Monday, October 13, 2003
The 700 Club responds:
We received your message regarding Pat Robertson's comments about the State Department. Pat is not able to personally respond to all the letters, notes, and calls he receives daily. However, he cares very much that you receive a reply, and we are pleased to respond to you for him.
If you read author and journalist Joel Mowbray's book entitled, "Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America's Security" you will see in chapter 11 that Mowbray explains, "After Ronald Reagan took over the White House in 1981 many conservatives focused on the need to reform state. During a meeting of the 'kitchen cabinet'-Reagan supporters that had not yet been placed in administration jobs--the new secretary of state asked the attendees for advice in reforming state. When they went around the table every person gave the same basic answer, 'Gut it.'".
Robertson was referring to that statement and the overall tenure of Mowbray's book, when he shared with Mowbray his overall impression of the book and posed the question on the October 2, 2003 broadcast of "The 700 Club". Robertson was not implying or suggesting that someone should literally blow up the State Department. Anybody that saw the video could see that Robertson was humorously characterizing what Mowbray had said in his book.
We hope you will continue to watch "The 700 Club" and enjoy the programs. God bless you.
The Christian Broadcasting Network
Website - www.cbn.com
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We received your message regarding Pat Robertson's comments about the State Department. Pat is not able to personally respond to all the letters, notes, and calls he receives daily. However, he cares very much that you receive a reply, and we are pleased to respond to you for him.
If you read author and journalist Joel Mowbray's book entitled, "Dangerous Diplomacy: How the State Department Threatens America's Security" you will see in chapter 11 that Mowbray explains, "After Ronald Reagan took over the White House in 1981 many conservatives focused on the need to reform state. During a meeting of the 'kitchen cabinet'-Reagan supporters that had not yet been placed in administration jobs--the new secretary of state asked the attendees for advice in reforming state. When they went around the table every person gave the same basic answer, 'Gut it.'".
Robertson was referring to that statement and the overall tenure of Mowbray's book, when he shared with Mowbray his overall impression of the book and posed the question on the October 2, 2003 broadcast of "The 700 Club". Robertson was not implying or suggesting that someone should literally blow up the State Department. Anybody that saw the video could see that Robertson was humorously characterizing what Mowbray had said in his book.
We hope you will continue to watch "The 700 Club" and enjoy the programs. God bless you.
The Christian Broadcasting Network
Website - www.cbn.com
I'll respond later.
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