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4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press Father of vet shot at VA feels betrayed SALEM — The father of a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder who was shot at a government clinic in Oregon blames Veterans Affairs for let- ting down his son. Gilbert “Matt” Negrete, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in jail in the former timber town of Medford, charged with attempted assault and other crimes after he allegedly dis- played a knife during a confron- tation at the VA clinic in nearby White City on Jan. 25. A VA guard shot him in the chest. “First they shoot him, now they’re gonna try to put him away,” said his father, Gilbert Negrete. “You would think they would have some concern about us. My son needs help not prison.” Matt Negrete, the father of three children, had become upset when he went to the clinic for treatment and was told to come back later, said Christine Kantas Herbert, his court-ap- pointed attorney. The sher- iff’s office says Negrete was paranoid and incoherent and that investigators were told he hadn’t complained about health care or VA policies. “Mr. Negrete returned from combat seeking treatment and was turned away, time and time again,” Herbert said. Brent Brooks, who served with Negrete in the 10th Moun- tain Division, said he was a “really driven, goal-oriented” soldier. Their unit maintained Kiowa helicopters and some- times came under mortar fire. In Afghanistan, their second deployment, a mortar round tore apart a wooden shack 20 yards from their own, wounding all the soldiers inside, Brooks said. Negrete, whose bail is set at $265,000, faces trial on charges stemming from incidents over three days — including driving under the influence of a con- trolled substance, attempting to elude police and menacing — that culminated in the clinic incident, said Deputy District Attorney Laure Cromwell. May Day protests target Trump, fall elections NEW YORK — Immi- grants say President Donald Trump’s administration has become almost everything they feared, but while they rally across the United States on May Day, their focus is less on huge turnout today than on the first Tuesday in November. Marches and other demon- strations for labor and immi- grant rights were planned from Florida to New York to Cali- fornia on International Work- ers’ Day and come amid similar actions worldwide. Immigrant rights groups have joined in May Day activ- ities for more than a decade, initially to push back against harsh legislative proposals and later to clamor for reform and legal status for immigrants in the country illegally who were brought to the U.S. as children or overstayed their visas. Now, they want to drive turnout in the midterm elec- tions. Advocates hope voters target lawmakers who have pushed for measures that hurt immigrants and replace them with immigrant-friendly poli- cymakers, said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coa- lition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles. Protesters still are taking aim at policy changes under Trump, including a coun- try-specific travel ban, the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, high-profile detention and deportation efforts, and propos- als to cut back the overall num- bers of people allowed to immi- grate permanently. Trump and his supporters say the enforcement and policy changes are needed for national security and economic benefits. Some of the new policies have gotten tangled up in court, and Trump hasn’t secured funding for his coveted border wall with Mexico. US delays decision on tariffs for EU WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will take another 30 days to decide whether to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, extend- ing a period of uncertainty for businesses in those regions. The delay helps the U.S. avoid a potential trade war with allies as it prepares for tense trade talks in China this week. But the EU slammed the decision as bad for business that “prolongs market uncer- tainty, which is already affect- ing business decisions.” “As a longstanding partner and friend of the U.S., we will not negotiate under threat,” the EU said in a statement Tuesday. The Trump administration said Monday it had reached an agreement with South Korea on steel imports following dis- cussions on a revised trade agreement. And the adminis- tration said it had also reached agreements in principle with Argentina, Australia and Bra- zil on steel and aluminum that will be finalized shortly. Facing a self-imposed dead- line, President Donald Trump was considering whether to permanently exempt the EU and Mexico, Canada, Aus- tralia, Argentina and Brazil from tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on imported aluminum that his administration imposed in March. The White House had given itself until the end of Monday to decide whether to extend the exemptions. The EU has taken a tough stance, raising the prospect of a trade war if the U.S. does not back down. It has a list of retal- iatory tariffs worth about $3.5 billion on imports from the U.S. that it will activate if the EU loses its exemption. Germany said it contin- ues to expect a permanent exemption. The EU’s larg- est steel exporter to the U.S., it accounted for about 5 per- cent of U.S. steel imports last year. indicated to Trump’s lawyers that he’s not considered a tar- get, investigators remain inter- ested in whether the president’s actions constitute obstruction of justice and want to inter- view him about several episodes in office. The lawyers want to resolve the investigation as quickly as possible, but there’s no agreement on how to do that. Many of the questions obtained by the Times center on the obstruction issue, including his reaction to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Russia investigation, a decision Trump has angrily criticized. Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow declined to comment to The Associated Press on Monday night, as did White House law- yer Ty Cobb. Mueller gives questions to Trump lawyers WASHINGTON — Spe- cial counsel Robert Mueller has given a list of almost four dozen questions to lawyers for Presi- dent Donald Trump as part of his investigation into Russian med- dling in the 2016 election and whether Trump obstructed jus- tice, according to a report pub- lished in The New York Times. The Times obtained a list of the questions, which range from Trump’s motivations for fir- ing FBI Director James Comey a year ago to contacts Trump’s campaign had with Russians. Although Mueller’s team has Card not required in Albertsons WINNER LAST WEEK TO PLAY! Erin D. - Wall a Walla, WA The MONOPOLY name and logo, the distinctive design of the game board, the four corner squares, the MR. MONOPOLY name and character, as well as each of the distinctive elements of the board and playing pieces are trademarks of Hasbro for its property trading game and game equipment. ©1935, 2018 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved. Licensed by Hasbro. 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