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Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3A
J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE I Associated Press
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., chairman of the
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, speaks to
reporters after a closed-door security briefing by CIA
Director Gina Haspel on the slaying of Saudi journalist
Jamal Khashoggi and involvement of the Saudi crown
prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the Capitol in
Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 4.
After CIA briefing,
blame placed on
Saudi crown prince
for Khashoggi death
BY MARY CLARE
JALONICK
AND LISA MASCARO
Associated Press
WASHINGTON —Sena
tors leaving a briefing with
CIA Director Gina Has
pel on Tuesday said they
are even more convinced
that Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman
was involved in the death
of Saudi journalist Jamal
Khashoggi.
Senate Foreign
Relations Commit
tee Chairman Bob
Corker, R-Tenn.,
said he believes
if the crown
prince were put
on trial, a jury
would find him
guilty in “about 30
minutes.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham,
R-S.C., who demanded the
briefing with Haspel, said
there is “zero chance”
the crown prince wasn’t
involved in Khashoggi’s
death.
“There’s not a smoking
gun. There’s a smoking
saw,” Graham said, refer
ring to reports from the
Turkish government that
said Saudi agents used a
bone saw to dismember
Khashoggi after he was
killed in the Saudi consul
ate in Istanbul. Graham
said “you have to be will
fully blind” not to conclude
that this was orchestrated
and organized by people
under the crown prince’s
command.
But President Donald
Trump has equivocated
over who is to blame for the
killing, frustrating senators
who are now looking for
ways to punish the longtime
Middle East ally. Senators
overwhelmingly voted last
week to move forward on
a resolution curtailing U.S.
backing for the Saudi-led
war in Yemen.
It’s unclear whether or
how that resolution will
move forward. The vote
last week set up debate on
the measure, which could
happen as soon as next
week, but senators are still
in negotiations on whether
to amend it and
what it should say.
Haspel met with
a group of sena
tors, including the
chairmen and top
Democrats on the
key national secu
rity committees,
after senators in
both parties com
plained that she
didn’t attend a briefing with
Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo and Defense Sec
retary Jim Mattis last week.
Pompeo and Mattis tried
to dissuade senators from
punishing Saudi Arabia
with the resolution, saying
U.S. involvement in the
Yemen conflict is central
to the Trump administra
tion’s broader goal of con
taining Iranian influence
in the Middle East. Human
rights groups say the war
is wreaking havoc on the
country and subjecting
civilians to indiscriminate
bombing.
The two men also
echoed Trump’s reluc
tance to blame the crown
prince. Pompeo said there
was “no direct reporting”
connecting the crown
prince to the murder, and
Mattis said there was “no
smoking gun” making the
connection.
Haspel
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From war to White House
Crowds gather to honor Bush for long service to country
Photos by MANUEL BALCE CENETAI Associated Press
Former Sen. Bob Dole salutes the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W.
Bush as he lies in state Tuesday, Dec. 4, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Sully, former President George H.W. Bush’s service dog,
pays his respect to President Bush.
BY CALVIN WOODWARD,
LAURIE KELLMAN AND
ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sol
diers, citizens in wheel
chairs and long lines of
others on foot wound
through the hushed Capitol
Rotunda on Tuesday to view
George H.W. Bush’s casket
and remember a president
whose legacy included
World War military service
and a landmark law affirm
ing the rights of the disabled.
Bob Dole, a compatriot in
war, peace and political
struggle, steadied himself
out of his wheelchair and
saluted his old friend and
one-time rival.
As at notable moments
in his life, Bush brought
together Republicans and
Democrats in his death, and
not only the VIPs.
Members of the public
who never voted for the
man waited in the same long
lines as the rest, attesting
that Bush possessed the dig
nity and grace that deserved
to be remembered by their
presence on a cold overcast
day in the capital.
“I’m just here to pay my
respects,” said Jane Her
nandez, a retired physician
in the heavily Democratic
city and suburbs. “I wasn’t
the biggest fan of his presi
dency, but all in all he was
a good sincere guy doing a
really hard job as best he
could.”
Bush’s service dog, Sully,
was brought to the viewing,
too — his main service these
last months since Barbara
Bush’s death in April being
to rest his head on her hus
band’s lap. Service dogs are
trained to do that.
The CIA also honored
Bush, the only spy chief to
become president, as three
agency directors past and
present joined the public in
the viewing.
In the midst of the period
of mourning, first lady Mela
nia Trump gave Laura Bush,
one of her predecessors, a
tour of holiday decorations
at the White House, a “sweet
visit during this somber
week,” as Mrs. Bush’s Ins-
tagram account put it. And
the Trumps visited mem
bers of the Bush family at
the Blair House presidential
guesthouse, where they are
staying. Former President
George W. Bush and his wife
greeted the Trumps outside
before everyone went in for
the private, 20-minute visit.
Although President Don
ald Trump will attend Bush’s
national funeral service
Wednesday, he is not among
the eulogists announced by
the Bush family, a list that
includes George W. Bush.
The others are Alan Simp
son, the former senator and
acerbic wit from Wyoming;
Brian Mulroney, the for
mer Canadian prime minis
ter who also gave a eulogy
for Ronald Reagan; and
presidential historian Jon
Meacham.
People lined up before
dawn to pay respects to the
41st president, a son and
father of privilege now cel
ebrated by everyday citizens
for his common courtesies
and depth of experience.
“He was so qualified, and
I think he was just a decent
man,” said Sharon Terry,
touring Washington with
friends from an Indianapolis
garden club. Said her friend
Sue Miller, also in line for
the viewing: “I actually think
I underestimated him when
he was in office. My opinion
of him went up seeing how
he conducted himself as a
statesman afterward.”
Fred Curry, one of the
few African-Americans in
line, is a registered Demo
crat from Hyattsville, Mary
land, who voted for Bush
in 1988, the election won
by the one-term president.
“Honestly I just liked him,”
he said. “He seemed like a
sincere and decent man and
you couldn’t argue with his
qualifications.”
Inside the Capitol, Sully,
the 2-year-old Labrador
retriever assigned to Bush,
sat by the casket in the com
pany of people who came to
commemorate Bush’s sign
ing of the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the 1990 law
that, among its many provi
sions, required businesses
that prohibit pets to give
access to service dogs.
“After Mrs. Bush’s death,
general companionship was
a big part of Sully’s job,”
John Miller, president and
CEO of America’s VetDogs,
said in a phone interview.
“One of the things that I
think was important to the
president was the rest com
mand, where Sully would
rest his head on the presi
dent’s lap.”
The law was just one point
of intersection for Bush and
Dole, now 95, who was one
of its leading advocates in
the Senate.
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Child of God, Faithful Dad and Friend
True to your family to the river's last bend
Giver of love from your work weary hands
Builder of houses and steward of land
Father of three children to carry your name
A gentle friend who was always
the same
Driver of cars with sporty flair
Singer and musician extraordinaire
Then your life's sun sank slowly in the
rose-tinted west
And today we thank God for our Dad,
God's very best.
Your Children,
Martha, Lyman and Jackie
