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.
ADVERTISING
Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson
MSHUNLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
ClassiÀed /egal Advertising
RU
FODVVL¿HGV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRPRUOHJDOV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
Subscriber services:
For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255
Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO
EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\
RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\
for same-day redelivery
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211
333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211
2I¿FHKRXUV0RQGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\DPWRSP
&ORVHGPDMRUKROLGD\V
To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255
or go online to www.eastoregonian.com
and click on ‘Subscribe’
(DVW2UHJRQLDQ(USPS 164-980)LVSXEOLVKHGGDLO\H[FHSW6XQGD\0RQGD\
DQG'HFE\WKH(20HGLD*URXS6(%\HUV$YH3HQGOHWRQ25
3HULRGLFDOVSRVWDJHSDLGDW3HQGOHWRQ25Postmaster:VHQGDGGUHVVFKDQJHVWR
(DVW2UHJRQLDQ6(%\HUV$YH3HQGOHWRQ25
Single copy price:
7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\6DWXUGD\
Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group
REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and
very warm
Mostly sunny,
warm and pleasant
82° 47°
84° 53°
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
Mostly cloudy, a
shower; warm
Partly sunny and
very warm
Cloudy; windy in
the afternoon
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
78° 54°
83° 52°
69° 43°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
85° 45°
88° 50°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
77°
63°
88° (1910)
44°
39°
23° (1909)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.21"
0.73"
4.20"
3.01"
4.73"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
79°
65°
87° (1939)
38°
40°
21° (1964)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.28"
0.47"
2.98"
1.78"
3.61"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Apr 21
Apr 29
73° 46°
Seattle
81/54
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
82° 56°
87° 51°
New
6:02 a.m.
7:47 p.m.
5:33 p.m.
5:08 a.m.
First
May 6
May 13
Today
SATURDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
76/50
84/55
Tacoma
Moses
83/48
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 84/49
75/43
76/51
84/48
86/46
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
85/51
80/51 Lewiston
86/48
Astoria
80/48
68/49
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
87/56
Pendleton 74/41
The Dalles 85/45
82/47
87/50
La Grande
Salem
77/44
85/53
Albany
Corvallis 85/51
86/52
John Day
81/50
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
78/41
84/51
81/43
Caldwell
Burns
77/42
78/34
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
68
77
81
67
78
74
84
80
85
81
79
77
75
88
65
68
78
85
82
87
84
85
76
77
85
80
86
Lo
49
31
43
51
34
41
51
48
45
50
41
44
37
53
49
50
41
44
47
56
39
53
50
41
54
51
46
W
pc
s
s
pc
s
s
s
s
s
s
pc
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
Hi
63
79
77
62
78
76
74
82
88
81
72
80
78
81
61
65
82
87
84
79
80
77
81
78
79
84
86
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Lo
48
72
64
41
52
36
42
50
45
60
52
W
c
t
s
pc
pc
c
pc
s
pc
pc
s
Lo
49
38
43
51
39
44
49
51
50
51
37
43
42
49
49
50
46
48
53
54
41
50
54
43
50
55
50
W
pc
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
s
s
pc
pc
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
s
pc
s
s
Wed.
Hi
81
84
86
57
76
55
63
73
65
75
65
Lo
49
76
64
45
51
32
48
50
52
62
58
W
s
c
s
pc
pc
r
pc
pc
c
s
s
WINDS
Medford
88/53
Klamath Falls
79/41
(in mph)
Today
Wednesday
Boardman
Pendleton
NNE 3-6
N 4-8
NE 3-6
NNW 3-6
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
and very warm today; pleasant in the south
and upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today.
Clear and moonlit tonight. A shower in
places tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Sunny today. A moon-
lit sky tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Mostly sunny and warmer today;
a thunderstorm in spots in the south in the
afternoon.
Northern California: Partial sunshine today.
Partly cloudy tonight; a shower or two at
the coast.
1
4
6
6
4
COMMERCIA/ PRINTING
Production Manager: Mike Jensen
PMHQVHQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Wed.
WORLD CITIES
Hi
63
79
82
59
79
55
58
71
63
73
68
NEWS
• To submit news tips and press releases:FDOO
ID[HPDLOQHZV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
• To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News:
HPDLOFRPPXQLW\#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRPRUFDOO7DPP\0DOJHVLQLDW
RU5HQHH6WUXWKHUVLQDW
• To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries:
HPDLOUVWUXWKHUV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRPRUYLVLWZZZHDVWRUHJRQLDQ
FRPFRPPXQLW\DQQRXQFHPHQWV
• To submit a Letter to the Editor:PDLOWR0DQDJLQJ(GLWRU'DQLHO
:DWWHQEXUJHU6(%\HUV$YH3HQGOHWRQ25RUHPDLO
HGLWRU#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
• To submit sports or outdoors information or tips:
VSRUWV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
Multimedia Consultants
-HDQQH-HZHWW
MMHZHWW#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
-RGL6QRRN
MVQRRN#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
7HUUL%ULJJV
WEULJJV#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
'D\OH6WLQVRQ
GVWLQVRQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
6WHSKDQLH1HZVRP
VQHZVRP#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
$XGUD:RUNPDQ
DZRUNPDQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
&KULV0F&OHOODQ
FPFFOHOODQ#HDVWRUHJRQLDQFRP
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
/RFDOKRPHGHOLYHU\ 6DYLQJVRIIFRYHUSULFH
(=3D\
SHUFHQW
ZHHNV
SHUFHQW
ZHHNV
SHUFHQW
ZHHNV
SHUFHQW
(=3D\ RQH\HDUUDWHZLWKDPRQWKO\FUHGLWRUGHELWFDUGFKHFNFKDUJH
www.eastoregonian.com
Corrections
1
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Showers will leave New England as cooler air moves into the Northeast
today. A slow-moving storm will bring additional rain to the Central states with the greatest
risk of flooding in the south.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 94° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 15° in Bodie State Park, Calif.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
63
85
69
78
54
83
76
53
88
83
62
60
76
48
64
80
55
59
82
75
80
81
68
87
72
86
Lo
40
58
47
44
40
58
47
42
58
53
50
41
61
31
41
51
31
46
69
66
56
53
51
63
61
58
W
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
s
c
s
pc
c
c
pc
c
c
s
s
sh
pc
r
c
s
pc
s
t
s
Wed.
Hi
72
83
59
69
67
80
80
54
82
81
66
70
79
57
67
85
57
67
83
77
73
84
68
90
75
82
Lo
46
61
45
44
43
62
54
43
59
59
54
54
61
34
51
54
38
45
71
65
56
59
48
65
60
58
W
s
c
s
s
s
c
pc
pc
pc
s
sh
s
t
c
c
s
pc
c
pc
t
c
pc
c
s
c
s
Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
84
73
81
53
65
81
80
70
70
67
75
90
54
59
87
56
80
85
75
66
80
73
81
86
81
69
Lo
61
62
69
45
51
61
67
47
50
47
48
64
37
42
55
35
48
51
58
46
61
54
54
55
50
49
W
c
c
pc
sh
r
c
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
s
sh
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
s
pc
s
s
pc
pc
Wed.
Hi
80
75
81
59
62
79
77
67
73
65
69
94
57
59
75
60
77
81
71
73
78
71
79
90
71
71
Lo
61
62
72
50
52
61
67
48
52
49
47
66
37
40
52
37
46
54
57
47
61
57
54
57
50
51
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
pc
t
s
sh
sh
c
t
s
t
c
s
s
pc
s
s
c
s
pc
t
s
s
pc
s
s
s
t
