European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday november 16,1994 f a at a glance rep. Newt Gingrich and sen. Bodole the men expected to Lead gop majorities in the next con Gress have a Little Chat on Capi Tol Hill on monday. See political stories on Page 7. Interest rates boosted the Federal Reserve has in creased interest rates for the sixth time this year in an Effort to slow growth enough to keep inflation at Bay. Damage from stress chronic stress May be the reason that Black americans suffer More High blood pressure with worse consequences than Whites. Radiation tests probed the . Government sponsored at least eight cold War experiments in which cancer patients were bombarded with total body radiation to learn More about radiation s effects researchers say.  aviator s body found the Navy has recovered the body of the first woman assigned to Fly an f-14 fighter Jet in combat who died last month during a failed Landing at sea. " " paged Microsoft service Microsoft has lined up plans for its own on line service. Page 18 Index j Abby Ann Landers. 26 classifieds. 27-31. Comics. 24-26 commentary 17 crossword. 26 faces n places. 23 focus 19-22 Horoscope. 28 Jumble 28 letters 16 Money matters. 18 sports 33-40 to listings .39 weather. 15 Ine set for open group to drop barriers by 2020 " -. A. A a i n it a pc Jakarta Indonesia a presi Dent Clinton and leaders if other Pacific and asian Powers pledged tuesday to have free and open to tide throughout in eco nominally dynamic Region within 25 years. This agreement is Good news for the countries of this Region and especially Good blueprint for lowering that is a very Good sign a last minute Deal was struck tuesday to give China and South Korea and other fast growing asian economies until 2020 to ease Trade restrict Ulier Date. Clinton agreed to the Compro Freer Trade arrangements in Asia Clinto said at the conclusion of a meeting of leaders of the 18-member Asia Pacific economic cooperation organization. The timetable to end Trade barriers among 18 Pacific rim nations Calls for Only the biggest Industrial economies to drop Trade terriers by 2010. Most of the rest of the Region would get another 10 years until 2020.Clinton touted the Accord As a natural outgrowth of the initial Asia Pacific rim Summit he organized a year ago in Seattle and said the leaders would How work on a detailed action Agenda fora follow through Summit next year in Osaka Japan. He hailed the meeting As historic but said the greater Challenge is in making the agreement workable. If we adopt a with the earlier Date the United states Japan Canada Australia and new Zea land. While the declaration leaves a lot of latitude for countries uneasy with the deadline it Marks a step toward what could become the world s largest free Trade zone. I m going to do everything i can to keep the american economic recover going Clinton said in answer to a ques Tion about the declining value of the Dol Lar on world markets he said that working toward More open asian and Pacific markets will Bol Ster Job Security for americans especially autoworkers. He said the Region offers rapidly expanding Middle classes and the potential for expanded demand for . Products. President Clinton chats with South korean president Kim Young Sam on tues Day in Jakarta Indonesia. Ready from Page 1  /. V test of How ready . Forces Are to execute. Two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies As required by the administration s National military  Pentagon officials said Deutch has no Thad tune to respond and declined to comment on Spence s  congressman has told his commit tee staff to visit various bases to asses the military s state of readiness. Army chief of staff Gen. Gordon Sulli Van told reporters tuesday that there snot a lot or Money there and i m always scratching to pull things  but headed that we came through four years of change in Good shape and i Don t think we be been stretched too  Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon asked about the Spence letter said that while preparedness must always be addressed when you look at the Broad readiness picture As has been illustrate both in Haiti and the Gulf our forces Are ready they re Able to move out quickly and they have done  our forces Are very ready today he said adding readiness is like weight control. It s a Battle that has to be  he appealed to Congress to approve supplemental funding to makeup for the costs of the Haiti operation. Many congressional republicans have criticized the Clinton administration s Long Range defense cuts As too deep at time when . Forces have faced an in creasing number of difficult missions i third world hot spots. The resulting stress on services Emberland their families has become so acute that the Pentagon has decided to Cut int future weapons modernization Hinds to bolster military Quality of life immediately. Last week officials unveiled a new $2.7-billion initiative to give military members higher Cost of Liying allowances Bette housing and child care and enhanced Community programs and  said the Pentagon s Public pos Turing on the readiness question As rep resented by Deutch s recent comments suggests a disturbing misinterpretation of the Gravity of the problems facing .  congressman cited some of the anecdotal indicators that he said High Light those problems. According to Spence every Forward deployed army Divi Sion reports below Par readiness  stateside based follow on divisions report an even lower readiness status. Aircrews based in Europe Are so overextended in supporting peacekeeping and humanitarian operations that Many have needed waivers from their primary combat training requirements in order to keeper Wirig. From july 1993 to july 1994, seven types of air Force aircraft were deployedin5 excess of the service Standard of 120 Days of temporary duty per  types of aircraft were deployed in excess of 150  Marine corps and Navy tactical aviation squadrons had to ground More than half their aircraft for the month of september when operations and maintenance funding in the Fis Cal 1994 budget ran  Long list of problems certainly appears to Challenge your conclusion that the readiness of the forces is As High As it has Ever been Spence wrote in his letter to Deutch.  asked Deutch to provide a More precise rationale and basis on which you Public assessment was  i Trust an expeditious response will clarify your thinking on this important matter Spence wrote. Rda from 1 carry out our assigned roles and mis Sions Prout wrote in the memo which was obtained by the new York  More balanced budget. No More affordable  defenders of Boorda said he is simply arguing for what the Navy needs to keep ship steaming in third world trouble spots my View is that Force Structure has shrunk below a Pru Dent level for Al Boorda most every Elass of ship said  h. Mauz jr., who retired from the Navy last month As Atlantic Fleet com Mander. But critics within the Navy said Bourdais assuming future years will be As de manding As the busiest times in the past18 months. Experts outside the Pentagon said the republicans fiscal conservatism despite their talk of building up defense is Likely to keep the military budget on its Down Ward slide. Boorda is robbing from the future to cover the near term said Andrew Kre Pinevich director of the defense budget project a research group that monitors military spending. You have a Navy thatis talking about adding ships to its base. Meanwhile the defense department admits it has a budget shortfall of some where Between $40 billion to $50 billion for the next five years and others say the shortfall is even  in charting a new course for the Nav Boorda has broken with the plan devel oped by adm. William a. Owens the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who did much of the Navy s planning forthe previous chief of naval operations be fore assuming his current Post. Owens who is enamoured of new technologies contended that the Navy should take advantage of the demise of the soviet Union to make additional cuts. In that Way the Navy could save Money for shipbuilding and develop to types of military systems that Owens believed would be needed Early in the next Century. To reshape the Navy Owens planned to reduce the Fleet to 330 ships. The cur rent Fleet level is 382, Down from 5p/-ships in 1987. But Boorda a former clue of Navy personnel and a former Nai commander for Southern Europe is steering a different course. In an interview he said we had tactic that said if we get Little real Quick we will be Able to keep the Money an even though we will have some pain today As we Are getting Littler the Gam Weill have in the not too Distant future w Worth  but Boorda said that approach was no longer valid because of the demands the Navy