European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse These Man vol. 53, no. 207 500 thursday november 10,1994 d 8693 a party lines elections voter exit polls showed an increased went if cation with republicans since 1990.a it a 1990 Republican 33% i Rye of Iii Fri i it i i jj.,. Democrat 30% Independent 28% 28% v a \1 is Washington a a senior White House aide acknowledged wednesday that America s voters had sent president Clinton a message that we did t move far enough or fast enough on political Reform the message of the voters is Clear adviser George Steph Nopoulos said in an interview with the associated want change As much As they wanted change in 1992. They want us to keep moving White House chief of staff Leon Panetta said Clinton was obviously frustrated with the midterm elections that turned the Congress Over to republicans for the first time in Fout decades and gave them a majority of the governorships. Making the morning talk show circuit Panetta conceded that Clinton had been stung by the magnitude of the go sweep saying by no Means did we expect to lose the number of seats we did i both the Senate and the House Clinton planned a late afternoon new conference to discuss the new political real Ity Republican control of both houses of Congress. Panetta and democratic adviser Tony Coelho emphasized the obvious that Linton will try to seek compromises with republicans. There s a tremendous Burden now on sea Clinton on Page 9 overtures follow gop win in a Telephone Call wednesday sen. Bob Dole of Kansas tells president Clinton he wants to work together with the White House. Parties face necessity of cooperating by the associated pres Republican congressional leaders and the Clinton White House struck a tenuous tone of accommodation wednesday after the american people put the re publicans in charge of both the House and Senate for the first time since Dwight d. Eisenhower s Day. Two Yean after president Clinton too office the democrats were targeted for wholesale repudiation. On wednesday the president s top advisers acknowledged that he would have to trim his Agenda and try to work with the republicans. We re laying the groundwork for reaching out said Leon Panetta the White House chief of staff. Clinton will push legislative themes that already have a foundation of bipartisan support including deficit reduction Panetta said. The combative Newt Gingrich a doctrinaire conservative sure to be installed Apas House speaker in january and Bob see gop Ori Page 11 by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington political Chest beating aside tuesday s Republican landslide is unlikely to have much impaction defense spending or priorities. With current deficit reduction Law clamping Down on new spending and Vot ers raging against higher taxes analysts say any shake in the Pentagon s cur rent course probably will amount to Jia More than minor tremors. Although Republican Calls for shoring up defense spending have grown As contingency operations have stretched the declining Force Structure gop leaders have produced few details on How the would even find More Money for defense much less on How they would spend s a problem of political will said Carol Lessure legislative analyst for the defense budget project a nonpartisan organization that tracks defense spending trends. Lessure said the republicans con tract with America a Broad legislative see changes on Page 9 a troops1 reaction governors Rac h stat Rac -p�9 12-13 m Houm nc99 to 99919 to proposition h Star candidate May s Friendly fire hearing concludes capt. Eric a. Wickson Sembach a Germany is air Force it. Col. Randy w. May s article 32 hear ing concluded wednesday after a Brief session in which an f-15 Pilot was recalled to answer More questions about the april 14 Friendly fire incident Over Iraq that killed 26 people. Capt. Eric a. Wickson spent about a hour testifying before col. Edward m. Starr the article 32 investigating officer said Martin May s Lead defense counsel. Starr is considering Evi Tience that could Lea to a court martial against May. Wickson and May Are f-15 pilots based at Span Dahlem a with the 53rd fighter so. Wickson and May were flying in a two air Craft formation Over the no Fly zone in North Ern Iraq last Spring when they mistakenly hot Down two . Army Black Hawk Heli copters believing they were two iraqi Hin copters. Twenty six people including 15 americans were killed. Starr concluded the closed door Legal proceeding which is similar to a grand jury hear ing and stated that he was finished with the evidentiary phase of his investigation Martin said. Starr must submit a report on the hear ing and make a recommendation to Mai. Gen Eugene d. Santarelli the 17th air Force commander on whether the Case should go to trial. There is no deadline for Starr to finish his re port and Santarelli is not bound by Starr s recommendation. \ although Wickson was the Lead Pilot and the first to launch his missile the air Force granted him testimonial immunity so that he could testify at May s hearing and at another held last month at tinker fab okla. That hearing involved five Crew members of an airborne warning and control system plane that was monitoring the no Fly zone during the Downing. The results of that hearing Jive not been disclosed. V
