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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, August 2, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and strikes tuesday August 2,1994 at a glance . Marshals guarded two Abor Tion clinics in Pensacola fla., in the Wake of a shooting that killed 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 8 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 modern 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 top Many dollars. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers classifieds. Comics. Commentary. Computers. 7. Faces n places focus Horoscope ,. .7,. ,. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. Sports. To listings. Weather. 21 22-26 21-23 1310 20 15-17. ?525. 7. 1214 27-3231 .7. 11 clarification Treasury official ignored plea on Whitewater senators told Washington a the Clinton White House was briefed about an investigation of a failed Arkansas savings and loan linked to the first family despite request that the information be kept confidential a senior regulator told Congress on monday. The regulator William Roelle also revealed that in the thick of the 1992 presidential Campaign an aide to president Bush asked the Resolution Trust corp. For details about the investigation. Improper financial dealings at the Thrift. Etc officials testified the afro 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 Rya i conceded. Van Etc vice president i Roell first lady As possible said. J _ _ 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  the final weeks of the presidential Campaign Roelle testified the bus White House inquired about the probe. Anty savings & loan. The Arkansas Thrift was owned by James Mcdougal president Clinton s former business partner in the Whitewater land venture. The rfcs investigation has Al tend that Clinton and i. Wife Hillar Rodham Clinton May have benefited from Den Ial. Instead Treasury general coun old Casey to a Sel Jean Hanson told the White House fat would we to talk about about criminal referrals a recommend  for possible prosecution involve republicans also tried to show that the ing Madison three jays later. Clinton administration sought unusual i believe it would have been Tetter if Access to information about the Vestiga no one had known about these criminal Tion. Haiti from Page-1 be hard and implacable Fie said on Hai Tian radio and television. A state of siege allows for suspending certain civil liberties under Haiti s 1987 Constitution but it was not immediately known what Steps might follow Jonas Saint s  . Resolution which gives no timetable for the possible invasion authorized a multinational Force under uni fied command to use All necessary Means to facilitate the departure from Haiti of the military  the Resolution also Calls for the deployment of a 6,000-member , Force following any  ambassador Fritz Longchamp who represents ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide s government welcomed the  haitian Community would like As much As possible to avoid military action but there is no alternative to getting rid of the military he  Haiti itself reaction was mixed. Antoine Joseph a former president of the lower House of parliament predicted disaster. Seph who opposed the 1991 coup but has nonetheless supported the military. He will be a puppet with no moral authority inthe eyes of me haitian  but on the Street Many favored an end to military Rule by any Means. I support a military intervention if Itu roots the military system we be got now said Jean Claude a bus Driver who did twant to give his full name for fear of reprisals. Haiti does t need a military occupation but Ever since we won Bur ind Epen Marims to a m. In sunday from us rooftop. Dence we be never been  the coup Leader it Gen. Raoul Eldras attended a methodist Church service shortly before the Security Council approved the Resolution. After this service i have enough strength to defend the country he said. Several latin american states said the feared the Resolution would set a precedent for . Intervention in the Region. The crisis in Haiti is not a threat to i peace ambassador Victor Flores Olea of Mexico told the Council. From the stand Point of history military intervention in our hemisphere has invariably been  Uruguay s ambassador Ramiro Piriz Ballon said his country will not support any military intervention. Peaceful solutions have not yet been  -. Mexico and Uruguay Are not members of the Security Council but their representatives asked to speak Prip to the vote. 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. From Page 1 weapons and overstated expected saving from closing military installations. 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  analysis by the Gao the investigative Arm of Congress said that in Addi Tion to whatever inflation costs were counted 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 really believe thatching said one senior defense depart ment official when asked about the re port. The analysis is superficial an transparent. The idea that we re trying to hide something is  sen. Charles Grassley a Iowa sen. William Roth a Del. Rep. John Cony ers a Mich. And rep. John Kasich r Ohio requested the accounting office analysis. All four lawmakers Are longtime critics of Pentagon spending  
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