European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                These cos vol. 50, no. 292 350 saturday february 1,1992 d 8693 a russian president Boris Yeltsin and president Bush arrive at the United nations. Bush promises continued Pursuit of arms control United nations a president Bush in a noontime speech to an unprecedented gathering of the . Security Council on Friday lauded the move toward democracy in the world but cautioned a your world is still a dangerous world Rife with far too Many dangerous  Bush pledged Friday to pursue a the search for common ground on further nuclear arms reductions with his russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin. As he spoke the nuclear Powers of the world listened Russia India China great Britain and France. But it is the United states and Russia that hold by far the deadliest nuclear arsenals and see Bush on Page 2 Cheney cites history to defend slow Pace of military cutbacks Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney said Friday that deep cuts in . Forces beyond the Pentagon a Post cold War plan would be a too dangerous and would undermine the nations military capability of we try to reduce the Force too quickly we can break it a Cheney told the Senate armed services committee in his first appearance since president Bush proposed the administrations defense blueprint for fiscal 1993. Responding to congressional charges that the military is slimming Down too slowly since the disintegration of communism Cheney said plans put Forth on Capitol Hill for deeper cuts Are a simply too Steep and too  a if we fail to fund the training and High Quality we have come to expect we will Ena up with an organization that May still outwardly look like a military but that simply will not function Cheney told the panel. Cheney recited a Litany of major Security threats this Century that were unforeseen. After world War ii for example the United states rapidly shrunk its military Only to be a nearly pushed off the korean Peninsula by a third rate Power four years later. A we paid dearly for our Rush to disarm a he said. Lion by 1995 from the current Levels of about 2 million is the proper level. A we View the base Force As the right combinations of components and capabilities to be Able to deter potential aggressors fulfil our Forward presence requirements and respond to any crisis a Powell testified. Much of the grumbling on Capitol Hill centers on the Pentagon a plan to curb or cancel major weapons while proposing no additional troop cuts beyond me 25 percent reductions now under Way. As part of the cuts . Troop Levels in Europe will drop to 150,000 by 1995. Two years ago there were a Repe minish u eat of that miscalculation he said could i Tion for a hostile Power to fill the s. Military credibility and serve As an invite be vacuum. Leading the list of current threats to u.s1 interests is the possibility of a an economic and sociopolitical train wreck in the republics of the former soviet Union that could Lead to authoritarian Rule there armed internal struggle or loss of control of nuclear weapons Cheney said. The panels senior Republican sen. John Warner of Virginia noted that majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine has called for $100 billion in defense spending cuts Over the next five years double what Bush is seeking. A therein will be the fight a Warner said. A this hearing blows the whistle Ana off we  Gen. Colin Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the . Force which will fall to 1.6 Mil if we fail to fund the training and High Quality we have come to expect we will end up with an organization that May still outwardly look like a military but that will simply not function a Dick Cheney 314,000 american troops based in Europe. The reductions fall far Short for some lawmakers who question the need for 150,000 troops in Europe since the collapse of the Warsaw pact and the soviet Union. Other members of Congress say Cheney and Powell see Cheney on Page 2 new Dod list reflects Swift . Withdrawal look what s new i sunday by Vince Crawley Staft writer this weeks department of defense list contained few surprises As officials confirmed that the departments rapid fire european draw Down is two years ahead of its original schedule. Another 68 Sites in Europe were identified to be turned Over to the Host nations late thursday and 15 More were see related stories map on Page 3 slated for reduced . Operations. This makes a total of 463 installations affected by pullouts and reductions since the draw Down began 18 months ago. Just 29 More Sites remain unnamed the Pentagon said. Most of the bold strokes have apparently been already made in the army a redrawing of its european map. Two of four divisions have been withdrawn and several brigade size combat units Are in the midst of drawing Down. The army will reach its goal of 92,200 soldiers in Europe by the end of 1993, Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams confirmed thursday. In the late 1980s, More than 210,000 . Soldiers were stationed in Europe most of them in Germany. A a we re bringing people Back from Europe about As fast As we can a Williams told reporters and the rate is More than 1,000 troops a month. Army officials still will not confirm which units Are currently pulling out of Europe but Many Are based at installations on the latest list. A we anticipate that announcements on the disposition of these units will be made within the next three to five Days a said Jim Boyle a spokesman for the army a european Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. He said further announcements concerning the army draw see Dod on Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday Magazine oilers a new look sunday with the addition of some inviting features designed to entertain you and just maybe make you laugh. The changes include i Walter Scott s personality Parade and Parade s special intelligence report two of the most popular items from Parade Magazine which appears in More than 330 newspapers in the . Every sunday. 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