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How the Pentagon picked a fight with Mormons

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VoxBJun 8, 9:45 PM

How the Pentagon picked a fight with Mormons

The spires of the historic Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2016. | George Frey/Getty Images Over the weekend, the Department of Defense stepped into one of the more delicate questions in

The AtlanticAJun 6, 12:01 AM

The J6 Rioter Now Working at the Pentagon

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Raw StoryCJun 8, 10:53 PM

Trump Pentagon secretly deployed paratroopers to Israel: report

President Donald Trump's Pentagon has quietly deployed paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne in Israel, the latest sign of escalating tensions in the war in Iran, according to a new report. Jour

New York TimesAJun 8, 10:04 PM

Pentagon Again Revises Religious Categories for Troops

The Defense Department made the change after lawmakers objected to its original list, which did not include the Latter-day Saints among traditions labeled Christian.

The New RepublicBJun 4, 2:30 PM

Pentagon’s New Counterterrorism Official Caught on Video at January 6

The Pentagon’s newly hired counterterrorism official was seen on camera participating in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.  Video analyzed by The Washington Post shows Elias Irizarry, who was 19 in 2

CBS NewsBJun 8, 7:26 PM

Pentagon updates religious codes after criticism from Mormons

On Friday, the Pentagon cut the number of religious affiliation codes from over 200 to 31 to help military chaplains streamline religious support services.

MSNBCCJun 8, 8:38 PM

Pentagon backtracks after Mormons protest its delisting of their religion

Last week, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wasn’t on the Pentagon’s list of acknowledged Christian religions. On Monday, it was back (sort of). The post Pentagon backtracks after Morm

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