Political Quotes

“Based on cadet surveys administered in late spring 2004 suggesting religious tolerance concerns, the Air Force Academy superintendent took a number of corrective actions, including a training and education program for cadets and faculty to develop respect for the diversity of faiths represented at the Academy. He brought the issues to the attention of the Academy's Board of Visitors, and accordingly, the Air Force leadership continues to work with the board to address these issues. He sent a team led by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for equal opportunity to the Academy in the fall of 2004 to design a campaign to assist Academy leadership in addressing the issues. Last month, the Air Force deputy chief of staff took another team to the Academy to assess Academy climate, leadership practices and corrective actions that should be taken. The facts are, and I could go down through the office of the Inspector General, DOD Inspector General, at the request of the Secretary of the Air Force, is conducting a review of the reassignment of Academy chaplain, Captain Melinda Morton. A group from the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces visited the Academy last week to provide an external look by a private organization of religious leaders, and Mr. Chairman, I could go on and on.…”