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NATION/WORLD East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, April 19, 2016 Split high court holds fate of Obama immigration actions U.S. to send 200 more troops to Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH LQWR WKH ¿JKW against the Islamic State group LQ,UDTWKH¿UVWPDMRULQFUHDVHLQ U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S. GHIHQVHRI¿FLDOVVDLG0RQGD\ The uptick in American ¿JKWLQJIRUFHV²DQGWKHGHFLVLRQ to put them closer to the front lines — is designed to help Iraqi forces as they move to retake the key northern city of Mosul. Speaking to reporters Monday in Baghdad, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the decision to move U.S. advisers to the Iraqi brigade and battalion level will put them “closer to the action,” but he said they will have security forces with them and the U.S. will do what’s needed to reduce the risks. $VHQLRU86RI¿FLDOVDLGWKHUH will be eight Apache helicopters authorized to help the Iraqi forces when Iraq leaders determine they QHHG WKHP 7KH RI¿FLDO ZDV QRW authorized to discuss the numbers publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. Last June the Obama adminis- tration announced that hundreds of troops would be deployed to help the Iraqis retake Ramadi — a goal they accomplished at the end of the year. President Barack Obama on Monday emphasized the addi- tional troops won’t be doing the ¿JKWLQJ EXW WKH H[WUD WUDLQLQJ and intelligence support they provide can “continually tighten the noose.” “As we see the Iraqis willing WR¿JKWDQGJDLQLQJJURXQGOHW¶V make sure we’re providing them more support,” Obama said in an interview with CBS that aired Monday evening. Obama also predicted success in Mosul: “My expectation is that by the end of the year we will have created the conditions whereby Mosul will eventually fall.” Of the additional troops announced Monday, most would be Army special forces, who have been used throughout the anti-Islamic State campaign to advise and assist the Iraqis. The remainder would include some toward Mosul, the country’s second-largest city, still under Islamic State control. Until now, U.S. advisers have worked with the Iraqis at the headquarters level, well back from the front lines. Carter called the addition of WKH$SDFKHKHOLFRSWHUVVLJQL¿FDQW because they can “respond so quickly and so dynamically to an evolving tactical situation.” He said he discussed the Apaches with Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday and “he understood that it would be QHFHVVDU\IRUMXVWWKHVHFDVHVDQG agreed with me that we would provide it.” /DVW 'HFHPEHU 86 RI¿FLDOV were trying to carefully negotiate new American assistance with Iraqi leaders who often have a different idea of how to wage war. At that time, the Iraqis refused Apache helicopters for the battle to retake Ramadi, saying they didn’t think they were needed. Speaking to U.S. troops at the airport in Baghdad, Carter also said that the U.S. will send an additional long-range, rocket-as- sisted artillery system to Iraq. trainers, security forces for the advisers, and maintenance teams for the Apaches. 7KHGHFLVLRQVUHÀHFWZHHNVRI discussions with commanders and Iraqi leaders, and a decision by Obama to increase the authorized troop level in Iraq by 217 forces — or from 3,870 to 4,087. The advise-and-assist teams — made up of about a dozen troops each — would embed with Iraqi brigades and battalions, likely putting them closer to the front lines and at greater risk from mortars and URFNHW¿UH The U.S., said Carter, is “on the same page with the Iraqi govern- PHQW´LQKRZWRLQWHQVLI\WKH¿JKW against the Islamic State. Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said the deployment of troops was welcome but called it “yet another example of the kind of grudging incrementalism that rarely wins wars, but could certainly lose one.” The proximity to the battle- front will allow the U.S. teams to provide more tactical combat advice as the Iraqi units move WASHINGTON (AP) — Conserva- WLYH 6XSUHPH &RXUW MXVWLFHV H[SUHVVHG sharp skepticism about President Barack Obama’s immigration efforts Monday, leaving his actions to help millions of people who are in the country illegally in the hands of a seemingly divided court. As hundreds of pro-immigration demonstrators and a smaller number of RSSRQHQWV ¿OOHG WKH VLGHZDON RXWVLGH WKH FRXUW WKH MXVWLFHV DSSHDUHG WR VSOLW along ideological and partisan lines over a case that pits Republican governors and members of Congress against the Democratic administration. President Barack Obama’s adminis- WUDWLRQLVDVNLQJWKHMXVWLFHVWRDOORZLW to put in place two programs that could shield roughly 4 million people from deportation and make them eligible to work in the United States. Texas is leading 26 states led by Republicans in challenging the programs that Obama announced in 2014 and that have been put on hold by lower courts. Those states say the administration usurped power that belongs to Congress, and Justice Anthony Kennedy indicated some support for that view. “It’s as if ... the president is setting the policy and the Congress is executing LW 7KDW¶V MXVW XSVLGH GRZQ´ .HQQHG\ said. Chief Justice John Roberts also aggressively questioned Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., suggesting there are few limits to the president’s power under the administration’s view of immigration law. “Under your argument, could the president grant deferred removal to every ... unlawfully present alien in the United States right now?” Roberts asked. ³'H¿QLWHO\ QRW´9HUULOOL VDLG %XW LW ZDVQRWFOHDU5REHUWVZDVVDWLV¿HGZLWK the answer and subsequent explanation. The programs would apply to parents of children who are citizens or are living in the country legally. Eligibility also would be expanded for the president’s 2012 effort that applies to people who were brought here illegally as children. More than 700,000 people have taken advantage of that earlier program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The new program for parents, known as Deferred Action for Parents of Americans, and the expanded program for children could reach as many as 4 million people, according to the nonpar- tisan Migration Policy Institute. :RUNHUVVWXG\FDXVHRIÀXFWXDWLRQVLQQXFOHDUZDVWHWDQN By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE — Fluctuations inside a huge tank of radioactive waste raised concerns on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state over the weekend, and workers prepared Monday to pump out the area of the leak. A federal contractor said the amount of nuclear waste that has been leaking between the two walls of the underground tank for several years grew dramatically this weekend. None of the waste appears to have escaped from Tank AY 102 into the environment, the contractor, Washington River Protection Solutions, said. But workers were trying Monday to determine why the waste that leaked between the tank walls rose by about 8 inches on Sunday and then dropped by half an inch. Hanford is located near Rich- land, Washington, and for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons, including the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The site contains a huge volume of radioactive waste that AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File This July 2014 file photo shows a sign that says “Where Safety Comes First”, which welcomes visitors to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland. A Department of Energy contractor is checking after more waste leaked from the inner tank of a double-shell waste storage tank at the reservation over the weekend of April 16. will cost billions of dollars and take decades to clean. “We’re continuing our checks of the tank to determine whether any material might be escaping from the tank itself,” said Jerry Holloway of Washington River Protection Solutions, which manages the underground tanks for the U.S. Department of Energy. Workers are making prepara- tions to pump all of the waste from between the two walls of the tank back inside the tank, Holloway said. “We see no indication of any release of material to the environ- ment,” Holloway said Monday. The most dangerous nuclear wastes at Hanford are stored in 28 giant double-walled tanks similar to AY 102. There are also 149 older single-walled tanks that contain wastes. Tank AY 102 is Hanford’s oldest double-shell tank and since March was being emptied of its 750,000 gallons of radioactive waste because of the leak between the two walls, which is called the annulus. Less than 100 gallons of waste was estimated to have leaked into the annulus in recent years, drying in three separate patches. %XW+DQIRUGRI¿FLDOVVDLGWKDW on Sunday an alarm in the annulus sounded, after the waste level rose to more than 8 inches deep. Several hours later the waste level in the annulus dropped by about half an inch. Hanford workers found no waste outside the tank in the leak detection pit in an initial check Sunday, Holloway said. Work to pump out the contents of the tank itself stopped when the increased leak into the annulus was detected. Holloway said pumping equip- ment had already been installed in the annulus, which is about 2-feet wide, in case the levels of waste there increased over time. +ROORZD\ VDLG RI¿FLDOV KDG expected that the leak into the annulus might be impacted by the pumping of the main tank space. The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. 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