European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 52, no. 101 50p wednesday july 28,1993 d 8693 a new Gay Poi icy faces 1 St lawsuit Washington a a civil liberties group tuesday launched the first Legal Challenge to president Linton s policy on Gays in the military arguing it Vio lated the Constitution s most valued principles. The Central Promise of Pur Constitution is that american citizens should be judged according to their abilities not their skin color their gender or their sex Ual orientation said William Rubenstein of the Amer ican civil liberties Union. We have one simple goal with this lawsuit to Force the military to safeguard this principle for lesbians and Gay  despite the lawsuit there was fresh evidence in con Gress that lawmakers would not Back an end to the half Century ban. On a vote of 43-12, the House armed services committee rejected an Effort to lift the ban outright. The Acle and the Lambda Legal defense and education fund filed the suit on behalf of seven Gays and lesbians in the military five of whom were named. Two chose to remain Anonymous. Clinton s policy permits homosexuals to serve in the military if they do not reveal their sexual orientation. The Legal Challenge comes at a time when Congress is considering enacting into Law a version of Clinton s new policy. The measure would continue the presi Dent s interim change of not questioning recruits about their sexual orientation but would allow a future administration to reinstate the practice. Kevin Cathcart head of the Lambda fund said Clin ton s policy is not the Compromise it claims to be. There can be no Compromise no Middle ground Between civil rights and prejudice he said. The plaintiffs in the suit risk expulsion from the Mili tary even under Clinton s new plan by making their sexual preference publicly known. They were identified As first it. Donita Holloway of the new Mexico National guard air Force staff sgt. Harold Mccarthy of March fab Calif. Army Reserve 1st it. Kenneth of bom of the 304th Materiel management Center West los Angeles army Reserve sgt. Steven Spencer of amp Murray Wash. And naval Reserve it. Richard von Wohld of n As Moffett Field Calif. There Are numerous cases pending in Federal courts challenging the military s outright ban on homosexuals a policy supplanted by the administration s new rules. None of the pending cases has been decided by the supreme court although the justices in 1986 in a Case see lawsuit on Page 2 Kevin Cathcart left and William Rubenstein address a news conference tuesday to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of seven homosexuals in the . Military. Safe missions soar sky High humanitarian other deployments Ca de dramatic deployment in Safe number of troops in . Air forces in Europe deployed for contingency operations 1991 1993 10,000 56,000 Toui 21.000 by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany by the end of fiscal 1993, half the airmen assigned to . Air forces in Europe will have deployed for contingency operations such As provide Comfort and deny flight the Safe commander said tuesday. The increase is in Sharp con Trast to two years ago when about one in five received temporary or Ders to take part in a deployment Gen. Robert c. Oaks said. Deployed or will deploy in support of a when you talk about percentages contingency operation. That is dramatic Oaks said. Currently Safe has 12 f-16 fight in 1991, the year of the persian Gulf ing Falcons and 12 a-10 Thunderbolt us War roughly 10,000 of the 56,000 airmen from Span Dahlem a Germany de assigned to Safe were deployed. This played to Aviano a Italy in support of fiscal year half the 42,000 airmen have operation deny flight. I troops deployed at in Ciurlik a Turkey there Are nine f-16s from Ramstein a Germany and four f-16s from Span Dahlem As part of operation provide Comfort. Span Dahlem also has six f-4g phantom us at in Ciurlik. Although the draw Down is largely a result of the end of the cold War the world and Europe in partic ular remains a volatile place Oaks warned. To underscore his Point Oaks said conflicts abound in Many of the 48 nations that fall under the nato area of  there is armed conflict going on in 18 of those 48 countries Oaks said. Thatis not a world of peace and Tranquillity. That is a world of significant concern. The threat has changed but it has not see missions on Page 2 is Clinton Calls Home Christopher amid israeli attacks in Lebanon Singapore a Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher Cut Short his visit to Asia on tuesday to return to Washington and Confer on escalating Vio Lence in the Middle East. President Clinton said he summoned Christopher Home because we re concerned. The change came As israeli forces launched a third Day of air and artillery attacks on suspected guerrilla positions in Southern Lebanon. It is the worst fighting there since Israel invaded Leb anon in 1982. Thousands of civilians piled mattresses and food atop their cars and fled. More than 47 people have been killed and at least 213 wounded most of them lebanese since Israel unleashed the As Sault sunday in retaliation for attacks on its troops occupying a Buffer zone in Southern Lebanon. I have been following the dramatic escalation of violence in Southern Lebanon and Northern Israel with great concern and i will be discussing the Impact of these events on the peace process Christopher said in a Brief announce ment distributed to reporters shortly be fore his hastily arranged departure. Clinton speaking with reporters at the see Clinton on Page 2 president seeks tighter . Borders Washington a presi Dent Clinton asked Congress on tuesday for More Money to Stem the flood of illegal immigrants cracking Down on crime syndicates and terrorists who exploit the nation s open Borders. We must not and we will not surrender our Border to those who. Wish to exploit our history of com passion and Justice he said. The president insisted his plan is consistent with the country s tradition of welcoming Legal immigrants. We must continue to say no to illegal immigrants so we can say yes to Legal immigration Clinton said. This has nothing to do with keeping the Rainbow. And the melting pot of America going and going.". Clinton who is seeking $172.5 million on top of the nation s cur rent immigration budget wants to increase by up to 600 the number of Border patrol agents and create tougher criminal penalties for immigration violations. The plan also Calls for greater Contact betwee the United states and foreign governments and airlines. Clinton also wants legislation to allow the government to quickly Deport undocumented aliens who do not have credible claims for political  under the plan when people arrive at a port of entry and claim Asylum the claims will be immediately heard at or near the Airport by a specially trained group of immigration officers