European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday january 7,1995admiral challenges Dole on Bosnia Smith views end to embargo As washing ton a a top . Commander in Europe on Friday countered Senate majority Leader Bob Dole s Call to lift the bosnian arms embargo. Adm. Leighton w. Smith jr., commander of nato forces in Southern Europe said lifting the embargo would Widen the War and endanger thousands of . Peacekeepers. Smith who is based in Naples Italy also said intensifying airstrikes As Dole advocates would accomplish Little. A my fear is that there would be a fairly immediate escalation a Smith told defense reporters at a breakfast meeting in Washington. A it puts those forces that Are on the ground now in a More difficult  his comments came two Days after Dole r-kan., made the lifting of the . Arms embargo Over Bosnia one of his first legislative priorities in the new Congress. Dole backed by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers argues that the embargo creates an unfair military advantage for bosnian serbian forces who have been seen As the aggressors in the Balkan conflict. If the United nations maintains the embargo Dole wants the United states to defy the ban unilaterally and begin arming the bosnian government. A there arc those who claim that peace is around the Corner a Dole said. A no question i would like to believe that but i have heard it too Many  Congress already has forced the Clinton administration to end . Enforcement of the embargo. On nov. 12, . Warships patrolling the Adriatic sea stopped diverting or delaying vessels suspected of carrying weapons bound for Bosnia. The Clinton administration has resisted Doles efforts to drop the embargo arguing that defying the ban would create a rift in nato and risk pulling the unit cd states into the conflict. Smith who also commands the . Naval forces Industrial Haze Sis Dove Capay a Lone Boatman is silhouetted against the steam rising Friday from the Neckar River in Heilbronn in Southern Germany where the barges arc docked on the quays around a Power Plant. . Aid to sex soviet officers essential to Security Perry says by the Washington Post. Washington a defense Secretary William Perry on thursday defended the use of . Funds to pay for new housing for former soviet nuclear weapons officers. Perry said the Money was part of a program aimed at dismantling the soviet nuclear Complex and was in americans Security interest. In a spirited response to congressional republicans who have questioned whether the Cash strapped Pentagon can afford to continue funnelling Money to the former soviet republics Perry devoted a speech before the National press club in Washington to justifying the Cost of the  related a recent meeting with freshman House republicans in which one member questioned Why the United states was spending Money on improving the Quality of life for former soviet troops when funds for . Forces were increasingly scarce. Perry explained that in Ukraine where Washington plans this year to build new houses for retiring officers from two former nuclear weapons bases military officers cannot be decommissioned unless housing is provided. A my answer to the congressman a question was we Are not helping to build housing for soviet missile officers to improve their Quality of life. We arc doing it to improve our Quality of life a Perry said. The United states has committed nearly $1 billion Over the past three years to dismantling the nuclear weapons Complex in Russia and three other former so Viet republics. Perry noted thursday that the program sponsored initially by Sens. Sam Nunn d-ga., and Richard Lugar r-ind., is under attack riot Only by some in Congress who View the funds As another form of russian Aid but also by russian conservatives who suspect the United states of engaging in a conspiracy to disarm their nation. A a it a neither russian Aid nor is it unilateral russian disarmament a Perry said calling the funds a defense by other Means a a i plan to defend this program in Congress vigorously a the Secretary said. It would be tragically shortsighted if the dismantlement of soviet nuclear weapons is slowed or stopped by misconceptions about this  among the developments he attributed to the program were. A the removal of nearly 2,600 warheads from missiles or bomber bases including the Transfer to Russia of 900 warheads from Ukraine Kazakhstan or Belarus. A the removal of 750 missiles from their launchers and destruction of 575 launchers and bombers. A Ukraine a recent Promise to eliminate All nuclear a weapons on its soil. He also credited the Nunn Lugar program with financing the dramatic operation in november during which 000 kilograms 1,320 pounds of highly enriched uranium a enough to make several dozen nuclear weapons a were spirited out of Kazakhstan to the United states. Europe echoed the administration line and added his own insight As a military commander. Among other things he said lifting the embargo a might draw Iran into the War in support of the Muslim backed bosnian government. A could Lead the bosnian serbs immediately to raid the . Weapons confiscation centers where heavy weapons have been placed under International guard. A would endanger the roughly 23,000 peacekeepers who Are spread throughout Bosnia. A could Force the United states to participate in a dangerous evacuation operation. A Smith also questioned whether intensified . Airstrikes against the bosnian serbs positions would accomplish anything. After lifting of the embargo he said the ground based a Forward air controller so who help aircraft find targets would be pulled out of the country. The warplanes would be flying Blind he  Congress goes on Washington apr americans will be Able to keep a close Eye on their lawmakers Courtesy of the internet in a new congressional computer system. Named a a Thomas in Honor of Thomas Jefferson the system provides information about . Laws and lawmakers through the Library of Congress. Basking in the second Day of Republican control of Capitol Hill House speaker Newt Gingrich declared thursday that a because knowledge is Power a the system will tilt the balance a toward the citizens and out of the  he was joined by librarian of Congress James h. Billington and rep. Bill Thomas r-Calif., chairman of the new House oversight committee. The new congressional system is available for free to users of the internet a global network that links 2.2 million computers at universities corporations government agencies and Homes. It is used by More than 20 million people. The system is available through a service called world wide web. To get in one must use a world wide web Reader to Point to the a top server at the  address. The Thomas system includes full texts of Bills from the last Congress the houses a a Gopher system which has directory information for lawmakers and committees committee hearing schedules House floor schedules and visitor information a text of the Republican proposed changes in House procedures that lawmakers approved wednesday and Early thursday and other materials. Full texts of Bills from the new Congress will be available by the end of january. Future offerings will include texts of the congressional record and the congressional research services Bill digest which contains summaries and chronologies of legislation. Billington said the materials will a enable the american Public to search More easily for legislation and to understand More fully the lawmaking  the system however will not compete with commercial computer services which will be Able to repackage the congressional material the Library of Congress said. Gingrich Drew applause when he said funding for the congressional Library a the worlds largest with 16 million books a should be increased despite proposed cuts in Federal spending. The new system complements one the White House introduced last october when a new guide to the governments on line resources became available on the  570,000.people have used it since october a spokeswoman  of warplanes Dies Ventura Calif. Apr Ben r. Rich a nationally acclaimed Engineer who helped design top secret warplanes and stealth fighters at Lockheed  Skunk works is dead. He was 69. Rich died thursday of cancer. 1 he supers Cret Skunk works which operated out of a Lockheed facility in Burbank earned a reputation a a revolutionary innovator of warplanes at the Heicht of the cold War