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Overnight Defense: Pompeo lays out new Iran terms | Pentagon hints at more aggressive posture against Iran | House, Senate move on defense bill

 
 
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Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I'm Rebecca Kheel, and here's your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond.

 

THE TOPLINE: It's been about two weeks since President Trump announced he was withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement and left the world wondering where U.S. strategy goes from here.

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sought to answer that question.

In a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation -- his first major foreign policy address since becoming chief diplomat -- Pompeo vowed to do three things: impose the "strongest sanctions in history," "crush" Iranian aggression and "advocate tirelessly for the Iranian people."

Through that, he said, the administration hopes for a new deal that covers 12 areas, though he said "the deal is not the objective."

 

What are the 12 things?: Per Pompeo, the United States is demanding that Iran:

-- Give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program.

-- Stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor.

-- Provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.

-- End ballistic missile proliferation and halt development of nuclear-capable missile systems.

-- Release all U.S. citizens, as well as citizens of partners and allies.

-- End support to terrorist groups, including Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

-- Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi government, including by permitting the disarming, demobilization and reintegration of Shia militias.

-- End support for the Houthi rebels in Yemen and work towards a peaceful political settlement in that country.

-- Withdraw all forces under Iranian command throughout the entirety of Syria.

-- End support for the Taliban and other terrorists in Afghanistan.

-- End the Quds Force's support for terrorists and militant partners around the world.

-- Stop threatening behavior against its neighbors, including Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

 

Cheers and jeers: Reaction stateside fell along typical fault lines. Groups who opposed the Iran nuclear deal were supportive of Pompeo's speech, while those who support the deal blasted the speech.

For example, on one hand, from United Against Nuclear Iran CEO Mark Wallace: "Secretary Pompeo wisely made the case that the United States needed to tackle the danger from Iran in a comprehensive manner. For too long, the United States has focused on the nuclear file to the exclusion of a wide array of additional problematic activity."

And on the other, from Jamal Abdi, vice president for policy of the National Iranian American Council: "The Trump administration is setting the stage for a war of choice with Iran, with Mike Pompeo offering a smokescreen of diplomacy to distract from the administration's pursuit of Iraq-style regime change."

 

Global reaction: Iran, not surprisingly, rejected Pompeo's speech.

"Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?" President Hassan Rouhani was quoted as saying in Iranian state media.

Britain Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, meanwhile, was skeptical at the ability of the United States to get such a comprehensive deal.

"The prospect of a new jumbo Iran treaty is going to be very, very difficult," Johnson said. "I think if you try now to fold all those issues – the ballistic missiles, Iran's misbehavior, Iran's disruptive activity in the region and the nuclear question – if you try to fold all those into a giant negotiation, a new jumbo Iran negotiation, a new treaty – that's what seems to be envisaged – I don't see that being very easy to achieve, in anything like a reasonable timetable."

 

Pentagon's role: Pompeo promised to work closely with the Pentagon on Iranian aggression.

When asked what that might look like Monday, a Pentagon spokesman hinted at a more aggressive posture.

"We are going to take steps necessary to address Iran's malign influence in the region," Defense Department spokesman Rob Manning told reporters at the Pentagon.

"They are a destabilizing force in the region ... and we're going to do everything we can to avert that," Manning added. "This is a whole of government solution that we're working in order to change Iran's influence in the region and we're continuing to do that."

 

DEFENSE BILL WATCH: It's a busy week for movement on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the House version set to hit the floor and the Senate Armed Services Committee starting markups on its version.

The Hill's Ellen Mitchell took a look at how this year's Senate process feels different without a certain feisty chairman in town:

The Senate Armed Services Committee is moving forward with its annual defense authorization bill with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) undergoing treatment to battle brain cancer 2,200 miles away in Arizona.

McCain for the last several years has been the major force behind crafting the NDAA and moving it through committee, the rest of the Senate and negotiations with the House.

His convictions on curtailing program overruns and eliminating wasteful spending have earned him a reputation as a force to be reckoned with among Pentagon officials and defense contractors.

As the committee now takes up this year's NDAA, his absence has been felt, according to lawmakers.

"It's a challenge simply because it's a little bit different having the chairman physically removed," the committee's ranking member Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) said of the bill's process.

"[McCain is] someone with such great experience and expertise. He is participating through his staff and as a result he's been able to provide, as he used to do, direction."

 

In the House: The House Rules Committee is in the midst of a meeting to set up floor debate on the NDAA (along with two other bills).

It's set to meet again Tuesday afternoon to decide which of the hundreds of amendments will make it to a floor vote.

As of 5:30 p.m., 571 amendments have been filed on the bill. Follow along at the Rules Committee website.

 

MORE BAD STATS FOR AFGHANISTAN: Another watchdog is out with another report casting a dim outlook on U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.

The quarterly inspector general report on the U.S. mission in Afghanistan said there has been "minimal progress" in securing the Afghan population since its last report. The report is written by the inspectors general for the Pentagon, State Department and U.S Agency for International Aid.

As of Jan. 31, 65 percent of the Afghan population lived under government control or influence, compared with 64 percent last quarter. The Taliban, meanwhile, kept control of the same percentage as last quarter, 12 percent.

The inspector general's report comes after one from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction finding high attrition in Afghan forces.

Read Monday's full report here.

 

ON TAP FOR TOMORROW

The Senate Armed Services Committee has closed markups of the National Defense Authorization Act for five subcommittees: seapower, readiness, cybersecurity, emerging threats and strategic forces. https://bit.ly/2HLYU9T

The Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee has an open markup of the National Defense Authorization Act at 2:30 p.m. at the Hart Senate Office Building, room 216. https://bit.ly/2HLYU9T

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has a business meeting for a treaty and legislation, including a resolution to require a certification on Saudi actions in Yemen, at 2:15 p.m. at the Senate site of the Capitol, room 116. https://bit.ly/2Lh4mQa

The House Rules Committee will meet to decide which National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendments get a floor vote at 3 p.m. at the House side of the Capitol, room 313. https://bit.ly/2KLorgz

 

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-- The Hill: Trump presses China to be 'strong & tight' on border with North Korea

-- The Hill: White House releases commemorative coin for North Korea talks

-- Associated Press: Syrian government declares capital fully under its control

-- The Washington Post: New clues bolster belief that ISIS leader is still alive -- and busy with a chilling new mission

 
 

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Overnight Energy: Feds eye rolling back Alaska wildlife rule | Park service releases climate report | Paper mills blamed for water contamination | Blankenship plans third-party Senate run

 
 
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Happy Monday! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill's roundup of the day's energy and environment news. While neither of us woke up early enough to watch the Royal Wedding this past weekend, we couldn't help but notice an environmental connection-- Prince Harry and Meghan drove to their wedding reception this weekend in an electric Jaguar E-Type Concept Zero.

 

Please send tips and comments to Timothy Cama, tcama@thehill.com, and Miranda Green, mgreen@thehill.com. Follow us on Twitter: @Timothy_Cama, @mirandacgreen, @thehill.

 

NEW RULE WOULD ROLL BACK PROTECTIONS ON ALASKAN BEAR CUBS: Wildlife protections on black bears, coyote pups and other Alaskan animals are likely to be stripped away under a new National Park Service (NPS) rule formally proposed Monday.

The rule, published in the Federal Register, aims to reverse Obama-era protections from 2015 that prohibited certain hunting practices that otherwise were allowed by Alaska.

The practices the Obama-era rule prohibited included

  • the killing of all black bears by dogs;
  • the hunting of caribou from powered motorboats;
  • hunting of wolves or coyotes and their pups during denning season months; and
  • using "bait" to attract and shoot brown bears.

Under the new NPS rule, states would be allowed to determine their own protections and could remove the previous federal protections for wildlife.

The decision to rollback the protections of the various animals was determined in conjunction with a series of Interior Department secretarial orders from 2017 that directed the agency to expand access for recreational hunting and fishing on public lands.

Why it matters: Under the Trump Administration, the Interior Department has routinely emphasized its interest in weakening various regulations on hunting on national park land. Secretary Ryan Zinke has met a number of times with representatives of the National Rifle Association as well as the big game hunting lobby, the Safari Club.

We have more on the proposal here.

Interior announces hunting and fishing expansion at 30 national wildlife refuges: The Interior Department also Monday announced plans to submit a rule that would expand fishing and hunting access on more than 248,000 acres at wildlife refuges.

The rule would create new and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities at 30 national wildlife refuges, increasing the number of refugees where hunting is allowed to 377.

New hunting options include wild turkey hunting at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge in Florida and small mammal hunting at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge. The department touted the planned rule as a way jumpstart economic activity--highlighting in a press release that hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities contributed more than $156 billion in economic in 2016 according to a survey done by the agency. In the draft rule proposal Interior estimates that expanding the number of hunting and fishing opportunities on land will result in $711,000 in recreation-related expenditures, creating a "ripple effect" that will ultimately yield a total economic impact of approximately $1.6 million.

"As stewards of our public lands, Interior is committed to opening access wherever possible for hunting and fishing so that more families have the opportunity to pass down this American heritage," Zinke said in a statement. "These 30 refuges will provide incredible opportunities for American sportsmen and women across the country to access the land and connect with wildlife."

 

PARK SERVICE PUBLISHES CLIMATE REPORT: The National Park Service (NPS) released a major report on rising sea levels after the Trump administration was accused of censoring it.

The Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal reported last month that administration officials removed mentions of human-caused climate change in the report, reflecting President Trump's and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's skepticism that manmade greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change.

But the report released late Friday puts the blame for sea-level rise squarely in human hands.

"Human activities continue to release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, causing the Earth's atmosphere to warm," the report says.

"Further warming of the atmosphere will cause sea levels to continue to rise, which will affect how we protect and manage our national parks."

NPS spokesman Jeremy Barnum said the report went through the usual editing process, and the agency is confident in its scientific accuracy.

"The report has undergone several rounds of internal and external scientific peer review to ensure that it is most helpful and relevant to the intended audience of park managers and planners, and accurately portrays scientific understanding of how a changing climate and associated sea level rise can affect national park infrastructure, facilities, and resources," he said in a statement.

Click here for more on the controversy and what's in the report.

 

PAPER MILLS LIKELY MAJOR SOURCE OF WATERWAY CHEMICAL POLLUTION: A number of U.S. paper mills are expected to discharge hundreds of pounds of a controversial chemical into rivers -- a reality that the federal government is aware of and has signed off on, according to internal Federal Drug Administration (FDA) documents.

Chemical companies Daikin America and Chemours alerted the FDA in environmental assessments from 2009 to 2010 that paper mills using their chemical, known as perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), would likely distribute hundreds of pounds of the chemical in wastewater discharge per day.

PFASs are common consumer chemicals typically used to coat nonstick objects such as frying pans. In this case, the chemicals were being used to grease nonstick pizza boxes and other food packaging products.

In the 900 pages of documents obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) through a Freedom of Information Act request, it shows that FDA approved the notices despite the known environmental risks.

Why it's relevant: PFASs are currently a hot-button topic as debate rages between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry over acceptable levels of the chemical in drinking water. Tuesday the EPA is scheduled to host a summit on PFASs at its headquarters.

We've got the details on the FDA documents here.

 

BLANKENSHIP PLANS THIRD-PARTY RUN FOR SENATE: Former coal executive and ex-convict Don Blankenship on Monday announced plans to launch a third-party bid for a West Virginia Senate seat after losing the GOP primary to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.

It's unclear whether Blankenship will actually be allowed onto the ballot, since state law bans candidates who lose a major-party primary from running as a third-party candidate in a general election, a rule often referred to as the "sore loser law."

But if he is successful, he could deal a serious blow to Morrisey's attempt to coalesce Republicans around his bid to defeat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

In a statement announcing his decision, Blankenship blasted the GOP establishment that successfully fought to keep him from winning the primary, warning that there would be payback and accusing the White House of reneging on a promise to not get involved in the race.

"The political establishment is determined to keep me -- the most anti-establishment candidate in the nation -- out of the United States Senate," he said.

Read more here.

 

ON TAP TUESDAY:

The EPA will host its National Leadership Summit on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bringing together EPA officials, officials from other agencies, state representatives and others to discuss potential actions to fight PFAS contamination in water.

The Senate Appropriations Committee's energy and water subcommittee will vote on its fiscal 2019 bill to fund energy and water programs.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote on its bipartisan water infrastructure bill.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee's energy subcommittee will hold a hearing on legislation to promote advanced nuclear power technology.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on international conservation and wildlife trafficking legislation.

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will vote on a bill on shark and ray fishing.

 

OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY:

NextEra Energy Inc. said it is buying Gulf Power from Southern Co. in a transaction worth $6.4 billion, the Miami Herald reports.

Residents near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano are on the lookout for "laze," a haze with fine glass particles, USA Today reports.

Australia's New South Wales is shelving a plan to cull wild horses, ABC reports.

 

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Check out stories from Monday and over the weekend...

-Proposed Trump administration rule would roll back protections on Alaskan bear cubs, coyote pups

-Park Service publishes climate report after charges of censorship

-Environmentalists: Paper mills likely major source of chemical pollution in waterways

-Alaska Airlines ends use of non-recyclable plastic straws

-Supreme Court to consider challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban

 
 
 
 
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Overnight Finance: Trump signs repeal of auto-loan policy | Justices uphold contracts that bar employee class-action suits | US, China trade war 'on hold'

 
 
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Happy Monday and welcome back to Overnight Finance, where we're wondering if Obama will tackle Dodd-Frank in his upcoming collaborations with Netflix. I'm Sylvan Lane, and here's your nightly guide to everything affecting your bills, bank account and bottom line.

 

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THE BIG DEAL: President Trump has repealed auto-lending guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), revoking a rule that was put in place to protect minority customers from predatory practices.

Trump's signature on a congressional resolution erases the CFPB's 2013 guidance targeting "dealer markups," the additional interest that is added to a customer's third-party auto loan as compensation for the dealer. 

The president signed the resolution in a private White House signing ceremony.

Auto dealers, banks and their allies in Congress said the CFPB policy was an unfair and unfounded attack on an essential and harmless financing tool. 

The move caps off an unprecedented use of congressional power, as lawmakers had never before passed such a resolution to revoke informal guidance from a federal agency. I explain why here.

 

What comes next: Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney in a statement praised Trump and lawmakers for repealing the auto guidance and said the bureau would consider submitting other similar policies for congressional review. That's a huge fear among many Democrats, liberal non-profits and consumer protection groups.

 

ON TAP TOMORROW:

 

LEADING THE DAY

US-China trade war averted for now: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday that a trade war with China is "on hold."

"We're putting the trade war on hold," Mnuchin said on "Fox News Sunday."

"We have agreed to put the tariffs on hold while we try to execute the framework," he added.

The apparent detente comes a day after the U.S. and China released a joint statement saying the two nations agreed to take measures to "substantially reduce the United States trade deficit in goods with China." 

"Both sides agreed on meaningful increases in United States agriculture and energy exports," the statement said.

Mnuchin on Sunday would not specify how much in American products the Chinese would buy. He suggested the Trump administration could reimpose tariffs if China does not follow through.

 

CNBC: Dow closes above 25,000 for the first time since March: "Stocks closed higher on Monday as trade tensions between the U.S. and China dissipated for the moment, while investor sentiment was also boosted by news of dealmaking activity.

"The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 298.20 points to 25,013.29. Boeing, Caterpillar and United Technologies, big exporters likely to benefit from easing trade tensions, were the best-performing stocks in the index. Monday also marked the first time since mid-March that the Dow closed above 25,000.

"The S&P 500 gained 0.7 percent and closed at 2,733.01 as industrials jumped 1.5 percent. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5 percent to 7,394.04 as semiconductors pushed tech higher."

 

Free traders applauded Trump: Free traders and conservatives concerned with the possibility of a trade war applauded the Trump administration's move away from threats of steep tariffs on China, a position that had put Trump at odds with many of his partisan allies.

  • "This sends a very positive signal and is an encouraging sign as our nation moves forward with trade negotiations." -- Club For Growth president David McIntosh.
  • "We encourage the administration to take tariffs off the table completely."  -- Freedom Partners executive vice president Nathan Nascimento.
  • "I've said all along I think the administration is playing with real fire with regard to tariffs." -- Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.)

 

Free trade-oriented Democrats, on the other hand, criticized Trump for failing to secure specific, achievable commitments from China.

  • "This is great on its face, but will hardly put a dent in the trade deficit with China." -- Reps. Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) and Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
  • "The president and his team have to stick with it, be strong, and not sell out for a temporary purchase of goods without addressing the real issue." -- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

 

Supreme Court upholds agreements that prevent employee class-action suits: The Supreme Court's decision Monday allowing employers to keep employees from joining together in wage and hour disputes could have a dramatic and lasting impact on the American workforce.

In a 5-4 ruling, the justices said arbitration agreements that bar employees from joining together in arbitration or a class-action lawsuit to settle labor disputes are enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act.

"The policy may be debatable but the law is clear: Congress has instructed that arbitration agreements like those before us must be enforced as written," wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch in the majority opinion.

Workers' rights advocates denounced the decision, fearing it will make it harder for employees to sue their employers for lost wages.

They also warned the ruling will likely lead to more businesses placing "take it or leave it" clauses in their contracts, meaning people will have to waive their right to join a class-lawsuit before they can even get a job. The Hill's Lydia Wheeler breaks it down here.

 

Mnuchin urges antitrust review of big tech: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday encouraged the Department of Justice to review major technology companies like Google over they harm market competition.

"These issues deserve to be reviewed carefully," Mnuchin said in a CNBC interview. "These are issues the Justice Department needs to look at seriously, not for any one company, but as these technology companies have a greater and greater impact on the economy."

Mnuchin's comments were in response to a report on CBS News's "60 Minutes" on Sunday that discussed antitrust concerns about Google. The report raised questions about the size of the company and critics who say that Google has grown too large and is stifling competition.

Those critics include attorneys and European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, whose commission handed Google a record $2.7 billion fine earlier this year over anticompetitive concerns regarding its search results. 

The Hill's Ali Breland has more here

 

FINANCE IN FOCUS

Trump spending do-over unlikely to pass: President Trump's plan to claw back more than $15 billion in spending is on life support on Capitol Hill. 

GOP leaders insist they are open to Trump's proposal, which comes after Republicans faced a backlash for passing a mammoth, $1.3 trillion spending omnibus that shredded federal budget caps. 

Despite the GOP's broad desire to cut spending, it appears increasingly unlikely that the legislation will pass, with Republicans in both chambers expressing opposition. The Hill's Niv Elis and Jordain Carney tell us why here.

 

Tax law supporters rally for Republicans in tough races: Business groups that backed the tax bill are trying to help vulnerable Republican lawmakers by highlighting their work on the issue.

Since the law passed, business groups have been working to make the case that the tax law is working as promised. Some of their efforts have involved promoting the law by thanking the GOP lawmakers for supporting it. The Hill's Naomi Jagoda takes us inside those efforts here

 

GOOD TO KNOW

  • Exclusive: The American Action Forum takes a close look at the impact of the Dodd-Frank rollback bill heading to Trump's desk tomorrow.
  • Most Americans believe President Trump is at least somewhat responsible for the good state of the economy, a CBS News poll revealed.
  • Banks have long complained that steep compliance burdens make it almost impossible to use an important break they got in the Volcker Rule to hedge against losses, according to Bloomberg News.
  • Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Steve Bannon invoked ex-Goldman Sachs CEO and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson to attack ex-Goldman Sachs banker and current Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
  • A deepening shortage of truckers is poised to spike prices on just about everything, according to The Washington Post.
  • Left-leaning groups on Monday launched a campaign advocating for the government to break up Facebook.
  • U.S. government bonds are paying more than debt from other developed countries for the first time in almost two decades, a new sign of investors' struggle to reconcile expectations for faster U.S. growth with concerns about the impact of deficits and inflation, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Monday to levy "unprecedented" sanctions on Iran after the U.S. announced it was withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear accord.
  • Optimism in the U.S. job market is the highest it has been in 17 years, with 67 percent of Americans saying they feel they can find a good job, according to a Gallup survey released Monday.

 

ODDS AND ENDS

  • A former aide to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) who played a key role in Republicans' successful effort to pass tax-cut legislation is joining the lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP later this month.
  • The House is likely to include language in its appropriations bill for transportation spending that would require that at least $3.5 million in federal funds be used to reimburse airports in Florida and New Jersey that lose money when President Trump stays at his nearby resorts, Politico reported.
 
 

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