European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 49, no. 295 tuesday february 5, 1991 35 daily and 50 sunday d 8693 add request for ?2based on prewar data by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a in the midst of a War that is costing As much As $1 billion a Day the Pentagon on monday unveiled a $278.3 billion fiscal 1992 budget that continues the defense spending in fact Over the next four years the Pentagon still Aims to Cut six Active duty army divisions 94 Navy ships nine Active duty tactical fighter wings 87 strategic bombers and at least one aircraft Carrier. A a the Bottom line is that the reduction in real spending in the department of defense is very significant indeed,1 defense Secretary Dick Cheney said monday at a Pentagon news conference. When inflation is factored in the fiscal 1992 budget request represents a decline of 1 percent compared with the current fiscal year and 12 percent compared with fiscal 1990. By 1997, defense spending As a share of the . Gross National product is expected to fall below 4 percent while spending As a share of the see Dod on Page 8 Bush sends Congress $1.45 trillion budget Washington apr president Bush on monday sent Congress a $1.45 trillion budget that he said would allow America to move from recession to a a new Era of  but the document is Likely to be remembered More for its record deficit than for any new initiatives. The spending plan for the fiscal year starting next oct. 1 seeks More Money for the War on drugs space More budget stories on Page 9j exploration education and Highway construction. But the increases Are mostly modest in some cases amounting to Only Small Pilot programs. To pay for the programs being increased and to help reduce the budget deficit the administration is seeking to save $46.6 billion Over five years by cutting such gov emment programs As medicare guaranteed student Loans crop insurance and subsidies for wealthy Farmers. But overhanging the entire budget is the forecast for the largest deficit in . History. The budget said the deficit for the current fiscal year would hit $318.1 billion meaning that through this year the government will go into debt at a rate of nearly $1 billion a Day. Seal 1992, the presidents budget forecasts that it will decline slightly to $280.9 billion. That for fiscal the deficit. _ a a figure still would be far above the record of $221.1 billion set in 1986 and would Dwarf the $25 billion that the the budget acknowledges that the country is mired in a recession but unlike past presidents Bush offered no government spending initiatives to fight the downturn. Instead he said his budget focuses on efforts to improve americans Long term competitiveness. The budget is based on an optimistic forecast that the recession will be Brief and mild with the Economy growing again at healthy rates in the second half of this Yean if this forecast proves inaccurate however the deficit will balloon even More. Another major threat to the presidents budget is the Cost of the persian Gulf War. The document released monday includes what Bush termed a a place Holder Quot amount of $15 billion for increased . Military spending for a War that is estimated could Cost anywhere from $28 billion to $86 billion. A a a a. A a. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a. A Bush said he would Send Congress a supplemental continued on Page 8air strikes have enemy scurrying for cover War in the see pages 2 i through 7 Dhahran saudi Arabia apr the relentless attack by . And Allied warplanes has forced iraqi soldiers to move in smaller convoys and top officers to seek Protection in schools . Military officials said monday. In the last 24 hours the officials said the . Air Force knocked out 25 iraqi tanks moving in enemy territory and lost Ofier uh-1 helicopter that crashed in a noncombat situation in saudi Arabia killing All four crewmen. Amu w Allied warplanes also destroyed a it five to 10 vehicles moving through Lily lab Kuwait suggesting the air Campaign has forced iraqi ground forces to move in smaller convoys to avoid detection Marine maj. Gen. Robert b. Johnston said monday. At a separate news conference in i Riyadh the commander of operation desert storm Gen. Hnorman Schwarzkopf said monday that Allied air strikes have been so effective that senior iraqi officers Are moving their Headquarters into schools because a they know we re not going to attack civilian  a asked whether that inhibited the air Campaign Schwarzkopf said a in All probability  but he said he was not concerned. The general also said he Hopes iraqis claim of 321 civilian casualties from Allied  was co Feci. A a in a Hope that reflects exactly what in be been saying All along a Schwarzkopf said. A i would also say that if the numbers Only 321 in a quite encouraged by that because if they follow the same policies with regard to that As they be followed on everything else you can Divide by 10.�?�. In other action monday . And iraqi forces traded fire across the desert Frontier and Allied  strikes on Page 10 Media poo airman 1st class Clayton Isumi of Rad gift ky., in the Tail of a Kc-135 Strat Tanker guides a refuelling Boom to a Multi role Jet. The inflight refuelling specialist is seen in an overhead Mirror As he looks out a window