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In April 1971, mere days after Second Lieutenant William Laws Calley, Jr. (born 1943) was convicted of ordering the [[My Lai]] Massacre, Rarick offered an amendment, dedicated to Calley, which would have outlawed the prosecution of soldiers for killings during wartime.<ref name="house-approves">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBYfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3088,170692|date=April 2, 1971|title=House Approves Draft Extension|publisher=''The Tuscaloosa New''|accessdate=April 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>"Two-Year Draft Extension OK'd," '' ''Tri-City(Washington State) Herald,'' April 1, 1971.</ref> "We must tell every mother we shall not let another soldier be disgraced in this manner," Rarick said in advocacy of the amendment, "Isn't premeditated murder what war is all about?" The amendment was defeated by a voice vote.<ref name="house-approves"/>

In April 1971, mere days after Second Lieutenant William Laws Calley, Jr. (born 1943) was convicted of ordering the [[My Lai]] Massacre, Rarick offered an amendment, dedicated to Calley, which would have outlawed the prosecution of soldiers for killings during wartime.<ref name="house-approves">{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TBYfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3088,170692|date=April 2, 1971|title=House Approves Draft Extension|publisher=''The Tuscaloosa New''|accessdate=April 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>"Two-Year Draft Extension OK'd," '' ''Tri-City(Washington State) Herald,'' April 1, 1971.</ref> "We must tell every mother we shall not let another soldier be disgraced in this manner," Rarick said in advocacy of the amendment, "Isn't premeditated murder what war is all about?" The amendment was defeated by a voice vote.<ref name="house-approves"/>

In September 1971, twenty-one Senators and  thirty-three House members, led by [[James Buckley]] (New York Conservative Party and [[Bill Brock]] ([[Tennessee]] Republican), called a press conference to urge that the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) not be expelled from the [[United Nations]]; some congressmen, however, expressed support for President Nixon's efforts to improve relationships with the [[People's Republic of China]]. The conference came to an abrupt end when Representative [[John G. Schmitz]] ([[California]] Republican) and Rarick stood up and walked out, with Schmitz saying, "Congressman Rarick and I are leaving, and you can take our names off that list. This is too weak a position."<ref>{{cite web|date=September 29, 1971|title=Congressional Bloc Fights to Keep Taiwan in U.N.|publisher=''St. Petersburg Times''|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MAkOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240,3446766|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 23, 1971|title=Conservative Split on China Place in UN|publisher=''The Modesto (California) Bee''|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TVchAAAAIBAJ&pg=1121,3027895|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}</ref>

In September 1971, twenty-one Senators and  thirty-three House members, led by James Buckley (New York Conservative Party and Bill Brock ([[Tennessee]] Republican), called a press conference to urge that the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]) not be expelled from the [[United Nations]]; some congressmen, however, expressed support for President Nixon's efforts to improve relationships with the [[People's Republic of China]]. The conference came to an abrupt end when Representative John G. Schmitz ([[California]] Republican) and Rarick stood up and walked out, with Schmitz saying, "Congressman Rarick and I are leaving, and you can take our names off that list. This is too weak a position."<ref>{{cite web|date=September 29, 1971|title=Congressional Bloc Fights to Keep Taiwan in U.N.|publisher=''St. Petersburg Times''|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MAkOAAAAIBAJ&pg=4240,3446766|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 23, 1971|title=Conservative Split on China Place in UN|publisher=''The Modesto (California) Bee''|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TVchAAAAIBAJ&pg=1121,3027895|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}</ref>

Early in 1972, Rarick opposed President Nixon's latest peace proposal that would allow, when [the Paris Peace Accords were implemented in 1973, the acceptance of the Communist Party in a new government in South Vietnam. Rarick referred to Nixon as a "sellout" and one who catered to his own Democratic opponents. Colleague [[Felix Edward Hébert|F. Edward Hébert]], a Democrat from [[New Orleans]], also known for his hawkish views on the war, however, defended Nixon's offer as sincere and workable.<ref>"Hebert-Rarick: Views Different on Announcement," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 26, 1972, p. 1.</ref>

Early in 1972, Rarick opposed President Nixon's latest peace proposal that would allow, when [the Paris Peace Accords were implemented in 1973, the acceptance of the Communist Party in a new government in South Vietnam. Rarick referred to Nixon as a "sellout" and one who catered to his own Democratic opponents. Colleague [[Felix Edward Hébert|F. Edward Hébert]], a Democrat from [[New Orleans]], also known for his hawkish views on the war, however, defended Nixon's offer as sincere and workable.<ref>"Hebert-Rarick: Views Different on Announcement," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' January 26, 1972, p. 1.</ref>