European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse I thursday september 29,1994 Haiti the stars and stripes Page 11 panel sets March 1 for Haiti exit. Apa . Army Soldier risks a haitian Man after he turned in a weapon for Cash tuesday in port a Prince. The . Military has begun a buyback program in an Effort to reduce the number of weapons on the streets. Washington a a House panel dismissed White House claims that time limits could endanger troops and voted wednesday to set a March 1 deadline for authorization of . Military presence in Haiti. The House foreign affairs committee cast a party line,27-18 vote in favor of the March 1 deadline1 arid set Ting limits on the functions of american forces in Haiti. All republicans voted against the measure saying it gave retroactive endorsement to president Clinton s commitment of troops to Haiti and permitted their presence there for too Long a period. The Resolution is expected to reach the House floor in the next few Days. Debating the Resolution in the House foreign affairs committee chairman Lee Hamilton d-ind., said most members of Congress want to set a deadline but that set Ting a Date earlier than March 1 would be irresponsible from an operational but the ranking Republican on the committee rep. Ben oilman of new York said the Resolution by authorizing the Haiti operation for six months endorses a policy most lawmakers oppose. The Resolution requires the president to submit reports about the status of the Mission and the changeover scheduled for Early next year to a smaller . Peacekeeping Force with fewer than 3,000 americans there Are now More than 13,000 . Troops in Haiti. In the Senate Republican sen. Hank Brown has submitted a Resolution seeking . Withdrawal no later than dec. 31. But majority Leader George Mitchell said he opposed setting a specific Date and Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said if a Date were set it most Likely would be in a nonbinding Resolution. Defense Secretary William Perry in Spain on wednes Day for meetings with nato defense ministers put no time limit on the . Troop presence in Haiti. We Are there to secure stability and Security in Haiti which will permit the Legal government to return which will permit free and fair parliamentary elections to occur this year and will permit humanitarian Aid to Start flowing immediately Perry said. Perry also said he would ask Spain to participate in the . Forces there particularly in helping to train a professional haitian police Force. In testimony before the House committee tuesday Deputy defense Secretary John dutch and other officials testifying before the committee tuesday stressed that any Date certain for leaving could put . Troops at risk by Ham stringing the Mission and encouraging extremists to plan their attacks around the departure Date. -.-. /. V v. Talbott and Marine it. Gen. John j. Sheehan the director of operations for the joint chiefs of staff said the Mission in Haiti remains to establish a secure Environ ment for the restoration of democracy and not to take Over policing or other government functions. We Don t see that As a Mission creep expansion but rather a reality on the ground that the citizens have in fact disarmed their own police Sheehan said. And we re in the process of putting a police Force in place that s going " " ". Meanwhile the new York times reported wednesday that president Clinton last week approved a $5 million secret contingency fund to neutralize opponents of exiled haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristi Cje. 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