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Article: Pentagon will investigate general's religious comments; In church speeches, Boykin said the enemy in the war on terrorism is Satan and that God appointed President Bush
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- October 22, 2003
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will investigate a general's church
speeches casting the war on terrorism in religious terms, Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.
The announcement came days after two prominent senators asked
Rumsfeld to launch a probe of Army Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin.
Several Islamic and religious freedom groups criticized Boykin
last week when reports surfaced of his comments during several
speeches at evangelical Christian churches. Boykin said the enemy in
the war on terrorism was Satan, that God had put President Bush in
the White House and called one Muslim Somali warlord an idol-
worshipper.
The Pentagon released a statement from Boykin apologizing to ...