European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and St wipes . Friday. February 2� 5993 Powell cutbacks called inadequate by the los a files tines Washington Congress signal wednesday that it b dissatisfied with the military s latest recommendations for re structuring the roles and missions of the individual armed services and hinted it i Likely to mandate its own sweeping plan for trimming waste and duplication. At a hearing on the Issue members of the House armed services committee criticized As inadequate the blueprint outlined earlier this month by Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The comments marked the first con Gressional reaction to Powell s proposals which called for Only modest revisions of the individual services roles and mis Sions despite earlier warnings try legislators that they expected broader recommendations. Congressional strategists said the sen ate armed services committee which is to begin its own hearings sometime this Spring is expected to be even More Crit ical. Panel chairman Sam Nunn d-ga.,called on Powell last year to make far reaching recommendations. Wednesday s reaction suggests that Secretary of defense Les Aspin most Likely will have to beef up Powell s recommendations when he sends them to Capitol Hill Early next month or else face a confrontation with Congress. Aspin who was expected to be out of the Hospital this week after spending the week recovering from a heart problem has until March 12 to accept Powell s re port or change it As he sees fit. The criticism of Powell s proposals came from both democrats and republicans on the panel. Committee chairman Ronald v. Dellums d  Powell for his efforts but said his own Hope was that we can go much farther. Tyfian Gen. Powell has  Dellums said he hoped that Aspin would commit himself to a Bottom up review of How the military should be organized. I had hoped that this report would present a More in depth review and would recommend More substantial changes than it does he said. And rep. Floyd pc acc , the ranking Republican on the panel warned that unless the military comes up with sweeping proposals Congress would step in and mandate More far reaching changes. For Many in Congress there is to much of the status quo in the report he said. We need a bold vision from our military  without such vision the push to reduce defense spending May Lead to a politically driven outcome that. The nation cannot  doctors say Aspin May get a pacemaker Washington a defense Secretary Lesa spin is expected to be released from the Hospital by the end of the week but his doctors Are consid ering whether to implant a pacemaker to Deal with his heart condition a defense official  official who visited the Secretary wednesday at Georgetown University Hospital said an implant has been generally talked  however Aspin still must have a detailed Dis Cussion with his physicians about a number of ways to Deal with his ailment before deciding on a course of action said the official who spoke on condition of  options include changing his medication the official  pacemaker is an electrical device that controls the intensity of the heart s beat. It is implanted during a major surgical procedure and its use entails repeated surgeries to replace the unit s Power cell. For the first time since he was hospitalized Sun Day night Aspin was reported up and about his room in the cardiac care unit at Georgetown University Hospital on wednesday. He Cor elected staff meetings and met with Gen. Colin 1. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of Lesa spin staff. The 54-year-old Cabinet Secretary s heart Abnor Mality is known As hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or a thickening of the heart muscle. It has worsened slightly since it was detected in 1991, the official said. Stand in for Aspin ready in Case Washington a should defense Secre tary Les Aspin be impaired and unable to conduct his duties the Job would fall to a Bush administration appointee who has remained at the Pentagon officials say. James r. Locker Iii the assistant Secretary of de sense for special operation and Low intensity conflict is the individual who would step into Aspin s place Pentagon officials say. Locker is ninth in line in the executive of Succes Sion in the department. Other than Aspin the Clinton administration s slow Pace of nominations has left no other top civil Ian official from its ranks in charge at the Pentagon. Witness says 5 beat Gay Sailor by the los Angeles times san Diego a shipmate who witnessed the belting of  Sailor Allen r. Schindler in Japan last october aug he saw five sailors pummel Schindler out Side j Public restroom before two of the attackers drag ged him inside to continue the fatal assault. Keith , who was a gunner s mate aboard the amphibious assault ship kill eau Wood said he has volunteered information to Navy investigators but has yet 10 be called by Navy prosecutors As a witness in the Case. Sims Isserzon that five sailors took part in the beat ing conu3wkti the Navy s version of the assault. The Navy has said that Tern m. He hey who is charged , was the Only Sailor who attacked Schind or. A Ere Man aboard the Belleau Wood last oct. 21 in &  of Iside the Navy base at Casebo Japan. Sch Ejli car c5�0 he is 11., was waiting to be a i i j a i he Wii . Then of said it the a e it trea sure Island Sims said he witnessed the nighttime attack from about 35 Yards away. Although he had known Schindler for about a year Sims 20, said it was so dark that he initially did not know the identity of the victim or the attackers. Afterwards Sims said he saw Helvey and Charles a. Wins run from the restroom. Helvey 22, and Vins 20, were airmen aboard the Belleau Wood. Despite Sims comments and an initial Navy report of the killing Navy spokesmen said Vins w As not involved in the attack. However in a report dated oct. 28, written less than 10 hours after the killing Navy investigators said Vins had confessed to the assault and implicated Helvey. Vins later agreed to testify against Helvey and the Navy agreed to prosecute him on lesser charges according to Navy documents. Wins was convicted on two counts of failing to report a crime and one count of resisting arrest and he was sentenced to one  Iascu Stoja. Nuke Force searches for new strategy by the new York times Offutt fab neb. Here on the Frozen midwestern Prairie one of America s senior generals is Devis ing a new strategy of nuclear deterrence. Neither president Clinton nor defense Secretary Lesa spin has been advised yet but Gen. George l. Butler and his planners at the . Strategic come the nerve enter of America s nuclear strike Force Are in the Early stages of building and testing computer Model that could enable Clinton to aim nuclear weapons at third world nations that threaten the interests of the United states or its allies. Specialists in the aiming of missiles still cast a wary Eye toward the former soviet republics. Mindful of the diminishing threat from that Quarter however the also arc redefining the concept of nuclear deterrence to include the possible use of the country s ultimate Power against terrorist states or rogue leaders who threaten to use their own nuclear chemical or biological weapons. Our focus now is not just the former soviet Union but any potentially hostile country that has or is seeking weapons of mass destruction said Butler 53, a former political science professor at the air Force Academy known for his thoughtful approach to Long Range plan Ning. While Cutler casts his notions in the language of the military intellectual he is there also Are concerns about bureaucratic survival. His command one of the most important to the cold War military is swiftly losing its place at the head of the line As the soviet missile threat recedes. Butler said he had not yet consulted with Aspin or his top aides about his ideas but wanted to prepare the concept in anticipation of their eventual review of his command s relevance. Senior White House aides say they Are interested in discussing Butler s planning but have been too Busy with other pressing matters in their first five weeks in office. Butler and his planners emphasize that the chances Are Remote that Washington would Ever use nuclear weapons against a terrorist state. They also say they Are merely Fine tuning procedures for designating targets to give the president and the defense Secretary. But the officers say that having these options available and known to adversaries is at the heart of the new concept. Deterrence May not work in the old soviet Ameri can terms but i m convinced that having nuclear weapons still matters Butler said in a four hour interview Here. It s not a mistake that Saddam Hussein never used chemical or biological weapons in the persian Gulf  Butler acknowledged that deterrence might not work at All against terrorists who acquired a nuclear weapon and he said that weakness of deterrence made efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear devices that much More important. During the cold War it took planners 18 months to translate a list of targets in the soviet Union into a nuclear War plan. Butler said the new concept Aims to be More flexible and respond to changing threats within 4� hours. It will also have to Deal with political hurdles environmental dangers risks to civilians and other considerations that cold War planners did not work about