Faith Based Leadership in the Executive Branch

Matt Ackmann UNIV:393

All Powerful Bureaucracy

• Cabinet Positions• Various Agencies • Advisors • White House Staffers • Other:– Lobbyists – The Media – The Public

• Major Campaign Promises• Military Actions • Issues after a National Crisis

“We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.”

“God would tell me, "George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan." And I did, and then God would tell me, "George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq ." And I did.”

• $1.5 Trillion • 6,600 Fallen Service Members

“There’s no way I could ever separate my Christian belief from my obligations as a naval officer, as a governor or as a President”

“It may be the fire destruction prophesied in the Euphrates Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark.”

“So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again- not what kind of church I believe in, for that should be important only to me- but what kind of America I believe in.”