European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 11, 1994 in Cabinet Washington a the Clinto administration hastily re fashioning its budget to account for new political Reali ties is considering trimming the Cabinet and ordering drastic cuts in hundreds of programs. The proposals already Are prompting outcries from bureaucrats struggling to protect their agencies. The head of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and fire arms complained in a memo that pro posed cuts would prevent the apprehension of 5,000 violent criminals a year. Three Cabinet agencies being consid ered for possible dismantling Are the de payments of housing and Urban development Energy and transportation nations vow to negotiate Trade zone for americas Miami a leaders from 34 coun tries in the Western hemisphere pledged saturday to forge a vast free Trade zone forthe americas in the next decade opening markets for 850 million people from alas Kato Argentina and Chile. This historic step will produce real opportunities for More jobs and solid lasting Prosperity for our Peoples presi Dent Clinton said As he announced the results of morning talks with the Heads fall countries in the hemisphere except Fidel Castro s Cuba the presidents and prime ministers stood in two rows behind Clinton in the morning Sun and raised joined hands As he ended his remarks. The pact Calls for the free Trade Are of the americas to be negotiated by 2005, with real Progress before the end of the Century Clinton said. The Early Prog Ress target was a Bow to Argentina handsome countries that had pushed for a deadline of 2000.the leaders at the Summit of the americas set a to Rentable beginning next month for Trade ministers and other officials to Start work on the free Trad agreement building on existing accords within the americas such As the North american free Trade agreement among Canada Mexico and the United  leaders promised help for smaller countries that would have difficulty meet ing the deadline Clinton said. The grand design of a hemisphere without Trade barriers came nearly a year after Naftal took effect and almost 30years since the last Summit of North and South american leaders. In less than decade if current trends continue this hemisphere will be the world s largest Market. More than $13 trillion Worth of goods and services Clinton said. However he said none of us under estimates the hard work  United As Seldom before for democracy and Freer Trade the hemisphere s Lead ers heard a Call for frequent summits in administration officials said Friday. The officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said that if the administration ends up putting Only one Agency on the Block it is Likely to be housing and Urban development its functions would either be eliminated or spun off to other agencies. A officials stressed that president Clin ton who kicked off the intensive review with a command to be bold has not signed off on the proposals being devel oped. The officials said another White House meeting was scheduled for Mon Day. -1 v a if Clinton goes along with the package being developed it would be the most the stars and stripes Page 5 dramatic signal yet that he is moving tothe Center in response to the election losses that the democrats suffered in no vember. Facing Republican control of both the House arid Senate next year Clinton s office of management and budget has been searching for ways to make the president s annual budget a vehicle to re gain the initiative on cutting the costs of government and making it function bet " with republicans already promising to slash government spending the country i facing the unusual Prospect that both Par ties could attempt to outbid each other forthe Mantle of Champion budget Cutter. Imitation is the .since.re.st. Form of Flat Tery said rep. John Kasich a Ohio the incoming chairman of the House budget committee. But Kasich said that in the past the administration s performance has by no Means matched its rhe  ."-,.- .-.-. , Cox Waite president of the bipartisan committee for a responsible budget which has urged deficit reduction for years said she was encourage that politicians May have finally gotten the message from the voters. If politician Don t respond correctly then i think the voters will be ready to change the folks who Are making the decisions once again she said. Trio . Trade representative Mickey Kantor Speaks on the phone after conferring with president Clinton during the Summit of the americas on saturday. The pattern of the Pacific rim european other regional groupings. Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Bustamente one of saturday s first speakers urged that summits of the americas Convene every two years to Pur sue the promises of this weekend an free the weaker economies from what he called economic  v free Trade will help achieve Relief forthe impoverished he said warning against Long delays. It would be a tragic mistake to engage in a prolonged process where struggling nations with fragile democracies must wait 10, 15 maybe 20 years. The cos could be nothing less than the democratic foundations of our countries."-., Clinton fires on g i no Anages Washington a president Linton took aim saturday at incoming House speaker Newt Gingrich saying that some people out there who advocate putting children in orphanages Roget them off welfare Are dead  _. There is no substitute none forthe Loving Devotion and equally Loving discipline of caring parents Clinton said in his weekly radio address delivered from the Summit of the americas in Miami. Governments Don t raise Chil Dren. Parents  _ a thus he said welfare Reform should include a National Campaign against tee pregnancy and the toughest possible enforcement of our child support Laws along with the requirement that people on welfare will have to get off it and go to work after a specified period of time and he said there must be jobs Avail Able to those people when leave the Wel fare  identifying the Georgia re publican by name Clinton said there Are some people out there who argue that we should let some sort of big new institution take parents place and we should even take children away from parents Ashe Cut them off welfare even if they re doing a Good Job As parents and put those children in  Well those people Are dead  Oslo Norway a in a historic ceremony Yasser Arafat Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel peace prize on saturday for their break through in helping to bring peace to the tormented Middle East. Dressed in his traditional Kaffine headdress along with Olive drab military colors Arafat was the first to step for Ward for the prize during an elaborate ceremony in Oslo s City  ceremony followed strict alphabet ical order. After Arafat received theorize the  Peres the for eign minister and Rabin the prime min ister then received their prizes. Arafat the Palestine liberation organization Leader bowed three times amid thunderous applause after receiving his Gold medal and prize certificate. He clapped enthusiastically As per Sand Rabin came Forward to get their medals and certificates. Arafat and peres1shook hands in a sign of cooperation. Rabin quickly stepped aside after receiving his prize apparently to avoid a similar symbolic  three men stood for several min utes and proudly displayed the award for a peace process that started with secret talks in Norway itself. I.,Arafat was seated one chair away from the israeli pair during the ceremony in his acceptance speech delivered in arabic Arafat said the award was not granted to Crown an Endeavor that we have completed but rather to encourage us to continue a Road which we have  he urged his israeli counterparts to accelerate the process and begin troop withdrawal from parts of the West Bankas quickly As possible so that palestinian elections can be held. Among those with him in Oslo was his wife Suha who recently announced that she is pregnant. It will be the first child for the 65-year-old former guerrilla  spoke immediately after Arafat followed by  believe it is fitting that the prize has been awarded to Yasser Arafat Peres  quitting the path of confrontation in favor of the path 01 dialogue has opened the Way to peace Between ourselves and the palestinian people a people that we wish Al the Best m the future. Delivering his speech in English Pere told fellow Middle easterners that time has come to , 71, still bore three scars on his face from a fall he took Friday evening on the Way Back to his hotel. Standing Here today i wish to Salute our loved ones and past foes Rabin said speaking  his Days As a military com Mander Rabin paid tribute to War Vic Tims and their families saying this important prize is