European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday August 28,1994 at a glance Jesse Jackson shown on the 1988campaign Trail has accused presi Dent Clinton of turning his Back on Black and Urban America and i considering challenging Clinton in 1996. See Story on Page 9. Of general nominated the White House has nominated Gen. Ronald r. Fogleman head of the . Transportation come to be the next air Force chief of staff. Page 6 Ozone improvement the protective Ozone layer Over North America has rebounded from its extremely Low level of two Winters ago. Page 8 a staying in shape taxpayers have been paying As much As $15 million a year for Energy department Security guards to jog and lift weights at nuclear Sites. Page 9 Turkey wont Bend Turkey turned its Back saturday on More than $36 million in military Aid Frozen by the United states be cause of alleged human rights abuses. Page 10 air inspection the United states is about to launch a sweeping inspection of Russia s airlines and air safety controls. Page 11 Grisham s new chapter John Grisham the writer will be John Grisham the producer for the next movie based on a Book by John Grisham the writer. Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 classifieds 24-29 commentary. .23 faces n places. .20 Horoscope. 26 letters. 22 Money matters. 12-13 Mutual. 13-17 sports. 29-36 weather. 21 911 Force for the world ? not True . Officials say by Effie Bathen staff writer Stuttgart Germany although american service members in Europe May be starting to feel that they Are the Globe s emergency Rescue Force at least two . Policy makers say it is not so. Sometimes it looks As if they Are the 911 Force for the world Secretary of the army Togo West said of . European come service members. That s probably because they happen to find themselves in the Happy circumstance of being where a lot of the action however he said this does not mean the United states has been using this command to become a kind of partial global police Force or global Rescue in fact Madeleine Albright . Ambassador to the United nations said that since the Iron curtain fell the . Has really become the world s 911 number. In Many cases the number was either Busy or out of order or no one Albright and West were at the joint command Headquarters in Stuttgart on Friday for briefings on operations in Cen trial Africa and the former Yugoslavia. Noncombat operations such As peace keeping and humanitarian missions Are an important part of protecting . Interests they said speaking to reporters separately. People need to know that the greatest danger that we have in the world today is not the communists but chaos Al Bright said. And the military and their families were prepared to fight communism. But it s a Little harder to explain Why they should fight chaos. The kind of enemy that chaos is can Hurt us she added. Any one of these chaotic situations can at the United nations members initially were optimistic after the collapse of the soviet bloc because the bipolar Grid lock had been broken. The United states no longer faced a soviet veto on every Issue before the . Security Council Togo West is Effie Batten Albright said. Still even without the former soviet american standoff she said the world body cannot accomplish everything. West said he was sensitive to the Bur Den of frequent deployments placed on Europe based american service members in recent years. However both Albright and West indicated that american participation in International military exercises and nato s partnership for peace program will continue. Albright said such cooperative efforts help us share the Burden share the risk snare the danger share the Cost and operate in a Way that we feel training for humanitarian missions however does not take the place of regu Lar training said West adding that the purpose of the military is to face the unexpected. Operations other than War West said Are not of course training for War time. That is a different kind of training which we also expect of our is Effle Bathe Madeleine Albright West confirmed that Europe would continue to train and prepare for no War missions. These efforts will be similar to the rwandan refugee Relief operation in Central Africa in that they would be precisely defined. . Forces would jump Start a Relief mis Sion for example and then Transfer responsibilities to other organizations he said. The possibility of More no War projects will not go away but there is no danger that they will become our primary Mission either West said. Such missions also have added skills to traditional Battle training. Albright who has made it her business to observe peacekeeping efforts firsthand recalled recently smudging Green camouflage paint on her face and watching a military exercise in the United states. Its scenario involved unexpected elements such As angry villagers and Cross fire from War ring factions. Peacekeeping she said is not with out Cuba from Page 1 naval base is shifting from training to migrant operations the Navy said in announcing the order. Marine corps Brig. Gen. Michael , commander of Rescue operations Calls himself the mayor of the tent City for refugees. I m the mayor of the fastest growing Citrin America with the highest unemployment and the worst housing he said Friday. Military officials said More than 11,000cubans were at Grant Narrio in addition to the 2,200 dropped off at the base sat urday. The number of haitians remained steady at about 14,500, the officials said. Navy it. Cmdr. Joe Quimby a spokes Man at Guantanamo said the american families were being returned Home be cause the need to divert electricity and desalinated water to the migrants would decrease the Quality of life for base personnel. He said the refugees could also pose a Security problem in the future but he did not elaborate. Meanwhile the United states an Cuba have agreed to resume talks on migration with the Hope of stemming the flow of refugees the state department said saturday. It was agreed to meet in new York shortly As soon As travel arrangements Are completed said state department spokesman Michael Mccurry. The talks will Deal solely with issues re lated to the promotion of Legal orderly and Safe migration he said adding we Don thave an intent of expanding this dialogue As we be said Over and Over cuban president Fidel Castro has demanded High level negotiations on Politi Cal issues including lifting the . Eco nomic embargo against Cuba. The United states will be represented by Deputy assistant Secretary Michael Skol. Mccurry said he did not know who would represent Cuba. The talks could begin As Early As mid week a state department official said speaking on condition of anonymity. Champs from Page 1 often seems cumbersome to foreign the health care situation has been aggravated by the draw Down in Europe which has seen More patients turn to champs As military clinics and Hospi tals which offer health care services at no Cost to military members and their families have closed the aide said. Currently about 28,000 family Mem Bers in the european theater use champs. The aide said that the num Ber could Rise when the waiver of Cost shares and deductibles goes into effect i october. expect that most family members will continue to use . Mili tary medical facilities the aide said. The defense department will try to hold Down the additional financial Bur Den of covering patient Cost sharing an deductibles by negotiating written agreements whenever possible with local off base physicians. Those agreements will clarify the de sense department s commitment to improving its payment procedures. We Hope to offset a lot of Dod s in creased costs through those agreements the aide said. The Hope is that by bringing an additional volume of patients to the health care providers they will be willing to offer us Price even so defense department officials Are prepared to absorb whatever excess costs arise. At the High end it could be As much As $2 million a year the aide said. The program will be evaluated toward the end of its first year to see whether it should be extended
