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PROBLEM: When Ames Mayfield's Cub Scout den met with a Colorado state senator last week  the 11-year-old came prepared with a long list of typed-up questions. He excitedly raised his hand to ask his first one.
 Ames  pressed the Republican state senator  Vicki Marble  on an issue he knew was important to her: gun legislation. The Cub Scout in Broomfield  about 20 miles north of Denver  asked her a slew of questions about previous bills she had sponsored in support of the right to bear arms  and he wasn't shy about inserting his opinion.
"I was shocked that you co-sponsored a bill to allow domestic violence offenders to continue to own a gun "  Ames  said  according to a video posted to YouTube by  his  mother. "Why on earth would you want someone who beats their wife to have access to a gun?"
After  Ames 's questions went on for more than two minutes  a leader in his group cut him off to allow the state senator to answer. Both the senator and the leader commended him for his "thorough" list of questions.
But after the meeting  the leader of  Ames 's Cub Scout pack  which oversees various dens  requested a meeting with his mother. The leader told  Ames 's mother  Lori Mayfield  that her son was kicked out of his Cub Scout den  the mother said in an email to The Washington Post.
The son's den leader was apparently upset over  Ames 's questions  particularly the one on gun control   Mayfield  said. The mother was told her son's question was disrespectful and too political.
"I had to go home and tell my son he was kicked out  " Mayfield  said. "My son was heartbroken because he really liked this den leader and couldn't understand why his question was inappropriate."
 Ames  was less than four months away from transitioning from the Cub Scouts to the Boy Scouts   his  mother said.
The Scouts did not explicitly say  he  was kicked out of the den. In a statement to The Post and local media outlets the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts said only that he remains a member of the larger pack  and that the organization is working with the family to offer him options that will "allow him to continue his Scouting experience in a way that fits his and his family's needs."
But local news reports of  Ames 's apparent removal from his den drew anger across social media  with many arguing that  Ames  was punished for asking tough questions of a state lawmaker. After all  the den had specifically assigned the scouts to prepare questions for the senator.
 Ames 's story drew the attention of gun control advocate and former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona  who was shot in the head by an assailant in 2011  suffering a severe brain injury.
"This is exactly the kind of courage we need in Congress " Giffords tweeted Thursday. " Ames   call me in 14 years. I'll campaign for you."
Giffords's husband  astronaut Mark Kelly  called  Ames  and his mother Thursday night to talk about what happened  according to Fox 31.
The focus of the Cub Scouts' assignment   Mayfield  said  was to meet with a government leader and discuss an important issue facing the community. Cub Scouts were instructed to decide on one or two questions  and to be prepared to ask the official about an issue in the local news.
 Ames  researched the senator before the meeting and decided he would focus his questions on gun control  his mother said. After all  the majority of the videos on Marble's site deal with gun rights legislation.
"Given that the Las Vegas shooting happened  I felt that it should be a reasonable thing to ask "  Ames  told a Denver Fox affiliate. "I don't feel like I did anything wrong."

SOLUTION: Ames Mayfield

PROBLEM: The White House confirmed Sunday that  Russian President Vladimir Putin  spoke with President Donald Trump in what Russian state media has described as a thank-you call following a CIA tip about a bomb threat in St. Petersburg.
Russia's main state broadcaster  Vesti  said Sunday that  Putin  called Trump to thank  him  for a CIA tip that helped Russian police thwart a terrorist attack in St Petersburg.
According to  Vesti  Putin  asked Trump to thank CIA Director Mike Pompeo for providing the information  and  he  told the U.S. president that "the Russian security services  in the case where they receive information regarding terrorist threats in relation to the U.S. and its citizens  will without question and immediately pass it to their American colleagues."
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the call from Putin to Trump took place and said a readout would be provided to the press shortly.

SOLUTION: Putin

PROBLEM: According to the report  in The Daily News  Bernazard removed his shirt and used profane language during the postgame outburst  which is said to have been several weeks ago. The News said that Bernazard  whose job as the team's vice president for player development includes regular visits to the Mets' minor league affiliates  had been angered by Binghamton's poor play and by allegations of under-age drinking.
 Asked about these charges Wednesday before the Mets lost to the Nationals  3-1  Minaya would not confirm that the incident took place and instead deflected a series of questions about Bernazard by repeatedly stating that the team would investigate the matter.
 Minaya was asked whether he considered Bernazard's actions a fireable offense  whether he viewed Bernazard's conduct as acceptable  when he first learned of the incident and whether Bernazard would continue to carry out his present duties. All of these answers  Minaya said  will be clear when the investigation is complete  though he did not say when that would be. In all  he used the word "investigate" 13 times.
 Hired by the Mets in 2004 not long after Minaya was named general manager  Bernazard was regarded as a pivotal figure in the team's recruitment of several key free agents  including Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltran.
 But in more recent seasons  Bernazard's conduct has come into question. He was widely portrayed as someone who  intentionally or not  undercut the former manager Willie Randolph by lingering in the Mets' clubhouse and building his own relationships with players.
 Bernazard's public fraternization with Manny Acta  then the Washington Nationals' manager  infuriated Randolph  who felt that Bernazard  in effect  was implying that Acta should be managing the Mets. Bernazard said that he was friendly with other managers as well.
 Although Bernazard's main role is to oversee the Mets' farm system  which features little upper-level talent -- Triple-A Buffalo and Double-A Binghamton began play Wednesday with a combined 71-116 record -- he also has input on decisions at the major league level. In addition  he is believed to have a fairly close relationship with the team's ownership.
 Minaya said Bernazard  after a few days monitoring the Mets' Single A and rookie-league teams in Port St. Lucie  Fla.  had returned to his New Jersey home  but declined to say what Bernazard would do next. Bernazard did not respond to a voice-mail message. Jeff Wilpon  the Mets' chief operating officer  declined to comment.
Bernazard  after a few days monitoring the Mets' Single A and rookie-league teams in Port St. Lucie  Fla.  had returned to his New Jersey home  but declined to say what Bernazard would do next. Bernazard did not respond to a voice-mail message. Jeff Wilpon  the Mets' chief operating officer  declined to comment.
 "I've talked to him  and I'll continue to talk to him " Minaya said of Bernazard. "I'll talk to him this weekend. I'll notify him that we're going to investigate these things and sit down with our owners and say  'Hey  look  how are we going to handle this?"'
 "I think it's been blown out of proportion " Oliveras said. "The thing is  everything that happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. I'm not trying to protect Tony or anything. I didn't see him challenge anybody to a fight.
 Bernazard spent 10 years as a major league infielder and another dozen working for the players union. For better or worse  he has become one of the better-known front-office assistants in baseball  although he has been a less visible presence around the Mets this season than he was in past years. But now he is front and center for a team that cannot seem to get out of its own way.

SOLUTION:
Tony Bernazard