Cynthia L. G. Kane is a U.S. Navy Chaplain and the Regional Chaplain for Navy Region Southwest, overseeing religious ministry for more than 165,000 servicemembers, their families, and DOD civilians. She earned a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and a Doctor of Ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary, where her dissertation, "The U.S. Military Chaplaincies’ Missing Peace," explored the role of spiritual advisement in modern warfare.
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Jude Barry is a National Catholic Reporter board member who worked in NCR’s Washington Bureau as a college intern. He started his career as a press aide and speechwriter for former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, and has served in senior management positions on three presidential campaigns.
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<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/when-trump-spoke-generals-… Trump spoke to the generals, their silence spoke volumes</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Michael Sean Winters</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;&q