European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sims and stripes x m5�i i i Sass semtex vol. 51, no. 300 35c saturday february 13,1993 3s3s35i d 8693 a woman chosen for Justice Clinton names Miami prosecutor attorney general by the Washington Post Washington president Clinto thursday named Veteran Miami prosecutor Janet Reno to be his attorney Gener Al selecting a woman he described As a front line crime fighter of unquestioned integrity to fill the vacancy that has plagued the first three weeks of his administration. Announcing his nomination in a Rose Garden ceremony Clinton said his Selec Tion had been guided somewhat but no entirely by the desire to name the first female attorney general. Clinton said the position was not set aside for a woman and that he seriously considered at least four men for the Job. But he said that he thought it would be a Good and an interesting thing to do to name woman to the position and said that if he had it to do Over again i would have called Janet Reno on november the 5th." in december Clinton nominated corporate lawyer Zoe e. Baird who was forced to withdraw because she had Vio lated immigration and tax Laws in hiring illegal immigrants. He was poised to name Federal judge Kimba m. Wood be fore she withdrew last week after the Dis closure that she had also employed an illegal immigrant albeit without breaking any Laws to care for her child. Reno who is not married and has no children said i be never hired an illegal alien and i think i be paid All my social Security taxes adding with a smile certainly in the vetting process in thelast week we be covered  an administration official said Clinton decided thursday morning to name Reno after interviewing her tuesday. The Florida native 54, turned aside question about How she Felt about being appointed to a position that was seen shaving been reserved for a woman saying simply i m just delighted to be Here Andi m going to try my level  she said her efforts would include re storing civil rights enforcement As one of the top priorities of the department seeking to protect America s children from abuse and violence and establish ing diversion programs to give nonviolent offenders a new Start while incur see Justice on Page 2 a passenger from the tracked Lufthansa Jet Waves after leaving the Airliner inner York on thursday after the ordeal was ended peacefully. Germany orders inspection of Frankfurt Airport Security Frankfurt Germany a the government pledged Friday to track Down Security lapses that apparently allowed an ethiopian Hijacker to smuggle a starter s pistol onto a plane at the Frankfurt Airport Continental. Europe s largest. Thursday s hijacking to new York raised new questions about Security at the Airport which came under heavy criticism after a bomb blew up a pan am flight Over Scotland in 1988. I m in Frankfurt to make Clear that we take this incident extremely see related stories on Page 2 seriously Interior minister Rudolf Sellers said at a news conference at Frankfurt International Airport on Friday. Well do everything we can to Clear up the open  thursday Seiters ordered an investigation into Security at the air port which is largely the responsibility of the Interior  Goebel the Captain of the hijacked jetliner declined to criticize see Germany on Page 2 Powell to press need to Combine air arms Washington a the armed services will need to consolidate some aviation operations As the . Military Scales Down the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says. Army Gen. Colin l. Powell is including Steps to integrate the services air arms in a blueprint of the military s future. The roles missions and function report which was to be released Friday addresses How to reduce such duplicate emissions. It also examines ways to Cut spending in the Post cold War period and under a new administration that is pressing for a leaner less costly  a television interview this week Powell said one aspect of the report will look at How Many air planes we have in each one of our air  Powell said there will be consolidation of maintenance facilities and More com Mon training aircraft and development. He said smaller More efficient get rid of the excess infrastructure save Hun woman set for of Post paper says Washington a president Linton is preparing to name the first female Secretary of the air Force Accord ing to a report published Friday. The Washington times quoting unidentified defense department sources said Sheila Widnall would be the serv ice s top civilian administrator. She would be the first woman to head Abranch of the military service. The sources told the newspaper that the announcement was Likely to come , a professor of aeronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of technology in Cambridge told the times in a Tele phone interview thursday that she me with defense Secretary Les Aspin in Jan uary but declined to say whether he had offered her the Job. It s the president s prerogative to see woman on Page 2 see related Story on Page 3 a rods of millions of dollars. But destroy the unique capability that exists in each of our services which has served us Sowell in War and peace Over the last 40 years no.". Billions of dollars arc at stake in an military decision to end duplication among the services. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate armed services committee noted last july that the military has 43fighter wings 26 air Force 13 Navy and four Marine corps and that the Pentagon could save $1.5 billion annually by doing away with five Duplica Tive wings. Nunn suggested that the air Force which is developing a fighter to replace the f-16, might use the Navy s f/a-18 sits Multi role fighter. The Navy is pursuing a new version of the f/a-18 in a program that will Cost More than $80 billion. Stars and stripes Flynn uhf Valentine s special insert in sunday Magazine