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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I in i \ Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday augusts 1994 a i at a glance . Marshals guarded two Abor Tion clinics in Pensacola fian in the Wake of a shooting that killed a doctor and a Volunteer escort. Sex minister Paul Hill above is accused of the Shotgun slayings. See Story on Page 8. Heated Issue Are cigarettes drug delivery sys tems that s the question Federal scientific advisers Are taking up. Page 7 cold War setback a russian spy who was executed As a result of Aldrich Ames betrayal was America s most valuable cold War informant a Magazine reported. Page putting on pressure a russian official says Serbia s president must get the bosnian serbs to accept a peace plan. Page 9 Navy Battles no Arm of the Modem military lends itself so completely to computer simulation As the Navy. Page 10 Buck glut _ the currency markets Are having a problem that few individuals would complain about too Many dollars. Page 14 l Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds 22-26 comics 18-19,21 commentary 13 computers to faces a places 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope 26 Jumble 26 letters. 12 Money matters 14 sports 27-32 to listings. 31 weather. 11 clarification a sentence in a Story published sat urday about a planned right Wing Demon stration near Wurzburg Germany May have been misleading. The sentence should have attributed any expectations of violence directly to the German police. Treasury official ignored plea on Whitewater senators told Washington a the Clinto White House was briefed about an investigation of a failed Arkansas savings an loan linked to the first family despite a request that the inform lion be kept confidential a senior regulate told co Gresson monday. The regulator William Rollo also revealed that in the thick of the 1992 presidential Campaign an aide to president Bush asked the Resolution Trust  details about the investigation. On the second Day of its Whitewater hearings the Senate banking committee focused on the Etc which initiated the probe involving the failed Madison guar Anty savings & loan. The Arkansas Thrift was owned by James Mcdougal president Clinton s former business partner in the Whitewater land venture. The Etc s investigation has alleged that Clinton and his wife Hillar Rodham Clinton May have benefited from . Ready to organize invasion of Haiti United nations a the United states is ready to head an inva Sion of Haiti to restore the elected government there . Officials said after the Security Council approved the use of All necessary Means to Force the coun try s military leaders out. But Haiti s army installed government reacted defiantly Early monday declaring a state of siege and vowing to fight an invasion with All our might and  the . Military is prepared to organize and Lead an invasion Force . Ambassador Madeleine Albright said after sunday s Security Council vote. We seek and anticipate that others will  to the message to the haitian military she said was you can depart voluntarily and soon or you can depart involuntarily and soon. The Sun is setting on your ruthless  White House chief of staff Leon pan Etta called the vote a very Strong signal that the world Community is United that we want the military dictatorship to  but in an interview sunday on can Panetta declined to say How Jong the Clin ton administration would give Haiti s Mili tary to step Down before talking action. I think it is sufficient to say soon. An they d better get that signal  Early monday morning Haiti s de fact president Emile Jonass amt declared a National state of siege and announced that improper financial dealings at the Thrift. Etc officials testified that no one inthe Clinton administration had tried to influence their investigation. But John Ryan the Etc s acting chief executive officer conceded that the Case was treated differently from others. Under questioning by sen. Pete dome Nici r-n.m., Ryan was asked if the Etc handled the Madison Case like others would agree it was not in certain respects Ryan conceded. Roelle then an Etc vice president acknowledged that when he first told Treasury department officials on sept.27, 1993, about the Madison investigation he implored them to keep it confidential. Instead Treasury general coun Sel Jean Hanson told the White House about criminal referrals a recommend. Dation for possible prosecution involving Madison three Days later. I believe it would have been better info one had known about these criminal referrals which listed the president and the first lady As possible witnesses Roel Esaid. Under questioning from democrats Roelle said he first Learned of the investigation in september 1992, and told Al Bert Casey then the Bush appointed head of the Etc. In the final weeks of the presidential Campaign Roelle testified the Bush White House inquired about the probe. Sen. John Kerry d-mass., said the in quiries came from c. Boyden Gray the White House counsel for Bush. In an interview Friday Gray denied learning about the investigation. Roelle said retold Casey to Tell the Bush White House that it would be improper to talk about the probe. Republicans also tried to show that the Clinton administration sought unusual Access to information about the investigation. A Prince Haiti guard the , embassy on sunday from its rooftop. The Battle of Haiti is under Way. We will fight it with All our might an Means. It will be hard and implacable he said on haitian radio and television. A state of siege allows for suspending certain evil liberties under Haiti s 1987 Constitution but it was not immediately known what Steps might follow Jonassaint s declaration. " t the . Resolution which gives no timetable for the possible invasion authorized a multinational Force under unified command to use All necessary Means to facilitate the departure from Haiti of the Mili tary  haitian ambassador Fritz Longchamp who represents ousted president Jean Ber Trand Aristide welcomed the outcome. The haitian Community would like Smuch As possible to avoid military action but there is no alternative to getting rid of the military he said. Strategy from Page 1 weapons and overstated expected saying from closing military installation. Since former defense Secretary Lesa spin unveiled the Pentagon s Long Range War fighting strategy and budget Topay for it last year the defense depart ment s plan has fallen under two main criticisms. Some lawmakers and senior officer say that the number of troops tanks ships and aircraft in the plan is inadequate to carry out the two War  if the numbers Are adequate the same critics and others complain that the Pentagon cannot afford the Force it wants with the budget it has. The analysis by the Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said that in Addi Tion to whatever inflation costs we recounted the Pentagon May have overestimated $32 billion in savings from Clos ing bases and using More efficient Busi Ness practices. The report also says the Pentagon understated As much As $112 billion in extra costs associated with new weapons sys tems military pay increases environmental cleanup and peacekeeping operations. Senior Pentagon officials expressed amazement at the accounting office s findings. You Don t realty believe thatching said one senior defense depart ment official when asked about the re port the analysis is superficial and transparent. The idea that we re trying to hide something is ridiculous in 9iatles Grassley. A Iowa  Roth a Del. Rep John Cony ers a Mich. And rep John Kasich a Ohio requested the accounting office analysis. All four lawmakers arts longtime critics of Pentagon spending  
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