European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Bush re election bid appears Likely a lore meetings planned Washington a president Bush gave tacit approval saturday for his supporters to begin organizing and fund raising for a 1992 re election bid but continued to withhold a formal declaration that he will seek a second term. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter said Bush made no specific Campaign decisions during a three hour meeting with about 30 political advisers at the presidential Retreat at Camp David my. But Fitzwater said a it was understood that political organizing and financing will begin in the a x Fitzwater said Bush planned additional meetings with supporters and Republican leaders a to discuss Campaign themes and other issues this said Friday that he has not made a formal decision to run but then added Only a health problem would keep him from it. A Quot to and i done to have one right now a he told a news conference. A right now i feel like a million the Camp David meeting included Fitzwater Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher who is widely expected to be tapped by Bush to serve As Campaign chairman Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady i longtime Bush confidant vice president Dan Quayle and his chief of staff Bill Kristol the White House chief of staff John Sununu and Bush a Media adviser Roger Ailes. Bush described it As a a listening session a and said he did not plan to make any firm decisions on organization or issues. The president said Friday that he did not have a timetable to make a formal re election announcement but suggested it would be Early next year. A the last thing i want to do is project a sense of arrogance or unconcern about the Tough task that lies ahead a if i decide to be a candidate a he said. Pressed on whether there was anything that might keep him from seeking a second term the 67-year-old president said a no. Ill be honest the Only thing would be a health problem and i done to have one right now. A it be fair to the american people to ask to be re elected knowing that you in your heart of hearts might feel you finish the Job. But i done to feel that the White House said Bush was examined Friday by his physician who pronounced him in a excellent president Bush ponders a question during a Rose Garden news conference. A its amps Ron Mckinney Terrence Lee far right with his new family j.r., staff sgt. Brady Preston and his wife tape hampers family s Effort to adopt boy deserted by father by Ron Mckinney staff writer Hanau Germany a eight year old Terrence Lee was left with friends when his father discharged from the army last fall said he was going out to look for a Job on the German Economy. A the said he was going to come the next Day to pick me up. But he did no to Terrence said. What will it happen to Terrence is unclear. His fathers discharge from the military Cost Terrence his status As a military dependent and left him outside the control of . Officials. An official with the German youth office said an abandoned american child not connected with the . Military would normally be placed in a German orphanage. However an american military family in Hanau is keeping Terrence and wants to adopt him. A obviously this Case is unique a said Glen Corlin a social worker with the 209th general dispensary in Hanau. A if he a abandoned by someone in the military and we can to locate them wed put them in Foster care and arrange to have them returned to relatives or Foster care in the German youth officials handling the Case have been unable to finc Fany stateside relatives. Since january Terrence has lived with staff sgt. See boy on Page 2 of Calls off reassignment travel delays by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington a the air Force wont delay the reassignment moves of nearly 5,000 assigned to Europe officials said Friday. Because of a funding shortfall in the services military personnel spending account officials had announced july 14 that personnel moving in August and september would have their departures postponed by several weeks. But air Force officials in the Pentagon said they have received a verbal assurances that Congress would very shortly approve a request to allow the service to shift Money within its budget to cover the funding shortage making the tour extensions unnecessary. The service had planned to delay the departures of about 2,300 personnel who had been scheduled to move in August until Early september while about 2,400 personnel slated to leave in Early september were to be delayed until the last two weeks of that month. The air Force sent a message july 30 cancelling those changes. The message said personnel who would have been affected will proceed on their original departure dates. A we realize that some people a those with departure dates in Early August for example a wont have time to out process and leave on their original dates a said capt. Tom Gilroy a spokesman for the air Force military personnel Center at Randolph fab Texas. A in those situations local personnel offices Are authorized to work out some other departure Date a Gilroy said. The crisis in the services personnel funding accounts has been building for several months but came to a head because of the volcanic eruption of mount Pina Tubo in the Philippines in june which forced the evacuation of about 17,000 military personnel and family members from nearby Clark a. Funds had been tight even before that because of a decision to shorten tour lengths in the Philippines Oyer increased terrorist activity there As Well As worldwide draw Down actions. Those factors accelerated the number of re assignment moves in fiscal 1991 beyond what the air Force had budgeted for officials said
