European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 52, no. 95 50 thursday july 22,1993 d 8693 a Aspin defends Gay policy Secretary says it s probably More enforceable Washington a defense Secretary Les Aspin on wednesday brushed aside charges that presi Dent Clinton sew policy on homosexuals in the Mili tary will prompt scores of Legal challenges. The proposal is essentially a sound Compromise and probably More enforceable than the one we currently have Aspin told the House armed services commit tee. The proposal probably will be tested in the courts he said. But he argued previous defense department regulations including the one in place when Clinton took office were ambiguous. It s not a credible attack  it s headed for the courts Aspin said. The Secretary was responding to a Republican critic of the plan rep. Jon l. Kyi of Arizona who said All sides on the Issue agree this policy is headed for the courts. It s an admitted troublesome aspect of the new  opposition in Congress and from the military forced Clinton to abandon his Campaign pledge to lift the ban on Gays in the military. Instead the president unveiled Compromise monday allowing homosexuals to serve As Long As they remain silent about their sexual Orienta Tion and celibate. Earlier tuesday the defense department s general counsel said the new policy leaves grounds for Dis charge unchanged. Jamie Gorlick sought to clarify the confusion that surfaced tuesday for members of Congress Over what behaviour would be grounds for a commander to investigate under the new Percy. Sen Sam Nunn d-ga., the Senate armed services committee s chairman recited a Litany of statements and asked whether those would require a servicemen see Aspin on Page 2 diary of the kid leads to Nightmare silent protest with their Mouths taped with Don t Tell slogans san franciscans Hunt Palmquist left and Richard Rodriguez raise their arms tuesday in front of san Francisco s Federal building. They joined about 800 demonstrators denouncing president Clin ton s new policy on homosexuals in the military. By Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Sembach a Germany for a then-19-year-old airman assigned to sem Bach a Jan. 30 would remain etched in his memory and his diary As one of the worst nights of his life. He had spent much of that night drunk and extricating himself from a Chance off base homosexual encounter in a neighbourhood he did not know. But worse was to come the next month for the airman a naive jangly youth Nick named the kid by co workers because of his Young appearance. He had written a diary entry As a letter to god in which he confessed his Homo sexual experience. His dormitory room mate later read the diary and reported the incident to Security police. An investigation followed and the writer of the diary now 20, received an administrative discharge from the air Force in March for engaging in homosexual acts Al though he said he is not homosexual. Department of defense policy and air Force regulation 39-10 Call for a service member s discharge if he or she has engaged in attempted to engage in or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts unless there Are findings that show the behaviour was an aberration. Under president Clinton s so called Don t ask Don t Tell policy on Gays and homosexual activity in the military com Manders will need credible information to initiate an inquiry or investigation into such activity. The policy states credible information. Exists when the information considered in Light of its source and All Atten Dant circumstances supports a reasonable belief that a service member has engaged in such conduct.". It goes of to say that credible information from a third party on homosexual conduct by a member can Lead to an investigation. As the new policy outlines command ers will have considerable discretion in determining whether information about alleged homosexual conduct is Credi ble a Pentagon official said. Off the cuff i d say a personal diary see diary on Page 3 inside today. Camping Europe fran England to Hungary Clinton aide apparently kills self Washington a a White House attorney who was president Clin ton s Friend for More than 40 years apparently has shot himself to death. The body of Vincent Foster jr., 48, was found tuesday evening in a Virginia sub Urb of Washington at fort Marcy a civil War Era fort preserved As a Park that overlooks the Potomac River. Park police spokesman Gregory Brown said no note was found. Foster s body was found slumped against a Cannon about 200 Yards from his car and he still had a gun in his hand he was usually the Rock of Gibraltar when other people were having trouble Clinton said wednesday. It is very important that his life not be judged simply by How it ended because Vince Foster was a wonderful  Foster the father of three was the no. 2 attorney in the White House counsel s office which has been caught up in the controversy Over the White House travel office and Clinton s disastrous selections for attorney general. Stunned White House officials said they were unaware of anything that would have caused Foster to kill himself. Clinton denied suggestions that Foster was despondent Over negative publicity about the administration and his role in it. A native of the president s Hometown of Hope ark., Foster was a former Law partner with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a Little Rock firm. The president went to Foster s Home tuesday night to visit with his widow Lisa and children. His wife and Daugh Ter Chelsea were in Little Rock at the time. In a written statement Clinton expressed deep sadness and said Foster had served ably and with distinction As Deputy White House counsel and was my Friend for Over 40  his family has lost a Loving husband and father America has lost a gifted and see aide on Page 2 Vincent Foster or