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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration
is sending Patriot missiles to Kuwait and a third air
craft carrier to the Middle East, a
senior Pentagon official said today
following a warning by the presi
dent that Saddam Hussein must
comply with all U.N. orders.
The USS John F. Kennedy broke
off a five-day port visit to St.
Thomas and is now steaming to
ward the Mediterranean Sea, said
ie official, who spoke on condi-
ion of anonymity. A Patriot mis
sile battery — with eight launchers
and “dozens" of missiles — has
Bush
left Germany for Kuwait, the official added.
They have started to move," the official said of
the anti-missile Patriots, which garnered fame in the
Gulf War for their role against Iraqi Scud missiles.
The decision puts three U.S. aircraft carriers and
their battle groups in the waters within striking dis
tance of Iraq.
Queried about the reasons behind the military
moves, the Pentagon official responded with a smile,
saying, "Be prepared."
The JFK's departure was so hurried that the war
ship left some 50 sailors behind on the dock, a mili
tary source confirmed. All crewmen should be
aboard by nightfall, he added.
Earlier, Bush warned Saddam that Iraq must obey
all U.N. orders, including resolving a border dispute
with Kuwait and ending persecution of minorities.
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The threat of
enewed military action against
Iraq left many people in this com-
nunity uneasy. "I don't think
hat's what we need," said Robin
/an Huss, owner of a furniture
tore.
That possibility diminished
nday when Saddam's govern-
nent agreed to permit United Na-
ions inspection of the agriculture
ninistry suspected of housing in-
ormation on missile, chemical, bi-
ilogical and nuclear programs.
But even with that compromise,
LJ.S. officials continued to hold out
the threat of force. A senior U.S.
official, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said there will be "a
lot of soul-searching" over the
next few weeks on how to proceed
against future Iraqi intransigence.
Such behavior "will not be tol
erated" says President Bush, who
called Saddam "the bully, the dic
tator, the brutal merchant.of
death."
Duane Sanders, a local farmer,
agrees with Bush's description of
Saddam.
But Sanders said that renewed
military action against Iraq would
be "a waste of time and life" if it
stopped short of driving Saddam
from power.
Sanders supported the presi
dent's decision to use force to dri
ve Iraq out of Kuwait.
"But they didn't go ahead and
finish the job over there."
Duane Nordick, an electrical
workers union official, said that at
the time, the Persian Gulf War
seemed to come out well. But then
"all the negative stuff came out,"
including reports of U.S. help to
Saddam's government up until
shortly before the invasion of
Kuwait. It's nearly a year and a
half since America celebrated the
swift victory over Iraq.
The few voices that questioned
the wisdom of allowing Saddam
to remain in power were muted
back then.
"Everyone in the short term
was incredibly grateful that the
war didn't last any longer than it
did," said Roger Verdon, manag
ing editor of the Hutchinson
News. "On the other hand, look
ing back, they wish the job could
have been done permanently."
Immediately after the war, said
Verdon, "These people were
walking on clouds. They felt good
about themselves, about their
country." But now, he said,
"We're overwhelmed with so
many other concerns that the gulf
war is instant ancient history."
Opinion polls at the end of the
war reported Bush had record
support throughout the nation.
Yet conversations in recent days
with people in this part of Kansas
found Bush getting little political
benefit from the memory of the
gulf war.
And Nordick speculated that
renewed military action could
hurt Bush politically "if Saddam
Hussein comes«out smiling and
says, T'm still here.'"
Real estate developer Bill Bach
man was a staunch Republican
who ended up attracted to Ross
Perot's candidacy. With Perot out
of the race, Bachman said he'll
vote for Bush even though he sees
him "as a guy with no guts."
Bachman, a paratrooper during
World War II, said the Persian
Gulf War was "the first time I re
ally felt Bush had guts. Then we
UPD captures third place
in vehicle design contest
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
Increased visibility at heart of change, official says
By Julie Chelkowski
The Battalion
The Texas A&M University Po
lice Department captured a third
place award in a recent contest for
the best police vehicle design in
the United States and foreign
countries.
The 1992 International Police
Vehicle Design Competition at
tracted over 500 police depart
ments nationwide and nine for
eign police departments.
A panel of three judges select
ed first, second and third place
vehicles from five different divi
sions: special purpose, sheriff's
agency, municipal agency and
federal or state agency, the UPD's
division.
The department was after a
new look with the modern design
of the vehicles, said Lt. Cabrina
Scott of the UPD.
"We wanted to be different
(than before)," she said. "We
wanted to dress up the vehicles
and make them look more profes
sional."
One of the main purposes of
the changes was to make the vehi
cles more visible and identifiable
to the community, Scott said.
"We wanted to project a pro
fessional image and allow citizens
to easily recognize them (the
cars)," she said.
Elmer Schneider, associate di
rector of the UPD, said the judges
were impressed with the reflec
tive material that was used on the
1992 Chevrolet Caprice. The ma
terial increased the visibility of
vehicles in a variety of weather
conditions, he said.
Another improvement, Schnei
der said, was a color change from
white to blue which had to be ap
proved by Robert Smith, vice
president of finance and adminis
tration, but was needed to project
a "police" image.
"People usually associate blue
as being connected with police
agencies," he said. "It reflects tKe
area that we're in."
The contest had many advan
tages other than creating motiva
tion to design a practical and
appe
aling vehicle, Schneider said.
"The competition builds the
spirit of cooperation," he said. "It
shows you have a pride in what
you're doing and that builds the
image that you project to the pub
lic."
The Minnesota State Patrol was
selected for first place and the
Fort Drum Military Police vehi
cles took second. Law and Order
magazine and 3M Company
sponsored the competition.
linton asks for aid in battling GOP's 'smoke screen'
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Bill Clin-
on appealed to a National Urban
.eague audience Monday to help
fight "broken record" Repub-
can charges that the Democratic
icket is too liberal and wants only
raise taxes and federal spend-
ng.
He said the Bush-Quayle team
using such charges as a smoke-
creen to avoid blame for not
lealing with housing, jobs and
)ther national problems.
"There's an overwhelming de-
ire that cuts across race, income
nd political party to see this
country work for all the people
again," said the Democratic presi
dential nominee. "I don't find that
I have to tailor the message. I
think most people want the same
things."
Later, Clinton traveled to Cu
pertino, Calif., where he discussed
economics, jobs and the federal
budget deficit with high-technolo
gy computer workers.
On another subject, the Clinton
camp brushed off a Bush adminis
tration attack on his foreign policy
judgment. White House
spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said
Clinton was backing a "reckless
approach" in suggesting bombing
continue. But Clinton aide Bruce
Lindsey said Clinton's position to
"People in this election try to put on
yesterday's broken record, that sticks at the
same old place in the song ... tax-and-spend,
tax-and-spend, tax-and-spend ..
-Clinton, Democratic presidential nominee
strikes in the former Yugoslavia if
attacks against the relief effort
use military force, if needed, was
close to the Bush administration's.
At the Urban League, Clinton said
Bush's people, "in their eagerness
to prove they did nothing
wrong," will try to make this fall's
White House run about "liberal
vs. conservative, left vs. right."
"That's the load of bull we've
been paralyzed with for too long,"
Clinton said.
He noted that the Urban
League supports an agenda under
which high school graduates
should be able to work calculus,
speak a foreign language and
write a 25-page essay, and he
asked, "Does this sound like a tax-
and-spend liberal to you?"
Clinton said in his speech in
southern California, where the
Los Angeles riots are still vivid in
many voters' minds, that Bush
had responded with housing pro
grams only when a crisis hit. The
Arkansas governor mocked Re
publicans for calling him and run
ning mate A1 Gore liberals.
"When people in this election
try to put on yesterday's broken
record, that sticks at the same old
place in the song ... tax-and-spend,
tax-and-spend, tax-and-spend,"
Clinton said, lowering his voice.
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Health system reform receives local support
Dave Knoop, Administrator of Scott & White, Jim
Thompson, Brazos Valley Rehabilitation, Pat
Cornelison, Administrator of Humana Hospital,
DARRIN HILL/The Battalion
Leon Bachman, executive director of Mental Health
Mental Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley,
Reed Edmundson Administrator of Greenleaf.
By Mark Evans
The Battalion
The Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce
Health Services Committee announced its support on
Monday for a health program which calls for reform
of the current health system.
"While we have a health care system that works
most of the time for most people, without q’uestion,
parts of it are broken and need to be fixed," said Reed
Edmundson, administrator of Greenleaf Hospital.
"There are too many economically disadvantaged
people who don't have access to the system."
Congress has before it over two dozen bills offer
ing solutions to health care problems, Edmundson
said. These bills advocate one of two approaches: so
cialization of the health care system or drastic reform
of the existing one.
The committee supports the latter option, believ
ing socialized medicine will result in a system in
which the patient pays more and receives less.
In their opinion, the United States' current system
works because the patient has a choice between pub
lic and private health care.
Edmundson called for "a drastic reform of health
care using the same public and private system that
has made health care in the United States the best in
the world."
We need to keep the best and reform the rest."
The issue of health care reform is second only to
the economy in terms of importance this election
year, Edmundson said.
Plans laid out by the Healthcare Equity Action
League (HEAL), outlining specific areas within the
health care system needing reform, have received the
committee's endorsement.
HEAL has developed seven recommendations
which the organization believes will provide Ameri
cans with a more effective health care progra n.
"They'll fix the broken parts of our health care sys
tem without hurting the things that make it so great,"
Edmundson said.
"If more and more people get behind this plan, I
think we'll start to see some action come out of it."
Of the two presidential candidates. Bush's health
care program more closely parallels that proposed by
HEAL.
HEAL's seven recommendations are:
• eliminate state-mandated benefits
• eliminate legal barriers to managed care
• reform health insurance underwriting practices
• reform the malpractice system
• reform the tax laws so that all businesses can
deduct health insurance premiums.
• encourage patients to become knowledgeable
about health care
• bring health care costs under control through
more efficient delivery systems.
"President Bush is more in line with this health
care plan than any other, although he hasn't specifi
cally mentioned the HEAL plan," Edmundson said.
Though, Edmundson admits any reforms in health
care are not likely to occur until after the November
elections.
"Our goal is to educate the public, so that the pub
lic votes in the way that reflects what they really
want from their health care," Edmundson said. "I
think it's important that people make those decisions
based on an informed opinion."
Both the local and the national Chamber of Com
merce back the HEAL plan.