[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 46 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          THE MICHAEL NEW CASE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant] is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, it is an unusual thing for me to come 
over and do a 5-minute special order. I very seldom do that. Part of 
the reason that deals with the issue of Michael New, who was stripped 
of his position and discharged from the U.S. Army because as a military 
hero he was twice decorated, he refused to wear the blue beret and the 
shoulder patch of the United Nations. As some people say, Michael New 
should be thrown out. He was insubordinate, he did not listen. That is 
what the Army said in their court martial and their proceedings.
  But I have a resolution in with the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. 
Bartlett], a good friend of mine that says that the Congress of the 
United States should reinstate Michael New with his rank and back to 
the Army because he brings to the attention of the American people more 
than just this individual obstinacy. He said he took an oath to the 
U.S. Constitution, not to the charter of the United Nations. And, quite 
frankly, I agree with him, and I think we have taken this new world 
order business a little bit too far.
  I think the Michael New case is more than about a soldier that has 
been thrown out of the Army. I think it is a microcosm of how we as a 
Nation have gone so far that we have our troops under foreign command 
wearing the uniforms of other identities. And, quite frankly, all the 
money we give the United Nations, I think they blow an awful lot of it. 
They should be doing more peacekeeping so we would not have to send in 
our troops in the first place.
  I just wanted to come over here for the New family, because it was a 
special order that was put together by the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. 
Bartlett], and I stand in support of Michael New and I oppose this new 
world order madness that has our troops under foreign command, wearing 
foreign uniforms, and I think Michael New is not an individual that has 
just gone off rebelliously. He is a twice-decorated veteran. He is a 
patriot, and I think he takes a stand that should become the subject of 
great debate here in the Congress of the United States.
  So I thank you for belaboring that issue with me, and Mr. Bartlett 
will give more information on the resolution itself because I just came 
over spontaneously and wanted to offer my support.

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