The report's conclusion was made public by Republican Doug Lamborn as he questioned senior Pentagon officials about North Korea's nuclear weapons programme during a hearing of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee.
Although outside groups had suggested the idea of such a caucus to House Members who care about these ideas, it took the three conservative Republicans -- Garrett, Lamborn, and McCotter -- to make it happen.
"And the nomination of Mr. Koh appears to be the beginning of a verytroubling pattern, " Lamborn told me, citing Justice Department nominees Dawn Johnsen ( assistant attorney general for legal counsel) and David Ogden (deputy attorney general) as cases of high-level Obama appointees who have histories of praising international law over U.S.-made law.