[Harry Rex Vonner]

I posted the regulation earlier, Harry. The spokesman was obviously asked to justify Obama's action and apparently all the Marine Corps' lawyers could find was a "catch all" clause in 10 USC § 5063(a), which was clearly written to broadly define the Marine Corps' duties, and to place some limits on the Corps' mission.

Catchalls in the United States Code aren't definitive. They are often used, as in this case, as an escape for justification after the fact of a unusual act or situation. What has traditionally been the policy in regard to umbrellas and Marines in uniform? That is what, in reality, matters.