European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The St ars and stripes " tr7tr i7irf7t" 11 vol. 52, no. 291 500 ,. Lag nos Friday february 4,1994 d 8693 a panel votes big yes for Perry full Senate decision ton Dod nominee awaited Washington athe Senate armed services committee voted 18-0 thursday to recommend Senate confirmation of William j. Perry As defense Secretary. Committee chairman Sam nun d ga., called Perry a highly qualified individual capable of serving with distinction As Secretary of he said Perry has consistently demonstrated High standards of . Strom Thurmond of South Carolina the ranking Republican on the panel said Perry who has served As the no. 2 Leader at the Pentagon has a Fine re Cord in civilian life and since he has been at approval of Perry came after defense Secretary Les Aspin was forced to resign and president Clinton s Choice of a Suc Cessor adm. Bobby Ray Inman abruptly withdrew his candidacy last month. 1,the committee vote came without de Bate. Nunn said a vote in the full Senate could take place thursday night. But that depends on cooperation from All senators and is not predictable he said. All senators would have to agree to a unanimous consent to waive the Standard 48-hour waiting period after a committee recommendation on a nomination. The panel s republicans had consid ered placing a hold on the Perry Nomi nation because of their disenchantment with the Pentagon s regulations on homosexuals serving in the military said sen. Dan Coats Rind. But the gop lawmakers received assurances from Perry late wednesday that he would address their concerns Coats said. Testifying during his confirmation hearing wednesday Perry said . See Perry on Page 2 Ilis uncover woes in military s Liaison program by Ron Jensen Nairn Borg Bureau Furth Germany when Cristofer Brody was born 13 weeks prematurely nov. 21, his list of ailments and frailties was lengthy the 2-Pound son of Kristina and pfc. Charles Brody had a collapsed left lung brain Haemorrhaging and a tendency see related Story on Page 4 toward seizures among other problems Normal for such a tiny baby. His parents were told that he would be hospitalized until probably april. But Cristofer s Early arrival also exposed some possible maladies with 7th medical come s patient Liaison program which was designed to help patients who enter the German health care system As the . Military continues to shrink. The Brodys say their Liaison was often unavailable. When a nurse told them in English that Cristofer had a lung Dis see Newborn on Page 4 is Ron Jensen Kristina and pfc. Charles Brody hold heir son Cristofer who was born 13 weeks Early at a German Hospital. U. N. Commander from Britain vows to get to ugh in Bosnia an Early morning lift the space shuttle discovery rumbles into the Florida Sunrise thursday at the Kennedy space Center As it be gins an eight Day Mission. The shuttle s six Crew Mem Bers include Veteran russian cosmonaut Sergei Krika lev. See Story on Page 5. Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a the Tough new British commander of . Troops in Bosnia threatened thursday to use Force to Clear a serbian Roadblock that prevented . Peacekeepers in Sarajevo from reaching regional Headquarters. Sir Michael Rose a lieutenant general and former commander of Britain s elite Sas commandos has pledged to get Tough with anybody harassing . threat seemed to work. Rose was about to Send a platoon of British Warrior mechanized combat vehicles to a checkpoint closed for two Days when the bosnian serbs reopened it said a . Spokesman maj Jose Labandeira. The platoon s orders were to press for the right of Freedom of movement by negotiation initially and by Force if necessary Labandeira said. The checkpoint is on a route regularly used by . Vehicles shuttling Between the United nations Sarajevo Headquarters and the . Bosnia come at i seljuk see Bosnia on Page 2 inside today scraps of paper May Back Tey i a a. I a m a Mirinovsky goes ballistic at hungarian Airport be Page 5the afghan whigs Ohio s Debonair gents see Page 15
