From AP:WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he did not know how long the Worldwide Intelligence Update cover sheets quoted from the Bible. Air Force Maj. Gen. Glen Shaffer, who was responsible for including them, retired in August 2003, according to his biography.
For a period in 2003, at least, the daily reports prepared for President George W. Bush carried quotes from the books of Psalms and Ephesians and the epistles of Peter. At the time, the reports focused largely on the war in Iraq.
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More News On Bible Quotes And Intelligence Reports
Rumsfeld mixed Bible with intelligence for Bush: report -- AFP
Rumsfeld 'Bible texts' criticised -- BBC
Bible-Quoting Defense Memos and Holy War -- Wall Street Journal
Biblical Quotes Said to Adorn Pentagon Reports -- New York Times
My Comment: For many soldiers, the Bible and their faith are essential elements to who and what they are. In fact ..... throughout American history Presidents have always always invoked God in their speeches during times of war. Read some of President Lincoln speeches on the Civil War .... God and the Bible are everywhere.
If President Bush wanted Bible quotes on his Intelligence Reports .... so be it .... that was his prerogative. As to deny the men and women who serve today their faith in order to satisfy political correctness .... we are now going down a very slippery slope.
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