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Tuesday 24 april 2018
Clinton: Free press is under 'open assault' in Trump era

By JOCELYN NOVECK written, her mother gave
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary her permission to hit back
Clinton excoriated Presi- at a bully.
dent Donald Trump for his "I now think that I didn't,"
treatment of the media, Clinton said. She described
saying in remarks on Sun- the much-discussed mo-
day that press rights and ment when Trump was
free speech are "under "stalking me on that de-
open assault" in the current bate stage."
administration, which she She recalled thinking,
compared to an authori- "What do I do? Do I turn
tarian regime. around and say, 'Back up,
"We are living through an you creep?'" But then, she
all-out war on truth, facts said, "the coverage would
and reason," Clinton said have been, 'She can't take
at the PEN America World the pressure, she got an-
Voices Festival, in Manhat- gry.'" And so, she said she
tan. "When leaders deny told herself, "You just have
things we can see with our to be calm and in control.
own eyes, like the size of a Because ultimately what
crowd at the inauguration, the country wants is some-
when they refuse to ac- one who is not blowing up
cept settled science when In this April 13, 2018 file photo, Hillary Clinton speaks during the ninth annual Women in the World in the Oval Office."
it comes to urgent chal- Summit in New York. "Well, you know that did
lenges like climate change Associated Press not work out so well," she
... it is the beginning of the said, to laughter in the au-
end of freedom, and that is the most perilous position And she added: "Now, request for comment on dience. Adichie expressed
not hyperbole. It's what au- I've seen in my lifetime." given his track record, is it Clinton's remarks. admiration for Clinton but
thoritarian regimes through "Today we have a presi- any surprise that accord- Clinton's remarks were confessed to some disap-
history have done." dent who seems to reject ing to the latest round of followed by an onstage pointment that in her Twit-
Clinton, who was delivering the role of a free press in revelations, he joked about conversation with Nigeri- ter profile, she describes
the festival's Arthur Miller our democracy," she said throwing reporters in jail to an-born novelist Chimam- herself first as a “wife” — fol-
Freedom to Write Lecture, of her 2016 opponent. "Al- make them talk?" The ref- anda Ngozi Adichie, large- lowed by mom, grandma
began by discussing threats though obsessed with his erence to revelations from ly about the 2016 election. and then her professional
to press freedom and free own press coverage, he memos by former FBI di- Under friendly questioning, titles, ending with 2016
speech around the globe, evaluates it based not on rector James Comey was the former secretary of presidential candidate.
including in Vladimir Putin's whether it provides knowl- Clinton's only reference to state was asked if she had The author said she would
Russia. But she soon turned edge or understanding, Comey, who was fired by "hit back" enough during have preferred Clinton
her remarks to the United but solely on whether the Trump. the campaign — a refer- begin with “should have
States under Trump, saying daily coverage helps him The White House did not ence to a childhood epi- been a damned good
that such freedoms are "in and hurts his opponents." immediately respond to a sode in which, Clinton has president.”q

Spokesman: George HW Bush

hospitalized with blood infection

dents Bill Clinton, Barack promoting literacy. During that hospital stay,
Obama, George W. Bush On Friday, during the pub- which included time in in-
and their wives, along with lic viewing of Barbara tensive care, doctors insert-
current first lady Melania Bush's casket, George ed a breathing tube and
Trump. She was 92, and she H.W. Bush offered his hand connected him to a venti-
and her husband had been to many of the around lator. He also was hospital-
married 73 years — the lon- 2,500 people who walked ized in 2015 in Maine after
gest presidential marriage through the church to pay falling at home and break-
in U.S. history. their respects. A year ago ing a bone in his neck,
Former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush
arrive at St. Martin's Episcopal Church for a funeral service for The elder Bush uses a this month, Bush spent two and in December 2014 for
former first lady Barbara Bush, Saturday, April 21, 2018, in Hous- wheelchair and an elec- weeks in the hospital for about a week for shortness
ton. tric scooter for mobility af- treatment of pneumonia of breath. He spent Christ-
ter developing a form of and chronic bronchitis, a mas 2012 in intensive care
HOUSTON (AP) — Former and appears to be recov- Parkinson's disease, and constant irritation of the lin- for a bronchitis-related
President George H.W. ering." He was admitted he has needed hospital ing of tubes that carry air cough and other issues.
Bush has been hospitalized Sunday morning to Hous- treatment several times in to one's lungs. Bush's doc- George Herbert Walker
in Houston with an infec- ton Methodist Hospital after recent years for respiratory tors said chronic bronchitis Bush served as president
tion, just after attending the an infection spread to his problems. is a condition more preva- from 1989 to 1993. Born
funeral of his wife, Barbara, blood, McGrath said. He attended the funeral lent with age and can ag- June 12, 1924, in Milton,
a spokesman said Monday. Barbara Bush was laid wearing a pair of knitted gravate the symptoms of Massachusetts, Bush also
Jim McGrath said on Twitter to rest Saturday in a cer- socks decorated in blue, pneumonia. Bush was hos- served as a congressman,
that the 93-year-old Bush is emony attended by her red and yellow books — a pitalized for 16 days in Jan- CIA director and Ronald
"responding to treatments husband and former presi- tribute to his late wife's work uary 2017 for pneumonia. Reagan's vice president.q