President Bush, in Salt Lake City Monday, said that the nation owed it to the US forces who have died in Iraq (1,864) and Afghanistan (223) to “finish the task that they gave their lives for.” Bush’s remark re-affirms, in case anyone doubted it, that the President is paying no attention to end-the-war protestors.
The Pentagon fulfilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's promise to slash the number of Religious Affiliation Codes used by the military to track the volume of members adhering to different religions and to shape the chaplain corps to support them. The change reduces the number of religions counted for such purposes…