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He preaches to the president

Adelle M. Banks

Carey Cash, the man who may preach to President Obama more than anyone else, was featured in a profile Wednesday in The Washington Post.

Turns out the Navy chaplain who serves at the chapel at the Camp David presidential retreat is:

– The great-nephew of singer Johnny Cash.


– The younger brother of a former Miss America.

– A baptizer of more than 50 men during the Iraq war.

-A critic of Islam in his 2004 book “A Table in the Presence.”

– A survivor of an inoperable brain tumor.

(Photo credit: http://www.commercialappeal.com)

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