James Traficant: “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…”

“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.…”