European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 24, 1992 i . The stars and stripes b Page 7 Aspin a centrist in military policies by the new York times Washington a in selecting rep. Les Aspin to be his Secretary of defense president elect Clinton picked a military specialist who favors further cuts in Pentagon spending but who will also fortify Clinton a inclination to intervene in Bosnia and Herzegovina. By All accounts the Wisconsin democrats strength is his fascination with military issues. In recent years As chairman of the House armed services committee Aspin has thought hard about the future of the Pentagon the question of military intervention and the conversion of the weapons Industry to civilian use. He knows the ins and outs of the budget process in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Aspin and sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee counselled Clinton on military issues during the presidential Campaign. But Aspin has no record in managing a Large multimillion Dollar organization. And he will assume his Post without the close working relationship Secretary of defense  Cheney forged with army Gen. Colin l. Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Powell who is wary of the limited use of . Troops abroad for political or diplomatic purposes has differed sharply with Aspin on military intervention in the Balkans. Aspin after earning a doctorate in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of technology began his career As a military specialist during the Johnson administration by working for defense Secretary Robert s. Mcnamara in the office of systems analysis. Running on an anti War platform during the Vietnam Era Aspin was elected to the House in 1970 at the age of 32 and assumed a place on the House armed services committee. Foreign policy team president elect Clinton left introduces Cabinet nominees Warren Christopher Center for Secretary of state and Wisconsin rep. Les Aspin As Secretary of defense during a news conference tuesday in Little Rock Ark. Aspinw a willingness to support the my missile during the Reagan administration and his backing of the persian Gulf War set him apart from Many democrats and gave him solid centrist credentials. In recent speeches Aspin has sought to articulate a new vision of How military Power should be used and what the Structure of the military should be. In a september speech he criticized Powell so fall or nothing doctrine for using military Power contending that the United states should be prepared to use Force selectively to buttress its diplomacy. On the military budget Aspin has proposed cutting $48 billion More than the Bush administration projected Over five years. Aspin argues that the Cut could be done by rethinking the threats that the United states is Likely to face after the cold War and by shrinking Powell so base  the base Force is the military Force that will exist after the draw Down ends. It is considered a the proper base Force to satisfy Alliance requirements and . Commitments to its interests in Europe Southwest Asia the Pacific and latin America a Powell said earlier this  vowed on Gay Issue Little Rock Ark. A rep. Les Aspin president elect Clinton a Choice for defense Secretary said tuesday that the Pentagon a policy Banning Gays from the military a has got some serious  but the Wisconsin Democrat warned that changes would be made a very very  Clinton said during the Campaign that he would lift the ban. He has sounded More cautious since the election a still opposed to the ban but promising to consult with military leaders about now to drop it. At a news conference in which Clinton announced Aspinw a nomination Aspin made it Clear he will follow the president elects Lead. A i think that the word from the top Here is to Deal with this thing very very carefully but to Deal with it very very deliberately a Aspin said. Aspin chairman of the House armed services committee declined to say How he would lift the ban. Aspin said Public pressure or the courts would have forced the Pentagon to address the Issue even if president Bush had won re election. Aspin said that Clinton a unlike Bush a will Force Congress the military and the administration to Deal with the Issue  a a there la be no Chance to sort of try and Patch up the old program or Sideslip the Issue a he said. In a statement the National women a Law Center congratulated Aspin on his nomination. It urged his a leadership in ending policies that deny military women the rights that civilian women enjoy in the areas of assignment sexual harassment and abortion  Madeleine Albright ambassador to the United nations Albright 55, born in Czechoslovakia is a professor of International affairs at Georgetown University in Washington d.c., and president of the Center for National policy at the University. Albright s specially is . Relations with Russia and Eastern Europe. She has worked on several democratic campaigns including those of former sen. Edmund s. Muskie of Maine 1984 vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro and 1988 presidential nominee Michael s. Dukakis. James Woolsey director of the Central intelligence Agency Woolsey 51, is a nuclear weapons expert who helped negotiate strategic arms limitation and reduction treaties in the 1970s and 1980s. He was undersecretary of the Navy from 197/-79 in the Carter administration after serving As a staff member on the National Security Council and general counsel to the Senate armed services committee in the Early 1970s. Retired adm. Wimam j. Crowe jr., chairman of the president s foreign intelligence advisory Board Crowe 67, retired from the military in 1989 after 43 years in the Navy the last five As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. During the presidential Campaign he defended Clinton s ability to head the military despite the candidate s having avoided service during the Vietnam War. Anthony Lake National Security adviser Lake 52, is a professor of International relations at mount Holyoke College in South Hadley mass. The director of policy planning in Carter s state department Lake was a close aide to then Secretary Cyrus Vance. He first joined the state department under Henry Kissinger but resigned to protest the . Invasion of Cambodia. Samuel Berger top Deputy of the National Security Council Berger 47, is an International Trade attorney and partner at a major Washington Law firm. During the Carter administration he was Deputy director of the state department s policy planning staff from 1977 through 1980. Clifton r. Wharton jr., Deputy Secretary of state the son of the first Black career Diplomat to be named a . Ambassador Wharton has run the nation s largest pension system since 1987. Wharton 66, is a former Chancellor of the state University of new York president of Michigan state University in East Lansing and chairman of the philanthropic Rockefeller  seen As Strong negotiator Washington apr Warren Christopher who has been nominated As Secretary of state by president elect Clinton is known As a discreet Strong negotiator with a wealth of diplomatic experience acquired As the no. 2 Man at the state department in the Carter administration. A never get mad except on purpose a he used to say during that tenure where he was Best known for his role in painstakingly negotiating the release of 52 americans held hostage in Iran Clinton a nomination of Christopher is not the first time that he has turned to the Diplomat. Last summer Christopher oversaw the process by which Clinton chose his running mate . Sen. Al Gore of Tennessee. He is now director of the Clinton Gorc transition team. The Public image Christopher projects is one of extreme caution and Clinton transition aides said his behaviour in private is no different. Austere and disciplined Christopher has Little in common with those in Washington who feel most at Home in front of microphones and cameras. A one time clerk for the late supreme court Justice William o. Douglas Christopher is chairman of Omelveny amp Myers one of los Angeles Best known Law firms. Last year he headed a commission that examined the los Angeles police department following the juror generated by the Rodney King beating. He also served As Deputy attorney general under president Lyndon b. Johnson. During his service As Deputy Secretary of state he had major responsibility for the conduct of president Carters human rights policy As chairman of the so called Christopher commission. Christopher was not the first Choice of some american jewish leaders for Secretary of state based on a perception that Carter was Tough on Israel. But the most influential pro israeli lobby in Washington the american Israel Public affairs committee says there is not a a scintilla of evidence to suggest that Christopher harbours ill feelings toward Israel