European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Seppig in Siw Abw a abbe 0 i vol. 52, no. 101 500 wednesday july 28,1993 d 8693 a new Gay policy f a Ces 1 St i a is Washington a a civil liberties group tuesday launched the first Legal Challenge to president Clinton 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 Lesoir ans and Gay  despite the lawsuit there was fresh evidence in con Gress that lawmakers would not Back an end to the Naif Century ban. On a vote of 43-12, the House armed services committee rejected an Effort to lift the ban  Acle and the Lambda Legal defense and education fund filed suit in . District court 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 congresses 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 cd Jon 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 Osborn of the 304th Materiel management Center West los Angeles army Reserve sgt. Steven Spencer of Camp Murray Wash. And naval Reserve it. Richardson Wohld of Nas Moffett Field Calif. There Are numerous cases pending in Federal court challenging the military s outright ban on homosexuals a policy supplanted by the administration s new  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 ice and William Rubenstein address news conference tuesday to discuss a lawsuit filed on behalf of seven homosexuals in the . Military. Safe missions soar sky higly human far an other deployments called dramatic by Kevin Dougherty  Bureau Ramstein a Germany by the end of fiscal 1993, half the airmen assigned to the . Air forces in Europe will have deployed for contingency operations such As provide Comfort and deny flight the Safe commander said tuesday. The increase contrasts sharply with two ears ago when about one in few received temporary or Ders to take part in a deployment Gen. Robert c. Oaks said. Deployment in Safe number of troops in . Air forces in Europe deployed for contingency operations 1991 1993 10,000 56,000 total 21,000 when you talk about percentages that is dramatic he said. . Flying ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. At in Ciurlik a Turkey there Are nine f-16s from Ramstein a Germany and four f-164 from Span Dahlem As part of operation provide Comfort which aids urls in Northern Iraq. Span Dah Lem also has six f-4g phantom Jan us at in Ciurlik. Although the  is largely a result of the new of the cold War the world Europe in particular remains a volatile deployed or will deploy in support of a place. Oaks warned. For example he said conflicts abound in Many of the 48 nations that fall under the nax0 area of  of there is armed conflict going on in 18 a of _ " 1 4it�t _ i 42.000 Tot i troops deployed is contingency operation currently Safe has 12 f-16 fight in 1991, the year of the persian Gulf ing Falcons and 12 a-10 Thunderbolt us War. Rough la 10.000 of the 56,000 airmen from Span Dahlem a Germany de. � to. Assigned to Safe were deployed. This played to Aviano a Italy for opera of those 48 countries Oaks said that fiscal year half the 42,000 airmen have Tion deny flight. The Effort supports the Coa Misc inc t a Osee missions on Page 2 House to vote on flood Relief after overriding gop protests Washington a the House cleared the Way tuesday for action on a $3 billion flood Relief package As democrats surmounted Republican objections on How to finance  procedural Roadblock which stopped efforts to pass the Bill last week was overridden by a 224-205 vote As Law makers came under increasing pressure for  of the Relief Bill itself was set for later in the  you have unforeseen emergencies and circumstances that demand imme Diate action you Don t Stop everything and go through a budget process said House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt a St. Louis Democrat whose District is Amon those suffering major flood damage. Gephardt and other democrats Sai Congress already was immersed in a Defi Cit control Effort president Clinton budget Bill. But republicans and a hand  democrats said enough cuts to off set the flood costs could be found now. Can t Congress come up with even one spending Cut to pay for additional re Lief asked rep. Donald Manzullo r 111., who said his District was underwater. Even As the flood Relief package was making its Way to a House vote Clinton told governors of six flood states that he see House on Page 2 president seeks tighter . Borders Washington a presi Dent Clinton asked Congress on tuesday for More Money to Ste the flood of illegal immigrants cracking Down on crime Syndicate Sand terrorists who exploit the nation s open Borders. We must not and we will no surrender our Border to those who wish to exploit our history of com passion and Justice he said. The president insisted his plan inconsistent 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  has nothing to do with keeping the Rainbow. And the melting Potof America going and  Clinton who is seeking s172.5 million on top of the  rent immigration budget wants to increase by up to 600 the number of Border patrol agents und 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 tallow the government to quickly Deport undocumented aliens Whoso 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. \