Roscoe Bartlett: “Mr. Chairman, this bill is not, this amendment is not about Michael New, and that is something of a distraction. But…”

“Mr. Chairman, this bill is not, this amendment is not about Michael New, and that is something of a distraction. But since he has been brought into it, I would simply say that he and all of our other military personnel have been told not to obey an unlawful order. Whether or not this is a lawful order is now being tested in the courts. The courts will decide whether or not it was a lawful order. Second, none of our troops can be sent on a U.N. mission without the permission of the Congress, because the U.N. Participation Act says that chap- ter 7, they have all been chapter 7, the Congress must give permission. If they get permission to deploy the troops, they can give permission to wear the insignia if that is necessary.”