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Obama in unprecedented meeting with ELCA presiding bishop, faith leaders
From <NEWS@ELCA.ORG>Date Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:36:51 -0500
Title: Obama in unprecedented meeting with ELCA presiding bishop, faith leaders ELCA NEWS SERVICE >July 21, 2011 Obama in unprecedented meeting with ELCA presiding bishop, faith leaders 11-102-MG CHICAGO (ELCA) - Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), along with other faith leaders, asked President Barack Obama to protect funding for programs that benefit people living with hunger and poverty in the ongoing budget debate and in any deal concerning the debt crisis. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=5144 >For information contact: >Marianne Griebler >Sr. Manager, Public Relations and Integrated Communications >(773) 380-2968 or marianne.griebler@elca.org >http://www.elca.org/news >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/elcanews >Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews