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The Air Force Reads Truthout - Closely
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Leopold)
Tue Sep 20 10:52:19 2011
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Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:52:13 -0400 (EDT)
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t r u t h o u t | Last month, I told you how, based on an exclusive Truthout report, the United States Air Force suspended a two-decade-old ethics training course that used passages from the Bible to teach nuclear missile officers about the morals and ethics of launching nuclear weapons.
But our impact didn't stop there. *Last week, in the wake of Truthout's reporting on this "Jesus loves nukes" scandal [ http://www.truth-out.org/aftermath-jesus-loves-nukes-scandal/1316010154 ], Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz took the unusual step of ensuring that Air Force commanders adhere to the Constitution - as well as the branch's own regulations - by issuing policy guidelines that call on "leaders at all levels" to take immediate steps to maintain "government neutrality regarding religion."*
For more than five years, Truthout's extensive coverage of the military's promotion of a certain brand of religion has helped raise awareness about a serious Constitutional issue that has largely been ignored by the mainstream media. That our reporting can be credited as having influenced Air Force policy is just one example of the groundbreaking journalism we have been practicing since Truthout's birth ten years ago.
This type of impact is as much a success for you, our readers, as it is for the staff of Truthout. *It's your generous support over this past decade that has enabled us to build a newsroom from the ground up, so that our reporters, including yours truly, can arm you with important information about pressing issues you're unlikely to see covered by mainstream media outlets.*
Ten years have passed and many of the issues on which we reported in 2001 are still relevant today. *Our passion for getting the truth out hasn't waned.* Please help sustain this work by making a donation today.
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Jason Leopold, Deputy Managing Editor
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<span>But our impact didn’t stop there. </span><b><span>Last week, in the wake of Truthout's reporting on this <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ri1cozi0zKS%2FfDMWM3q6G5%2FvojppOxnA"><font color="#cc0000">"Jesus loves nukes" scandal</font></a>, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz took the unusual step of ensuring that Air Force commanders adhere to the Constitution - as well as the branch’s own regulations - by issuing policy guidelines that call on "leaders at all levels" to take immediate steps to maintain "government neutrality regarding religion."</span></b><br />
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<span>For more than five years, Truthout's extensive coverage of the military’s promotion of a certain brand of religion has helped raise awareness about a serious Constitutional issue that has largely been ignored by the mainstream media. That our reporting can be credited as having influenced Air Force policy is just one example of the groundbreaking journalism we have been practicing since Truthout’s birth ten years ago.</span><br />
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<span>This type of impact is as much a success for you, our readers, as it is for the staff of Truthout. </span><b><span>It's your generous support over this past decade that has enabled us to build a newsroom from the ground up, so that our reporters, including yours truly, can arm you with important information about pressing issues you're unlikely to see covered by mainstream media outlets.</span></b><br />
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