Military 'pledge for Obama' a hoax: "WND Exclusive INTERNET NEWS
Military 'pledge for Obama' a hoax
'Satire' apparently not based on actual plan
Posted: January 31, 2009
12:00 am Eastern
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A recent Internet report that a battle was shaping up between the U.S. military and the White House because of executive plans to have soldiers pledge allegiance to the president instead of the nation and its Constitution raised alarm among the patriotic this week.
But it didn't seem to include the detail that the Department of Defense knew nothing about the 'issue.'
Among the first places the claims apparently appeared was the JumpinginPools blog
, where it was reported: 'A spokesman for General James Cartwright, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, states that the Obama Administration wants to have soldiers and officers pledge a loyalty oath directly to the office of the President, and no longer to the Constitution.'
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When WND called the Joint Chiefs, Lt. Col. Brad Bartelt said he'd seen the report, but there was no substance because the issue wasn't under discussion and hadn't been under discussion.
But the report spread quickly, implying that the new pledge policy soon would become official.
'The Defense Department, including the Secretary, will not take this laying down."
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