European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o auditors cite Dod waste in duplicate studies Page 5 q Pentagon wants Lowdown on housing problems Page 8 n patriots upset raiders in pro football playoffs Page 21 the stars  vol. 44, no. 263 tuesday january 7, 1986 in daily Ana Sun toy d 8693 a Aspin expects defense plunge Washington a a new balanced budget Law will wipe out president Reagan s defense buildup in two years sending the United states marching Down the Mountain we have been marching up says the chairman of the House armed services committee. Rep. Los Aspin d-wis., released a study sunday in which he contended that the balanced budget Law apr roved by Congress and signed by Reagan last month will Urce a big plunge in military spending. This in t just tinkering at the edges of the defense budget Aspin said. It Means we arc reversing the de sense buildup of the last few years. We arc marching Down the Mountain we have been marching  he said the deficit reduction Law will Force up to $83 billion in defense cuts in the next two years resulting in a 20 percent reduction in Reagan s planned military spend ing for fiscal 1987. " defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger who has prided himself on presiding Over the greatest defense buildup in peacetime history is about to preside Over the greatest defense cutback in peacetime history Aspin said. Aspin said that projections beyond fiscal i9n7, which ends on sept. 30, 1987, arc iffy but the Law is Likely to continue to cause defense spending decreases. Named for its principal sponsors. Republican Sens. Phil Gramm of Texas and Warren Rudman of new Hamp Shire the Law sets deficit limits for each fiscal year through 1990 and requires that the Federal budget be balanced by fiscal 1991. The Bill permits Congress to make the reductions through conventional legislation Bill it would impose Auto Matic spending cuts for each of the fiscal years through 1991 if Congress and the while House failed 10 agree on a reduction plan. The deficit for fiscal 1985 was j211.9 billion. Aspin said his analysis shows that defense budget authority will be Tut by 5 percent to 6 per cell in the current fiscal year. In fiscal 1987. He said defense outlays will drop to about $245 billion and budget authority to about s260 billion. Congressionally approved military spending for the current fiscal year stands at $297 billion when separate legislation for military construction is included under Ceranini Rudian Aspin said defense will lose see Aspin on Page 28 White House discussing Libya action Washington up president Reagan his five year old vow to combat terrorism put to a new test summoned his National Security advisers together monday to consider potential moves against Libya and its Radical Leader Moa mar khad Afy. The White House meeting expected to Center on a review of political military and other options came amid speculation on whether Reagan would Back up with action his 1981 pledge of Swift and effective retribution against terrorism. On the question of possible . Moves Reagan spokesman Larry Scakes said terrorists and those who support them should be kept guessing and not sleep Well at night As far As what the United states govern ment May  in comments during the weekend administration officials seemed to discount the likelihood of air strikes against terrorist training Camps or other dramatic . Action As Arab nations warned against reprisals and . Allies appeared reluctant to join in further sanctions against Libya. However Scakes insisted monday that there is a growing realization of the threat thai khad Afy poses to the  we would think thai our european Al lies would be More Likely than Ever to join us in some kind of economic isolation of Libya he said. The United Stales he said soon will con sult with its allies and other countries on see Libya on Page 28 smiles now frowns later space shuttle problems delayed the lift off of the Columbia for the third time monday. But this picture a taken As crewmen were on their Way to the launching pad thinking All was in order for their scheduled Blastoff and or Hilal flight. From left they Are Franklin Chang Diaz rep. Bill Nelson a Fla. George Nelson commander Robert lib son Slein a Lawley and Hubert c Enker. Not in the photo is co Pilot Charles Bolden. Sec Story on Page 2.1 Navy moves to shield names of personnel by Norman Black a military writer Washington a Navy Secre tary John f. Lehman citing concerns about terrorism has issued a directive that will allow Navy and Marine corps com Manders to protect the names and addresses of Many of their  from commercial mailing lists. The directive dated dec. 9, outlines a new interim policy to Cope with a Legal setback suffered by the Navy last March when a Federal judge in Washington ruled that personnel information could not be withheld from commercial firms. The new policy in line with the court decision states in general that the names and addresses of sailors and marines stationed inside the United Stales must be released. It goes on to say however thai per Sonal information on sailors and marines assigned to routinely deployable or sensitive units can be withheld. The names and addresses of service members assigned to units outside the United states May also be withheld the policy states. Release of such information aids the targeting of  and their families by terrorists or other persons opposed to implementation of National policy Lehman wrote in the directive. Only an extraordinary Public interest in disclosure of this information can out weigh the need and responsibility of the Navy to protect the Tranquility and safely of Scricc members and their families who repeatedly have been subjected Loha Ras sment threads and physical  All told inc exemptions could Well apply to More than half of the 767,000 men and women on Active duly with the Navy and Marine corps. At any moment for example the Navy has roughly 260,000 out of its 570,000 personnel either afloat on ships or so aligned overseas. An eco larger percentage of the Marine corps 197,000 personnel could be Classi fied As assigned to routinely deployable units. The directive is an outgrowth of a court decision last Spring when a Federal judge ruled thai the Navy could not routinely withhold a list of marines from an insurance Salesman