European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 4,1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 7 Clinton weighs economic jump starts Washington a president Clinton is considering a Quick $31 billion stimulus plan and longer term govern ment investments in the Economy that would climb to $60 billion annually by Fis Cal 1997, congressional and administration officials say. Details of Clinton s plan to revive the Economy and control the deficit Are be ginning to emerge just two weeks before he formally outlines it to Congress. Administration officials along with lawmakers and aides on Capitol Hill said Clinton has yet to sign off on Many key decisions. Still up in the air Are How much Stimus panel oks Woolsey As Cia directory Washington a the Senate intelligence committee on wednesday unanimously approved the nomination of James Woolsey to become the 16th director of the Cia Clearing the Way for his expected confirmation by the full Senate. He s exceptionally Well qualified said the panel s ranking Republican sen. John w. Warner of Virginia. He comes from a bipartisan background of Public  the full Senate was expected to vote today on the nomination which would round out president Clinton s top National Security and defense team. The committee chairman sen. Dennis Deconcini d-ariz., said Woolsey s Testi Mony tuesday had impressed him As reflecting a genuine desire to report fully to Congress about the activities of the Cia and the other dozen intelligence agencies he would oversee As director of Central intelligence. Woolsey a corporate lawyer who served As an arms control negotiator for he Rea Gan and Bush administrations and As under Secretary of the Navy in the Carter administration promised in his testimony to report without delay on any Covert operations undertaken by . Intelligence. The House and Senate intelligence committees Are sensitive on the question of Cov Ert action reporting particularly because the late Cia director William j. Casey mis led them or withheld notice about several operations during the Reagan administration mostly in Iran and Central America. Woolsey promised that circumstances Lus and deficit reduction he will seek and whether or How to raise taxes on the Middle class. Nonetheless two democratic officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said tuesday that Clinton was consid ering seeking $16 billion in spending in creases for fiscal 1993 to help create jobs. Fiscal 1993 runs through sept. 30. The officials said that during a monday evening meeting Clinton s top economic advisers told several senators that the spending increases would go for Road building waste water treatment facilities summer jobs the head Start program for preschoolers and childhood vaccinations. They also said Clinton s aides spoke about a $15 billion investment tax credit for businesses that buy certain types of equipment. The goal is to encourage companies to accelerate machinery Pur chases to spark economic growth. There were no details available about How the tax credit would work. But administration officials have talked about designing it so the break would not go to businesses that would have purchased the equipment anyway Clinton also was considering a. Four year plan to strengthen the Economy that would grow from a $10 billion Federal in vestment next year to $60 billion in fiscal Cia director designate James Woolsey holds his briefcase while preparing to testify tuesday before the Senate intelligence committee on Capitol Hill. Would be very rare. In which there would be anything but prior notice of such activity by the Cia or the other dozen Intelli gence agencies he would oversee. In those rare cases when Congress was not informed in Advance whether because time was Short or for some other reason Woolsey promised notification within a few Days. He promised to consult with Clinton and get Back to the committee on a question by Deconcini who asked whether the administration would be willing to have the terms of notification codified into Law. Woolsey also pledged to refrain from Public statements about . Policy. His role As he sees it Woolsey said would be to sift through intelligence information and bring analyses to the president and other administration officials so they could make informed decisions. Women interviewed for top Law Post Washington a president Clinton is focusing on female candidates for the Post of attorney general a source familiar with the process said wednes Day. Among those who have been inter viewed Are Manhattan Federal judge Kimba m. Wood Boston Federal judge Rya w. Zobel and los Angeles lawyer Andrea . Clinton has not excluded men from his search and he still has a Way to go be fore he announces his decision said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers refused to discuss the people Clin ton has  when the president would de cide she said i Don t think the presi Dent feels he has to make an announce ment this week. As soon As he s ready hell make an  another name circulating at the jus Tice department is that of Minnesota Federal judge Diana e. Murphy. She is being backed by former vice president Walter f. Mondale. It was not known if she has been interviewed by the presi Dent. 1997, one of the administration officials said. No details were discussed about what those investments would be. Clinton s advisers spoke of the presi Dent s new goal of slashing $145 billion from the 1997 deficit which is now expected to exceed $300 billion. That is a Retreat from his Campaign pledge of halving the shortfall. Details of the plan to Cut the deficit re main Uncertain. But based on comments from administration officials and others it seems that tax increases perhaps in the $20 billion to $50 billion Range arc on the horizon. $8.5 billion in Dod cuts a possibility Washington a president Clinton is considering cutting $8.5 billion from the military budget he inherited from George Bush for next fiscal year sources in Congress the Pentagon and the defense Industry said wednesday. The reduction would come from a Mili tary budget of $267.8 billion that Bush and former defense Secretary Dick Che Ney envisioned for the fiscal year that be gins oct. 1. The sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the eventual Cut would fall within the Range of $7 billion to $10 billion. Clinton is expected to present his economic stimulus package feb. 18, one Day after his state of the Union address and submit his budget to Congress on March 23. Defense Secretary los Aspin has sent a memorandum on the budget to the Mil itary services. It Breaks Down How the cuts would be made with the army expected to trim $2 billion to $2.5 billion from its budget the sources said. During the Campaign Clinton pro posed defense cuts of $60 billion beyond the $50 billion Bush had proposed Over a five year period. Since some military construction such As shipbuilding takes Many years a Cut of $8.5 billion would result in an actual spending reduction next year of Only about $5 billion the sources estimated. Bush s budget envisioned a personnel Cut of 83,000 Active duty troops. To achieve the savings Clinton wants the military would have to make additional cuts in personnel and in operation and maintenance accounts. The Bush budget also included $3.9 billion for the strategic defense Initia Tive anti missile system $2.3 billion foursome missile defences including the Patriot missiles used during the persian Gulf War and $2.4 billion for development of the f-22 superstar advanced tactical fighter aircraft. The Bush budget also proposed a pay raise of 4.7 percent. Clinton s plan is expected to make cuts in those programs. Commerce nominee s computer interests questioned Washington a president Clinton s nominee for the no. 2 Job at the Commerce department Heads a com Pany seeking permission from the depart ment to sell a supercomputer to China. Clinton has nominated John a. Roll Wagen the chairman and chief executive officer of Cray research inc., As Deputy to Commerce Secretary Ronald h. Drown who would have to approve the proposed Sale. Aides to several senators expressed concern tuesday about the Choice of Rollwagen. Cray based in Minneapolis is considered the world s largest manufacturer of mainframe supercomputers. The company seeks to sell a supercomputer to China s meteorological administration that is More than 100 times fas Ter than the most powerful equipment the chinese have. Pentagon officials have opposed the Sale on grounds that the chinese military could use the computer to design nuclear weapons or missiles. Senate aides speaking Only on Condi Tion of anonymity said the nomination of Rollwagen was troubling for several Rea sons including conflict of interest Over the Sale to China. The nomination sends a signal that is very much in contradiction to what presi Dent Clinton has been professing said Christine Tarr a program director for business executives for National Security a Washington think tank made up of chief executives of . Companies. Serving in that position at the com Merce department is an incredible conflict of interest Tarr said. Commerce department spokesman Kevin Sweeney said Rollwagen will re move himself from decision making on any matters which directly and specifically affect Cray