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U.S. NEWS Saturday 5 March 2022
White House disavows Graham's call for Putin assassination

By MARY CLARE JALONICK emergency funding, with
WASHINGTON (AP) — South money going toward hu-
Carolina Sen. Lindsey Gra- manitarian aid and secu-
ham is facing intense push- rity needs. Approval could
back from all corners of come as soon as next
Washington after calling for week. Lawmakers are also
the Russian people to end pushing the Biden admin-
the Ukraine war by assas- istration to halt oil imports
sinating President Vladimir from Russia, a move that
Putin. White House press could tighten the vise on
secretary Jen Psaki said Fri- the country's increasingly
day that it is "not the posi- isolated economy.
tion of the United States But Graham is alone in en-
government." couraging attempts on
Graham, a former Air Force Putin's life. Russia's ambas-
lawyer and longtime de- sador to the United States,
fense hawk, tweeted Thurs- Anatoly Antonov, called his
day evening that "the only comments "unacceptable
people who can fix this" are and outrageous."
Russians. Graham was unbowed in
"The only way this ends is a Fox News appearance
for somebody in Russia to Friday morning, saying that
take this guy out," Graham the best way for the fight-
tweeted. "You would be ing to end is to have "an
doing your country - and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks about their bill to ban Elliot Ness or Wyatt Earp" in
the world - a great service." Russian energy imports, Thursday, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Russia, referring to fabled
The tweet drew swift push- Associated Press American law enforce-
back from some of the ment figures.
most conservative and lib- nesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a ministration," she said. ons stirred fears that he "I am convinced this is a
eral members of Congress. Democrat who has faced Graham's comment comes may be willing to consider one man problem sur-
Texas Republican Sen. Ted criticism over comments at a fraught time for the the unthinkable step of us- rounded by a few people,"
Cruz called it "an excep- about Israel, tweeted: "Seri- White House, which is or- ing them. Graham said.
tionally bad idea." Geor- ously, wtf?" chestrating a tough West- The U.S. has ruled out send- Also Friday, Graham intro-
gia Rep. Marjorie Taylor On Friday, Psaki dismissed ern response to Russia's in- ing troops to Ukraine and duced a resolution with
Greene, a Republican who Graham's idea out of hand. vasion of Ukraine while try- hasn't agreed to a no-fly Democratic Sens. Ben Car-
was denounced this week "That is not the position of ing to avoid a direct con- zone over Ukraine that din and Chris Van Hollen
for speaking at an event or- the United States govern- frontation with Russia for could lead to clashes with that calls for Putin to be
ganized by a white nation- ment and certainly not fear of triggering a broader Russian warplanes. held accountable for his
alist, said Graham's tweet a statement you'd hear war. The Russian president's With no letup in the war, actions in Ukraine, includ-
was "irresponsible, danger- come from the mouth of raising of the alert level on the White House has asked ing investigations of war
ous & unhinged." And Min- anybody working in this ad- his country's nuclear weap- Congress for $10 billion in crimes.q

Clinton Global Initiative restarted to tackle urgent needs

By GLENN GAMBOA then had business before United Nations General As-
AP Business Writer Hillary Clinton's administra- sembly in September, will
The Clinton Foundation is tion. likely look different than it
planning another Clinton Bill Clinton said he wants has in the past, perhaps in
Global Initiative – a high- to bring back the initiative reference to new health
profile gathering of busi- because the kind of "co- and security concerns.
ness, political and philan- operation and coordina- However, he hopes the
thropic leaders – this Sep- tion" it created is urgently spirit of cooperation it fos-
tember in New York, ac- needed. "The COVID-19 tered will return.
cording to a letter former pandemic has ripped the "It seems that all across the
President Bill Clinton sent to cover off of longstand- globe, people are pulling
the foundation's supporters ing inequities and vulner- away from those who are
Friday. abilities across our global different from them—put-
The initiative, which began community," Bill Clinton ting our future at greater
meeting annually in 2005 wrote in the letter Friday. risk and making it harder to
and boasted speakers "The existential threat of cli- solve the challenges and
ranging from former presi- mate change grows every seize the opportunities in
dents Barack Obama and day. Democracy is under front of us." Former President Bill Clinton attends the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foun-
Jimmy Carter to celebrity assault around the world, According to the foun- dation (JBJSF) benefit gala, celebrating ten years of combating
hunger and homelessness, at The Garage on Thursday, Oct. 6,
philanthropists like Bono most glaringly in Ukraine dation, more than 3,700 2016, in New York.
and Ben Affleck, ended where Russia has launched projects and partnerships Associated Press
in 2016 during former Sen. an unjustified and unpro- resulted from the Clinton
Hillary Clinton's presidential voked invasion that has Global Initiative, making world faces today are verse partners together to
campaign, when questions put millions of lives in grave a difference in the lives of steep, CGI has always been take action and achieve
were raised about the ap- danger." more than 435 million peo- about what we can do, not real results, we can create
pearance of potential con- Clinton said the meeting, ple in over 180 countries. what we can't do," Clinton a culture of possibility in a
flicts of interests if donors which will coincide with the "While the challenges our wrote. "And by bringing di- world hungry for hope."q