European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 27, 1992 commentary the stars and Stripe what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press  Sun Baltimore the state department will be pleased and the Pentagon worried by president elect Bill Clinton a selection of Warren Christopher As Secretary of state and Les Aspin As Secretary of defense. Christopher is the embodiment of the foreign policy establishment a disciplined Diplomat who parcels out his words and judgments with studied care. Aspin is a loquacious Veteran member of the House of a representatives who has ousted with the big brass for years. That he is probably leaving the chairmanship of the House armed services committee to hyper critic Ron Dellums Only adds to the Pentagon a  Long Island . President elect Bill Clinton has chosen an experienced centrist and basically cautious National Security team that is going to emphasize continuity in foreign policy More than change. That is a Wise course for him to have chosen but it does raise the Issue of where a vision of a new world order will come from and whether his team will be Able to do any More than react a even if sagely a to rapidly changing foreign developments St. Petersburg Fla times president elect Bill Clinton has chosen Strong figures in Jesse Brown and Henry Cisneros his respective choices to head the department of veterans affairs and the department of housing and Urban. Development. Brown the second Black tapped for a Clinton Cabinet Post seems highly respected and should. Encounter Little or no opposition during confirmation hearings. Cisneros however admitted to an extramarital affair in 1988 and subsequently withdrew from Public life choosing not to run for re election in 1989. But unless there is More to his personal Story than he has already admitted Cisneros should be judged on the merits of his political record. Page 15 i los Angeles times the appointment of a special Federal prosecutor to Robe allegations that senior White House officials new of efforts to obtain Bill Clinton a passport files underscores just How serious a breach of Law and propriety this Campaign episode was. The state departments inquiry concluded that White House political director Janet g. Mullins knew of the passport file search As soon As it occurred in september and that she had earlier let it be known she was eager to learn what the files might contain. Mullins along with White House communications director Margaret d. Tutwiler and White House chief of staff James a. Baker Iii Are All covered by the Independent counsel act. Although the specific targets of the probe Are not Public the results could Lead to felony criminal  . Daily mail Bill Clinton wants to a a help the Economy. The Best thing president elect Clinton can do now is stay out of the Way and let the Economy grow on its own. Working on Long term solutions will be better for the country than trying to devise some Short term fix. Clinton should concentrate on fixing that part of the nations Economy that is already in government control. The Federal budget now consumes 24 percent of the . Economy. Balancing the governments books would be a real big help a for Clinton and the Economy. The Indianapolis news the United states has always been blessed with a Bountiful and Fertile land from sea to shining sea. That a favourable climate an industrious people and a free economic system have Long made this nation a world agricultural Leader providing plentiful food at Home and huge agricultural exports abroad. But As science Magazine noted in an editorial earlier this year this nations future leadership in agriculture is threatened by a shortchanging of agricultural research. Agriculture is still largely a proposition of Asye sow so shall be reap. These Days however it is the seeds of research that need to be planted in greater  fort Lauderdale Fla. Today a multiple Choice quiz in geopolitics asks you to name the Small impoverished country ruled by gun toting thugs who have seized Power from Legal authorities ruined the infrastructure and Economy made a mockery of the Justice system and caused people to flee their Homes by the thousands in search of food Security and Opportunity. The choices Are a Somalia b Haiti c both of the above. While a majority of americans undoubtedly approve of the humanitarian Effort to save Somalia our Lon term stakes in neglected Haiti Are even higher. Intervention to solve a desperate problem in our own neighbourhood makes More sense than intervening Halfway around the world no matter How urgent the need in the Horn of Africa May be. The Washington Post keep an Eye on a children a tax credit. The president elect has hinted that this is How he May redeem his Promise to Grant the Middle class a tax Cut. If the credit helps As it could in confining the Cost of such a Cut while partly offsetting and thereby making it easier to enact a broader tax increase it could be a useful Ste the Orange county Register Santa Ana Calif. Over the weekend democracy took Long strides in Taiwan and South Korea but Only halting Steps in Yugoslavia. In sum the weekend elections in these three nations offered More evidence that a free Economy advances Prosperity stability and political Freedom examiner san Francisco As Mark Twain might have said reports of the death of the Republican party have been greatly exaggerated. The party needs to take Stock. If death is natures Way of telling you to slow Down says Republican sen.  Specter of Pennsylvania a progressive despite his rhetorical manhandling of judiciary committee witness Anita Hill last earthen losing a presidential election is natures Way of telling you reassessment is in order. The Cincinnati enquirer president elect Bill Clinton said the other Day he is willing to consider raising the social Security retirement age As a deficit cutting measure. Government employees through their unions have managed to hold on to very generous tenure requirements and benefits while salary Levels have grown to become competitive with comparable private sector jobs. Federal state and local government employees regularly retire at or even before age 55 if president Clinton is going to seek savings in private sector retirements he must look also in the Public. Its a matter of fairness and equity and of citing government employees know we re All in this deficit reduction crunch  Post Gazette news not for the first time Israel has retaliated for individual acts of terrorism with collective punishment a in this Case the deportation from the occupied territories of 400 palestinians with tics to an islamic fundamentalist group that has claimed responsibility for the deaths of israeli soldiers. And also not for the first time such an action has been criticized by a . Administration. What is different is that the criticism is coming from an incoming administration. Under its new prime minister Yitzhak Rabin Israel has softened positions that stood in the Way of successful peace negotiations. But Israel continues to resort to collective punishments that both violated International Law and provide Arab extremists with a pretext for intransigence. Such a policy Long has been opposed by the United states. President elect Clinton Sapt comments suggest that it will continue to  Philadelphia daily news in Case you be missed some chapters of the continuing adventures of a Bob Packwood ridiculous Man a let us bring you up to Date. The senator from Oregon Back from a trip to a treatment Center where he May have Learned the alcoholism defense for his actions might require real work and More honesty than he a used to has announced that the Senate cannot do without the wondrous expertise he a gained in 24 years. To be fair much of his experience was gained during hours in which he Wasny to chasing baby Sitters secretaries and women who just happened to drop by. And his behaviour Over those years May amount to the equivalent of a couple of weekends in the life of sen. Edward a a where a my pants Kennedy. The record Hackensack . Editors note school administrator Patrick Daly was shot to death recently near the school he served. Or. Dalys death is outrageous for Many reasons because a school principal was gunned Down while looking for a truant child because the first person charged with his murder is hardly More than a child himself because the violent loss of such a Good gentle Man will trouble the children of red Hook for the rest of their lives. But its appropriate especially at Christmas to remember the life or. Daly led and the Good that came of it. In a Christmas Carol Marley a ghost reminds Scrooge a the common welfare was my business Charity mercy forbearance and Benevolence were All my  Patrick Daly made the children of red Hook his business and in doing so he left All of us a shining example. Or. Daly worked in a very poor neighbourhood but he lived a very Rich life