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John Nielson Reports On The Case Of U.S. Army Medic, Michael New,

who refused to wear a blue beret and other United Nations insignia when assigned to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Macedonia last fall. Court martial preparations began in January, but yesterday his civilian lawyers argued in U.S. District Court in Washington that he should be given an honorable discharge as a conscientious objector.

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