European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 2 the stars Ano Stripe saturday december 18,1993 Ata glance my Petty officer 1st class Keith Meln hold an openly Gay Sailor has re enlisted in the Navy but the government lawyer continues to fight to expel him from the military. See Story on Page 6. Apology for apartheid South africans government on Friday apologized for apartheid. A Page 4 superintendent slain a Michigan High school teacher allegedly kilted his superintendent then returned to has classroom and quietly graded papers until police a came. A pages Haiti Effort in trouble the International Community has Given up efforts to. Return ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide to Haiti sources say. A Page 8 parents upset parents in West Virginia Are making an a Joyful noise about a parody Christmas Carol that was Sung in an elementary school. A Page 20 l Index 1 Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 22-24 comics18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword .21 faces a places 20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope. 24 Jumble. 24 letters .12 Money matters.14 religion 10 sports 27-32 to listings 31 weather. 11 Inman from Page 1 the nation s defense the budget problem is believed to be one reason Aspin resigned Jeff Eller a while House spokesman said Friday that Inman had returned to his Home in Austin Texas and planned to take time off Over the holidays before beginning preparations for his Senate confirmation nearing expected soon after Congress returns Jan. 25. Eller said Inman would work out of the White House until the hearing concluded. Key members of Congress from both parties lavished Praise on Inman 62. Sen Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the armed services committee welcomed the nomination and said he intended to hold hearings As soon As Congress reconvenes Jan. 25. Senate Republican Leader Robert j. Dole of Kansas called Inman a a very Good person for the Job sen. John w. Warner r-va., who said he has known Inman for More than 20 years said his selection indicates Clinton is Quot moving toward a More bipartisan approach to increasingly vexing problems of setting National Security priorities. Inman will confront Many Tough issues including an immediate crisis Over North koreans suspected nuclear weapons program the impending withdrawal of thousands of . Troops from Somalia and the civil War in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In his Rose Garden remarks however Inman said his first focus would be on the Pentagon itself setting it on a course that Wuu restore Public Confidence. Quot my sense in travelling the country is that the Public is less concerned about what we re doing overseas or our commitments than whether we Are getting a Dollar value for a Dollar spent in defense a Inman told Linton. What Inman faces As defense Secretary a nit raw i i9�uv in to in Winter a jul weft designated at his successor retired add Bobby Ray Tomas a a$50 billion five year Gap in projections of the defense departments Long term. Budget needs a problem created by too Rosy assumptions about the rate of. Inflation and the military pay increase approved to congress1 \ a continued reductions in the military which is projected to be slashed for Brit t.7 a million to 1.4 million personnel Over the next several years and a already been Cut from a hug by More than 2.1 million try the my mos. A a. \ a adapting the reduced Force which Calls for 10 Active divisions 12 aircraft carriers and 20 Active duty and Reserve air Force wings to a strategy that Calls for being Able to fight two major regional conflicts nearly simultaneously. J a implementing the president s new policy on homosexuals in the military As Well As opening new combat slots to women in the services. A attempts to Reform the Pentagon a huge weapons buying programs which Inman hinted at when he said he wanted to make sure the nation got a Dollar Vatu for a Dollar spent in defense a withdrawal of . Troops from Somalia by president Clinton a declared deadline of March 31. A. S s m x a managing other regional hot spots inducing tensions on the Korea i re a Uia get ongoing War among the former republics amp Yugoslavia an democracy in Haiti a x y1 a a Quot the last career military officer to hold the Post of defense Secretary was Gen. George g Marshall in 1950-51. By Law a military officer has to have been out of the service for at least 10 Yean to hold the Post. Inman retired in 1982. As if to underscore his Independence Inman declared that he had voted for George Bush in the 1992 election even though he did not like Bush a economic went on to say that he had not sought the Job and did not want it but accepted it out of a sense of obligation to Quot duty and country and what he Felt was the presidents a absolute commitment to build bipartisan support for a military policy. Sounding As if he had interviewed Clinton for the Job instead of the other Way around Inman said he had to become Quot very comfortable with Clinton As a a. A. Sas commander in chief. A intone a relationship with the military has been Rocky since his election not Only because he avoided military service during the Vietnam War but More recently As a result of his attempt to lift the ban against homosexuals serving openly in the military and his efforts to reduce defense spending. After retiring from the Navy in 1982, Inman ran two defense companies based in Austin. More recently he has remained in Austin and done consulting work served on corporate boards and taught at the University of Texas. He served in the Carter administration in the late 1970s As the nations youngest head of the super secret National Security Agency. President Reagan chose him As no. 2 Man at the Cia a Post from which he resigned in 1982. Combat from Pago 1 rocket propelled grenade fire in a densely populated Section of South Mogadishu rescued 100 rangers and carried out the dead. Two of the killed soldiers and 32 of the wounded ones were attached to the battalion. The bloody debacle that stretched into the morning of oct. 4 was a Low Point in the Mission that began dec. 9, 1992, when .-led multinational forces landed to protect Relief supplies to a country where 350,000 died last year from famine and clan warfare. The humanitarian Mission turned into combat when clan Leader Mohamed far Rah aided began opposing . Efforts to organize a new government and launched ambushes and attacks from june until the october Battles when he declared a cease fire. Two of the three . Bases in Somalia will close next month. . Military commanders have been scrambling to replace the formidable air Power intelligence network and logistics support the americans will take with them. A in another development the Pentagon on thursday identified the . Marine killed wednesday in a training Accident in Somalia the Pentagon said Lance Chi. Jesus Perez 20, of san Antonio died while engaged in firing practice with an 81 my mortar at a Range South of Mogadishu. He was a member of the 13th Marine expeditionary unit stationed at Camp Pendleton Calif. Two other marines were injured in the Accident which is under investigation. Hotel Ever reason they perceive that they can to afford from Page 1 backlash from a recent spate of tourist slayings in Florida. �?o1 disagree with him a Isaacs said. A first of All the a leasing of this existing hotel does not add any new rooms to the inventory in Isaacs said he believes the initiative will attract a an incrementally new Market of Junior soldiers who Are not going to Orlando now because for what Isaacs expects the project to a be so successful that it will create a spillover effect in which service members unable to Book rooms at shades of Green will be referred to other hotels in the Orlando area it he said. A i can appreciate hazards concerns hods7naorlandnvwimlrs a Quot a iyar my i the Longlow m Irr 0f Parkin a Al it the plans to use a sliding fee scale for rooms which Isaacs said Are larger and More sumptuous than typical hotel rooms. For example Junior enlisted troops will pay $49 a night for a room while general officers and top Dod civilians will pay $92 for the same room patrons will also get the Standard and that come with staying on the Walt Disney world Complex such As unlimited use of the resort s internal bus ties. A White House official could not say if the letter would be forwarded to the defense department for a response. Air National guard i 1 correction i because of a reporting error a Story Friday incorrectly identified the sentencing authority at the general court martial of sgt. 1st class Kenneth c. Williams. His sentence was handed Down by a six member panel. Brunswick a. Up one Pilot was rescued and the . Coast guard is searching for a second after two air National guard jets collided Friday off the coast of Georgia during a training Mission. The crash involved an f-15 from the Louisiana air National guard and an f-i6 from the Arkansas air National guard said Beryl Diamond Public affairs officer for the Georgia air National guard. The crash occurred about 30 to 50 Miles off the coast of Brunswick about 10 a.m., Diamond said. A one Pilot has been rescued by the . Coast guard and airlifted to Savannah memorial medical Center a Diamond said. Search and Rescue operations Are under Way to recover the second the rescued Pilot was recovered by a coast guard Dolphin helicopter. Diamond said neither Jet carried passengers. R he said the planes were deployed from the combat readiness training Center near Savannah a
