European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday june 15, 1994foreign-policy team faces overhaul from Shaft and wire reports Washington a under continuing criticism Secretary of state Warren Christopher and the presidents National Security adviser Anthony Lake Are shaking up their own departments. Travelling in Istanbul Turkey last week Christopher informed Stephen Oxman the assistant Secretary of state for european and Canadian affairs and a close Friend of the Clin tons that he would be relieved senior administration officials said monday. Richard Holbrooke a former career foreign service officer who has been ambassador to Germany for eight months will replace him the officials said. Holbrooke will require Senate confirmation to serve in the Job. A spokesman at the . Embassy in Bonn said tuesday that Holbrooke had confirmed his selection for the position. He would not comment further on the report however. The White House also has recently announced the replacement of Jannone Walker As its top Western european specialist on the National Security Council. Senior White House officials said the move had been in the works for months and was unrelated to the impending dismissal of Oxman. Lake did not dismiss her however. Rather she will soon begin language training in preparation for becoming ambassador to the czech Republic next year. The personnel changes reflect frustration in both the White House and state department Over developing and articulating a coherent strategy toward Europe in general and toward Bosnia and Herzegovina in particular. Oxman a Wall Street lawyer and investment banker was a Friend of the Clin tons at Yale Law school and was Christophers executive assistant in the Carter administration. A Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England like Clinton Oxman holds a doctorate from Oxford in diplomatic history. Oxman will be offered an ambassador ship in Europe but not Bonn senior officials said. The decision was made after Christopher and Dep Uty Secretary of state Strobe Talbott with Strong support from the White House concurred that a change was necessary. A the Secretary is absolutely determined to get the Best people in senior jobs a a a senior state department official said. A a it a part of a larger strategy to strengthen his department with a View toward the future. There was a sense that Given the complications of this Job a not Only with the Bosnia policy but with other places As Well a that we could do  Oxmann a dismissal is the latest of several in the state department in recent months. Since last november Christopher has removed Clifton r. Wharton or. As his Deputy Samuel Lewis As his director of policy planning and Lawrence Pezzullo As his special envoy to Haiti. In addition Thomas w. Simons jr., a career foreign service officer and former ambassador to Poland is about to be replaced As special coordinator for assistance to the former soviet Union. Contributing to this report staff writer de heals in Darmstadt Gormany in the stars and stripes 10 years ago june 15,1984 a the dutch Par lament ratified a Cabinet decision to accept . Nuclear missiles Condi tonally As much As two years later than the nato deployment schedule climaxing a debate that had split the nation for nearly five years. 20 years ago june 15,1974 a Western detente ministers faced with prospective defense cutbacks by Britain and Holland pledged not to reduce their forces unilaterally until the East West troop reduction Issue was resolved. 30 years ago june 15,1964 a the commander designate of . Forces in South Vietnam Gen. William c. Westmoreland said he saw no reason for expanding the american role in the fight against Viet Cong guerrillas. 40 year Sago june 15.1954 a a shipment of 6 tons of Swiss anti aircraft ammunition destined for Guatemala was stopped in Hamburg . And West German officials in Bonn disclosed. 50 years ago june 15,1944 a Allied forces drove 20 Miles Inland in the heart of the Normandy front mounting a powerful drive that threatened to Cut off the na2i stronghold of Caen from the rear. C world War it 50 years ago today june 15 1 a 9 a 4 4 1 two . Marine divisions land on Saipan carving out secure footholds on the Island in the Marianas despite being put ashore farther apart than planned. American soldiers repel a japanese attack on Biak Island off new Guinea. . B-29 bombers in China attack the japanese Mainland for the first time. The germans step up their Buzz bomb offensive hitting England with 144 v-1s. Source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith publishers inc the wort almanac of world War it. Bison books corp., 1961 budget a May trim plans for Washington a the White House might Settle for a smaller expansion than it wants in the Amer corps National service program an administration official said monday. There May not be any Choice said sen. Barbara Mikulski the Maryland Democrat who chairs the Senate appropriations subcommittee that oversees funding for the program. A this is going to be a very Tough budget year a she said during a hearing. Amer corps allows students to Trade Public service work for College tuition Money Mikulski said that the White House is seeking $729 million More than is available to spend in fiscal 1995 on the 25 programs her subcommittee oversees and that it would be a close to impossible to provide the requested $611 million for Amer corps. Eli Segal chief executive officer of the corporation for National service pleaded that full funding would a let us achieve the objectives which Lay in the heart of the Congress when the program was adopted. But he said a smaller than desired increase already approved by a House subcommittee would not undermine the program a i done to think that would be the most devastating thing a he said. Under Amer corps students receive tuition Money modest stipends health insurance and child care in Exchange for Community service. Clinton intended it to be a Domestic version of the peace corps. The administration wanted the number of participants to Rise from 20,000 in the current fiscal year to 33,000 in the next. The House subcommittee approved an expansion to about 27,000. Mikulski said she believed that was a the Best its going to  the senator also questioned Why a 15-member Board to oversee the program is not already in place. Clinton appointed and the Senate confirmed James Joseph head of the Council on foundations As Board chairman. The Council is a Washington based association of 1,300 Grant making organizations. The remaining members have not been named. But Segal said that Clinton has settled on the nominees and that they Are now undergoing Fri background checks. We a thundering through the skies a four members of the air forces precision flying team went out for a Little sunday flight this past weekend. The thunderbird rocketed their f-16s through the skies As part of a three Day air show at Nas South Weymouth mass. 700,000 teens pledge no sex Orlando Fla. A in a forthright display of chastity More than 100,000 Southern Baptist Young people re pledging to abstain from sex until marriage. They plan to repeat that vow in a stadium sized display before the 137th annual meeting of the Southern Baptist convention which began in Orlando on tuesday. Since its Humble beginning Little More than a year ago when 59 teens took vows of chastity in a Nashville tenn., Church the a True love Waits Campaign has inspired More than 100,000 youths in the nations largest protestant denomination to pledge to abstain from sex before marriage. Risking the ridicule of their Peers teens say abstinence is an Opportunity for redemption in a culture that often seems to expect them to give their libido free rein. A it gives other youths a place to look at and say a we re not so Odd. Look there a 100,000 other people that Are not having sex a a said Rob Ladd 18, of Nashville. A even if five of my friends Are having sex i done to have  what has captured the imagination of these teens is the Opportunity to marriage a get in the face of the free love generation that expects them to be promiscuous said the Rev. Richard Ross who started it All. A teen agers like going against the flow a he said. A teen agers. Like surprising adults and not fitting in with adult  the first group made their chastity pledges in Ross Tulip Grove Baptist Church in Nashville. The idea spread and pledge cards started stacking up. Three Hundred teens from inner City Houston churches signed on at a rally. At a summer Camp in Oklahoma More than 13,500 teens took the pledge. At some rallies More than 10,000 Young people at a time pledged a to god myself my family those i Date my future mate and my future children to be sexually pure until the Day i enter a covenant marriage  other major Church organizations looking for ways to promote traditional morality also signed on. In the convention Hall monday a grinning Ross announced that the Southern Baptist youths had exceeded their goal of 100,000 pledges