Religious Leaders Meet with President to Form 'Circle of Protection'
President Barack Obama recently met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House. July 16, 2011. 21 Jul 2011 03:09 Africa/Lagos Religious Leaders Meet with President and Ask Him to Form 'Circle of Protection' Around Programs for Those in Need PR Newswire WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a meeting this afternoon with President Barack Obama and senior White House staff, national Christian leaders asked the president to protect funding for programs for hungry and poor people in the ongoing budget debate and in any deal concerning the default crisis. All agreed that we can get our fiscal house in order without doing so on the backs of those who are most vulnerable. The shared concern was to cut the deficit in a way that protects the safety net, protects the vulnerable, and maintains our investments in the future. Christian leaders at today's meeting included representatives from the National Associati...