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Trio of Military Men Gain Infl uence with Trump
By VIVIAN SALAMA
and JULIE PACE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — In
a White House laden
with competing power
centers, a trio of mili-
tary men has emerged
as a force to be reckoned
with.
Defense Secretary Jim
Mattis, Homeland Secu-
rity Secretary John Kelly
and Joint Chiefs Chair-
man Joseph Dunford
have quickly formed a
stabilizing alliance in an
administration
whose
earliest days have been
marked by turmoil. At
working dinners and
meetings with President
Donald Trump, the men
— all retired or current
generals —have sought
to guide the new leader
and foreign policy nov-
ice.
And they have in-
creasingly represented
Trump around the world,
seeking to allay concerns
about the new president
and his nascent foreign
policy.
Their fi ngerprints can
increasingly be seen on
the president’s early na-
tional security moves,
from the reworking of
his controversial refugee
and immigration order
to the walking back of his
talk of a “military opera-
tion” for deportations to
his search for a national
security adviser aft er the
fi rst was ousted.
All three are notable
for their independence
from Trump. None had
a prior relationship with
him but all have long his-
tories with each other.
When Kelly’s son was
killed in Afghanistan in
2010, it was Dunford who
arrived at his house in
uniform to inform him.
Mattis and Kelly rec-
ommended each other
for defense secretary.
All three served in Iraq
around the same time.
In Washington and in
foreign capitals, their
long resumes have been
a welcome addition to
an administration led by
a president and several
advisers with no experi-
ence in government.
“It should be reassur-
ing that they are visible
with Trump and cement-
ing their infl uence,” said
Christine Wormuth, a
former undersecretary
of defense for policy and
a senior adviser at the
Center for Strategic and
International Studies, a
Washington-based think
tank.
The rising power of
Mattis, Kelly and Dun-
ford also could assuage
some fears among Re-
publicans that national
security decision-mak-
ing is becoming too con-
centrated in the White
House West Wing. Jared
Kushner, Trump’s son-in-
law and senior adviser,
has been deeply involved
in discussions with for-
SUB-BIDS REQUESTED
Oregon State University
Forest Science Complex
GMP Package
Bids Due: March 22, 2017 at 2PM
Bid Documents are available to review and
download on Andersen’s Egnyte fi le. Below is a
link to the project documents.
GMP Bid Package Documents:
https://andersencloud.egnyte.com/fl /lqpCGbmsHy
A mandatory pre-bid walk through will be held
Tuesday, 3/7/17 at 2:00pm. Meeting is mandato-
ry for site utility, excavation, and structural concrete
trades and will begin at the Andersen Job Trailer at
3100 SW Jefferson Way.
A non-mandatory pre-bid walk through for all other
trades will be held on Thursday, 3/9/17 at 2:00pm
and will begin at the Andersen Job Trailer at 3100
SW Jefferson Way.
Please submit scope questions by 3/14 to the
contacts list below.
Submit bids to Chris Copeland, John Doty and
Sarah Tompkins via email or fax at 503-283-3607.
• Chris Copeland – Senior PM, (503) 572-7381,
ccopeland@andersen-const.com
• John Doty – Project Manager, (541) 740-8302,
jdoty@andersen-const.com
• Sarah Tompkins – Estimator, (503) 730-6250,
stompkins@andersen-const.com
Instructions for Andersen’s Prequalifi cation Mod-
ule are posted on our Egnyte folder. (See address
above). All bidders must be prequalifi ed or have
submitted their prequalifi cation package prior to
submitting a bid.
6712 N. Cutter Circle
Portland, OR 97217
Phone 503-283-6712
Fax (503) 283-3607
CCB # 63053
We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly
encourage the participation of emerging small busi-
ness, women-owned, disadvantaged, disabled vet-
erans and minority enterprises.
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eign offi cials. And chief
strategist Steve Bannon,
a media executive with
no foreign policy expe-
rience, now has a seat on
Trump’s Principals Com-
mittee, which weighs
pressing national securi-
ty issues.
Of the three military
men, Mattis has emerged
as a dominant fi gure in
Trump’s orbit.
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METRO
STEP ONE OF A TWO-STEP
REQUEST FOR BID
Stream and Wetland Restoration Projects
RFB 3293
Metro, a metropolitan service district organized under the
laws of the State of Oregon and the Metro Charter, locat-
ed at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-2736,
is requesting sealed bids in response to the fi rst step of
a two-step process for Stream and Wetland Restoration
Projects. Metro will use a two-step procurement method
for these services. The fi rst step of the solicitation pro-
cess includes: Issuance of this Step One - Request for
Bids; Submission of sealed Step One bids from quali-
fi ed fi rms; Evaluation of the Step One bids received; and
Determination of acceptable Step One bids based upon
the criteria set forth in this request. Issuance of the Step
Two - Request for Bids will be to those fi rms selected as
a part of the Step One bid process. Sealed Step One
bids are due by 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in
Metro’s business offices at 600 NE Grand Avenue, Port-
land, OR 97232-2736, Attention: Karen Slusarenko, Met-
ro Procurement Services, RFB 3293 STEP ONE. Solic-
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the Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN)
at http://orpin.oregon.gov/open.dll/ Mandatory Step Two
Pre-Bid Conference meetings for all selected qualifi ed
Bidders in Step One will be identifi ed in the Step Two –
Bids. Metro may accept or reject any or all bids, in whole
or in part, or waive irregularities not affecting substantial
rights if such action is deemed in the public interest. Met-
ro and its contractors will not discriminate against any
person(s), employee or applicant for employment based
on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orien-
tation, age, religion, physical handicap, political affiliation
or martial status. Metro fully complies with Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regula-
tions in all programs and activities. For more information,
or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, see www.oregon-
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