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Title: Pentagon generals in trouble for promoting 'Christian Embassy'
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Raw Story
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Penta ... rouble_for_promoting_0807.html
Published: Aug 7, 2007
Author: David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Post Date: 2007-08-07 19:06:05 by Zipporah
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Comments: 4
Although no one in the military is allowed to seek converts while on active duty, the officers appear in uniform in the video, much of which, according to the Washington Post, was filmed inside the Pentagon. Former Acting Secretary of the Air Force Pete Geren appears as well. Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force Academy graduate and former assistant counsel under President Reagan who founded the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which asked for the investigation, told CNN, "They were absolutely proselytizing. ... Numbers of them had actually led Christian Embassy Bible studies. They were well aware what this was about." Christian Embassy, which targets the government and military, is an outreach group of Campus Crusade for Christ. The front page of their website features links for "I Work on Capitol Hill," "I Am a Member of the Diplomatic Community," "I Am a Presidential Appointee," and "I Work at the Pentagon." "One of the reasons this is so sensitive, and so controversial" explained CNN, "is top commanders know that al Qaeda and other fundamentalist Islamic groups often make the claim that the US military is in, if you will, a crusade against Islam -- those of the Islamic faith. So there are still many, many questions now about just how much control, how much influence this Christian Embassy group and other groups have inside the Pentagon walls." The following video clips are from CNN's Situation Room and CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight, both broadcast on August 6. 
CNN reported Monday that the Pentagon's Inspector General has found that seven military officers, including four generals, engaged in misconduct three years ago when they appeared in a promotional video for an evangelical group called Christian Embassy.
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b. "One of the reasons this is so sensitive, and so controversial" explained CNN, "is top commanders know that al Qaeda and other fundamentalist Islamic groups often make the claim that the US military is in, if you will, a crusade against Islam -- those of the Islamic faith. So there are still many, many questions now about just how much control, how much influence this Christian Embassy group and other groups have inside the Pentagon walls." Okay, okay...what am I missing here in terms of logical conclusions drawn from facts provided? 1. The guy who is complaining about this Christan evangelical group in the military is of the Jewish faith. b. But CNN insinuates that it's the Muslims who will have a negative reaction to the presence of an evangelical military group in the Pentagon. Sorry, CNN, but this does not add up.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latesta. Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force Academy graduate and former assistant counsel under President Reagan who founded the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which asked for the investigation, told CNN, "They were absolutely proselytizing. ... Numbers of them had actually led Christian Embassy Bible studies. They were well aware what this was about."
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