European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes Fiffis to. 50, no. 288 35c tuesday january 28, 1992 d 8693 Awe re gaining on drugs Bush says unveils plan Washington a president Bush declared monday a we Are winning the War against illegal drugs and said he will propose a $500 million program that targets gang leaders violent criminals Ana drug dealers. Bush had an upbeat assessment of the anti crime Campaign on a Day in which the administration released its latest strategy for fighting drugs. That plan will Cost about $12.7 billion up 6.5 percent from this years drug War budget. With critics already panning the new blueprint Bush said a we Are making Progress. We Are  he said that the use of marijuana crack and cocaine a has definitively declined Over the last four years. The National household Survey on drug abuse released last month found that use of any illegal drug within the previous month had fallen steadily from 14.5 million in 1988 to 12.6 million last year. However cocaine use Rose last year compared with 1990, even As it remained below 1988 Levels. The study a indication that the nations Young people were turning away from drugs got a boost with mondays release of the annual Survey of High school seniors and College students. The new Survey criticized by some for failing to assess drug use among dropouts found that students use of illegal drugs continued a decade Long decline last year. Some 29 percent of them said they had used an illegal drug in 1991, Down from 33 percent the previous year. In a speech to the convention of National religious broadcasters Bush said see drugs on Page 2afn in  president Bush s state of the Union message live wednesday at 3 00 am. Repeat at 6 40  rejects new role against narcotics by the los Angeles times Washington a the department of defense has rejected a White House plan for the military to take a new leadership role in the War on illegal drugs setting Back administration efforts to give fresh impetus to a lagging program according to senior officials. The refusal leaves stalled a proposal by the White House office of drug control policy that would have created a unified military authority to coordinate most . Counter narcotics operations in Central and South America. It also raises renewed questions about the Pentagon a commitment to anti drug efforts. With new obstacles threatening Progress made after president Bush escalated the drug fight the Pentagon posture disappointed officials who had hoped that a military style Battle plan would help the administration wage a More effective Campaign. A i do not understand Why they can to act a Little More Forward looking a one senior administration official complained. The Pentagon had jumped to the forefront of the drug fight three years ago in a burst of enthusiasm it a a touchdowns amps gut Schu fibr. And the fans go wild at the rockets sports lounge at Rhein main a Germany while they watch super bowl xxvi Early monday. The Washington redskins won their third super bowl Crown in 10 years Downing the Buffalo Bills 37-24, in Minneapolis. For More on the game see sports Section. Sparked by concern that its traditional War fighting Mission was evaporating with the sudden decline of the soviet threat. Its reluctance now to take on a bigger role was described by senior government sources As a consequence in part of the persian Gulf War which made some military officers scornful of Mere anti drug operations. But it was said to reflect also a Pentagon wariness about becoming too closely identified with the failure to make inroads against a potentially intractable  pleads his Case on to won t detail past by John King a political writer Democrat Bill Clinton says he Hopes a television appearance with his wife in which he acknowledged causing a Spain in my marriage Quot will end speculation about infidelity and refocus his presidential Campaign on the issues. With his wife Hillary at his Side the Arkansas governor asked the american people sunday night to judge his Campaign on its merits instead of on rumours Ana allegations of infidelity in his past. In a High stakes interview on cd so 60 Minuit is c Linton denied the allegations of Gennifer Flowers a lit tic Rock woman who said in a paid tabloid interview that they had a 12-year affair. But Clinton refused to answer repealed questions about whether he had been unfaithful to his wife. A a in a not prepared tonight to say that any married couple should Ever discuss that with anyone but themselves a he said. With just three weeks left before the critical Mcadoff primary in new Hampshire Clinton was hopeful the controversy was now behind him. A it is for me a he said As he arrived Home monday in Little Rock. A efm  but later monday Flowers told a news conference in new York she was a Bill Clinton a Lover for 12 years a and that the democratic presidential contender is lying when he denies it. A the truth is i have loved him. Now he tells me to deny it a she said. Flowers a Singer and state employee in Arkansas said she had watched Clinton a appearance sunday on see Clinton on Page 2