European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 4, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 sex aide who sought charges relieved Adams not in race Seattle apr a former aide who attempted to bring sexual assault charges against sen. Brock Adams in 1988 said monday that she is vindicated by his decision not to seek re election. A a in a relieved that my family my friends and i done to have to endure six or eight More months of or. Adams re election Campaign a Kari Tupper 29, told a news conference monday. A in the last five years i have gone through periodic hell but the fact of the matter is in a still Here a she said Reading a statement. A if what i did and what in be gone through makes it one Iota easier for someone else not to be a silent victim then its been Worth it even  on sunday the 65-year-old Adams a Liberal Democrat dropped his bid for a second Senate term after the Seattle times published a front Page Story detailing allegations by eight other women that he sexually abused or harassed them. Tupper said her Only disappointment was that he did not resign. In 1987, when she was working As a . House committee aide Tupper told police that Adams a longtime family Friend had drugged and molested her at his Home in Washington d.c., on March 27. She went Public with the allegation in september 1988. Police sought a warrant to arrest Adams for simple As Sault a Misdemeanour but prosecutors dropped the Case. A police report said prosecutors declined to charge Adams because of a a Lack of medical or physical corroboration and there were problems with the victims  the report did not elaborate and the . Attorneys office in Washington d.c., declined to comment after Tupper went Public. Adams emphatically denied Tupper a allegation. Tupper said that after she went Public with her allegations other women contacted her to relate similar accounts. She declined to say if any were among the times sources. A i was contacted by a couple of people. My parents were contacted by a couple of people. My lawyer was contacted by a couple of people a she said. She said she was still shocked by the extent of the allegations against Adams in sundays Story. A a in a also saddened by the scope of this Story that so Many women for so Long endured a pain i know so personally a Tupper said. A a it a tragic that a Man in Power can be cloaked in deceit and protected by those close to him for so  Tupper a allegation Hurt Adams politically even after the prosecutor declined to press charges. It also Hurt Tupper who recalls painful incidents of gossip and innuendo. She said she once overheard women in Church pointing her out As a the one who had the thing with Brock  her husband University of Washington professor George Bridges once was asked during a lecture to 700 students whether his wife was the one who had been a a involved with Adams. Now Tupper said a i think its really  suffers heart attack in Tel Aviv Jerusalem apr Menachem begin the former prime minister who made peace with Egypt but led Israel into a divisive War in Lebanon suffered a heart attack tuesday at his Home in Tel Aviv and was rushed unconscious to a Hospital. The 78-year-old begin was still unconscious and in critical condition several hours after being brought to Echilov Hospital in Tel Aviv said or. Dan Michaeli the hospitals director. He was paralysed on his left Side and using a Respirator Michaeli said. He said begins condition had deteriorated since he arrived at the Hospital when the former prime minister a was breathing on his  Michaeli blamed the loss of consciousness on a a disturbance in his blood Supply brought on by the heart attack. Israel radio said begins daughter Leah who lives with him in their Tel Aviv apartment called an ambulance at 6 58 a.m., saying her father had collapsed. Begin reached the Hospital at 7 35 a.m., the radio said. Begin resigned As prime minister in 1983, suffering from depression because of the death of his wife Aliza a year earlier and israelis involvement in Lebanon which led to Large peace demonstrations in  from Page 1 Tion and Host nation activities a would remain based outside the United states. Heavy equipment including tanks and planes As Well As ammunition and rations would remain pre positioned overseas at bases in foreign countries provided by the Host nation. District first congressional District Denver party Democrat elected 1972 House committees armed services research and development military installations and facilities. Judiciary civil and constitutional rights intellectual property and judicial administration. Post office and civil service compensation and employee benefits. Select committees on children youth and families. Education . At University of Minnesota Law degree at Harvard University marital status married two children age 51 a amps Schroeder said All the tax Money used to station troops overseas could be better spent at Home to boost the . Economy. A How Many paychecks go overseas obviously Over 400,000,�?� she said counting . Troops and civilian employees worldwide. A a that a a lot of Money going overseas. That a a lot of Haemorrhaging. So if you re going to spend the Money at least if you re spending it in our Economy it helps our Economy rather than others. I think that a very  so Schroeder is girding for another Battle with the Bush administration including defense Secretary  Cheney and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Colin l. Powell to see a if we can to accelerate bringing people Back As part of our  Schroeder wants nothing less than a a top to Bottoms review of the armed forces in the Post cold War Era. A it looks like the administration just subtracts a Little from this and subtracts a Little from that a she said. The House armed services committee headed by rep. Les Aspin d-wis., is in the process of conducting just such a review through March Schroeder said. That review includes whether the United states should continue to base some 150,000 troops in Europe. A a they re looking at iraqi equivalents and Panama equivalents a she said referring to the two most recent . Military operations just cause and desert storm. Schroeder As chairman of the House subcommittee on military installations and facilities is in a Good position to influence the debate on overseas bases and promote her concept of dual Basing. A actually for desert storm Type things you get much better training doing that. Because half the training is How fast can you be on the plane and packed and get somewhere and get Back. If you re already Over there then you be never practice that a she said. A so if you say to countries Well come train we 11 come exercise with you for a couple of weeks anytime you want to then you re keeping the families Here in the United states she said. A they have a Root. They re spending their Money in the United  there also would not be a need for All that expensive infrastructure that is part of the trappings of . Bases overseas. A you have to reinvent America everywhere you go. And that a very expensive a she said. A if you re in America you done to have to reinvent it. You re there. You got the real  Schroeder dismisses the idea that Short overseas Tours can be hard on the morale of troops particularly those who Are married. A when you look at Norway those exercises Are never More than one or two weeks a she said. A even if you look at the major exercises in Germany they Start out for two weeks and they end up being Only 10 Days because they run out of Man Euver claim forms at that Point. I mean you re not talking huge ship deployments. You take Bright Star in Norway or any of those Type exercises we re not talking 11  Schroeder also rejects the notion shared by Powell and Cheney that the situation in Europe is too unstable and volatile to permit a Complete withdrawal of . Troops. In fact said Schroeder it is for that very reason she does not want to see a Large . Military presence remain in Europe. She is afraid . Troops will become entangled in non military missions such As refugee control. A a in a almost frightened to have the number of troops we have in Europe because if the soviet Union becomes More unstable and you suddenly have millions of refugees pouring into Western Europe what do we do when Western europeans ask us to help them guard their Borders a she asked. A look at How Long we be fought Over that silly new base in Italy of Croton. They finally figured out it was t going to  she adamantly rejects the idea that her views arc isolationist or that she is simply jumping aboard the fashionable bandwagon carrying a growing number of politicians demanding an a America first a foreign policy. A i think we re saying we re More internationalists and less isolationists a she said. A a it a not americans role to be the policemen. Its americans role to do their part through joint exercises. But everybody gets an oar and everybody gets to help  Schroeder is also Blunt when talking about european concerns about american isolationism. How Many paychecks go overseas obviously Over 400,000,�?T Schroeder said counting . Troops and civilian employees worldwide. That s a lot of Money going overseas. That a a lot of Haemorrhaging a a we be had trouble dealing with that Issue in Mexico and that a our own Border. Do we really want american troops out there turning Back refugees who Are hungry and on the Border what if we Start seeing refugees pouring into our bases like we now see the haitians pouring into Guantanamo a she continued. A now if that a what Cheney and Powell want Fine. But i done to think the american people want  its not the first time the 51-year-old, 10-term congresswoman from Denver has found herself in a Battle with the military. Long before the fall of the Berlin Wall in november 1989, Schroeder outs Okenly championed the Issue of a Burden snaring a the idea that europeans should assume a larger share in defending Europe. In 1990, she successfully led the fight against congressional funding for an air base in Croton Italy which would have replaced Torrejon a Spain As Home for the 401st fighter Wing. Schroeder acknowledges that battling the military is never easy. A i get very angry when europeans say to me if you bring americans Home if you bring even 10 troops Home that shows you re being isolationist and you done to like nato anymore a she said. A the whole concept that the Only Way we would come to Europe said is if we be got some of our Guys and our women in deep trouble because they re based there i think that a really crazy. We can get there now faster and they europeans Are so much stronger. This Isnit 1946, its 1992. Together their Economy is bigger than ours and they have 100 million More  she a also not saying that the United states should leave nato. A of course you keep those alliances going. But if the number of troops based overseas becomes our test of loyalty we go  asked How much support her position has in Congress Schroeder said its one of the ideas we re trying to sell and i think in this Day and age its going to be More