. She’s
impressively unintimidated, hyper-articulate, great on television, but she
has articulated a foreign policy that is directly at odds that the one that
the President ran on.”

Jonathan Swan of Axios
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(10/9, Swan) was first with the story yesterday morning, reporting that the
news “shocked a number of senior foreign policy officials in the Trump
administration.” Swan later told Fox News’ Special Report[image: Image
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(10/9), “I have been told numerous accounts of what happened and why,
including it was long planned and everything is great and there is a
beautiful ribbon around it and maybe that’s the case. I haven’t reported
anything because I don’t have a high enough degree of confidence to
anything that I’ve been told so far as actual truth.”

Bloomberg News
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(10/9, Jacobs, Sink, Pettypiece) also reports that Haley’s decision
“startled many White House officials, including Chief of Staff John Kelly
and Vice President Mike Pence.” On Fox News’ America’s Newsroom[image:
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(10/9), Rich Edson said Haley only “actually informed her staff...she was
leaving” yesterday morning.

USA Today
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(10/9, Jackson, Fritze, Shesgreen) reports that while “initially a critic
of Trump,” Haley “helped shepherd in the administration’s tougher stance at
the United Nations, including Trump’s decision to leave the UN Human Rights
Council earlier this year.” Haley said yesterday, “The US is strong again.
... Countries may not like what we do, but they respect what we do.” The New
York Post
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(10/9, Fredericks) quotes Haley as adding, “They know that if we say we’re
going to do something, we follow it through. And the president proved that.
Whether it was with the chemical weapons in Syria, whether it’s with NATO,
saying that other countries have to pay their share, and whether it’s the
trade deals, which have been amazing. They get that the president means
business, and they follow through with that.”

The Washington Post
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(10/9, Rucker) says that at the UN, Haley “spoke often of the need for
reform within the UN and its peacekeeping forces, and frequently chastised
UN agencies for taking anti-Israel stances.” In addition, Haley “pushed for
Security Council resolutions imposing greater sanctions on North Korea, and
chastised members who the administration suspected had been cheating,”
according to the Post. The Post also notes that a Quinnipiac poll from
earlier this year “found that Haley had the highest approval ratings of
five Trump Cabinet members tested and was the only Cabinet member to hold
majority approval among Democrats, Republicans and independents. Overall,
63 percent approved and 17 percent disapproved of her performance.”

The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, McIntyre) reports Defense Secretary Mattis praised Haley Tuesday “as
a valued partner who has ‘done yeoman’s work’ in New York for the United
States.” Said Mattis, “She has been just a tremendous asset to those of us
here in the Department of Defense.” Mattis “would not disclose whether he
knew Haley was stepping down after two years on the job,” saying, “I don’t
get into private discussions.”

CQ Roll Call
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(10/9, Bennett) reports Haley “has been viewed as a steadying presence
within the turbulent administration, one of several establishment
Republican appointments that helped deliver Trump’s message around the
globe.” Roll Call adds that “lawmakers’ reaction, not surprisingly, have
broken along party lines.” Sen. Lindsay Graham, for example, tweeted
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yesterday, “Ambassador @NikkiHaley has done an outstanding job as United
States Ambassador to the United Nations and showed a level of effectiveness
rarely seen by someone in this position.” Senate Foreign Relations ranking
member Robert Menendez, however, tweeted
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that Haley’s departure is “yet another sign of the Trump Administration’s
chaotic foreign policy and setback from promoting American values and
priorities.”

In a statement, Townhall
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(10/9, Pavlich) reports, Senate Majority Leader McConnell said, “Her tenure
will be remembered for her proud reassertion of American moral leadership
and her fearless willingness to turn a bright spotlight on critical
challenges, from Israel’s sovereignty to Iran’s sponsorship of regional
violence.”

The AP
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(10/9, Press) reports, meanwhile, that UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres is expressing “deep appreciation for the excellent cooperation and
support” from Haley, “despite major policy differences on issues including
climate change and Palestinian refugees.”

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(10/9, Rampton, Holland) reports that in the Oval Office yesterday, Haley
described White House Counselor Jared Kushner as “such a hidden genius that
no one understands.” The Hill
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(10/9, Birnbaum) notes that Haley also said, “I can’t say enough good
things about Jared and Ivanka.”

*Powell, Grennell Among Those Mentioned As Potential Haley
Replacements. *The Los Angeles Times
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(10/9, Bierman) notes that “Trump said he would name a successor within the
next two or three weeks.” Reuters
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(10/9, Rampton, Holland) notes that Trump “told reporters he would consider
selecting former Goldman Sachs executive and White House adviser Dina
Powell to replace Haley, and shot down speculation he would put his
daughter Ivanka in the role.” Politico
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(10/9, White) calls Powell “the top candidate,” and adds he “is said to be
strongly considering the job but also weighing family concerns.” Politico
also reports that “born in Egypt and raised in the United States, Powell is
well liked by Trump as well as the president’s daughter Ivanka and
son-in-law.” However, “she is already coming under criticism from some
conservatives on social media who maintain that Powell is a ‘globalist.’”

The Daily Caller
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(10/9, Fordham) reports that among those seen as Haley’s potential
successor, US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell is “getting a large
share of the attention.” The Daily Caller says Grenell is “on good terms
with national security adviser John Bolton,” and “was on Donald Trump’s
short list for UN ambassador during the 2016 presidential election.” The
Daily Caller also says that Grenell would be “the first openly gay US
ambassador to the UN.” The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, Donachie) reports Trump “was livid with Senate Democrats for what he
felt was slow-walking Grenell’s confirmation earlier this year.” The
Examiner adds that “another factor that could put Grenell’s name toward the
top of the Haley replacement list is the fact that he has a close
relationship with national security adviser John Bolton.” Grenell “served
with Bolton...in former President George W. Bush’s administration.”

The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, Donachie) also lists Jon Huntsman, Sens. Lindsay Graham, Bob Corker
and Joe Manchin, Kushner, David Petraeus, former Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Rep.
Peter King as possible candidates.

*Trump Says “Ivanka Would Be Dynamite,” Jokes That “CNN Would
Support Her.” *The AP
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(10/9, Press) reports “Trump told reporters Tuesday that he has heard his
daughter Ivanka Trump’s name discussed for the post.” Trump said “she’d be
‘incredible’ in the role, but he knows if he selected her he’d be accused
of nepotism.” The New York Post
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(10/9, Fredericks) quotes Trump as saying, “I’ve heard Ivanka. The people
that know, it’s nothing to do with nepotism. But I want to tell you, the
people that know, know that Ivanka would be dynamite. ... But, you know, I
would then be accused of nepotism, if you can believe it, right? I think
Ivanka would be incredible. It doesn’t mean I would pick her because you
would be accused of nepotism, even though I’m not sure there is anybody
more competent in the world. But that’s OK. But we are looking at numerous
people.” The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, Nelson) says Trump “downplayed the possibility of picking his
daughter,” but “he also joked, ‘I think CNN would support her.’”

The Washington Times
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(10/9, Morton) reports, “Ivanka Trump put a damper Tuesday evening on a day
of speculation that she might replace...Haley.” Ms. Trump tweeted
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“It is an honor to serve in the White House alongside so many great
colleagues and I know that the President will nominate a formidable
replacement for Ambassador Haley. That replacement will not be me.”

*WTimes: Trump May Be Preparing To Step Up “America First” Agenda. *The
Washington Times
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(10/9, Taylor) says the development is “triggering speculation that...Trump
is gearing up for a new hard-line shift on international affairs as he
heads toward his third year in office.” The Times adds “foreign diplomats
are already speculating that the president is bent on naming someone who’ll
take his ‘America First’ agenda toward the United Nations to heights even
Ms. Haley may have balked at during her run as ambassador over the past 20
months.”

The Washington Post
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(10/9, Jaffe, Hudson, Ryan) reports, meanwhile, that Haley’s departure
“deprives...Trump’s ‘America First’ philosophy of its most enthusiastic and
articulate advocate,” though it’s “less clear is whether” it “marks any
change in Trump’s increasingly combative and unilateralist foreign policy.”
The Post adds that “there were moments when Haley, who often represented an
alternative power center in the administration, seemed out of step with the
White House and more in line with the sort of traditional Republican
foreign policy that Trump spurned. ... The differences were most notable in
her advocacy on behalf of human rights and in Russia policy, areas where
Haley touted a hard line that conflicted with the White House’s nebulous
and contradictory policy.”

*WPost: Haley’s Departure Leaves Just Four Minorities In Cabinet. *The
Washington Post
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(10/9, Nakamura) reports “Haley’s departure leaves just four racial or
ethnic minorities among the 23 Cabinet-level jobs. One, Transportation
Secretary Elaine Chao, is among the five women left in those positions.”
The Post adds “the situation drew fresh criticism from another high-ranking
minority woman who left the White House staff – Omarosa Manigault Newman,
an African American who resigned her post as a senior adviser to Trump
under pressure in December. In a tweet, she called Haley ‘strong smart and
authentic!’”

*Watchdog Questions Haley’s Use Of Private Planes Owned By South
Carolina Businessmen. *Earlier yesterday morning, McClatchy
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(10/9, Marchant) reported that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in
Washington is seeking a federal investigation of Haley’s “use of private
planes owned by S.C. businessmen,” including Jimmy Gibbs, president and
chief executive of Gibbs International, Smyth McKissick, the head of Alice
Manufacturing Co., and “longtime Haley friend” Mikee Johnson. According to
McClatchy, CREW “says Haley undervalued the flights by tens of thousands of
dollars on her annual financial disclosure form required of federal
officials.” McClatchy goes on to report that while CREW “says the flights
create the impression of impermissible gifts to a public official,” Haley
“said on her disclosure the men are all personal friends and, thus, exempt
from federal rules about accepting flights on private planes.”

*Haley’s Office Says Her Personal Debt Not Reason She’s Resigning. *The
Charleston (SC) Post and Courier
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(10/9, Brown) reports “Haley’s political capital and foreign policy
credentials skyrocketed during her time as US ambassador to the United
Nations, but one aspect of the former South Carolina governor’s life didn’t
get the same boost: her personal finances.” According to “federal ethics
reports,” she “had debt from $525,000 to about $1.1 million in 2017, the
latest year available.” The Post and Courier adds, however, that “Haley’s
office” said “her debts were not why she announced Tuesday that she will
resign at the end of the year.”

*On Twitter, Some Journalists Speculate Haley Leaving Because Of
Kavanaugh. *Writing for Breitbart
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(10/9, Nolte), John Nolte says that “without any evidence, members of the
establishment media are spreading the conspiracy theory that...Haley had
resigned over Brett Kavanaugh.” Nolte notes that Jacqueline Alemany “from
the far-left Washington Post” wrote on Twitter
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“Sources close to the WH echo this sentiment – that the timing doesn’t make
sense. A source adds that it allows people to say Kavanaugh might have
played a role.” Brian J. Karem from “Playboy/Far-left CNN” tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018101001biden&r=email-9f08&l=03f-6c4&t=c>,
“What are the optics, or are there any to consider in Nikki Haley resigning
a day after the Kavanaugh confirmation party at the WH?” Patricia Zengerle
of Reuters likewise mused
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“The timing of The resignation if Haley, considered the most respected
woman in Trump’s administration, just after Kavanaugh. Notable.” Nolte
concludes, “I am certain ‘sources close to the White House’ tell these
so-called journalists all kinds of things. It is what they choose to
publicly pass along (with zero confirmation) that exposes their malicious
agenda.”

Rachel Maddow said on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show[image: Image
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(10/9), “I am sure it did not escape you that she has just surprise
announced her resignation right after...Kavanaugh was sworn in as the new
Supreme Court justice and all the controversy surrounding his nomination.
In normal times, that close sequencing of events might signal that that was
the reason...Haley was leaving the Administration. Maybe these things are
connected. In normal times, that’s what you’d think. These are not normal
times, however. And honestly, no one seems to have any idea why Nikki Haley
is leaving and leaving right now. ... That said, this White House does leak
like a rusty sieve straining acid. So I can promise you that this mystery
will not be mysterious for too long. Eventually we will find out what
happened with this...Haley surprise resignation today.”

*Sanford: “Something Doesn’t Smell Right.” *Rep. Mark Sanford
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(10/9), “Something doesn’t smell right. Something’s weird. I can’t put my
finger on it. You know, her head political guy, a guy by the name of John
Lerner, used to be my lead guy, and that guy keeps his nose to the
political winds. He has an acute sense of what’s going on, and so either
there’s another shoe to drop from a Trump standpoint, something that we
don’t know and that she wants to get out of the way of, or, alternatively,
there was this, you know, inquiry I guess put in yesterday on private
planes, and given what she saw happen to Price and what she saw happen to
Pruitt, maybe she just doesn’t want to...risk the possibility of blemish or
the possibility of being pushed out as both of them were given the private
plane question. So something doesn’t quite fit.”

Sanford also mentioned the private plane inquiry on CNN’s The
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(10/9), saying, “Is there something there that she just wants to exit so
she doesn’t have to deal with that as a public figure? Other people saying
money. Other people saying, no...Lindsey Graham is going to be appointed
Attorney General, and this is setting up so the governor can make the
appointment with her to the US Senate. There are all kinds of rumors going
on out there. All I know is that something is going on, probably more than
meets the eye, given the timing of this particular announcement.”

*NYTimes Praises Haley. *The New York Times
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(10/9) editorializes that Haley “could talk as bluntly as the president
himself about the failings of the United Nations system, and yet, more
quietly, she proved a practitioner of multilateral diplomacy.” Moreover,
“in an administration that prizes lock-step loyalty, Ms. Haley managed to
hold to at least some of her own priorities, and as a result she appears to
be that rarest of Trump appointees: one who can exit the administration
with her dignity largely intact.”
Foreign Policy
Trump Touts Progress In North Korea Denuclearization Talks.

The Washington Post
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(10/9) reports that at a news conference with outgoing UN Ambassador Nikki
Haley on Tuesday, President Trump “called the progress with North Korea
‘incredible,’” and “said meetings with Kim Jong Un will eventually take
place in both countries.” The story includes embedded video of the press
conference. Reuters
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(10/9, Rampton) reports Trump said Secretary of State Pompeo “had very good
talks with Kim over the weekend,” and “he thinks ‘incredible’ progress has
been made in US talks with the long-isolated country.” Trump said plans
were also underway for his second summit meeting with North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un. Trump told reporters, “Well it is happening and we’re setting
that up right now.”

USA Today
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(10/9, Jackson) reports Trump said his second meeting with Kim is “coming
soon, but this time it likely won’t be in Singapore.” Trump said,
“Singapore was fantastic, but we’ll probably do a different location” and
are considering “about three or four different locations.” Politico
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(10/9, Choi) reports Trump said “that both he and Kim would enjoy having
one on his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, where he has previously hosted
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.”
The Washington
Post
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(10/9, Sonmez) reports Trump later clarified to reporters that such a
summit would not take place until after midterm elections next month,
“saying his hectic campaign-trail schedule has left him too busy to arrange
a meeting.”

CNN
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(10/9, Vazquez) reports on its website that Trump touted the progress of
the talks, telling reporters: “‘As I’ve said about a thousand times, you’ve
got no rockets flying, you’ve got no missiles flying, you have no nuclear
testing, you have nuclear closings, closing up different areas of North
Korea. We’re getting the remains back ... we got our hostages back, and I
didn’t pay $1.8 billion, like the previous administration. I paid
nothing.’”

*Pompeo Says “Real Progress” Made. *Reuters
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(10/9, Lambert) briefly reports Pompeo “said on Tuesday he had made ‘real
progress’ on his recent trip to North Korea.” Fox News’ Special Report[image:
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(10/9) broadcast Pompeo saying, “While there’s still a long way to go and
much work to do, we can now see a path to where we’ll achieve the ultimate
goal, which is the full and final verified denuclearization of North
Korea.” The Washington Times
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(10/9, Boyer) reports Pompeo, in remarks to reporters “at the White House
after a lunch with President Trump,” added that “he would announce ‘in
short order’ a second summit between Mr. Trump and North Korean leader Kim
Jong-un, following up on their breakthrough spring meeting in Singapore.”

The Washington Examiner
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(10/9, Gehrke) reports Pompeo told reporters, “I want to thank Chairman Kim
for the time that I got to spend with him where we got to talk about all
the range of issues that are in front of our two countries that will let us
get there, and he appreciated the president having sent me.” According to
the Examiner, Pompeo’s visit to Pyongyang did not “produce a high-profile
breakthrough,” but he “maintained that he was pleased nonetheless.”

*Defectors Urge Trump To Prioritize Human Rights In North Korea
Talks. *The Washington Times
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(10/9, Boylan) reports that as Trump “said he was close to agreeing to a
second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a group of North Korean
defectors said Pyongyang should be forced to address its abysmal human
rights record before any more US concessions are granted.” At a press
briefing Tuesday, the defectors urged the Administration “to reject all
offers by North Korea to sign a former peace treaty as part of the talks
until the North addresses the human rights issue is addressed.” North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s “regime has pushed for a peace deal before it
takes final steps to end its nuclear programs,” but “defectors said they
feared Pyongyang’s human rights record could get lost in the rush to cut a
deal.”

*Kim Wants Visit From Pope Francis. *The AP
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(10/9, Tong-Hyung) reports South Korea said today that Kim “wants Pope
Francis to visit the officially atheist country.” Fox News’ Special
Report[image:
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(10/9) reported that the South Korean Presidential Office said Kim told
President Moon Jae-In at their summit last month “that the pope would be
enthusiastically welcomed in North Korea.” Reuters
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(10/9, Reuters) reports Kim’s invitation to Pope Francis is “a gesture
designed to highlight peace efforts, South Korea’s presidential office said
on Tuesday.” Spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said Moon “will deliver Kim’s
invitation when he meets Francis next week during a trip to Europe.”

*UN: North Korean Food Supply Remains “Precarious.” *Reuters
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(10/9, Nebehay) reports the World Food Programme said North Korea’s food
supply “remains precarious,” and “one in five children is stunted by
malnutrition.” The WFP said “more than 10 million North Koreans, nearly 40
percent of the population, are undernourished and need humanitarian aid.”
WFP spokesman Herve Verhoosel said the UN agency, “which provides fortified
cereals and enriched biscuits to 650,000 women and children each month, may
have to cut its nutrition and health programs again because it lacks
funding.”

*Yao Ming Feted In Pyongyang. *The AP
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(10/9) reports former “NBA star-turned pal of North Korean leader Kim Jong
Un” may have been “benched for Chinese hoop legend Yao Ming.” The “former
Houston Rockets center and eight-time NBA all-star took center court in
Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, on Tuesday as Chinese and North Korean
basketball players held a friendly match, part of a high-profile sports
exchange between the two countries intended to help thaw ties that had been
growing chilly over the past year.”
NYTimes: Iran Becoming Most Divisive Issue Between US, EU.

The New York Times
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(10/9, Erlanger) says in an analysis that of “all the issues dividing
Europe and the Trump administration, Iran has become the sharpest, with the
Europeans actively working against United States policy, placing them in
league with Russia, China and Iran.” In a bid to preserve the JCPOA, the
Europeans intend to set up an “an alternative payment mechanism” to
continue trade with Iran despite US sanctions, and are “pressing Iran to
adhere strictly to the terms of the nuclear agreement, to avoid giving the
United States and Israel a pretext for starting a war — an increasing
concern.” The Times says “senior European diplomats” say the European
countries are “counseling Tehran to keep calm and wait out President
Trump’s term, in the hope that he will not be re-elected.” The Financial
Times
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(10/9, Manson) reports European finance ministers will try to persuade the
Administration not to cut off Iran’s access to SWIFT in meetings with
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin at the IMF gathering in Bali.

*Oil Prices Up As Iran’s Production Falls. *The Wall Street Journal
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(10/9, Salvaterra) reports crude oil prices were up on fears of falling
Iranian output and that Hurricane Michael could disrupt US production in
the Gulf of Mexico. The NYMEX price quote was up 0.3 percent to $74.50 per
barrel and the benchmark Brent prices rose 0.7 percent to $84.48 per
barrel.

*UN: Iran Transit Point For Smuggled Somali Charcoal That Funds Al
Shabaab. *Reuters
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(10/9, Nichols) reports UN sanctions monitors say “criminal networks are
using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn
Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax.” In the
“unpublished annual report to the U.N. Security Council, the monitors add
that domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab ‘is more
geographically diversified and systematic’ than that of Somalia’s federal
government.”

*CEO Says Standard Chartered Working With Authorities To Resolve
Iran Sanctions Violations. *Reuters
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(10/9, White) reports Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters “hit
back at critical media coverage of the bank’s attempts to improve its
financial crime controls, in a memo sent to hundreds of senior managers at
the bank on Tuesday.” Winters sought to “reassure staff about StanChart’s
recent financial performance and progress mending flaws in regulatory
compliance, after media reported last week that the lender faced a possible
$1.5 billion fine for past Iran-related sanctions violations.” The Wall
Street Journal
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(10/9, Patrick, Viswanatha) reports Winters told Standard Chartered staff
that the financial institution is working with US authorities to reach an
acceptable resolution of the Iran sanctions violations.

Reuters
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(10/9, White) reports the US investigation is seeking to determine whether
Standard Chartered “breached Iran-related compliance rules as recently as
2013, a year after it settled with them over earlier allegations of
breaches and pledged to improve internal controls.” Winters said in his
memo that the “‘the vast majority of the payments under investigation
pre-date 2012, and none occurred after 2014,’ in the first public
acknowledgment by the bank of the later timeframe.” Reuters adds the
investigation “now underway focuses on breaches after 2007, with special
emphasis on whether the US authorities were fully informed about the bank’s
dealings with Iranian clients at the time of the 2012 settlement.”

*Treasury Dept. Extends License For US Firms To Operate
Iranian-Owned North Sea Gas Field. *Reuters
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(10/9, Bousso) reports BP and Serica Energy “received a conditional license
from U.S. authorities to continue operating a North Sea gas field partly
owned by Iran’s national oil company, Serica said in a statement.” The US
Office of Foreign Assets Control “extended a license for US and US-owned or
controlled entities to provide goods, services and support the Rhum field,
which supplies around 5 percent of Britain’s gas demand.”

*US Officials: Administration May Waive Iran Oil Sanctions For Some
Countries. *The Administration “is open to allowing some countries to
continue importing Iranian oil, despite promises to tighten the screws on
Tehran and any country that continues doing business with the Islamic
Republic, according to US officials” who spoke with the Washington Free
Beacon
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(10/9, Kredo). One US official confirmed “late Monday the administration is
engaged in a process to selectively grant waivers to certain countries
still importing Iranian oil.” The Free Beacon says the Administration’s
“current stance differs drastically from the administration’s position just
four months ago, when Trump was pressuring his administration to fully
enforce US sanctions on Iran.” The “latest concessions” also “come amid a
widening battle in the Trump administration over the severity of new
sanctions set to be imposed on Iran early next month.”
Russia Offering To Help Syria Rebuild Its Energy Infrastructure.

Reuters
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(10/9, Devitt) reports that the Russian and Syrian governments have
“discussed the possible reconstruction of gas transportation
infrastructure, underground gas storage facilities, oil and gas production
and oil refineries in Syria.” According to Reuters, Russian Energy Minister
Alexander Novak said the two countries also “agreed to speed up
reconstruction of thermal power stations in Syria, but Damascus is first
expected to find financing for these projects.”

*Assad Offers Amnesty To Deserters, But Not To Those Fighting With
Rebels. *The AP
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(10/9, Mroue) reports that Syrian President Bashar Assad has “granted
general amnesty...to army deserters both within Syria and outside the
country, a move that could boost the return of refugees who fled violence
in their war-torn country.” Deserters still in Syria “have four months to”
turn themselves in, while “those abroad have six months.” According to the
AP, “Since Syria’s conflict began in March 2011, tens of thousands of
soldiers have either deserted their posts or defected and joined rebels
trying to remove Assad from power.” The AP notes that Assad’s amnesty offer
“does not include army defectors, some of whom are still fighting against
the government, mostly in the northwestern province of Idlib, the last
major rebel stronghold in the country.”

Many Syrian exiles “eyed the decree with mistrust, and
international monitors urged caution,” so it is “unclear how much the
announcement would boost the government’s case for returns,” according to
the Washington Post
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(10/9, Loveluck). “International organizations and researchers monitoring
the conditions for return” are cautioning that while the decree has “the
potential to encourage safe returns,” it remains “difficult to assess.” The
Post adds that reports from Syrian areas that were “recently retaken by
pro-government forces indicate that draft dodgers are still being targeted
for arrest,” and similar decrees in previous years “have failed to prevent
such arrests.”
Trump To Raise Journalist’s Disappearance With Saudi Officials.

Reuters
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(10/9, Rampton) reports that in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Trump
said he “plans to speak with Saudi Arabian officials about the
disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went
missing a week ago.” When “asked if he had spoken to officials in Saudi
Arabia about Khashoggi,” Trump responded: “I have not. But I will be at
some point. ... I know nothing right now. I know what everybody else knows
– nothing.” Reuters says that the “situation could undermine US ties with
its key Gulf ally amid ongoing tension in the region.”

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(10/9, story 7, 1:30, Holt) reported that Secretary of State Pompeo is
“calling on Saudi Arabia to support a thorough investigation.” According to Fox
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(10/9) Rich Edson, the State Department “says senior US officials have
spoken with Saudi counterparts” about Khashoggi. Reuters
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(10/9, Wroughton) briefly reports State Department spokeswoman Heather
Nauert said Tuesday that the State Department does not “have any
information” about the fate of Khashoggi.

Reuters
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(10/9, Toksabay, Butler) reports that the European Union’s High
Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini,
said that the bloc fully supports Pompeo’s demand that Riyadh investigate
Khashoggi’s disappearance, underscoring how the incident has “sparked
global concern.” Britain also “urged the Saudi government to explain what
happened,” and the United Nations Human Rights Office called on “both
Turkey and Saudi Arabia to investigate what it called the ‘apparent
enforced disappearance’ and possible murder of Khashoggi.”

Meanwhile, the New York Times
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(10/9, Gall) reports, Turkish investigators are “examining the movements of
Saudi officials who flew to Istanbul and went to the Saudi Consulate there
on the same day that” Khashoggi “disappeared after going to the building.”
According to the Times, “Turkish officials have said that investigators
believe...Khashoggi was killed and dismembered at the consulate after going
there Oct. 2 to pick up a document.” However, the Times adds that a
newspaper that is “close to” the Erdogan government has reported that
“Turkish authorities were also looking into the possibility that Mr.
Khashoggi had been abducted with the help of another country’s intelligence
officers and that he could still be alive.”

The Washington Post
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(10/9, Cunningham) reports that, according to an account in the pro-Erdogan
newspaper Sabah, “two and a half hours after Khashoggi entered the
consulate, six vehicles left the site” carrying “15 Saudi officials and
intelligence workers.” Two of the vehicles “went to Consul-General’s
Mohammad al-Otaibi’s residence 200 meters away.” Subsequently, “Turkish
employees at Otaibi’s residence were ‘hastily’ told to leave that day.” ABC
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(10/9, story 7, 1:25, Muir) reported that “the Saudis [are] calling the
claims they killed the journalist outrageous and absolutely false. But
serious questions remain.” The Saudi Embassy in Istanbul “opened its doors
to try to prove Khashoggi isn’t there, but [it’s] also saying some cameras
at the back weren’t working.”

The AP
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(10/9, Wieting, Fraser, Gambrell) reports that Turkish officials announced
Tuesday that they will “search the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul,” which the
AP refers to as “an extraordinary probe of a diplomatic post amid Turkish
officials’ fears the writer had been killed inside the building.” The AP
adds, “That Saudi Arabia would allow foreigners to enter a consulate and
search it shows the growing international pressure the kingdom faces over
the disappearance of Khashoggi, a contributor to the Washington Post.”

In an editorial, the Washington Post
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(10/9) accuses Trump of encouraging Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
“to believe – wrongly, we trust – that even his most lawless ventures will
have the support of the United States.” Unlike previous presidents, the
Post says, Trump has not “raise[d] human rights issues with Saudi leaders,
though the crown prince has imprisoned hundreds of liberal activists,
including women who advocated the right to drive.” His Administration also
“continues to support Saudi bombing in Yemen” despite the high number of
civilian casualties. The Post questions whether these actions may “have
encouraged the crown prince to believe that he could take drastic action to
silence one of his most prominent critics without damaging his relations
with Washington.” If so, the Post adds, “the administration’s response thus
far would not have altered his conclusion.”

*Paul Vows To Block US Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia In Wake Of
Journalist’s Disappearance. *Bloomberg News
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(10/9, Wasso) reports that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) “increased US
congressional pressure on Saudi Arabia by saying he’d seek to block future
arms sales to the country after reports that a journalist was murdered
inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul for criticizing the royal
family.” Said Paul, “Believe you me, I will be forcing votes on them. ...
It is a point of difference with the president, but who knows, the
president may come around on this if there is any evidence they killed this
journalist.” Bloomberg says that in June, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the
top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, “notified the Trump
administration he would use an informal procedure to block sales to Saudi
Arabia because of his concern about the Saudi-led coalition fighting in
Yemen.”
NYTimes: US Thwarts Russia’s Campaign To Undermine Macedonian Referendum.

A New York Times
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(10/9, Cooper, Schmitt) analysis says “the State and Defense Departments,
working closely with the intelligence agencies, formed what is now called
the Russia Influence Group to try to counter” Russia’s disinformation
campaigns, “principally in Europe.” They saw Macedonia as a possible target
when it agreed to change its name in exchange for Greece’s vow to lift a
ban on the country joining NATO. Moscow, “which sees the expanding alliance
as a major threat on its border, was determined to defeat a referendum on
the deal.” In what the Times calls “an unusually aggressive move,” the US
officials turned over intercepted cables detailing Russia’s efforts to the
Greek government, which “responded by making a rare break with Moscow,
expelling two Russian diplomats from Athens and barring the entry of two
more.” Macedonia’s referendum was inconclusive, but US officials saw it “as
a rare victory in a catch-up effort against Russian disinformation
campaigns in Europe and the United States.”

*Reuters: GRU Gaining Influence Over Foreign Policy. *Reuters
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(10/9, Osborn) reports that Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency’s
“influence over Kremlin foreign policy is growing and there is little
likelihood it will halt its ‘black operations.’” According to Reuters, the
GRU is “blamed by the West for several botched attacks this year, including
attempting to kill former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent in the
English city of Salisbury and trying to hack the global chemical weapons
watchdog in the Netherlands.” Reuters adds, “Intelligence experts say the
GRU has stepped up its activities including black operations – covert
missions that are not attributable to the organization carrying it out – as
tensions mount between Russia and the West, which has imposed sanctions on
Moscow over the annexation of Crimea.”
Trump Greets UN Climate Report With Suspicion.

Axios
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(10/9, Sykes, Freedman) reports President Trump “expressed suspicion”
Tuesday about a “landmark” UN climate change report, “saying that he’ll
look at the report but he also wants to look at ‘which group drew it.’”
Axios notes that the comments marked Trump’s “first acknowledgment of the
report, since the White House did not put out a statement when it was
released.”

*NYTimes Editorial: Support Candidates “Who Take This Threat
Seriously.” *The New York Times
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(10/9) editorializes that the UN report’s “bottom line” is that “we have to
take a firm grip on the emissions curve and wrench it downward.” The Times
argues that “perhaps the most important thing the public can do right now
is seek out and support candidates who take this threat seriously.”
Trump Says He Is Prepared To Impose Additional Tariffs On Chinese Goods.

Reuters
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(10/9, Rampton, Lambert) reports President Trump, speaking to reporters in
the Oval Office on Tuesday, “repeated his threat to impose tariffs on $267
billion worth of additional Chinese imports if China retaliates for the
recent levies and other measures the United States has taken in the
countries’ escalating trade war,” and “also said China is not ready to
reach a deal on trade.”

*NYTimes’ Sorkin Warns Of Possible Fallout Of China’s “Nuclear
Option” In Trade War. *Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times
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(10/9, Sorkin) DealBook blog that China “holds more than a trillion dollars
in United States debt, and an escalating trade war could tempt it to wield
that debt in a way that has long been unthinkable.” Sorkin says that “even
in the gloomiest of doomsday scenarios, there is one weapon that has long
been considered unthinkable: the Chinese, the biggest holder of United
States foreign debt with more than $1 trillion, publicly taking a step back
from buying United States Treasuries – or worse, dumping what they own in
the open market.” Analysts, however, say such a move is unlikely because
“China’s own economy is too fragile to risk doing anything that would cause
instability.”

*NYTimes: Trump’s Trade Wins Offset By Continued Unease Over Metal
Tariffs. *The New York Times
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(10/9, Rappeport) reports Trump will be in Iowa on Tuesday “praising his
new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as a win for farmers, saying the
pact will send cash pouring into the United States and enrich America’s
agriculture and industrial workers.” However, according to the Times, “many
are not ready to cheer,” and “the biggest concern” is that “lingering
tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum that do not appear to be ending
anytime soon.” The Times says “the metal tariffs, combined with retaliatory
taxes that foreign governments have placed on American products, are
undercutting the concessions that Mr. Trump won in the deal.” The Times
adds, “Among the sectors hardest hit by Mr. Trump’s approach are the
beverage and auto industries, which rely heavily on foreign aluminum and
steel to make cans and cars.”

*US Threatening To Block UK Access To Foreign Procurement Market
After Brexit. *Bloomberg News
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(10/9, Baschuk) reports the Administration is “threatening to block the UK
from a 46-nation public procurement agreement, a move that would deny
British companies from accessing a near $2 trillion-dollar marketplace
after leaving the European Union.” According t