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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018 For McCain, a cross-country farewell cials said McCain’s family had asked, before the senator’s death, that Trump not attend services. Vice President Mike Pence is likely to attend, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe private discussions. Trump noted the senator’s death in a tweet Saturday: “My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!” First lady Melania Trump tweeted thanks to McCain for his service to the country. Bush and Obama had been McCain’s polit- ical opponents, too, blocking his White House ambitions in 2000 and 2008, respectively. “These were bitter contests, both of them,” Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” and “to ask them to speak at your funeral, and for them to be honored at the oppor- tunity, that tells you all you need to know.” One of McCain’s long-serving Senate col- leagues, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday, “The nation mourns the loss of a great American patriot, a statesman who put his country first and enriched this insti- tution through many years of service.” With McCain set to be honored in Arizona’s Capitol, GOP Gov. Doug Ducey said in a tweet, “This is a rare and distinct occurrence for a truly special man.” Ducey did not plan to announce his selec- tion of a Senate successor to McCain until after McCain’s burial. Under state law, the gover- nor’s appointee to serve until the next general election, in 2020, must come from the same political party. Tributes poured in from around the globe. French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted in English that McCain “was a true American hero. He devoted his entire life to his coun- try.” Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Net- anyahu, said McCain’s support for the Jewish state “never wavered. It sprang from his belief in democracy and freedom.” And Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, called McCain “a tireless fighter for a strong trans-Atlantic alli- ance. His significance went well beyond his own country.” McCain was the son and grandson of admi- rals and followed them to the U.S. Naval Acad- emy. A pilot, he was shot down over Vietnam and held as a prisoner of war for more than five years. He went on to win a seat in the House and in 1986, the Senate, where he served for the rest of his life. “He had a joy about politics and a love for his country that was unmatched,” Sen. Amy Klobu- char, D-Minn., told CNN’s “State of the Union.” ‘’And while he never made it to the presidency, in the Senate, he was the leader that would see a hot spot in the world and just say, we need to go there and stand up for that democracy.” Gunman kills 2, then himself at video game tourney Nation’s top student loan official resigns in protest Iran asks UN’s highest court to suspend US sanctions JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then fatally shooting himself in a rampage that wounded several others, authorities said. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said authorities believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore carried out the attack using at least one handgun at the Jacksonville Landing, a collection of restaurants and shops along the St. Johns River. Williams said the man died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Nine other people were wounded by gunfire and all were in stable condition Sunday eve- ning after being taken to hospitals, Williams said. He added that two others were injured in the rush to flee the gunfire. Katz was in Jacksonville for the “Madden NFL 19” video game tournament, authorities said. The games maker, EA Sports, lists a David Katz as a 2017 championship winner. The competition was held in a gaming bar that shares space with a pizzeria. Viewers could watch the games online and see the players. Investigators were looking into an online video that appeared to capture the scene right before the shooting began, Williams said. A red dot that appears to be a laser pointer is visible on the chest of a player seconds before the first of about a dozen gunshots rings out. The sheriff’s office used Twitter and Face- book immediately after the shooting to warn people to stay far away and to ask anyone who was hiding to call 911. Police also barricaded a three-block radius around the mall and sent in a SWAT team and bomb squad experts to secure the area. Police also took up positions on a bridge spanning the river with a view of the area. NEW YORK — The government’s top offi- cial overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned in protest today, citing what he says is the White House’s open hostility toward protecting the nation’s millions of student loan borrowers. Seth Frotman will step down as student loan ombudsman at the end of the week, according to his resignation letter. He held that position since 2016, but has been with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since its inception in 2011. Frotman is the latest high-level departure from the CFPB since Mick Mulvaney, Presi- dent Donald Trump’s budget director, took over in late November. But his departure is espe- cially noteworthy, since his office is one of the few parts of the U.S. government tasked with handling student loan issues. The office was at the center of the lawsuits against for-profit colleges like Corinthian Col- leges and is heading up a lawsuit between the CFPB and Navient, one of the nation’s largest student lenders. The Navient lawsuit has been mired in bureaucratic red tape as the Depart- ment of Education, headed by Betsy DeVos, has been unwilling to help the CFPB with its law- suit. Since its creation, the student loan office has returned $750 million to harmed borrowers. “You have used the bureau to serve the wishes of the most powerful financial compa- nies in America,” Frotman wrote, addressing his letter to Mulvaney. “The damage you have done to the bureau betrays these families and sacrifices the financial futures of millions of Americans in communities across the country.” The student loan office is not alone. Under Mulvaney, the bureau has scaled back its enforcement work and has proposed revising or rescinding all of the rules and regulations it put into place under the Obama administration. THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Iran warned today that re-imposed U.S. sanctions would cripple its economy and plunge the volatile Middle East deeper into crisis as it urged the United Nations’ highest court to suspend the Trump administration’s economic pressure on Tehran. In a written statement about the case at the International Court of Justice, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iran’s claims “meritless” and defended the sanctions as a way of keeping Americans safe. The world court’s wood-paneled Great Hall of Justice in The Hague is the latest backdrop for Washington and Tehran’s high-stakes dispute about Iran’s nuclear ambitions. President Donald Trump said in May that he would pull the U.S. out of a 2015 agree- ment over Iran’s nuclear program and would re-impose sanctions on Tehran. Washington also threatened other countries with sanctions if they don’t cut off Iranian oil imports by early November. Iran filed a case with the court in July chal- lenging the re-imposition. Tehran alleges that the sanctions breach a 1955 bilateral agree- ment known as the Treaty of Amity that regu- lates and promotes economic and consular ties between the two countries. The treaty was signed when the U.S. and Iran were still allies following the 1953 rev- olution — fomented by Britain and the U.S. — that ultimately cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. However, diplomatic relations were sev- ered following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran and takeover of the U.S. Embassy and ensuing hostage crisis. Despite that dramatic deterioration in relations, the treaty remains in force. By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain’s ser- vice to his country began more than six decades ago at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and will end there in a cemetery overlooking Maryland’s Severn River. A private burial service Sunday will con- clude nearly a week of events honoring the Navy aviator, prisoner of war, congressman, longtime senator and presidential contender. The Arizona Republican died of brain cancer Saturday at 81 at his ranch near Sedona. Plans taking shape called for McCain to lie in state Wednesday in the Arizona State Capi- tol on what would have been his 82nd birthday. A funeral will be conducted Thursday at North Phoenix Baptist Church with former Vice Presi- dent Joe Biden speaking. In Washington, McCain will lie in state Fri- day in the Capitol Rotunda with a formal cere- mony and time for the public to pay respects. On Saturday, a procession will pass the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and arrive for a funeral at Washington National Cathedral. Former Presi- dents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are expected to speak at the service. A private funeral is planned for Sunday after- noon at the Naval Academy Chapel followed by a private burial at the academy cemetery. As he wished, McCain will be buried next to a Naval Academy classmate and lifelong friend, Chuck Larson. President Donald Trump was not expected to attend any of the services. McCain had long feuded with Trump, and two White House offi- AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain speaks in 2008 at a rally in Daven- port, Iowa. WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press US, Mexico tentatively set to replace NAFTA WASHINGTON — The Trump adminis- tration and Mexico have reached a preliminary accord to end the North American Free Trade Agreement and replace it with a deal that the administration wants to be more favorable to the United States. President Donald Trump, in announcing the tentative agreement today at the White House, said a new deal would be called “the United States-Mexico Trade Agreement.” Trump has frequently condemned the 24-year-old NAFTA trade pact as a job-killing “disaster” for the United States. Still, any new agreement is far from final. The administration still needs to negotiate with the third partner in NAFTA, Canada, to become part of any new trade accord. Without Canada, Amer- ica’s No. 2 trading partner, it’s unclear whether any new U.S. trade agreement with Mexico would be possible. The president said that he will be calling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He has put pressure on Canada by threatening to tax Canadian auto imports and to leave Canada out of a new regional trade bloc. NAFTA reduced most trade barriers between the three countries. But Trump and other critics say it encouraged U.S. manufacturers to move south of the border to exploit low-wage Mexi- can labor. Talks to overhaul the agreement began a year ago and have proved contentious. U.S. and Mexican negotiators worked over the weekend to narrow their differences. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said today that Mexico had agreed to ensure that 75 percent of automotive content be produced within the trade bloc (up from 62.5 percent) to receive duty-free benefits and that 40 percent to 45 percent be made by workers earning at least $16 an hour. 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