[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H10752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         A PATRIOTIC OBJECTION

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow a courageous young man named 
Michael New is to be arraigned for a court martial.
  Mr. New's offense is that he refused to wear the blue uniform of the 
United Nations on a peacekeeping mission to Macedonia.
  He has not refused to go overseas on the peacekeeping mission as 
ordered.
  He simply has taken the position that his oath upon entering military 
service was to the United States--not the United Nations--and he wanted 
to wear his U.S. Army uniform.
  Obviously, this young man loves America, and he has taken a very 
patriotic stand.
  Most Americans believe that the young men and women in our Armed 
Forces should not be sent overseas except under the command of American 
generals and admirals.
  The Members of Congress who are the most concerned with the treatment 
of Mr. New are generally the Members who are among the strongest 
supporters of the U.S. military.
  Our Armed Forces are going to squander a great deal of public and 
congressional support if they continue to prosecute Michael New.
  They could easily have found other duty for someone who was making a 
reasonable, principled, and patriotic objection as was Mr. New.

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