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US sends 300 forces into Iraq
Carjack attempt foiled
BY JULIE PACE AND LARA JAKES The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Nearly 300 armed American forces are being positioned in and around Iraq to help secure U.S. assets as President Barack Obama nears a decision on an array of options for combating fast-moving Islamic insurgents, including airstrikes or a contingent of special forces. The U.S. and Iran also held an initial discussion on how the longtime
THE WORLD CHARLESTON — An armed citizen helped stop what Coos County sheriff’s deputies describe as an attempted carjacking in Charleston on Sunday evening. Glen W. Sears, 47, is charged with attempted unlawful use of a motor vehicle, three counts of attempted unlawful entry to a motor vehicle and second-degree disorderly conduct. Witnesses told deputies Sears repeatedly jumped into traffic on Cape Arago Highway and attempted to enter vehicles as they stopped to avoid hitting him. One of the would-be victims attempted to run over Sears with the car after he tried to climb in. Sears was eventually held at gunpoint by a passerby after he tried to enter the car of a woman with children. When deputies arrived, Sears was still standing in the middle of the road. Deputies were able to identify at least four witnesses to Sears’ alleged crimes, and are asking anyone who was involved or witnessed the incident to contact that the Sheriff’s Office at 541-3962106.
foes might cooperate to ease the threat from the al-Qaida-linked militants that have swept through Iraq. Still, the White House ruled out the possibility that Washington and Tehran might coordinate military operations in Iraq. Obama met with his national security team Monday evening to discuss options for stopping the militants known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Officials said the president has made no final decisions on how
aggressively the U.S. might get involved in Iraq, though the White House continued to emphasize that any military engagement remained contingent on the government in Baghdad making political reforms. Still, there were unmistakable signs of Americans returning to a country from which the U.S. military fully withdrew more than two years ago. Obama notified Congress that up to 275 troops would be sent to Iraq to provide support and security for U.S. per-
sonnel and the American Embassy in Baghdad. The soldiers — 170 of which have already arrived in Iraq — were armed for combat, though Obama has insisted he does not intend for U.S. forces to be engaged in direct fighting. About 100 additional forces are being put on standby, most likely in Kuwait, and could be used for airfield management, security and logistics support, officials said. SEE IRAQ | A8
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Obama to create ocean preserve BY JOSH LEDERMAN The Associated Press
‘Drop’ in at Coos Art Museum A unique fundraiser offers chance to break something in a museum, and get paid for it ■
BY TIM NOVOTNY The World
COOS BAY — Time is running out for you to get a chance at breaking a jar full of money at the Coos Art Museum.
write a blank check and think it will solve these problems. Veterans deserve better than that.” Sen. Jeff Sessions
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also can achieve instantaneous social media fame on YouTube as the act is being recorded. And that person will also be able to keep the contents of the jar — $200. The fundraiser is the brainchild of Robert Canaga, juror for the current Expressions West exhibition at the museum, who was inspired by the recent controversy of the art piece Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn. The furor was created by the 56year-old Chinese contemporary
artist, pronounced “I way-way,” in which the famous artist/activist destroys ancient ceramic works from China. In response, Canaga painted Falling Jar, now on view at the Coos Art Museum, and arranged for this unusual event. Broocks says there is a northwest connection as well, since the Dropping the Urn exhibition has been featured at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland. It SEE MUSEUM | A8
Veterans’ health spending may double BY MATTHEW DALY The Associated Press
WASHINGTON— Spending on veterans’ health care could double in three years under the Senate’s solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts. Analyzing a bill the Senate passed overwhelmingly last week, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the measure would cost $35 billion over the next three years to build new clinics, hire doctors and
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make it easier for veterans who can’t get prompt appointments with VA doctors to get outside care. Once the program was fully in place, the budget office said it “expects that veterans would ultimately seek additional care that would cost the federal government about $50 billion a year” in new spending — more than double the $44 billion the government now spends annually on medical care for veterans. Both the Senate bill and a House version also passed this past week would dramatically expand govern-
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Museum Executive Director Steven Broocks says the drawing for the “Break This Jar for Coos Art Museum” will be Wednesday, June 18. The actual dropping of the jar will be at 2 p.m. Saturday. “We’ll probably do it up in the gallery,” he added. “It will only be from shoulder height, and we’ll have a piece of plywood laid-down just to protect the floor.” Broocks says the person selected by a drawing will not only have the opportunity to break the jar, but
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Jean Boynton puts a wire cage around a tomato plant in the garden plot she shares with a friend at the Lady Bug Landing community garden Monday. Boynton has rented a plot in the garden for four years and says she enjoys growing her own organic vegetables. Top, a raindrop sits on a snap pea flower.
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is looking to create the largest marine preserve in the world by protecting a massive stretch of the Pacific Ocean from drilling, fishing and other actions that could threaten wildlife, the White House said. Aiming to protect marine wildlife, Obama will also direct the government to create a program to deter illegal fishing. The executive steps come as Obama is searching for ways to leave his second-term mark on the environment despite from many opposition Republicans in Congress. Obama was to announce the steps Tuesday in a video message to those participating in an “Our Ocean” conference that the State Department and Secretary of State John Kerry are hosting. Officials said Obama is considering a massive expansion to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. The protected waters surround a group of mostly uninhabited islands, controlled by the U.S., that sit between Hawaii and American Samoa. But the White House hasn’t settled on the preserve’s final boundaries. The administration said it planned to solicit input from fishermen, scientists, politicians, experts in conservation before the new protections take effect. Obama is also vowing to create a program to combat black market fishing and seafood fraud, in which seafood products are mislabeled to hide their origin. The White House said 20 percent of the wild marine fish caught each year are part of the black market at a cost of $23 billion to the fishing industry.
ment-paid health care. They would require the Veterans Affairs Department to pay private providers to treat qualifying veterans who can’t get prompt appointments at the VA’s nearly 1,000 hospitals and outpatient clinics or who live at least 40 miles from one of them. The bills are Congress’s response to a growing uproar over patients dying while awaiting VA treatment and mounting evidence that workers falsified or omitted appointment schedules to mask frequent, long
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