European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 17, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5n. Koreans drop threat. Carter says Seoul South Korea apr former president Carter said thursday that North Korea has agreed not to expel International inspectors from the country As Long As a Good Faith efforts arc made to resolve a dispute Over the North a nuclear facilities a president Kim ii Sung has committed himself to maintain the inspectors on site and the disputed nuclear reactor position and also to guarantee that the surveillance equipment would stay in Good operating order a Carter told Cable news network a when i arrived Here the North koreans told me that they were going to expel the inspectors within two Days but they have reversed that Point so Long As Good Faith efforts Are being made jointly Between the United states and North Korea to resolve the entire nuclear  Carter said he believed the commitments from Kim were Quot a very important and positive step toward the Resolution of this crisis a adding that he had relayed Kim a comments to the White House. There was no immediate comment from the Clinton administration. But David Kyd a spokesman for the International atomic Energy Agency said a a we Welcome any indications of flexibility on the part of the North koreans a Pentagon says it Arra 26 flights to a Day rites Ivy Susanne. Schafer a military writer Washington a the defense department arranged 26 flights to Europe for members of Congress Pentagon officials their spouses staff and others who attended the  celebrations the Pentagon says. No Cost breakdown for the flights was made available and the Pentagon did not account for aircraft do voted to president Clinton a entourage and other White House support staff in figures released wednesday. The Pentagon flights also carried members of the Cabinet world War ii veterans and High ranking officers to the a Day Observance in Normandy France the Pentagon said. Its statement called world War ii a the defining event of the 20th Century and argued that Observance of the 50th anniversary of the Allied invasion on june 6, 1944, which broke through Hitler s Atlantic Wall Quot deserves department of defense  a the anniversary Falls at  when there is More Hope for the global spread of democracy than there has been in Many decades in no Small part due to Allied Success in world War 11,�?� the statement said. Since the celebrations. Republican rep Dan Burton of Indiana has hit the to talk show circuit to complain about the size and Cost of the administrations a Day delegation. He said the air travel Bill alone May have topped $6 million. On wednesday night the House Defeated 287-147, a proposal by Burton that would have trimmed the White House budget by $5 million because the White House Bridge raising experience the san Francisco based ship Jeremiah of Brien gets help from a tugboat wednesday As it sails up the thames under London a Tower Bridge. The Liberty class ship the Only surviving seaworthy vessel that took part in the 1944 Normandy invasion recently joined a Day anniversary ceremonies in Portsmouth England. After a Brief stay in London the of Brien will head for Cherbourg France which was liberated june 27, 1944. Has not provided full in format Ion on Clinton s entourage to Normandy. The White House said Over the weekend that both it and the Pentagon would provide information to Congress on the eight Day trip to Europe. The Pentagon statement said there were eight flights for Pentagon officials five flights for congressional delegations and 13 flights for ceremonial participants such As the bands military paratroopers and other military support staff. The aircraft used ranged from the Large c-130 transports to the smaller executive Type c-20 Jet aircraft. One entire Kc-135 transported a a Mississippi stale delegation from Capitol Hill the statement said while another similar aircraft carried the 70-member House delegation headed by House Veteran affairs committee chairman , a a Sonny Montgomeryd miss. On Board were 32 members of Congress 23 spouses five staff members and u military escorts. A one Boeing 707 transported the 33-Mcmber Senate delegation headed by sen. Claiborne Pell , a world War ii Veteran. His flight included 15 senators it spouses six staff members two White House staff members and four military escorts. One c-20b Gul Stream took nine people including rep Sam Gibbons d-fla., who parachuted into Normandy during the invasion and was Clinton s representative to the ceremonies. Gibbons is acting chairman of the House ways and Means committee the Pentagon said a separate dfc-9 was made available for the Senate delegations  lady tells class that criticism can be beneficial Washington api a offering a lesson from her own life first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton urged a class of High school graduates wednesday to learn to accept criticism but never to let it a Cut to your soul a in a commencement address at the Duke Ellington school of the arts Clinton said artists and performers must be willing to take risks in subjecting themselves to the scrutiny of  it takes courage and it takes guts a she said a being open to critics sri Means being open to learning and growing a she added. A was someone who gets More than i think my fair share of criticism. You have to learn to accept criticism. A learn to accept it seriously but not personally. Do not let anyone else a opinion of you or your work Cut to your soul. The first lady also offered a lesson from president Clinton s life. A i would Only say to you what i believe with All my heart whal i Sec my husband doing every Day and that is never never give up no matter How Many obstacles Are thrown in your Way a she said. Clinton told the students that a giving up especially when you have the Talent that you ail have is an  she urged them to be willing to sacrifice to Excel in the arts and to accept a special responsibility to make a a positive difference in  the Public High school in Northwest Washington has about 500 students 60 percent of them coming from the most deprived Homes in the City. World faces Newon War expert says Stockholm Sweden apr thirty four wars raged in the world last year and All were Domestic conflicts reflecting a trend of internal strife that has evolved after the cold War researchers said thursday. Adam Daniel Rotfeld the head of the Stockholm International peace research Institute said the world has few instruments to Deal with the new situation. The United nations and most International Security agreements Are based on relations Between states. A we Are faced with a new reality unexpected and unknown a Rotfeld said in presenting the institutes annual report. The report said International arms Trade and worldwide military spending dropped in 1993 for the eighth consecutive year. International arms dealers saw their Market shrink to an estimated 522 billion s1pr1 said. But the Sharp reduction in sales since 1987, when the total was $45 billion appeared to be leveling off the report said. Ian Anthony a co author of the report said the Market May Start growing in a few years if there is an economic upturn particularly in Eastern and Central Europe and in the far East. According to sire estimates world military spending peaked in 1986-87 at More than $1 trillion. The report did not provide an aggregate estimate for 1993, but said armed forces were being reduced in almost All Industrial nations. China was among a few nations that beefed up its forces for the fourth consecutive year. Sipr1 said China a growing Economy appeared to nurture ambitions for More regional Power. According to chinese government statistics military expenditure was $7,3 billion in 1993. Sipri said that figure did not reveal All sources of military financing and that in reality military spending was about six times As High or $45 billion