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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017
WORLD IN BRIEF
ation peacefully. Some chained themselves to heavy objects and
locked their doors.
A few residents left their homes with young children in the
arms.
Bilha Schwarts, 24, came along with her husband and nine-
month-old daughter to support the residents. “If they want it they
can take it, we will not fight. We will leave but we will come back,”
she told The Associated Press.
Associated Press
GOP suspends Senate rule, muscles
Trump picks through panel
WASHINGTON — In the latest intensification of partisan hos-
tilities, Republicans rammed President Donald Trump’s picks to be
Treasury and health secretaries through a Senate committee today
with no Democrats present after unilaterally suspending panel
rules that would have otherwise prevented the vote.
By a pair of 14-0 roll calls, the Senate Finance Committee
approved Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to be Health and Human Ser-
vices secretary and banker Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury secretary.
Both nominations must be confirmed by the full Senate.
The GOP’s show of brute political muscle came shortly before
a testy session of the Senate Judiciary Committee at which law-
makers approved Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., to be attorney general.
Later today, the full Senate planned to vote on confirming Rex Til-
lerson, the former Exxon Mobil CEO, as secretary of state.
Republicans and Democrats have battled virtually nonstop
since Trump entered the White House 12 days ago over his refugee
ban, his firing of the acting attorney general and GOP plans to erase
former President Barack Obama’s health care law.
With Republicans controlling both the White House and Con-
gress for the first time in a decade, the GOP display of strength
seemed to signal that the party will do all it can to block Demo-
cratic attempts to frustrate them.
Democrats had boycotted today’s abruptly called Finance Com-
mittee meeting, as they’d done for a session a day earlier, demand-
ing more time to question the two men about their past financial
practices.
Before approving the two nominees, the committee’s Republi-
cans voted 14-0 to temporarily suspend a rule requiring at least one
Democrat to be present for any votes. Committee Chairman Orrin
Hatch, R-Utah, said the Senate parliamentarian had approved the
extraordinary tactic and blamed it on Democrats, saying their boy-
cott was “one of the most pathetic things I’ve ever seen” and “a
nefarious breach of protocol.”
In a written statement, top Finance panel Democrat Ron Wyden
of Oregon said, “It’s deeply troubling to me that Republicans on
the Finance Committee chose to break the rules in the face of
strong evidence of two nominees’ serious ethical problems
Senator: Army Corps told to
approve Dakota pipeline easement
BISMARCK, N.D. — The Army Corps of Engineers was
ordered to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to pro-
ceed under a disputed Missouri River crossing, North Dakota Sen.
John Hoeven said. It’s the latest twist in a months-long legal battle
over the $3.8 billion project.
The Standing Rock Sioux, whose opposition to the project
attracted thousands of supporters from around the country to North
Dakota, immediately vowed to again go to court to stop it.
Hoeven announced late Tuesday that the acting Secretary of the
Army, Robert Speer, had directed the Army Corps of Engineers to
“proceed” with an easement necessary to complete the pipeline.
Hoeven said he also spoke with Vice President Mike Pence, just a
week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order sig-
naling his support for the project.
A spokesman for the U.S. Army did not immediately respond
to requests for comment Tuesday night. Hoeven spokesman Don
Canton said that Speer’s move means the easement “isn’t quite
issued yet, but they plan to approve it” within days.
The crossing under Lake Oahe, a wide section of the Missouri
River in southern North Dakota, is the final big chunk of work
on the four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline to carry North Dakota oil
through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois.
Fed is likely to leave rates alone
at a time of uncertainty
WASHINGTON — At some point in the coming months, the
Federal Reserve is widely expected to resume raising interest rates.
Just not quite yet.
Trump policy dims hope for
refugees in Indonesian limbo
AP Photo/David Goldman
Grandma Redfeather of the Sioux Native American tribe
walks in the snow to get water at the Oceti Sakowin camp
where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access
oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D., in November.
Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune
Law enforcement officers, left, drag a person from a pro-
test against the Dakota Access Pipeline, near the town
of St. Anthony in rural Morton County, N.D., in October.
North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said Tuesday that the
Acting Secretary of the Army has directed the Army Corps
of Engineers to proceed with an easement necessary to
complete the Dakota Access pipeline.
Today, the Fed will likely end its latest policy meeting with an
announcement that it’s keeping its benchmark rate unchanged at a
time of steady economic gains but also heightened uncertainty sur-
rounding the new Trump administration.
In its statement, the Fed will likely acknowledge that the econ-
omy has continued to move toward the central bank’s dual goals
of full employment and annual inflation of roughly a moderate 2
percent.
But the Fed is nevertheless expected to signal that it wants more
time to monitor the economy’s performance and that it still expects
those rate increases to occur gradually.
“We are moving in the direction of more rate hikes this year, but
the January meeting is not where that will start,” said David Jones,
chief economist at DMJ Advisors.
Israeli forces begin evacuation of West Bank outpost
AMONA, West Bank — Israeli forces began an operation to
evacuate settlers from a West Bank outpost today whose slated
destruction could rupture Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya-
hu’s narrow coalition, dominated by ultranationalists who support
settlements.
Unarmed police in blue sweatshirts and black baseball caps
made their way up the hill around midday today. On the hilltop,
youngsters erected makeshift barricades from smashed tiles, rusty
metal bars and large rocks to slow their advance. Some protest-
ers threw rocks at security forces, while others set fire to tires and
trash piles.
Activists gathered in homes, praying, singing religious songs
and dancing. Residents have said they plan to resist their evacu-
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New Pentagon chief seeks to
reassure nervous Asian allies
WASHINGTON — By visiting Japan and South Korea on his
first official overseas trip, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is seek-
ing to reinforce key alliances after President Donald Trump’s
campaign-trail complaints that defense treaties disadvantaged the
United States.
The visits also reflect the urgency of concerns on both sides of
the Pacific about North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile pro-
grams. Mattis, a retired four-star Marine general, inherited a North
Korea problem that has grown more worrisome as the commu-
nist nation’s leader, Kim Jong Un, claims progress toward field-
ing a ballistic missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to
the United States. Former Secretary of State John Kerry said in
early January the U.S. may need “more forceful ways” of deal-
ing with North Korea if it develops a ballistic missile of intercon-
tinental range.
Mattis, who entered office hours after Trump on Jan. 20, is due
to arrive Thursday in Seoul, where he will meet with his coun-
terpart, Defense Minister Han Min Koo, amid a swirl of political
turmoil. President Park Geun-hye was impeached in December
and the constitutional court is reviewing whether to formally end
her rule. Later in the week, Mattis is to hold talks in Tokyo with
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and other senior Japanese gov-
ernment officials.
North Korea is expected to be at or near the top of Mat-
tis’ agenda. Beyond its long-range missile aspirations, the North
already has missiles capable of hitting South Korea as well as U.S.
bases in Japan.
Trump said during the campaign that while he supports the alli-
ances with Japan and South Korea, he would not rule out abandon-
ing them if they refuse to pay more for their own defense. “It could
be that Japan will have to defend itself against North Korea,” he
told a campaign rally in August. The first foreign leader he met as
president-elect was Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; they’ll
meet again in Washington on Feb. 10.
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PUNCAK, Indonesia — After getting death threats from
Al-Shabab militants, Mohamed Dahir Saeed and his wife fled their
native Somalia with plans to seek safety in Australia. They arrived
in nearby Indonesia, only to be told “the sea is closed” for anyone
attempting to make the perilous boat journey south.
That was two years ago. Now another chance may be disap-
pearing for Saeed and thousands of other asylum seekers who have
made it to this Southeast Asian country with dreams of finding bet-
ter lives elsewhere.
“The majority of people here, the U.S. takes them,” Saeed said.
“Now the U.S. they say no Somalian, no Iraq, no Syrian, no Iran,
no Sudan. ... So maybe we will go to another place. I hope,” he said,
seated outside his tiny house perched above the Ciliwung River.
For thousands of asylum seekers and refugees from Iraq,
Somalia and other conflict-scarred countries, Indonesia is an often
yearslong hiatus as they wait for the U.S. or another country to
accept them. President Donald Trump’s travel ban on citizens of
seven Muslim countries and suspension of the U.S. refugee pro-
gram has now made their tenuous situation even more uncertain.
Indonesia is home to nearly 14,000 men, women and children
seeking resettlement in other countries, according to UNHCR, the
U.N. refugee agency. About 7,500 have been recognized as refu-
gees, giving them the prized U.N. card that inches them closer to
realizing their dreams of a better life. But last year just 610 were
resettled in other countries such as the U.S., Canada, Germany and
New Zealand.
Evening listings
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Jeopardy!
Wheel of Fortune The Goldbergs
Speechless
Modern Family
Black-ish
Match Game
KATU News at 11 (:35) Jimmy Kimmel
KOMO 4 News
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy!
The Goldbergs
Speechless
Modern Family
Black-ish
Match Game
KOMO 4 News
(:35) Jimmy Kimmel
NBC Nightly News KING 5 News
KING 5 News
Evening
Law & Order: S.V.U. "Broken Rhymes" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Terrorized"
Chicago P.D.
KING 5 News
(:35) Tonight Show
KOIN Local 6 at 6 CBS Evening News Extra
Ent. Tonight
Hunted "Operation Cupid's Revenge" (N) Criminal Minds "Surface Tension" (N) Code Black "The Devil's Workshop" (N) KOIN 6 News @ 11 (:35) S. Colbert
KIRO 7 News
CBS Evening News The Insider
Ent. Tonight
Hunted "Operation Cupid's Revenge" (N) Criminal Minds "Surface Tension" (N) Code Black "The Devil's Workshop" (N) KIRO News
(:35) S. Colbert
KGW News at 6:00 p.m.
Live at Seven
Inside Edition
Law & Order: S.V.U. "Broken Rhymes" Law & Order: S.V.U. "Terrorized"
Chicago P.D.
KGW News at 11 (:35) Tonight Show
Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Modern Family
Modern Family
Arrow "Second Chances" (N)
The 100 "Echoes" (SP) (N)
KGW News at 10 Two and a Half 1/2 Two and a Half 2/2 Met Your Mother
Journeys in Japan Business (N)
PBS NewsHour
Nature "Spy in the Wild: Love" (N)
Nova "Search for the Super Battery" (N) Secrets of Dead "The Alcatraz Escape" Aurora: Fire in the Sky (N)
6 O'Clock News
Family Feud
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11 O'Clock News 2 Broke Girls
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Mike & Molly
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory FOX 12's 8 O'Clock News on PDX-TV FOX 12's 9 O'Clock News on PDX-TV Family Guy
Family Guy
American Dad
Cleveland Show
Modern Family
Modern Family
Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Showtime at the Apollo (N)
Star "Infamous" (N)
Q13 News at 10
Q13 News
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Seinfeld Pt. 1 of 2 Seinfeld Pt. 2 of 2 Seinfeld
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Two and a Half 1/2 Two and a Half 2/2 Last Man Standng Last Man Standng Modern Family
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Big Bang Theory Big Bang Theory Friends
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(4:00) NBA Basketb. NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Oklahoma City Thunder Site: Chesapeake Energy Arena (L)
SportsCenter
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E:60 Profile "The Brothers Bennett"
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Henry Danger
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Game Shakers
Full House
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Girl Meets World Bizaardvark
K.C. Undercover Good Luck Charlie Stuck in Middle
Good Luck Charlie Liv and Maddie
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Bunk'd
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Jessie
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Days of Thunder (1990, Sport) Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Tom Cruise.
The 700 Club
(5:30) The Notebook (2004, Romance) Rachel McAdams, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling.
(5:00) Star Trek: Into Darkness (‘13) Chris Pine.
(:40) Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013, Sci-Fi) Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Chris Pine.
(:20) FXM Presents Evil Dead (2013, Thriller) Shiloh Fernandez, Jane Levy.
Little Women Atlanta "The Truth Hurts" LW Atlanta "Masquerade Ballers"
Little Women: Atlanta "Just a Friend" LW Atlanta "Mama Drama" (N)
Black Magic "Ready for Vegas?" (N)
Vivica "Everyone's Replaceable" (N)
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In Depth (N)
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In the Spotlight
The Game 365
NCAA Basketball Marquette vs. St. John's
NCAA Basketball Seton Hall at Xavier (L)
Fox College Hoops NFL Films Special
TMZ Sports
Skip and Shannon: Undisputed
The Waterboy (1998, Comedy) Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Adam Sandler.
(4:30) The Goonies (‘85, Adv) Sean Astin. Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (‘13) Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Logan Lerman.
The Waterboy
(5:55) South Park
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Pickers "Who's the Rarest of Them All?" American Pickers "Divide and Conquer" Vikings "On the Eve"
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Six "Tour of Duty"
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Bones "The Jewel in the Crown"
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(5:00) Forrest Gump (‘94, Comedy/Drama) Sally Field, Gary Sinise, Tom Hanks. Pearl Harbor (2001, War) Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck.
Goodfellas (‘90, Crime Story) Ray Liotta.
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NCIS "Day in Court"
NCIS "Sister City" Pt. 1 of 2
Suits "The Painting" (N)
Modern Family
Modern Family
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House Hunters
House Hunters
Property Brothers
The Croods (2013, Animated) Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage.
Penguins of Madagascar (‘14) Voices of Chris Miller, Tom McGrath.
Penguins of Madagascar (‘14) Voices of Chris Miller, Tom McGrath.
Anderson Cooper 360 (L)
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
CNN Tonight With Don Lemon
Anderson Cooper 360
Anderson Cooper 360
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The First 100 Days
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An American in Paris (‘51, Mus) Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Gene Kelly.
Annie Hall (‘77, Comedy) Diane Keaton, Woody Allen. (:15) Around the World in 80 Days
(5:00) All About Eve (‘50) Anne Baxter, Bette Davis.
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