European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n Fuerth students have mashing Fasching Page 3 d Gramm Rudman hits old soldiers Home Page 5 q Simms passing gives pfc 28-24 win in pro bowl Page 21 the  i Rosa a 5 author id unofficial fun location fou the . Armed four to vol. 44, no. 291 tuesday february 4, 1986 in Roii i d 8693 a Aspin warns of huge defense Yoo Hoo Cap Here we Washington a defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger will seek a $320 billion defense authorization this year but Congress Likely will respond with the largest defense Cut in . History according to the chair Man of the House armed services committee. Related Story. Page 5. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., said Weinberger can expect to receive no More than $260 billion for the 1987 fiscal year beginning oct. I because of he severe limits posed by the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction plan. He said cuts in defense authorization could Range from $60 Bil lion to $90 billion or  of that magnitude will Force Congress to probe the foundation stones of Reagan administration defense and National Security policy questioning for example the nation s continued ability to pay for extended . Military commitments around the world or for the Pentagon s drive to build a 600-ship Navy Aspin  a freewheeling interview Aspin who has headed the armed services committee for the last year appeared to relish the consequences of Gramm Rudman contending that they were brought on by the Reagan administration s attempt to play politics with the loom ing budget  to the defense Secretary by his Nick Nan Cap Aspin Suid old Cap is up there smoking t $320 billion. How do you get through to who we re going to go Down to $260 billion. Here we come. Can you believe where they Are Asp pred with a laugh they just have got themselves jew awful mess. It s unbelievable. This is going to be Jikos interesting year you have Ever  of i am taking More than a Perse Delight in this Aspin said responding to Morejo editions. I m really angry at Tho a think they played real fast and Loose with defer by playing politics with Gramm Rudman. The a arsed Gramm Rudman for political reasons to june High ground on the deficit Issue. And anybody to did that is just not serious about defending the  a could see these numbers and play out these scenario Tonew that Gramm Rudman would mean just in Ornis cuts in defense he said. You can t Tell me that body who is serious about defense would do that Imai it s really pretty  administration sources said president Ria l propose a 1987 fiscal year budget calling for Busy week ahead president Reagan the first lady and their dog Rex return to the White House after a weekend at Camp David md., the presidential Retreat the president is hitting Congress with both barrels this week his stale of the Union address tuesday and his 1987 budget on wednesday  of $282 billion Aspin contended Woji brr is seeking defense budget authority of some. Jillion. Fly ctn Aspin s analysis Large cuts will now be made in of defense this year regardless of whether the automatic reduction provisions of Gramm Rudman arc triggered i largely because of political factors inside  the Gramm Rudman formula automatic across the Board reductions go into effect unless con Gress either raises taxes or strikes a bargain with the president to make other spending reductions to meet the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction  the automatic reduction plan half of the cuts come from defense and half from non exempted social programs a proportion which Aspin referred to As the 50-50  Aspin contends that even if attempts arc made inthe absence of new taxes to adopt a congressional budget Resolution reducing spending in any other Way than by taking so percent of the cuts from defense and so percent from All other programs it will be in some one s interest to make sure that budget Resolution never takes  we try and pass the kind of Resolution which Cap wants to do which leans to defense and saves de sense docs anything that s less than a so percent Cut Indefenso. Well liberals in the Congress arc going to want to filibuster raise hell whatever you have to do to make sure the budget Resolution never happens Aspin said. On the other hand if we try to Cut defense by More than so percent then the conservatives of the world would raise hell filibuster and do whatever to make sur that the budget Resolution never  he said the Only Chance a budget Resolution has of passing is if it docs the same split As the Gramm Rud Man sequestration. Because once you move off of that in any direction somebody s going to be  Aspin said the Only Good news in that for the pentagons that if reductions arc made by Congress instead of by Gramm Rudman the ability exists to pick and choose among defense programs of higher or lower  the Gramm Rudman cuts take effect each item in the budget is sliced equally with no consideration Given to its relative defense importance janitorial services being Given equal weight with strategic  has said he intends to hold Congress to its Promise last year to provide after inflation increases of 3 see Aspin on Page 28 res proposes new missiles for Casteau Belgium a Gen. Ber Nard w. Rogers the top nato commander in Europe said Friday he has proposed that hew Short Range nuclear missiles be installed in Western Europe after 198f Rogers said in an inter i Poul first  nation last iprinj0leir cause some difficult Vern mints seeking to avoid re kindling the nuclear but he said a confident trea in March at the new weapons would be needed to replace outdated ones. He would not say How Many new missiles would be needed. Rogers said the new weapons would in Cut in the Clear warheads in Europe Bolo  he said will be achieved on self recently As 1979, nato had 7,5 warheads. He said significant further reductions were possible after 1988, but he would give no figures. The new Short Range missiles would allow a net decrease in nuclear War Heads because they would be More efficient than the systems they would replace he his office at supreme had the new nuclear i broader program designed see missiles on Page France expels 4 soviet military diplomats Irel. M ref Paris four soviet diplomats the foreign said monday. Official sources said the fou were members of the Gru the soviet Mili tary intelligence linked with the recent arrest of a Frenchman spying for the soviet Union. It was the most soviets from Frommjr Funess when 47 soviet of bulb will c told to leave. Illions followed the arrest 12i Frenchman work ing As anvg1 the foreign t a Ted this was so. Four diplomats left French territory by air plane Over the weekend said the sources speaking on condition they not be named. They All were attached to the soviet embassy in Paris Smiht Alii " incest re Sourisseau a retired French air officer was a with spying on Fren activities for the soviet Union t Tor s office in Rennes revealed Friday. Sourisseau 44, was alleged to have made. Lent rest where he observed movements of warships at naval installations As Well a activities near the he de Tongue nuclear submarine base near  said Sourisseau had been re railed by a soviet Kab agent based in arrest officials be 28