European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 02, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 1 s i 1i Jijak i \ i t t 1h Sims and stripes vol. 51, no. -289 350 tuesday february 2,1993 b d 8693 a i Nef Iel d of Mil if a by Trou b be lies before bruised Clinton by John Lancaster the Washington Post Washington president Clinton s fight with his generals Over letting homosexuals into the armed forces grabbed the headlines last week but his toughest Battles with the military May lie elsewhere. There is first and Foremost the struggle Over the Post cold War military budget the main source of funding for Clinton s planned Domestic program. There is the Challenge of reducing redundant roles and mis analysis Sions such As Sepa rate air forces for the marines and Navy. There Are politically Sticky questions about the proper mix of Active duty and Reserve forces and about the use of women in combat units. Clinton has inherited foreign policy crises in Iraq Bosnia Somalia and Haiti. Any one of them could re quire additional costly and controversial deployments of . Forces abroad. The list of potential military flashpoints would Chal Lenge any new president,.but it is especially trouble some for Clinton an accused draft evader who once wrote a letter describing his generation s loathing for All things military. That Clinton spent the second week of his presidency defending his plan to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military Only hardened the suspicions of Many uniformed personnel toward their baby Boomer commander in chief and raised questions see Clinton on Page 2 Dod abortion input planned parenthood by Carole Feldman the associated press Washington Pentagon medical officials moving swiftly to implement president Clin ton s order allowing abortions at Mih tary hospitals arc seeking guidance from planned parenthood. Defense department officials asked for the group s guidelines on abortions patient preparation caring for women of tet Ward and their requirements for doctors according to a planned parenthood spokeswoman. Scricc women and Fame members of service personnel will be eligible for the abortions at their own expense. But it s unclear who Thor the abortions will be available at military med ical facilities in the United states or just those overseas. It would be ironic if women overseas have better a Cess to services than women Here in America said Sally Patterson vice president for Blic affairs at the planned arc Hood federation of America. On Jan. 22, his third Day in of fice Clinton lifted the ban on privately funded abortions a military medical facilities. The Pentagon should have guidance ready for the services in the very near future Days or weeks Public affairs officer see Ood on Page 2 Wilmington . A three marines were charged with assault for allegedly drag Ging a homosexual Man out of a Gay bar and beating him while shouting Clinton must pay authorities said. . Army soldiers sort through a bag of mail recently in the South the marines apparently were Era somalian port City of Kismay. Some Europe based soldiers in angry about president Clinton s Somalia believe they Are getting the Short end of the stick when it push to lift the ban on Gays in comes to receiving their mail. See Story on Page 3. E military police said. Marines charged in beating.  of Gay Man outside . Bar letters from Home White House press Secretary dec Dee Myers on monday called the attack deplorable but said it did t support the see related Story on Page 8 argument of military leaders who warned that lifting the ban would Lead to increased violence against homosexuals there have always been in stances of bigotry against not Only homosexuals but against other racial and ethnic Minori ties Myers said. The president deplores it but i Don t think that is a reason not to take a step Forward on a civil rights  the victim crae Pridgen was see marines on Page 2 Dollar jumps in Germany Britain by Crystal Laurea Ostaff writer favourable economic signs from the United states Are credited for bolstering the Dollar by 4 pfennig monday while a London newspaper report May have helped push Down the Pound by about 3 cents. Today s military Exchange rate is 1.59 Marks to the Dollar and $1.50 for a Brit ish Pound. The boost against the Mark follows favourable reports on several economic fronts said Thomas Meyer chief economist for Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt Germany. It was largely due to the better than expected economic indicators from the states he said. Durable orders in come growth these gains were much stronger than previous indications. It has reduced the doubt that the economic growth in the . Is  the Dollar hit an eight month High Jan. 6, reaching a military rate of 1.60 Marks for the first time since May 12. But the Dollar stayed at that level for Only a Day before Drifting downward to the mid-1.50 level. The coming months should see a Grad Ual increase of the Dollar s strength Meyer said bringing the Exchange rate to 1.72 by the end of the year. It will have to be gradual appreciation because Good news out of the . Can also be followed by not so Good news he said. As much As the . Economic strength is tied to the the Dollar s Worth so is the German Economy. Inflation and High interest rates continue to plague the German Economy some economists say. Any move to bring . And German interest rates closer by lowering germ aft rates or raising . Rates would probably be Good news for the Dollar. It s too Early in the new presidential term to predict what will happen to . Interest rates but the German Central Bank the Bundesbank is unlikely to significantly lower interest rates Meyer said. I expect the Bundesbank to not dash for lower rates As Long As they continue to observe High inflation he said. Lower see Dollar on Page 2 a user s guide to tracking ufos see pages 18-19