A group of legislators, led by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) have gathered some 160,000 signatures on a petition to urge President Bush to issue an executive order “protecting the right of all military chaplains of all religions to pray as they see fit.” Jones announced in October he was organizing a petition drive to repeal recently announced religious expression rules that came out of an investigation into proselytizing at the US Air Force Academy.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber flew from Europe across the Middle East to the Persian Gulf on July 25 in a 32-hour flight, as conflicts continued to roil the area with U.S. troops coming under attack in Iraq and Syria on July 25 and July 26, U.S. officials told…