Generals appear in Christian video [View All]

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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061211-104546-3874r

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Military Freedom Foundation has asked the Pentagon to investigate a video for a Christian group featuring high-ranking U.S. military officers.

The video, a promotion for the evangelical group Christian Embassy, was partly filmed in the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported. Four generals and three colonels in the Army and Air Force, filmed in uniform, talk about the group, in some cases describing their own evangelical work with it.

more at link: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061211-104546-3874r

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on edit: a more comprehensive story is here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/11/national/w124940S63.DTL&type=politics

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A 1988 directive, still in effect, cites department policy that says "requests for accommodation of religious practices should be approved by commanders when accommodation will not have an adverse impact on military readiness, unit cohesion, standards or discipline."

Upton said the Pentagon will take this directive and others into account when trying to determine whether the officers or others crossed the line in participating in the film.

Featured in the video are four generals and three colonels, including Maj. Gen. Jack Catton Jr., who is on active duty at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Catton was investigated by the Air Force last spring after he sent an e-mail from his work account urging Air Force Academy graduates to contribute to a Republican candidate for Congress.

Catton's spokeswoman said that investigation resulted in administrative actions that have not been made public. Catton declined to comment about the video.

even more at link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/12/11/national/w124940S63.DTL&type=politics