European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 23 the stars and stripes Friday March 17, t9b9 Bush denies administration Drifting Houston a president Bush on thursday challenged charges thai his administration is adrift saying he is trying to defuse ticking time bombs while charting an Agenda for America in the next Cen Tury. In this kind of work More is going on than meets the Eye or makes the headlines Bush said. The essential question today is what arc we loing to prepare for the new world that begins 11 Short years from now that s what my Agenda is All  in his first trip West since his inauguration Jan. 20, the president flew to Texas and Colorado for two speeches. His first Slop was in Houston for a luncheon appear Ance before the Fonkim club a non partisan education Al institution. Next he was flying to Colorado Springs cob., to address the Junior achievement National business leadership conference. In remarks prepared for the Houston appearance. Bush ticked off a series of initiatives from his new administration a spending and deficit reduction plan a program to relieve third world debt a proposal to Rescue the savings and loan Industry and an increase in the minimum wage. These arc serious challenges ticking Lime bombs that we need to defuse without delay he said. And we re doing just that. But these Are by no Means the Only issues that demand leadership and prompt action. We re entering inc 1990s a horizon decade threshold to a new  he said that building a belter America Means Lay ing the foundations today for inc kind of future we  along those lines Bush said the United slates needs to take Steps to safeguard the environment against Short sighted actions that do Long term dam age. It Means finding ways to preserve and strengthen indispensable institutions like inc family in the midst of social change he said it Means taking a Long Range look Al the International landscape to determine what policies and approaches will keep us free prosperous and at peace in the 21 is Century As we arc today. And speaking of Freedom in Means formulating a Mulli source Energy policy that in the Long run. Will make us less dependent on foreign Oil the president a former Texas oilman said in this Petroleum oriented City. Bush said the nation Musl invest in its own econ omy with new incentives for business including catalysts for research and development. He called anew for a reduction in the capital Gams tax. In addition Bush said the nation must encourage and improve education. We Aren t going to clean up the environment turn our education system around or create a More responsive business climate in a single Day he said. But if we begin Loday and make steady Progress we will succeed. Thursday s speech came amid scepticism from democrats that Congress and the administration can reach a Quick agreement on a new spending plan. Nei ther Side has been willing to propose either new taxes or new spending cuts to reduce the deficit. Bush said a recent poll of corporate leaders found they believe americans arc too Short term oriented. My plan Speaks to the Long term and to a stable business climate Bush said. It says that to remain competitive we must look beyond the next quarterly  Bush used the occasion to underscore his request for a Cut in the capital gains tax to 15 percent saying that nothing could make America More competitive a congressional study released this week said to percent of the benefits from Bush s proposed capita gains tax Cut would go to americans making More than si00,000 a year. Spy from Page 1 Fogerty to fake Over in persian Gulf corps spokesman i col. Jake Dye. Peri 21, Alio was charged with failing to get per Mission to travel to the Gentian democratic re pub  unlawfully having classified information moving classified documents 10 East Germany and passing classified information to unauthorized persons according to a v corps statement. The documents Laken relate to his Peri s unit s general defense  Dye said. Citing pending ice fraction Dye said Al would be inappropriate in comment further on the information received from the East germans or the importance of the documents i Eri is accused of taking. The v corps statement defined inc espionage charge against Peri As communicating documents and or in formation relating to National defense to the German democratic  i Eri. Who worked in the military intelligence Section of he troop Lith army Cav regt. In Fulda West Germany disappeared feb. 21. A military vehicle Dis patched to him was found near the East German Bor Der and a Zenith Laptop computer was. Discovered missing from his unit. The Laguna Nigul calif., Soldier Clu Rcd Wilh the computer March 4 and initially was charged with being absent without leave entering the one Kilometre Bor Der zone without permission falsifying a vehicle Dis Patch and three counts of larceny. A military lawyer from Frankfurt has been appointed to defend i Eri who has been in custody at the army confinement in oilily in Mannheim since his re turn said v corps maj Samuel Taylor. Maj. William g. Stokes Frankfurt s senior defense counsel for. The trial defense service was chosen to represent Peri Taylor said. No irial Date has been set. Manama Bahrain a a new commander was to Lake charge of . Naval forces in the persian Gulf on thursday and the Navy said three mine sweepers arc ending their i a ninth hours in inc water Way. Rear adm. William m. Fogarty who led the offi Cial inquiry into the shooting Down of an iranian jetliner by the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes last july 3, was to Lake command of the join task Force Middle East in a ceremony aboard the com Mand ship la Salle. Fogarty replaces rear adm. Anthony a less who headed inc task Force for 13 months when the Tanker war1 intensified and. . Ships and planes clashed several times with iranian forces. Six iranian gunboats including twp heavily armed frigates were sunk or disabled on april 18, 1988, after an american missile frigate was nearly sunk by an iranian mine. More than 300 commercial ships were attacked and More Shan 500 seamen killed during inc Tanker  ran has conceded that the . Naval presence in the Gulf and the Downing of the Iran air jetliner in which All 290 aboard were killed were factors in Iran s decision to accept a truce in the War with Iraq. Less a career aviator who was the first commander of the Navy s Blue Angels Jel aerobatics team is being reassigned id Washington. Fogarty is a surface warfare specialist whose com mands in a 30-year career include the battleship new Jersey when it was recommissioned in 1982. An Iowa native with a master s degree in International relations Fogarty most recently was chief of policy and plans Al the . Central come Al Macdill fab Fla., the administrative Headquarters for , military activities in inc Middle East Cheney from Page 1 tons of drinking and womanizing the committee moved with lightning Speed on Cheney. On tuesday the committee held nearly four hours of hearings in an open session marked by Praise for Cheney and Genera questions about his defense policies. After receiving1 the necessary financial documents Fri  and White House reports the committee met in closed session with the nominee wednesday morning Ninn and Warner said that despite the Quick action consideration of the nominee has been thorough. We be had exactly the same procedure on this one As we be had on every other nomination since i be been chairman Nunn said i Don  any  he added thai the committee could have taken an other week or two but it would be an exercise in futility based on the information we have  the committee did make an extra Effort on the ques Tion of Cheney s health contacting other physicians and having them review the lawmaker s medical re ports. The 48-year-old Cheney has suffered three heart attacks and underwent coronary bypass surgery Lasi summer. We had no indication from any physician that there is any kind of problem Here in terms of him being Able 10 perform his duties Nunn said. Discovery astronauts film Earth s wounds Cape canaveral Fla. A discovery s astronauts working again at full electrical Power received a Call from president Bush and focused cameras on the wounds inflicted on Earth by Man s pollution and nature s violence. Flying upside Down 180 Miles High. The five Man Crew captured thousands of views of Earth with television movie and still cameras some of the film will be edited into a study of Evaro menial trouble spots. The president and the Crew talked briefly in a combined television Tele phone Hookup that let Bush Sec the Astro nauts in their space Cabin. Bush congratulated them on their flight which nearly had to be Cut Short one Day because of an electrical system problem and said "1 am determined to go Forward with an Active space pro  discovery commander Michael Coats revealed that the Crew was flying something for the new first lady it prompted a presidential invitation. You Beller come up Here and give it to her personally said Bush. You re invited. When you gel Back head this  asked about a camera used to photo graph environmental targets Pilot John Blaha said the Crew was getting a lot of great film that will show a lot of people around inc world How fragile the planet Earth is in this big vastness of  there is so much interest today on the global environment replied Bush "1 think a lot of people will see from just your important Mission the contribution that space exploration can make to the Wor id s  discovery s Crew started the Day by pre Empting inc usual Wake up Call from Mission control with tape recordings of their own. They ended their eight Naur sleep by Radi oing to Earth the theme music from  then the recorded voice of William Shamor who played Cape. Kirk  trek Sam congratulations to Mission control. Discovery responded a Mission control communicator Tell Csolty to beam me  a rousing Medley of school songs from the Alma Maiers of the Crew members was the official a Ike up sound from Mission control. The tape included Anchor s aweigh for naval Academy graduates Coats James Buchli and Robert Springer wild Blue yonder for air Force acad Emy graduate Blaha and the Drexel University fight song for or. James Bagian a physical who earned a Bachelor s degree from inc Philadelphia school. Their fourth Day in orbit was the first with a trouble free electrical Power sup ply system. On wednesday they followed special operating instructions from Mission control to Correct an erratic flow from a Hydrogen Lank thai supplies Reactant of chemical Power generators on the shut  became an orbiting movie studio for part of thursday. The Astro nauts were using a 70mm camera to take High Fidelity pictures of environmental targets on Earth fora joint project of the smithsonian institution and the nation Al aeronautics and space administration photo targets included a Coral reef being destroyed by pollution off East Africa the scars left by fires in Florida s Everglades and the forests of the Western United Stales areas of deforestation in South America and an Active Volcano in Guatemala we got plenty of shots of Florida Bagian reported. And we got some very Good pictures of  the Mission is scheduled to end sat urday at Edwards fab in California