6. 3. Sunday, August 6, 2017 The Plain Dealer cleveland.com A21 White House Obituary Index I A LAURIE KELLMAN I ASSOCIATED PRESS Furniture from the West Wing of the White House is loaded into storage pods Friday in Washington to make room for repairs and upgrades to the executive offices of the president. President Donald Trump remain at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, while the work is done. will 17-day stay begins at golf club Trump, aides on 'working vacation' at his secluded N.J.
property JOHN WAGNER -1: AND ELISE. Viebeck Washington Post BEDMINSTER, N.J. President Donald Trump, who knocked his predecessor's work ethic and said he probably wouldn't take vacations as president, has settled in for 17 days here at his secluded golf club in New Jersey's fox-hunt and horse country, Aides are billing Trump's time at one of his favorite properties as a "working vacation," a notion bolstered by his arrival on Air Force One on Friday with a retinue of aides, including his newly minted chief of staff, John Kelly. With the Russia investigation gaining steam and looming crises in North Korea and other hot spots, no one expects a truly quiet couple of weeks. In fact, within hours of arriving, Trump felt compelled to issue a statement defending his national security adviser, H.R.
McMaster, who has been under fire from conservative groups for pushing out several hard-liners on the national security staff and renewing the security clearance of former President Barack Obama's last national security adviser, among other things. Trump was briefed on Saturday morning by Kelly on a Marine Corps ter crash off the coast of Australia. Still, even some close to Trump hope that his time in this township about 45 miles west of New York City will provide as much of an August respite as possible from his first six months in the White House. "It's good for everyone," Barry Bennett, a Trump adviser during the campaign, said of the break. "It's good "Being at his properties is really good for his psyche.
It reminds him of a previous life of success." Douglas Brinkley, presidential historian for the president, and it's good for Washington. I hope it's a few hard days of nothingness." Trump has no public events scheduled over the weekend and plans to remain on his 535-acre property, where be has already spent four weekends since arriving in office and which some locals have taken to calling "Camp David North." Aides said over the coming days, staffers are expected to cycle in and out of town and that the president will be kept fully up to speed on developments at home and abroad. Meetings and phone calls are expected with sev. eral lawmakers, who face a weighty agenda next month, including a request from the administration to increase the nation's debt ceiling, as well as promised action on tax reform. And it's possible Trump's time away could include a couple of day trips elsewhere to highlight Initiatives or rally supporters.
"The president will continue to work over the next two weeks," said deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters, who is among the White House staffers on site this weekend. She attributed Trump's relocation in part to longplanned renovations taking place in the West Wing, including an overhaul of the 27-year-old heating and air -conditioning system, foreing staff to temporarily move to another building. Trump echoed that sentiment on Twitter on Saturday night. "This is a not a vacation meetings and calls!" he wrote, as part of a string of tweets on various topics, including a U.N. Security Council vote cartier in the day.
Trump's trip, nevertheless, is very much in keeping with a tradition of presidents escaping Washington during the late summer. Martha's Vineyard, known for its affluence, became the choice summer vacation spot for President Bill Clinton and for Obama. Clinton was also known to make summer trips to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the Obamas visited several national parka. President George H.W. Bush spent his vacation time at the family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine.
President George W. Bush would usually take breaks on his ranch in Crawford, Texas, famously clearing brush and sometimes draw. ing criticism for the length of his getaways. 4 Both as a private citizen and candidate, Trump was merciless in his critique of Obama's time away. played golf yesterday.
Now he heads to a 10 day vacation in Martha's Vineyard. Nice work ethic," Trump said in one 2011 tweet, There was a time when presidents could truly get away, presidential historian Robert Dallek said, noting that President Franklin D. Roosevelt would go on sea voyages "because he was so stressed and burdened by all the demands on him." But for presidents these days, August getaways are "never as relaxing as they hope it will be," presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said. "You may get a few extra rounds of golf in, but there's no escaping the public eye." Still, there's an upside for Trump in getting out of town, Brinkley said. "Being at his properties is really good for his psyche.
It reminds him of a previous life of success." Trump decamped to Mar4-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach, Florida, on seven occasions in the early months of his presidency before shifting his weekend travels to New Jersey, The president has a special fondness for Bedminster, where his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner now both senior White House aides were married in 2009. Several family members have homes on the property, and at one point, Trump planned to erect a mausoleum for himself overlooking the golf course. Bedminster Mayor Steven E. Parker said Trump's presidential visits have started to become routine for the township, which is now getting reimbursed by the federal government for the costs of police overtime and other security- related costs. For a polarizing president, there have been relatively few and mostly polite protests.
An anonymous New Jersey artist carved the word "resist" in a nearby cornfield last month. There have been caravans of detractors who periodically drive by Trump National Golf Club, which sits off a two-lane road without 1 shoulder and, like many of the township's sprawling farms and estates, can't be seen by motorists. Special counsel investigation Mueller asks for documents on Flynn MATTHEW ROSENBERG, MATT APUZZO AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Neo York Times WASHINGTON Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert Mueller, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael Flynn and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the Turkish government during the final months of the presidential campaign, according to people close to the investigation. Although not a formal subpoena, the document request is the first known instance of Mueller's team asking the White House to hand over records.
In interviews with potential witnesses in recent weeks, prosecutors and FBI agents have spent hours ing over the details of Flynn's business dealings with a Obituaries ANDRASIK Today's Obituaries For more info go to plaindealer.com ANDRASIK, John A. ANDREWS, Martin Bradley ANSELMI, Joseph BASSEY, Edythe L. BERRY, Robert (Bob) Lee BETZ William A. BISSELL Thomas BLODGETTE Marjorie Estelle' BRASEMAN, Gerald 'Jerry' BROWN, Charles BURDA Jean CALLAGHAN, I Frances CARMICHAEL Betty J. CITRARO Joseph CLARREN-GROSSMAN, Lia -1 COLE, Samuel Luke CROCKETT, Katherine 1.
"Kay' CRONAUER, Joseph CROWLEY, Mary Margret DOUGLASS, Kimberly EIBEN John "Jack" Boyd EVERSON Kay FERGUSON Donald "Don" FLUTE, Thomas J. GILL LAND Dorothy L. GLEASON Marcia Ann GORDON, Betty GRATRY, Jerome Rene HANNA, Robert G. HARPER, Karen Elaine HARTMAN Elizabeth HOMA, See CRONAUER Notice JASON Victor F. JEAN, See ZAHURANEC Notice JOHNSTON John R.
JONES, Frank Maxmilian Sr. KALEMBA. Theodore W. KANZEG, Donald KERSHNER Mary KETTLEMAN, Raymond KOEHL. Chariene M.
KLEIN Joanne Marsh KNIGHT. Richard Edgar Victor KOENIO Audrey KOSTYAK, Flora F. LAHOOD LAUBENTHAL Harold Arnold LONDON Patricia Rae MAY Marie Hruby MCCULLAR Ingrid MCCURLEY, John Walter MCQUEEN, Mary Kate MEDLEY Matthew Frederick MEDVED Kata MILLARD George MOCK, trans C. MOORE, Emestine Hodge MOULD Barbara J. MUCKLEY James MURPHY, Robert Terence "Terry Murphy MURRAY.
Kenneth T. NAGY Theodore J. "Ted" MEDERMYER John P. NOVOTHY, Donald A. OBERG Marguerite OLIVER, Marian OLSON, Sharon OWENS Luvie Moore PALCISKO, John J.
PESCOSOUIDO, Gone POMERANZ Emily Suzanne PONCAR, Annette D. PORRELLO, CRONAUER Notice RIDINGER June ROBINSON Virgie ROBINSON, David L. ROMANCHON Mary (nos ROSIAN, Betty L. ROTH Veronica RUSSELL, Jennie T. SABO John SABO, Mary SCHRAM, Joe SHANNON, Joseph V.
SHAW Christopher SHEA Robert D. SILVER Laura BLADEK, Ralph Emest SNYDER Willam J. STEINGASS Elsie B. STONE Nina SWANDA, Bryson H. TABER Jean Howe THOMAS, Beverly E.
THOMAS, John H. Jr. TOSKI, Dorothy M. TRAYLOR, Gal TROPE, Kathryn "Kay' E. VICKERSTAFF.
Dorothy Mae VOIGT, Mary Alice WASHINGTON, Joan Shaver WEBER Barbara A. WELTER See EVERSON Notice WHITT, Wilbert L. WIDMAR Margaret WILLIAMS, Catherine WILMORE Harry B. ZAHURANEC, Shirley Jean ZUBIN, Arlene Ann JOHN A. ANDRASIK age 88, passed away Friday, August 2017.
Beloved husband of 64. years of Florence (nee Loving father of John A (Betsy) Andrasik and Karen Webb, Dear grandfather of Bryan (Julie) Andrank and Megan (Scott) Kerns; grandfather of Zachary, Samantha Madelyn Andrasik, and Aiden, Owen Evan Kerns. Uncle and great-uncle of many. Funeral Mass Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at St. Columbkille Catholic Church, 6740 Broadview Parma at 10 a.m.
Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Family will receive friends TOMON SONS FUNERAL HOME, 7327 PEARL (S. OF BAGLEY). MIDDLEBURG MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2017 FROM 2-4 www.tomonth.com TOMON ANDREWS MARTIN BRADLEY ANDREWS The beloved husband of 11 Andrews (nee Pastard) Cleveland OH: dear father of Cooper Turner dries (USMC) and Cameron Bradley Andrew: beloved son of Joseph and (Betsy) Andrews (nee Cooperi; dear brother of Allison Andrew, brother in law of Kris Andrews (nee Perkine): uncle Alexia Andrews; grandson of the late Clifford and Mary Andrew and Leonard and Agnes Cooper. Martin was born May 26th, 1966 and passed away August 2nd, 2017.
He was a 1984 graduate of Heights High, 1988 graduate of Cornel (BSEE) and 1990 graduate of U. (MSCE). Martin worked (Belloore), worked in neuroloEL Clinic, the for Senior Technical Director for Net Genics and for twelve years was the Director of AG Interactive for American Greetings. Martin was an for the Boy Scouts America supFL Boy Scouts his aamne to Locks of Love: 1 234 of freedom and The a that them may make contributions Southern Went Beach, America-Lake Erie Council, 2241 Woodland Cleveland. OH 44115 or Electronic Frontier Foundation, 815.
Eddy San France co, CA 94109. There will be Memorial Sarvice, Monday. August 2017 1:00 in Forest Hut Church, 3031 catio OH 44118. For additional Information, comobituary, directions and to 2 to the guestbook, please log onwww.Brown-Forward.com BROWN FORWARD SERVICE: 216-752-1200 ANSELMI JOSEPH ANSELMI 781, of Mentor passed away al Euclid Hospital on 2, 2017. He born June 26.
1936 worked at end Motors Fisher Body Plat for 38 and he also worked in the upholdery before and after his retireHe hunter, (U.A.W fanatic, Pater Wudy) brother, Anselmi and many nieces, and other lamily members. preceded In: death by daughter, Joseph Donna Elaine and Anselmi; Fr. Paul will recalve p.an. at Sanden Detrick Funeral Home Cremation Canter 8466 Mentor Mentor, OH 44060. A funeral service will be held 11 a m.
Thursday at the tuner. Interment will be in la memory of of memorial contributiona made to the American P.O, Box 15120. Chicago, IL 60693 the American Kidney Fund 6110. Executive Boulevard Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852-9813 or the American Diabetes Association 4500 Rockside Rd. Suite 440 Independence, OH, 44131.
Please offer condolences Turkish-American businessman who worked last year with Flynn and his consulting business, the Flynn Intel, Group. The company was paid $530,000 to run a campaign to discredit an opponent of the Turkish government who has been accused of orches-: trating last year's failed coup in the country. Investigators want to know if the Turkish government was behind those payments and if the Flynn Intel Group made kickbacks to the businessman, Ekim Alptekin, for helping conceal the source of the money. The line of questioning shows that Mueller's inquiry has expanded into a full-fledged examination of Flynn's financial dealings, beyond the relatively narrow question of whether he failed to register as a foreign agent or lied about his conversaportions and business arrangements with Russian officials. Flynn lasted only 24 days as national security adviser, but his legal troubles now lie at the center of a political storm that has engulfed the Trump administration.
For months, prosecutors have used multiple grand juries to issue subpoenas for documents related to Flynn. President Donald Trump has publicly said Mueller should confine his Investigation to the narrow issue of Russia's attempts to disrupt last year's presidential campaign, not conduct an expansive inquiry into the finances of Trump or his associates. Flynn declined to ment. Ty Cobb, special counsel to Trump, said, "We've said before we're collaborating with the special counsel on an ongoing basis." "It's full cooperation mode as far as we are concerned," he said. After Flynn's dismissal, Trump tried to get James Comey, the FBI director, to drop the investigation, Comey said.
Mueller is Investigating whether Trump committed obstruction of Justice in pressing for an end to the Flynn Inquiry. The president fired Comey on May 9. Investigators are also examining the flow of money into and out of the Flynn Intel Group a consulting firm Flynn founded after being forced out as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency according to several potential witnesses who have been Interviewed by prosecutors and FBI, agents. Taking money from Turkey or any foreign government is not illegal, But failing to register as a foreign agent is a felony, and trying to hide the source of the money by routing it through a private company or some other entity, and then paying kickbacks to the middleman, could lead to numerous criminal charges, including fraud. BASSEY EDYTHE L.
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