“Everything comes down to people, as far as I’m concerned,” [Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James] said. This means recruiting and retaining the best people and developing them once they’re in the force, she said.

It also includes diversity of thought and background among decision-makers, dignity and respect for all, and

making sure that everybody is on top of and leading and living the service’s core values, James said.

Presumably, the desire to “recruit and retain” people of “diversity of thought and background” includes those whose thoughts and background include religious beliefs.

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