[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SOMETHING STINKS

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, something stinks. Army medic Michael New 
is a twice-decorated soldier. No one ever questioned his bravery or 
patriotism. Nevertheless, Michael New is being court-martialed in 
Germany. He refused to wear the blue beret and shoulder patches of the 
United Nations.
  Michael New said, and I quote, ``I will only wear the uniform of my 
country.'' What is going on here? When Michael New took an oath, he 
took an oath to defend and support the Constitution of the United 
States, not the charter of the United Nations.
  Mr. Speaker, something is wrong here when we allow a decorated 
soldier to face a court-martial because he will not wear a foreign 
uniform. Michael New should not be court-martialed. Michael New should 
be commended and the Congress of the United States should be looking 
into the prosecution of Michael New.
  Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. Something stinks.

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