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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tips for Christmas shopping at cafes Page 13 the Sims Andis tripes authorized unofficial Public Don fan the , armed forces Goodmore Nungi vol. 47, no. 212 wednesday november 16, 1988 a Toj and 5tfllj,t d 8693 a Bush names Brady Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady Washington ai1 vice president elect George Bush Back from Florida vacation announced tuesday that Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady would remain in his Job. Brady a former investment hanker and Bush s Long Lime Friend is the second person chosen for he new Cabinet. Last week Bush picked James a. Baker Iii Liis election Campaign chairman As Secretary of state. Brady a former senator from new Jersey succeeded Baker at the Treasury department ids August and it has been widely rumoured he would stay in the Post announcing his Choice. Bush said of Brady he knows the most important priority is to keep our econ omy growing Wilb Low inflation. He knows we be got to sit Down with the Congress on a deficit reduction agreement and we be got to do it  he disclosed inc appointment immediately after meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The first foreign Leader to see him since Liis election a week earlier. Related stories panes 3 and 9. Hush said Brady. 58, will be his chief economic spokesman. Nic Brady knows inc importance of working with our economic and trading partners internationally so thai our economic policies arc in closer Coo rid Nat inn he said. In response Brady said ill do my Best o help the president elect serve the people and to build on his the longest recovery in the history of the country Brady said he had no comment on the Dollar which has fallen sharply on foreign markets in recent Days. Bush said Brady a former co chairman of the in see Brady on Back Page soviet shuttle flies perfect Mac in voyage the Buran the first Smiel space shuttle lands near Bai Konur vjs3.r after a flawless Maiden to �8 twice around the Earth. Tuesday. Moscow a the soviets broke the . Monopoly on reusable space Craft tuesday by launching their own computer piloted Span shuttle on a flaw less i1/-hour Light. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev hailed it As a major coup Fortis nation the flight is one More confirmation of the kind of huge possibilities the soviet Union has to solve any problem the official news Agency Tass quoted Gorba Chev is saying after the 100-ton Buran made two orbits streaked earthward an landed at a specially built runway in so Viet Centra Asia on its Maiden  Tass said Gorbachev called it Amajor Success for soviet science and technology.". The Pilot toss flight of the Buran snowstorm in russian came after the soviet space program suffered a so Ries of problems that included the near loss of cosmonauts on a joint soviet afghan Mission in september and toss of. Contact with a Mars probe11 also ended a seven year . Monopoly on reusable spacecraft which sea shuttle on Back Page Congress tired of nato Bills europeans warned by David Tarrant is Tiff writer Munich West Germany a feisty new con Gress next  increase pressure on Europe Anglo pay More for their own defense while putting the brakes of military spending Back Home a Reagan administration official predicted tuesday Congress has a very protectionist sentiment which Wiir worry the nest administration said Margo Carlisle undersecretary of defense for legislative affairs in addition there is an unpleasant atmosphere in the cloakroom of Congress which includes a sort of resentment against nato allies and the japanese As Well on he Issue of sharing the defense Burden Carlisle said. Her comments Carne during the ninth annual Hans Scidel International symposium on defense policy and strategy attended by about 20d Western government officials and defense experts. The three Day conference ended tuesday. The protections mood of Congress showed itself during congressional debate on the recently passed appropriations Bill which set government spending Levels for the next year Carlisle said. Twenty Sepa rate amendments were proposed which if passed. Ifould have strained the Atlantic Alliance she said. One unsuccessful amendment would have set Lim its on the number of military family members permitted overseas while another amendment would have capped or prohibited pay raises for foreign pm ploy Cosof the . Military overseas. This despite the International repercussions possible strikes or damage to ongoing negotiation son Basing agreements/1 she said although Carlisle said the amendments were principally the product of very unsophisticated people she mid icy also represented to some extent the viewpoints of various constituencies. But even representatives with More knowledge of International affairs arc watching nato carefully to see if the Alliance follows through on efforts to modernize ils weapons systems she said. If the nato nations appear to be reluctant to go along Wuh modernization plans. Same will conclude that we should withdraw support from nato since the allies arc not prepared to defend  still other members of Congress arc advocating that . Forces in Europe be withdrawn if nato won t support measures needed to protect  add 11 Ion 10 the Burden sharing Issue the new Congress also will continue to Micro Monarc the department of defense Carlisle said. Last year despite a Promise by Congress to Cut Down on paper. Sea Bills  Page  
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