European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 12, 1994 Clinton in Europe the stars and stripes Page 3 president Clinton jogs in Naples on Friday morning with Marine Lance cps. From left David Stone Jason Trees and Matthew Knight. By sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a president Clinton scored big Friday when he not Only ran with three marines less than half his age but also kept Pace with them. Clinton was in Naples for the three Day annual group of seven economic Summit. He and the marines with the Security detachment at naval support activity Naples ran about 2vi Miles on the downtown waterfront. A the was a lot faster than i expected Quot Lance Cpl. Jason Trees said. A i think he pushed himself harder because he was running with  the entourage started out with seven military personnel the president and three secret service agents. By the end of the run from Clinton a hotel to the american consulate and Back the four Navy personnel had fallen out. According to Lance Cpl. Matthew Knight one of the joggers. The Early morning jog took about 20 minutes with everyone out the marines keeping track of the time. Knight said marines normally run three to five Miles several times a week. None of the military joggers was Given much notice of the event. In fact most of them had been up All night. The marines were notified by Navy officials about 11 . Thursday while they were getting ready to go on night duty that Volunteer runners were needed. The Navy personnel had also been on night watch a few said they grabbed a Quick minute to Call their parents to let them know before they set off. A when i first called All i got was the answering machine and i just told them to tape can Quot Trees said. A then i called backhand my dad said he stayed in front of the to All Dav and they never showed it.�?�. Several of their colleagues most of whom were Green with envy told the marines that they had seen the Trio on television later that Day. There Wasny to much of a crowd to witness the presidential jog Knight said. The roads were blocked off limiting the observers to a few italians who called a Presidente Presidente Quot from their balconies. Clinton who did no to talk during the run waved several times. Lance Cpl. David Stone said he has new respect for the Man who spent about 30 minutes talking to All of the participants following the run a the did no to act like a in a the president and you re just common Folk a a Stone said. A the just talked like a Normal  sports was the main topic of conversation Knight said. Clinton joked that one Good thing about being president is that everybody will play Golf with you even if the person does no to like you. All three marines admitted that they were More than a Little intimidated by the Man and preferred to let him do most of the talking. He asked them where they were from and engaged in other Small talk but stayed away from politics or military subjects a a it a hard to believe that two year s ago i was working in a grocery store and now in a running with the president a Stone said. A there Are career marines who work their whole time on the presidents guard and never even get close let alone run with  a the just took seven Normal people and made them famous for a Day Quot Trees said. Own Berlin apr a it was 1963, and a Young american president had promised to defend West Berlin As if it were his own. The berliners were proud and touched by John of Kennedy a remarks. So was an idealistic 16-year-old named Bill Clinton. Clinton is now president and today hell stand in front of the Brandenburg Gate in what was East Berlin to deliver what . Diplomats Are describing As a a historic speech Quot addressing Security in the Post cold War Europe. Berlin is at the Crossroads of that new Europe a Frontier City full of Promise but also uncertainty As american British French and russian troops pull out this year after 49 years of occupation. A this is not just another official visit a promised Jock Covey the top . Diplomat in this City. A president Clinton is personally  Covey said Clinton who studied German while an undergraduate at Georgetown University in Washington d.c., will be saying a lot More in the language than Kennedy a immortal a Rich bin Ein  Clinton a German is Rusty. The presidents daughter Chelsea Speaks it much better said Rudiger Lowe a German television editor who befriended Clinton in 1967 at a foreign policy seminar at Georgetown. Lowe described a March 1969 trip he took with Clinton to the death strip dividing the two Germany where it spliced the Northern bavarian town of Blankenstein in two. Quot it was a revelation a defining experience a Lowe said of Clinton a encounter with the Iron curtain a the  be president Kennedy delivers his Ich bin Ein Berliner speech june 26,1963, As West Berlin mayor Willy. Brandt far right listens. A tile Lieve what he  East German guards trained rifles on Clinton As he took a few Steps into their territory and asked Lowe to take a photograph not realizing he was on the wrong Side of the Border Lowe said. Lowe said Clinton insisted that he take the picture before he crossed Back Over to the West. A we changed our plan Anu we continued to drive along the death strip for Many Miles As Long As we could a Lowe recalled. The death strip was just a stones throw from where Clinton is to speak today. Two 520-Square-foot screens have been set up to project his image to the crowd. When Kennedy spoke All West Berlin factories emptied Early answering a Call from mayor Willy Brandt who went on to become German Chancellor. People stood on Side streets listening to his Short speech of Solidarity through loudspeakers. Historian Arthur sch Csinger or. Remembered the wild reception Kennedy a motorcade received the people a clapping waving crying cheering As if it were the second  Werner Merfort had walked six Miles with co workers from the Daimler Benz Plant in Marienfeldt. He was one of nearly half a million West berliners who gathered to hear Kennedy speak june 26, �?�1963. A we said to ourselves that if anyone at All can change anything its Kennedy a he recalled