European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday november 17,1994 i at a glance David Smith says he never questioned his estranged wife s claim that the couple s two children had been kidnapped by a stranger until she confessed. See Story on Page 9. Tornado kills one a Tornado spawned by tropical storm Gordon ripped through a Flor Ida retirement Community killing at least one person.? pages oversight stepped up the Federal aviation administration will begin regulating regional air lines under the stricter rules that cover major carriers. Page6 quitting smoking even for smokers with Early signs of emphysema or chronic bronchitis it s not too late to kick the habit a study says. Page sleep disorder blamed a Pennsylvania Man says a rare sleep disorder caused him to shoot his wife to death in bed. Pages fed s move debated the Federal Reserve s decision to increase interest rates intensified a debate Over whether it should have acted at All. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword. 21 faces n places. 20 Horoscope. 27 Jumble 27 letters. 16 Money matters. 14 sports 29-36 to listings. 35 weather 15 . Won t Overlook abuses to boost Trade Clinton says Jakarta Indonesia a in a nation notorious for human rights violations president Clinton issued a Call wednesday to break Down chains of oppression and pledged that the unite states will not ignore abuses for the Sake of increased Trade. Clinton discussed human rights a length with president Suharto and urged him to make More Progress officials welcomed Suharto s assurances that he would not punish students who occupied the . Embassy to demand Independence for East timor the former portuguese Colony seized in 1975. The indonesian Leader said his govern ment is dealing fairly with East timor a senior administration official said. Between diplomatic meetings Clinto shopped for 45 minutes at a Jakarta Flea Market browsing at stalls offering Antiques carved masks wind Chimes cop per Ware and other goods. Indonesia was Clinton s last Stop i three weeks of grueling travel that began with a journey to the Middle East an then picked up steam with a frenetic Campaign tour in the United states be fore he set out to the far East last week. From Jakarta the president and his wife Hillary Rodham Clemton flew to Hawaii for a few Days test before return ing to Washington to confront the bitter realities of the Republican election land slide./. / / in a speech to . Business leaders in Jakarta Clinton reached out to republicans urging them to join with democrats to pass a global Trade agreement to slash tariffs. Congress is returning this month in a lame Duck session to vote on the Accord known As the general agreement on tariffs and Trade. Invoking the name of a legendary re publican who once headed the Senate foreign relations committee Clinton recalled the admonition of the late sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan that partisanship should Stop at the water s " -. /. Explaining Vandenberg s exhortation Clinton said that used to apply to National Security defined in military terms. Today it applies to National Security de fined in economic in Advance of Clinton s speech re publican sen. Jesse Helms the incoming chairman of the relations committee suggested that he might hinder Clinton s foreign policy initiatives unless the president agreed to postpone the Gatt vote until Early next yeah Asia is the fastest growing economic Region of the world and the Market Forone third of All american exports. Clin ton said . Economic strategy must be revised to Makuc Indonesia Thailand China India and others a larger part of the equation. We remain convinced that strength ening the ties of Trade among nations can help to break Down chains of repression that As societies become More open economically they also become More open politically Clinton said. Addressing criticism of his administration Clinton said we reject the notion that increasing economic ties in Trad and partnerships undermine our human rights Clinton said the United states plays Amajor role in the struggle for democracy and Freedom around the world adding we cannot turn away from that1 cause and we will decline from Paget rapidly deployable Forward deployed forces that Are already stationed overseas and initial reinforcing forces that Are Fol Low on units based in the United states. No immediate threat to the safety of the nation looms As a result of the problem senior Pentagon officials said. Still the Penta gon citing Security concerns refused to identify the divisions involved. Perry said in his letter that the administration would seek supplemental appropriations to help bolster the army s operations and maintenance budget to offset the Cost of the overseas deployments. He did not say How much that would entail. Only a few weeks ago Deputy defens Secretary John Deutch told Congress that . Forces were better prepared than the were before the 1991 persian Gilf War and that readiness was not a serious problem. Defense department officials insisted that Perry s letter which was made pub Lic in a hastily called briefing was drafted sometime monday after the Secretary first Learned about the apparent erosion in readiness in the divisions. Nevertheless the briefing came hours after the release of a letter by rep. Floyd Spence , in line to be the next chairman of the House armed services committee questioning Deutch s Asser Tion that readiness still was High. Spence and other conservatives have warned repeatedly that the administration was cutting military spending too sharply to support the rising volume of peacekeeping operations forcing the services to Cut training and maintenance to meet their budgets. In their briefing for reporters tuesday Pentagon officials said the problem came to Light As a result of periodic readiness reports that the army requires of its units. The reports Chart each unit s personnel equipment on hand serviceability of that equipment and training. The goal is for army combat units Tobe at the highest level of readiness designated As cd. Senior Pentagon officials said tuesday that the three army divisions in the state Side based follow on forces have fallen tothe defense department s third level of readiness c-3 meaning that 70percent to 79 percent of the unit is pre pared to undertake wartime missions. Warning from Page the highest Levels of combat Readi Ness. A / in their announcement Pentagon officials did not mention any for Ward deployed divisions which in clude the two army divisions in Europe. About 75,000 Europe based sol Diers deployed to the persian Gulf in 1990 and Early 1991 to counter a iraqi invasion of Kuwait the num Ber of army troops in Europe is no about 72,000, Bridges said. Along with changed military an political priorities the army in Europe has Veen slowing Down training to improve facilities and services. We have Over the past two to three years taken Money from train moreover the . European ing accounts to fund Quality of life come is not directly affected by Bridges said. 4the decrease in readiness said Navy the military training Standard is to cmdr. Ron Morse command spokesman. Bridges said he would not discuss readiness rating for specific army units in Force is ready to do what it i asked to do he said. But he said we be done pretty damned Well. Every time the phone rings we can answer the Call within 24 hours Cordi Csc Bridges Usa eur spokesman Man Euver combat vehicles 800 Miles per year but i Europe that num Ber has fallen to600 Miles and in some cases fewer. It s a matter of ready for what Ana ready for what at what time Bridges said of the Prepa the nature of its Mission requests has redness Issue. Changed dramatically in recent years although rapid increases in tech in the midst of deep troop cuts. Ology have allowed most command we be done pretty damned Well ers to improve their staff training every time the phone rings we can through the use of computer Simula answer the calf within 24 hours Tion Bridges said one of the places Bridges said adding there is no simulation cannot help us is Down a shortage of people packed and ready the platoon to As a result he said teams such As however he said if we got the tank Crews and infantry squads recall for another desert storm we under trained in High intensity com would not be responding in 24 Bat skills. And Many Are focusing in Stead on peacekeeper skills. Although readiness May have people Are ready. People Are per slipped it does t mean troops Are tonally willing to do the things we resisting around in motor pools killing asking them to do Bridges said time. Soldiers in Europe Are on but he added soldiers in Europe peacekeeping duty in Macedonia Are also beginning to show signs of and have moved swiftly to Somalia stress because of a More hectic world and Rwanda As Well As on humanity that Calls for frequent deployments Rian missions to Eastern Europe. Of Small units. But if you thrust them into a Situ he cited a substantial increase action such As Kuwait they would in the percentages of spousal and clearly not be ready Bridges said child abuse can we Send another corps to do How Long can we keep that Pace up Bridges said. We re starting to another desert storm the answers certainly no ". See the warning signs the division and armoured cavalry regi time missions. C-4 is the lowest rating ment in the rapid deployment forces have a names of the units Are classified slipped to ratings of c-2, meaning they Are 80 percent to 89spercent prepared for War oses is report staff h
