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CAIRO — The Germans criti-cized it. The British voiced theirdiscomfort. The French, the Cana-dians and even some Republicansenators in Washington stood inopen opposition.

But in Cairo and Riyadh, in theheart of the Muslim world, Presi-dent Trump’s decision to bar mil-lions of refugees and citizens ofseven Muslim-majority countriesfrom the United States was metwith a conspicuous silence.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia,home of Islam’s holiest sites,spoke to Mr. Trump by telephoneon Sunday but made no public

comment. President Abdel Fattahel-Sisi of Egypt, whose capital,Cairo, is a traditional seat of Is-lamic scholarship, said nothing.

Even the Organization of Is-lamic Cooperation, a group of 57nations that considers itself thecollective voice of the Muslimworld, kept quiet.

Leaders in Iran and Iraq, two ofthe countries targeted by Mr.Trump’s order, issued furious de-nunciations on Sunday and vowedto take retaliatory measures. Butthe silence in the capitals of Mus-lim-majority countries unaffectedby the order reflected a lack of sol-idarity and an enduring uncer-tainty about the direction that Mr.Trump’s foreign policy might take

in some of the world’s most vola-tile corners.

Will he move the American Em-bassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Je-rusalem? Designate Egypt’s Mus-lim Brotherhood as a terrorist or-ganization? Fall in line with Rus-sia in dealing with the conflict inSyria?

“Trump has promised to do allkinds of things, but it’s not clearwhat he will move on immedi-ately,” said Nathan J. Brown, aMiddle East expert at GeorgeWashington University. “Nobodyseems to know. It’s not even clearif Trump knows.”

The lack of unity stems from anold problem: Muslim leaders paylip service to the “ummah,” or

global community of Muslims, butare more often driven by narrownational interests — even whenfaced with grave actions seen asan affront to their own people.

“They don’t have a strong basisof legitimacy at home,” said RamiG. Khouri, director of the IssamFares Institute at the AmericanUniversity of Beirut. “They aredelicately perched between theanger of their own people and theanger they might generate fromthe American president.”

Still, Mr. Trump’s executive or-der — which froze all refugee ar-rivals in the United States andbarred the entry of citizens ofIran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,

Heads of Muslim Nations Not Targeted Are Conspicuously SilentBy DECLAN WALSH

TECH WORLD Silicon Valley de-nounced the president’s move tobar certain immigrants. PAGE B1

ARTISTS IN LIMBO How museums,film festivals, theaters and work-shops are affected. PAGE C1

VICTOR J. BLUE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

People with upended livesincluded Hamidyah Al Saeediof Iraq, who was held for 33hours. Portraits. Page A12.

Despair at the Airport

WASHINGTON — Travelerswere stranded around the world,protests escalated in the UnitedStates and anxiety rose withinPresident Trump’s party on Sun-day as his order closing the nationto refugees and people from cer-tain predominantly Muslim coun-tries provoked a crisis just daysinto his administration.

The White House pulled backon part of Mr. Trump’s temporaryban on visitors from seven coun-tries by saying that it would notapply to those with green cardsgranting them permanent resi-dence in the United States. By theend of the day, the Department ofHomeland Security formally is-sued an order declaring legal resi-dents exempt from the order.

But the recalibration did little toreassure critics at home or abroadwho saw the president’s order as aretreat from traditional Americanvalues. European leaders de-nounced the order, and some Re-publican lawmakers called on Mr.Trump to back down. As of Sun-day evening, officials said no onewas being held at American air-ports, although lawyers said theybelieved that dozens were still be-ing detained.

More than any of the myriadmoves Mr. Trump has made in hisfrenetic opening days in office, theimmigration order has quicklycome to define his emerging presi-dency as one driven by a desire fordecisive action even at the ex-pense of deliberate process or co-alition building. It has thrust thenine-day-old administration intoits first constitutional conflict, asmultiple courts have intervenedto block aspects of the order, andinto its broadest diplomatic inci-dent, with overseas allies object-ing.

The White House was left to de-fend what seemed to many gov-ernment veterans like a slapdashprocess. Aides to Mr. Trump in-sisted they had consulted forweeks with relevant officials, butthe head of the customs and bor-der service in the Obama adminis-tration, who resigned on inaugu-ration day, said the incoming pres-ident’s team never talked withhim about it.

White House officials blamed

TRUMP MODIFIESBAN ON MIGRANTSAS OUTCRY GROWS

BACKLASH ALARMS G.O.P.

Green Card Holders CanStay — Concern Over

Court Compliance

By PETER BAKER

Haider Sameer Abdulkhaleq Alshawi, who had been detained in New York, was greeted by his family on Sunday in Houston.MICHAEL STRAVATO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WASHINGTON — One Ameri-can commando was killed andthree others were wounded in afierce firefight early Sunday withQaeda militants in central Yemen,the military said on Sunday. It wasthe first counterterrorism opera-tion authorized by PresidentTrump since he took office, andthe commando was the firstUnited States service member todie in the yearslong shadow waragainst Al Qaeda’s Yemen affili-ate.

Members of the Navy’s SEALTeam 6 carried out the surprisedawn attack, and the military saidthat about 14 Qaeda fighters werekilled during a nearly hourlongbattle. A Qaeda leader — abrother-in-law of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born clericand top Qaeda leader in Yemen,who died in a drone strike in 2011— was believed to have beenkilled.

After initially denying thatthere were any civilian casualties,American officials said they wereassessing reports that women andchildren had died in the attack.

The military’s Joint Special Op-erations Command had been plan-ning the mission for months, ac-cording to three senior Americanofficials. Obama administrationaides had deliberated extensivelyover the proposed operation,weighing the value of any infor-

American DiesIn Yemen Raid

On Al Qaeda

Trump Authorizes FirstAntiterror Operation

By ERIC SCHMITT

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WASHINGTON — As Presi-dent Trump signed a sweeping ex-ecutive order on Friday, shuttingthe borders to refugees and othersfrom seven largely Muslim coun-tries, the secretary of homelandsecurity was on a White Houseconference call getting his firstfull briefing on the global shift inpolicy.

Gen. John F. Kelly, the secretaryof homeland security, had dialedin from a Coast Guard plane as heheaded back to Washington fromMiami. Along with other top offi-cials, he needed guidance from theWhite House, which had not askedhis department for a legal reviewof the order.

Halfway into the briefing, some-one on the call looked up at a tele-vision in his office. “The presidentis signing the executive order thatwe’re discussing,” the official said,stunned.

The global confusion that hassince erupted is the story of aWhite House that rushed to enact,with little regard for basic govern-ing, a core campaign promise thatMr. Trump made to his most fer-vent supporters. In his first weekin office, Mr. Trump signed other

executive actions with little or nolegal review, but his order barringrefugees has had the most explo-sive implications.

Passengers were barred fromflights to the United States,customs and border control offi-cials got instructions at 3 a.m. Sat-urday and some arrived at theirposts later that morning still notknowing how to carry out thepresident’s orders.

“The details of it were notthought through,” said StephenHeifetz, who served in the Justiceand Homeland Security Depart-ments, as well as the C.I.A., underthe previous three presidents. “Itis not surprising there was massconfusion, and I expect the confu-sion and chaos will continue forsome time.”

How a Rushed Order Ignited Global ConfusionBy MICHAEL D. SHEAR

and RON NIXONChaos on Immigration

Caught OfficialsOff Guard

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WASHINGTON — The whirl-wind first week of Donald J.Trump’s presidency had all thebravura hallmarks of a Stephen K.Bannon production.

It started with the doom-huedinauguration homily to “Americancarnage” in United States citiesco-written by Mr. Bannon, fol-lowed a few days later by his “shutup” message to the news media.The week culminated with a bliz-zard of executive orders, mostlyhatched by Mr. Bannon’s teamand the White House policy advis-er, Stephen Miller, aimed at disori-enting the “enemy,” fulfilling cam-paign promises and distracting at-tention from Mr. Trump’s less thanflawless debut.

But the defining moment for Mr.Bannon came Saturday night inthe form of an executive order giv-ing the rumpled right-wing agita-tor a full seat on the “principalscommittee” of the National Secu-rity Council — while downgradingthe roles of the chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff and the direc-tor of national intelligence, whowill now attend only when thecouncil is considering issues intheir direct areas of responsibil-ities. It is a startling elevation of apolitical adviser, to a status along-side the secretaries of state anddefense, and over the president’stop military and intelligence ad-visers.

In theory, the move put Mr. Ban-non, a former Navy surface war-fare officer, admiral’s aide, invest-ment banker, Hollywood producerand Breitbart News firebrand on

Adviser SeizesA Security RoleFrom Generals

By GLENN THRUSHand MAGGIE HABERMAN

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Many have lost faith in a panel formedto investigate war crimes committedduring a Maoist rebellion. PAGE A4

INTERNATIONAL A4-8

Little Justice for Nepal Victims

Benoît Hamon, nominated for presi-dent, said, “Our country needs the left,but a modern, innovative left.” PAGE A4

French Socialists Pick Idealist

Arthur H. Rosenfeld, a physicist and anearly champion of energy-saving appli-ances and buildings, was 90. PAGE B6

OBITUARIES B5-6

A Father of Energy Efficiency

Demos by the late Don Ciccone, whohas prominent parts in several of thegroup’s hits, will be released. PAGE A17

A Four Seasons Voice Revived

Paul Krugman PAGE A21

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A20-21

Prosecutors reiterated their argumentthat Pedro Hernandez was responsiblefor the death of Etan Patz, who disap-peared in 1979. PAGE A17

NEW YORK A17-19

Closing Arguments in a Retrial

A tent George Washington used willhave a prime spot at the new Museumof the American Revolution. PAGE C1

A Wartime ‘First Oval Office’

The subject of “Becoming Warren Buf-fett” (above, years ago with his firstwife, Susan) discusses the film. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-8

Deep Pockets and CompassionThe tech company had many close linksto the Obama administration. Now it istrying to build bridges to PresidentTrump and a Republican-dominatedCongress. PAGE B1

Google Shifts Toward G.O.P.

As mourners gathered to remember thelate Village Voice investigative reporterWayne Barrett, even politicians hecriticized during his long career praisedhim for his principles and tenacity, JimRutenberg writes. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-4

Memorial for a MuckrakerIn Australia, Roger Federer, 35, becamethe oldest man to win a Grand Slamsingles title in 45 years. PAGE D1

SPORTSMONDAY D1-5

Federer Wins 18th Major Title

TASOS KATOPODIS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

PROTESTS A demonstration near the White House was one of many around the nation. Page A9.

After learning she had a highgenetic risk for breast cancer, Da-ne’e McCree, like a growing num-ber of women, decided to have herbreasts removed. Her doctor as-sured her that reconstructivesurgery would spare her nipplesand leave her with natural-look-ing breasts.

It did. But while Ms. McCree’srebuilt chest may resemble a na-tural one, it is now completelynumb. Her nipples lack any feel-ing. She cannot sense the slightesttouch of her breasts, perceivewarmth or cold, feel an itch if shehas a rash or pain if she bangs intoa door.

And no one warned her.“I can’t even feel it when my

kids hug me,” said Ms. McCree, 31,a store manager in Grand Junc-tion, Colo., who is raising twodaughters on her own.

Plastic surgeons performedmore than 106,000 breast recon-structions in 2015, up 35 percent

Mastectomy,Then Shock:

Lost FeelingBy RONI CARYN RABIN

Dane’e McCree, center, saidher breast reconstruction sur-gery had left her chest numb.

BARTON GLASSER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

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ABOUT NEW YORK A ban endan-gers America’s post-9/11 spirit ofunity, Jim Dwyer writes. PAGE A17

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