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NATION/WORLD Thursday, March 10, 2016 East Oregonian Page 7A Clinton, Sanders debate who is best for Hispanics Associated Press Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via AP People come to pay their respects in front of the casket of former irst lady Nancy Reagan as she lies in repose at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., Wednesday. Nancy Reagan EHJLQV¿QDOMRXUQH\ WRKXVEDQG¶VVLGH Associated Press SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Nancy Reagan began her ¿QDOMRXUQH\WRKHUKXVEDQG¶V side Wednesday as a police motorcade carried her casket down an empty freeway lined ZLWKVDOXWLQJ¿UH¿JKWHUVDQG mourners holding hands over their hearts in tribute to the IRUPHU¿UVWODG\ The roadside reverence UHÀHFWHG KHU ODWH KXVEDQG¶V touch with the common man and followed some of the route his own funeral proces- sion took in 2004, eventually winding its way up to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, where volunteers LQ EOXH MDFNHWV VWRRG EHKLQG a guardrail festooned with VPDOO$PHULFDQÀDJV The day began with a private ceremony for family and close friends at a funeral home in Santa Monica, followed by a public viewing at the library. People came from near and far to pay tribute to the widow of the 40th president, who was respected for her grace, strength and unfailing loyalty to her husband during WKLV WZR WHUPV LQ RI¿FH DQG KLV ¿QDO VWUXJJOHV ZLWK $O]KHLPHU¶VGLVHDVH Retired teacher Mary Ellen Gruendyke, who arose early so she could drive nearly 100 miles from her Riverside home, said she admired Mrs. Reagan for her “Just Say No” campaign against drugs and the pres- ident for infusing a sense of patriotism in the country. “Ronald Reagan was one RI WKH EHVW SUHVLGHQWV ZH¶YH ever had, and I admired them both as a couple for their love story and the support they showed to each other,” said Gruendyke, who wore a colorful Ronald Reagan souvenir scarf around her neck. Shuttles bused groups of mourners to take turns walking quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies — 0UV5HDJDQ¶VIDYRULWHÀRZHU ,UDQ¿UHVPLVVLOHV PDUNHGZLWK µ,VUDHOPXVWEH ZLSHGRXW¶ DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran test-launched two ballistic missiles Wednesday emblazoned with the phrase “Israel must be wiped out” in Hebrew, Iranian media reported, in a show of power by the Shiite nation as U.S. 9LFH3UHVLGHQW-RH%LGHQ¶V visited Jerusalem. 7KHQHZPLVVLOH¿ULQJV were the latest in a series of tests in recent days, aimed at demonstrating that Iran will push ahead with its ballistic program after scaling backing its nuclear program under the deal reached last year with the U.S. and other world powers. Israel, long an opponent of Iran, offered no comment on the test, though Biden issued a strong warning over any possible violation of the nuclear deal. “A nuclear-armed Iran is an absolutely unacceptable threat to Israel, to the region and the United States. And I want to reiterate which I know people still doubt here. If in fact they break the deal, we will act,” he said. %LGHQ¶VFRPPHQWV came after meeting Israeli 3ULPH0LQLVWHU%HQMDPLQ Netanyahu, who strongly The mood was somber, and many people wiped away tears. More than 1,000 people paid their respects in WKH¿UVWWZRKRXUVDFFRUGLQJ to the library. The public viewing came hours after the small motor- cade traveled 45 miles from the coast to the hills above Simi Valley northwest of Los Angeles. The public viewing was to continue for two days leading up to the funeral scheduled for Friday. Mrs. Reagan, who died Sunday at 94, planned the smallest details of her funeral. She selected the IXQHUDO¶V ÀRZHU DUUDQJH- ments, the music to be played by a Marine Corps band and the list of guests invited to the private memorial. $QG MXVW DV VKH ZDV DOZD\V E\ KHU KXVEDQG¶V side in life, she will be laid WR UHVW MXVW LQFKHV IURP WKH president on a hillside tomb facing west toward the 3DFL¿F2FHDQ $VDKHDY\ÀRZRIWUDI¿F moved in the other direction, the normally contested highway lanes were kept wide-open for the hearse as it GURYHEHQHDWKDPDVVLYHÀDJ KXQJE\¿UH¿JKWHUVIURPDQ overpass. After turning onto the Ronald Reagan Freeway, the vehicle passed under the ¿UH¿JKWHUV ZKR ZRUH GUHVV blues and saluted atop their trucks. Construction workers in hard hats, riders on horseback, parents holding children and other observers lined the roadside to watch and to snap photos with their cellphones. When the hearse arrived at the library, a military honor guard carried the casket between two identical towering portraits of the diminutive Mrs. Reagan wearing a long, red dress and then past a gurgling court- yard fountain. The casket was placed in a lobby behind a bronze statue of a smiling Ronald Reagan holding a cowboy hat. BRIEFLY opposed the nuclear deal. 7KHWHVWVKRZHYHUGRQ¶W violate the accord. The landmark deal, which led to Iran dramatically scaling back its nuclear program, does not include provisions against missile launches. Also, when the nuclear accord came into effect on Jan. 16, the Security Council lifted most U.N. sanctions against Tehran including a ban it had imposed in 2010 on Iran testing missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads — a ban that likely would have covered some of WKHPLVVLOH¿UHGWKLVZHHN To deal with the restrictions in the nuclear agreement, the councill adopted a resolution last July which among other measures “calls on” Iran not to carry out such tests. At the United Nations, there is likely to be a debate about whether Iran is still required to abide by the ballistic missile test ban under council resolutions. Iran says none of its missiles are designed to carry nuclear weapons and so the resolutions do not apply. ,UDTLRI¿FLDOV 86FDSWXUHGWRS ,6FKHPLFDODUPV engineer BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic MIAMI — Fighting for Florida and beyond, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders tangled in an intense debate :HGQHVGD\QLJKWRYHUZKR¶V the true friend of American Hispanics, trading accu- sations over guest worker programs “akin to slavery” and the embracing of “vigi- lantes” against immigrants. They had even worse things to say about Repub- lican front-runner Donald Trump. )DFLQJ RII MXVW VL[ GD\V before Florida gives its verdict on the presidential race, Clinton faulted Sanders for repeatedly voting against a 2007 comprehensive immigration reform bill; he faulted her for opposing a 2007 effort to let people who were in the country illegally REWDLQGULYHU¶VOLFHQVHV Had the immigration package passed back then, Clinton said, “a lot of the issues we are still discussing today would be in the rear- view mirror.” Sanders retorted that he opposed the legislation because it included a guest worker program “akin to slavery.” The debate opened with a question that appeared to startle Clinton. 8QLYLVLRQ¶V-RUJH5DPRV asked her if she would drop out of the race if indicted over the handling of her email while secretary of state. “Oh for goodness, that is not going to happen,” &OLQWRQ GHFODUHG ³,¶P QRW even answering that ques- tion.” The FBI is investigating the possibility of mishan- dling of sensitive informa- tion that passed through &OLQWRQ¶V SULYDWH HPDLO server. Sanders, as he has in the past, declined to bite on the issue, saying, “The process will take its course.” He said KH¶G UDWKHU WDON DERXW WKH issues of wealth and income inequality. Both candidates were bidding for momentum after Sanders surprised Clinton with an upset victory in Michigan on Tuesday. Clinton stressed that she has a strong lead in the delegates, declaring, “This is a marathon, and it is a mara- thon that can only be carried by the kind of campaign I am running.” Sanders said his Michigan surprise was evidence that his message is resonating. “We are going to continue WR GR H[WUHPHO\ ZHOO´ KH VDLGDGGLQJWKDWKHH[SHFWV to convince superdelegates 6WDWHJURXS¶VXQLWWU\LQJWR develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, Iraqi and U.S. RI¿FLDOVWROG7KH$VVRFLDWHG 3UHVVWKH¿UVWNQRZQPDMRU VXFFHVVRI:DVKLQJWRQ¶V more aggressive policy of pursuing IS militants on the ground. 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Craig Rubadoux/Florida Today via AP Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton respond to audience members at the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus in Miami on Wednesday. :LWKIUHVKPRPHQWXP7UXPSWHOOV*23WRHPEUDFHKLVELG FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — His party in disarray, a surging Donald Trump called on mainstream Republicans to unify behind his candidacy on Wednesday as his White House rivals pursued their last best oppor- tunity to block the billionaire businessman from building an insurmountable delegate lead in two key states. The often-brash Trump softened his tone, at least temporarily, hours after securing three more primary victories, praising House Speaker Paul Ryan as a man he respects and encouraging Mitt Romney to promote party harmony. As for his own campaign, he who are backing Clinton to switch to his column. Immigration commanded considerable attention for good reason: Florida is home to nearly 1.8 million Hispanics, including about SHUFHQW RI WKH VWDWH¶V Democrats. Hispanic voters have made up about 10 percent of voters in the Democratic primaries so far this year, and Clinton has been getting about two-thirds of their votes to about one-third for Sanders. The Vermont VHQDWRU VWUHVVHV WKDW KH¶V making progress on winning over younger Hispanics. Clinton at one point accused Sanders of supporting legislation that ZRXOGKDYHOHGWRLQGH¿QLWH detention of people facing deportation, and for standing with Minutemen vigilantes. He called that notion “ridic- ulous” and “absurd,” and accused Clinton of picking small pieces out of big legis- lative packages to distort his voting record. “No, I do not support vigilantes and that is a KRUUL¿F VWDWHPHQW DQG DQ unfair statement to make,” he said. For all the disagreements, the overall tone of the candidates was considerably less tense than their Sunday faceoff. Sanders even paused at one point to make fun of his own pronunciation of “huge” as “yuge.” Both found agreement in pointing to GOP front- runner Trump as markedly worse on immigration than either of them. &OLQWRQPRFNHG7UXPS¶V plan for a wall on the 0H[LFDQERUGHUVD\LQJKH¶G build “the most beautiful tall wall, better than the great wall of China” to be “magi- FDOO\´ SDLG IRU E\ 0H[LFR That, she said, is a fantasy. Sanders said that in the immigration debate “we do not, as Donald Trump and others have done, resort to UDFLVP DQG [HQRSKRELD DQG bigotry.” There were any number of areas of agreement, including the need to reduce student loan debt. Sanders VDLG KH¶G FRPH XS ZLWK D plan “many months before she did.” “Thanks for copying a very good idea,” he said. The candidates squared off soon after a testy debate Jacob Tyler Jones A RLINGTON H IGH S CHOOL Congratulations! We are so very proud of you. Love Mom & Dad 25 . $ 00 Private Party Only Your Name: Phone Number: Graduate's Name: Graduate's School: Message to Graduate: VDLGKH¶VSRLVHGWRVFRUHDNQRFNRXWLQQH[W ZHHN¶VZLQQHUWDNHDOOSULPDULHVLQ)ORULGD and Ohio. ³,I,ZLQWKRVHWZR,WKLQNLW¶VRYHU´KH WROG&11¶V³$QGHUVRQ&RRSHU¶V´ ³,QVWHDG RI ¿JKWLQJ LW WKH\ VKRXOG HPEUDFHLW´KHDGGHGRQ)R[1HZV&KDQQHO ³,I ZH HPEUDFH ZKDW¶V KDSSHQLQJ DQG LI everybody came together ... nobody could beat the Republican Party.” 6WLOODPLGJURZLQJUHVLVWDQFHWR7UXPS¶V insurgent campaign, a number of former GOP presidential hopefuls have re-emerged in support of his current rivals. in Michigan on Sunday in which they argued about trade and economic issues of particular interest in the industrial Midwest. With Missouri, Illinois, Ohio among the states that will be voting on Tuesday, the candidates returned to D SRLQWHG PDWWHU WKH\¶G already argued about three GD\V HDUOLHU VFXIÀLQJ RYHU 6DQGHUV¶ YRWH DJDLQVW legislation that bailed out the auto industry, among others. Sanders said he opposed the bill because it also bailed out big banks that had fueled the recession to begin with. &OLQWRQVWUHVVHGVKH¶GPDGH D GLIIHUHQW MXGJPHQW WR VLGH with the automakers. Overall, 691 delegates are at stake on Tuesday, including 99 in Florida, which awards all its delegates to the winner rather than dividing them up proportionately.. Clinton has won 762 pledged delegates compared to 549 for Sanders, with 10 delegates from recent prima- ries still to be allocated. When superdelegates are included, Clinton leads 1,223 to 574, more than halfway to the 2,383 needed to win the Democratic nomination. 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