European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b. The stars and stripes / thursday january 21,1993 at a ounce a the Ages old instr stability of the Sphinx is being penetrated during its restoration. See stripes mag foe. A action on Cabinet the Senate convened three hours after president Clinton was sworn in wednesday and quickly confirmed Warren m. Christopher As Secretary of state Les Aspin As defense Secretary and Loyd Bentsen As Treasury Secretary. A paged cripple executed a Man who had used a wheelchair since his spinal Cord was injured in a prison Brawt was executed in Virginia late tuesday making his Way to the electric chair with the help of prison guards. A. A a paged teen distress probed a study of adolescents indicates that a number of distressing events hitting them at once can Lead to extreme unhappiness for some of them because they react More strongly than younger children. A Page 7 big Blue sees red ism on tuesday announced the worst financial performance in american corporate history a including a loss of nearly $5 billion for the year just concluded. A Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classified .20-23 comics. 1719 commentary. 15 crossword .17 Dally Horoscope. 22 faces a places 16 Jumble. 22 letters. 14 military. 11 Money matters. 12 sports 26-32 to listings .31 weather .13 Baghdad Iraq apr Iraq said wednesday that president Bush had Quot departed for history s trash Heap while appearing to hold to a cease fire offered his successor Bill Clinton As a step toward improved relations. . Planes were reported in the skies Over Iraq but military officials in Washington said there had been no weapons fired or provocations directed at american Craft. Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein promised tuesday to Stop shooting at american planes As a a gesture of Good will toward Clinton who took office following his inauguration. Baghdad also said it would allow . Weapons inspection flights to resume without the conditions. Still. Saddam showed wednesday that he would remain an irritant to the Clinton Quot administration. He ordered the re construction of the factory damaged in an attack sunday by cruise missiles fired from . Ships the iraqi news Agency reported. The United states said the factory at Zaafaran hitch 8 Miles South of Baghdad was an important part of iraqis nuclear program. Iraq insisted that it made holdings and machine tools for Industry. The attack on the factory brought the first criticism of Washington by a key ally wednesday As French foreign minister Roland Dumas said the missile assault overstepped the  mandate. French planes have flown escort for , and British Craft during the military strikes against Iraq that began Jan. 13. Sundays attack was made solely with . Shipboard launched Tomahawk missiles. On wednesday As Iraq tried to open a new chapter with the Clin ton administration it could not resist a parting shot at Bush. Saadi Mali i Saleh speaker of Iraq s parliament expressed his country so sincere desire to establish constructive relations with the new . Administration under Bill  he hoped Clinton would take positions different from those of Bush a whose policy caused the launching of an evil aggression against an Independence and peace Loving  the iraqi news Agency accused Bush of a ugly crimes a which it said included leading the multinational Force that drove Iraq out of Kuwait in february 1991. It said the recent Allied attacks were Bush so last poisoned drops of  a the cursed criminal George Bush ended his ominous term today and departed for history a trash Heap with his hands stained with the blood of people aspiring to Freedom a the Agency said. Renewal from Pago 1 again to the new president a few minutes later. The poetry was provided by Maya Angelou who crafted on the pulse of morning Tor the event. A there on the pulse of this new Day a you May have the Grace to look up and out a and into your Sisters eyes into a your brother a face your country a and say simply a very simply a a with Hope a Good  Clinton was sworn in by supreme court chief Justice William Rehnquist. Al Gore 44, was sworn in As vice president by supreme court Justice Byron White. And when the ceremony was completed Clinton escorted Bush to a Heli copter that took the former president on the first leg of his journey Home to Texas. In his remarks Clinton began with a tribute to his predecessor for his a Hal Century of service to  a few moments later Clinton signalled unmistakably his determination to change the course of the nation. A we pledge that the Era of deadlock and Drift is Over a a reference to the past dozen years of divided political Power in Washington. A a new season of american renewal has  a if will not be easy Quot he said. A it will require sacrifice. But it can be done arid done fairly not choosing sacrifice for its own Sake out for our own  within moments after becoming president Clinton signed his first presidential papers. The papers formally nominate his Cabinet and put into effect stiffer ethics rules for officials of his administration. The turnover of the office began earlier wednesday when Bush greeted the Clinton and Gores at the White House. A Good Luck to you a said Bush shaking the hands of his guests. Less than an hour later Clinton and Bush Rode together to the Capitol in a limousine bearing the presidential seat soon after they pulled away from the White House a moving Van bearing Arkansas License plates and containing the Clin tons furniture and clothing pulled up. F. Bush the fifth living former president arranged to be in Houston before the Sun set wednesday on Bill Clinton s Washington. By then Clinton and his wife will be donning formal clothes to join the celebrating democrats aril inaugural balls cheering the party a return to the presidency alter a 12-year drought. Inauguration Day began with a Parade traditional fun filled noisy and Quirky a witnessed by the Clinton from an enclosed reviewing stand in front of the White House. The marching went on for hours with participants from every state including the High school band from Hope the town where Clinton was born. Issues from Page 1 groups which see it As backpedal ing under pressure. Military personnel policy analysts said this is one of the most contentious issues that the military has had to Deal with in recent memory. _ a a it a definitely a Tough one a said Martin Binkin a military manpower expert with the nonpartisan Brookings institution. A my personal View is that equal Opportunity is an important goal but so is National  while there Are Many Gays serving in the military right now Binkin said they Are not prompting much disruption because a for the most part nobody knows about them a Binkin said. A but what will happen if a couple of Gays get up to dance together at the fort Bragg Neq club a he said. A it was t too Long ago that you had some troops from the Marine Barracks right Here m Washington going to Gay bars just to Bash  r the Navy recently acknowledged that the fatal beating of a Gay Sailor m Japan is under investigation As a Case of Gay bashing. On tuesday the Navy held a hearing to determine whether a shipmate should be court Martiale in the killing. But some analysts downplay the potential explosiveness of the Issue. �?o1 have trouble believing that Gays who stay in will be very visible Quot said Doug Bandow a military analyst with the Cato Institute. A i done to think you la get much flagrant flaunting of the  a Host of other related issues will also come to the fore if Clinton abolishes the Gay ban. These include defining what is permissible conduct whether pending cases against Gays in the military should be dropped and whether Gays previously discharged should be allowed to petition for reinstatement. T the Issue of allowing women to serve in combat jobs while not As thorny is also festering and must be resolved soon by the new administration. The 15-member presidential commission on the assignment of women in the armed forces recently split sharply on most of the issues contained in its final report issued in november. The commission recommended against allowing women to serve aboard combat aircraft submarines amphibious assault ships and Landing Craft. It did say women should be allowed to serve aboard other types of Navy combat ships. Senior military officials generally have resisted Calls to broaden combat Job opportunities for women although they have been hard pressed to justify those views. 3 Quot the military leadership can to offer any reasons for not allowing women aboard combat aircraft and ships except to say that As men they just Arentt comfortable with it Quot said a House armed services committee staffer who worked on 1991 legislation that would have lifted the 47-year-old combat exclusion Laws for women. A that View just makes them took like out of touch chauvinists especially after the nation saw the Way women performed in the persian Gulf War a the staffer said. One indication that some Pentagon officials Are changing their views about women in combat came in a surprising Farewell speech at the . Naval Academy two weeks ago by outgoing Navy Secretary Sean of Keefe. O Keefe whose service has been battered by numerous recent incident of less than enlightened behaviour by Navy men toward their female colleagues said the presidential commission did t go nearly far enough. In the nost far reaching statement on the Issue of any High level Bush administration official o Keefe said women should be allowed to serve on a Navy ships including submarines and aboard All Navy combat aircraft. For i part Aspin supported the Lens lation lifting the combat exe Huion Laws but More recently he has said he Waits More Lime to a carefully study the my dental commissions final report before moving to make any changes in current policy. \ \