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Midnight phone call: Why Glenn Beck asked Trump to change Pentagon Latter-day Saint label
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck took credit on Monday for persuading President Donald Trump to change a Pentagon designation that excluded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from a list of “Christian” groups. Beck, who joined the church in 1999 at age 35, spoke with the president e...
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What happenedMidnight phone call: Why Glenn Beck asked Trump to change Pentagon Latter-day Saint label.
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Midnight phone call: Why Glenn Beck asked Trump to change Pentagon Latter-day Saint label
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Conservative commentator Glenn Beck took credit on Monday for persuading President Donald Trump to change a Pentagon designation that excluded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint...