Kuwait puts American soldiers on hold i
IRAQ from page 1
The administration says the coali
tion is intact, with Britain and France
Still helping mrmttnr the no-fly anne
in the south. Britain has endorsed the
U.S. actions wholeheartedly. In
Bahrain, Perry announced Sunday that
island emirate's agreement for 26
American F-16 fighters to be based
there. Kuwait last week said it would
play host to eight U.S. F-117A stealth
attack planes.
But the U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations, Madeleine Albright,
pointedly said on ABC that “when our
national interests are threatened we
are not afraid to act alone."
Saddam announced Friday he
would no longer shoot at coalition
planes patrolling the two no-fly zones
over Iraqi soil, which arc designed to
cripple Saddam's ability to mount
threats against his neighbors. U.S. of
ficials confirmed Sunday that die de
cision to avoid further confrontations,
which lowers prospects for another
strike, was on the whole being carried
out.
ShaHkashvili said it was a “mixed
story—we see the missile sights still
there, we see them moving around try
ing to hide them from us, but on the
other hand we have not seen here in
the last few days any efforts to recon
struct them."
Iraq’s deputy foreign minister,
Riyadh al-Qaysi, told ABC dud Iraq
had decided “to stop our military re
sponses within the limits of our capa
bilities,” He latersaid the decision was
to “suspend” attacks cm coalition
planes.
Perry's trip to shore up toe anti
Saddam coalition also took him to
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, which
hosts 5,000 U.S. military personnel
but has not allowed die Americans to
launch air strikes from Saudi territory.
Perry, asked in Bahrain about a
new round of attacks mi Iraq, said,
“Yes, it is still a possibility.” At mid
week, he spoke of “disproportionate”
punitive attacks in the aftermath of
abortive Iraqi attacks on U.S. aircraft.
Tbe United States responded to the
late August incursion of Iraqi troops
into a protected Kurdish area oftorth
em Iraq by attacking Iraqi missfle sites
in southern Iraq with cruise missiles.
Senator supports Hagel, military strength
jmcuaict from page l
McCain traveled to Nebraska this
week to give his support to Hagel’s
campaign.
McCain was a guest at a $200-per
plate dinner in Kearney Friday night
and a $250 breakfast in Lincoln Sat
urday morning.
McCain is a retired Navy captain
who spent five years as a prisoner of
war in Vietnam. He is a member of
the Senate armed services committee.
McCain said the United States
should launch a rigorous attack on
Iraqi troop concentrations in Kurd
controlled territory and disable com
mand centers in and around Baghdad.
. The United States is committed to
standing firm against Saddam Hussein
and now Clinton is backing down,
McCain said.
“The one thing the U.S. cannot risk
is its credibility,” McCain said.
The United States may also risk its
credibility because the Democrats
have weakened military strength by
cutting defense spending since the end
of the Cold War, McCain said.
“I believe we’ve cut too much in
the wrong areas,” he said.
“If tye had to go through another
Desert Storm, it would take longer and
be more difficult.”
Hagel, who served in the army in
Vietnam, said Clinton's foreign and
defense policies were ill-guided and
dangerous.
Nebraskans have a personal con
nection to military affairs, Hagel said,
because the state is home to the Stra
tegic Air Command, now Strategic
Command.
Many Nebraskans also have
friends and family stationed in Air
Force bases overseas—some in Saudi
Arabia, he said.
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Regents approve bid
for transplant center
REGENTS from page 1
tion costs and a loss of up to $35
million in federal and private do
nations from people who said they
would donate only if the Lied
Transplant Center was built ac
cording to certain specifications.
Construction inflation since
1993 has been about 10 percent.
When the estimate was made in
1993, inflation was about half that
amount. The unpredictable in
crease meant low estimates.
Wilson's amendment did not
pass, and regents said that in the
future, disparities between plan
ning estimates and final bids would
be better avoided.
University of Nebraska faculty
and staff will no longer be getting
their medical ami dental insurance
benefits from Mutual of Omaha, af
ter the regents approved a switch
to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Ne
braska.
The university will be saving
about $3 million each year under
the Blue Cross plan.
Faculty members will receive
the same benefits as they did with
Mutual of Omaha.
Peter Bleed, president of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Academic Senate, argued that fac
ulty members were not given a
chance to give their input on the
decision.
Jht other board news:
■A budget of $350,000 was ap
proved to replace the artificial turf
on UNL*s Buck Beltzer field. The
turf is 14 years old and has become
worn and slippery.
■A project budget of $6.7 mil
lion was approved to build a Live
stock Teaching Center and Student
Union/Leaming Center at the Ne
braska College of Technical Agri
culture in Curtis. The budget also
will have to be approved by the
Legislature.
■ Sinclair Hille & Associates in
conjunction with Lescher and’
Mahoney SPORTS was approved
to design the Memorial Stadium
Improvements Project at a cost of
no more than $1.8 million. Im
provements will be made to
restrooms, concession stands, press
boxes, and indoor seating. The
project also includes permanent
field lighting.
■ William Bemdt was approved
as University of Nebraska Medical
Center chancellor. Bemdt was die
vice chancellor for academic af
fairs. He is replacing Carol
Aschenbrener, who announced her
resignation Aug. 30.
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