National Prayer Breakfast

{{short description|American yearly religious event}}
{{Distinguish|National Catholic Prayer Breakfast}}
[[File:Kennedy prayer breakfast.jpg|right|300px|thumb|President [[John F. Kennedy]] addresses the Prayer Breakfast in 1961.]]
The '''National Prayer Breakfast''' is a yearly event held in [[Washington, D.C.]], usually on the first Thursday in February. The founder of this event was [[Abraham Vereide]].<ref name= "latimes">{{cite news |first = Lisa |last = Getter |url = http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/27/nation/na-prayer27 |title = Showing Faith in Discretion |newspaper = Los Angeles Times |date = September 27, 2002}}</ref> The event—which is actually a series of meetings, luncheons, and dinners—has taken place since 1953 and has been held at least since the 1980s at the [[Washington Hilton]] on Connecticut Avenue NW.

The National Prayer Breakfast, held in the Hilton's International Ballroom, is yearly attended by some 3,500 guests, including international invitees from over 100 countries. Up until 2023 it was hosted by members of the [[United States Congress]] and organized on their behalf by the Christian organization [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|Fellowship Foundation]]{{efn|the Fellowship Foundation organization is also known by its [[Trade name|DBA]] name International Foundation}} (also sometimes just referred to as The Fellowship). As of 2023 the official National Prayer Breakfast is run by the a new organization, the “National Prayer Breakfast Foundation”.<ref name="Slate">{{cite news |last1=Olmstead |first1=Molly |title=Schism! At the Prayer Breakfast |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/02/national-prayer-breakfast-family-fellowship-gathering.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=February 2, 2023 |access-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref> It is designed to be a forum for the political, social, and business elite to assemble and [[prayer|pray]] together. Since the inception of the National Prayer Breakfast, several U.S. states and cities and other countries have established their own annual prayer breakfast events.

The National Prayer Breakfast split from the [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|Fellowship Foundation]] (reported in some press under its [[trade name|DBA]]{{efn|DBA - Doing-Business-As}} name International Foundation) in 2023 due to recent controversies and questions regarding the transparency of the coordination of the event. There was a letter signed by 30 groups to boycott the event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-29 |title=Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over |url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-james-lankford-mark-pryor-religion-2d3d2b1ca91fe7919427df5fe4489f0d |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref> The Congress will take over the coordination of the event starting in 2023.

== History ==
The origin of the National Prayer Breakfast is traced back to prayer groups with business and civic leaders in [[Seattle]], organized by [[Abraham Vereide]] in the 1930s. When he moved to Washington, DC, he established similar groups with members of Congress. In 1953, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] attended a meeting by invitation of Congressmen, Vereide, and [[Billy Graham]]. Vereide's successor [[Douglas Coe]] and Rev. [[Richard C. Halverson]] have also carried leadership roles in organizing the event. A government leader was quoted as saying that the Breakfast and Coe's influence offers foreign leaders access to the President that "circumvents the [[State Department]] and usual vetting... that such a meeting would require," and other participants indicated that their purpose for attending was political.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lindsay |first=D. Michael |date=2006 |title=Is the National Prayer Breakfast Surrounded by a "Christian Mafia"? Religious Publicity and Secrecy within the Corridors of Power |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Religion|volume=74|issue=2|pages=390–419|issn=0002-7189|jstor=4094038|doi=10.1093/jaarel/lfj060|s2cid=145575486}}</ref>

Initially called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast, the name was changed in 1970 to the National Prayer Breakfast. Every American president since [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] has participated in the annual event.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/columnists/todd-j-gillman/20130209-todd-j.-gillman-tylers-louie-gohmert-puts-obama-criticism-on-pause-at-national-prayer-breakfast.ece| title=Tyler's Louie Gohmert puts Obama criticism on pause at National Prayer Breakfast |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |first=Todd J. |last=Gillman |date=February 9, 2013 |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/national-prayer-breakfast-what-does-its-history-reveal-71978|title=National Prayer Breakfast: What does its history reveal?|last=Winston|first=Diane|date=February 1, 2017|website=The Conversation|language=en|access-date=2019-11-27}}</ref>

==Speakers==
Each year several guest speakers visit the various events connected with the National Prayer Breakfast. However, the main event, the Thursday morning breakfast, typically has two special guest speakers: the [[President of the United States]] and a guest whose identity is kept confidential until that morning. Past keynote speakers include:
* 1973 U.S. Senator [[Mark Hatfield]] (R-OR)
* 1977 (25th Annual NPB) U.S. House Majority Leader [[Jim Wright|James Wright]] (D-TX)
* 1987 [[Elizabeth Dole]], [[United States Secretary of Transportation]]
* 1994 (42nd Annual NPB) [[Mother Teresa]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.priestsforlife.org/brochures/mtspeech.html |title = Whatsoever You Do... |type = speech |first = Mother Teresa |last = of Calcutta |place = Washington, DC |date = February 3, 1994 |access-date= 2009-04-28 |work=Priests for Life}}</ref> of Calcutta
* 1997 (45th Annual NPB) Dr. [[Ben Carson]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Zondervan Author Ben Carson Gives Keynote at 2013 National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zondervan-author-ben-carson-gives-keynote-at-2013-national-prayer-breakfast-190221831.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> author, [[neurosurgeon]] and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]
* 1998 (46th Annual NPB) U.S. Senator [[Connie Mack III]] (R-FL)
* 1999 (47th Annual NPB) [[Max Lucado]], author and pastor
* 2001 (49th Annual NPB) U.S. Senator [[Bill Frist]] (R-TN), physician, businessman, and politician
* 2005 (53rd Annual NPB) Ambassador [[Tony P. Hall]], U.S. Representative to the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture]]
* 2006 (54th Annual NPB) [[Bono]],<ref>{{cite news |title= Transcript: Bono remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast | url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-02-02-bono-transcript_x.htm | work = USA Today | date = 2006-02-02 | access-date= 2009-04-28}}</ref>  [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] singer/songwriter and humanitarian
* 2007 (55th Annual NPB)  [[Francis Collins (geneticist)|Dr. Francis S. Collins]], director of the [[National Human Genome Research Institute]]
* 2008 (56th Annual NPB) [[Ward Brehm]],<ref name='Associated Press 2008-02-06'>{{cite news |first = Frederic |last = Frommer |title = Minnesotan to deliver keynote speech at National Prayer Breakfast |date = 2008-02-06 |newspaper = [[Star Tribune]] |url = http://www.startribune.com/local/15374266.html |access-date = 2009-04-28 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010044419/http://www.startribune.com/local/15374266.html |archive-date = 2008-10-10 }}</ref> a Minnesotan who chairs the U.S.-[[African Development Foundation]]
* 2009 (57th Annual NPB) [[Tony Blair]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/8558 |title=Tony Blair addresses Obama's first annual National Prayer Breakfast |access-date=2009-04-28 |date= 2009-02-05 |website =[[Ekklesia (think tank)|Ekklesia]] }}</ref> former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
* 2010 (58th Annual NPB) [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/spain-us-diplomacy.29z/ |title=Spanish PM to speak at prayer breakfast in Washington: reports |date=2010-01-15 |website=EU business}}</ref> Prime Minister of Spain
* 2011 (59th Annual NPB) [[Randall Wallace]],<ref>{{Citation |url = http://www.rwfilm.com/news/randall-wallace-delivers-national-prayer-breakfast-keynote-address/ |title = Randall Wallace Delivers National Prayer Breakfast Keynote Address |website = Randall Wallace Online |date = February 3, 2011}}.</ref> Academy Award-Winning Motion Picture Producer/Writer/Director
* 2012 (60th Annual NPB) [[Eric Metaxas]],<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.worldmag.com/webextra/19142 |title = No pious baloney |newspaper = World |date = February 2, 2012}}.</ref> author
* 2013 (61st Annual NPB) Dr. [[Ben Carson]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Zondervan Author Ben Carson Gives Keynote at 2013 National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zondervan-author-ben-carson-gives-keynote-at-2013-national-prayer-breakfast-190221831.html |website=PR Newswire |access-date=8 February 2013}}</ref> author, [[neurosurgeon]] and the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]
* 2014 (62nd Annual NPB) [[Rajiv Shah]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Leslie |last=Larson |title=The Obamas show their spiritual side at the National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-obama-national-prayer-breakfast-article-1.1604182 |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|NY Daily News]] |date=February 6, 2014 |access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> Administrator of the [[United States Agency for International Development|US Agency for International Development]]
* 2015 (63rd Annual NPB) [[Darrell Waltrip]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Nedra |last=Picker |title=#NationalPrayerBreakfast program |url=https://twitter.com/nedrapickler/status/563324367204253696 |date=February 5, 2015}}</ref> [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]] broadcaster and inductee to the [[NASCAR Hall of Fame]].
* 2016 (64th Annual NPB) [[Mark Burnett]] and [[Roma Downey]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Laura |last=Koran |title=Obama at National Prayer Breakfast: 'Faith is the great cure for fear' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/04/politics/obama-national-prayer-breakfast/ |website=[[CNN]] |date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=February 4, 2016}}</ref> television producers
* 2017 (65th Annual NPB) [[Barry Black]],<ref>{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Merica |title=Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: 'Pray for Arnold' |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/02/politics/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast/ |website=CNN |date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=February 2, 2017}}</ref> [[Chaplain of the United States Senate|chaplain of the US Senate]]
* 2018 (66th Annual NPB) U.S. Representative [[Steve Scalise]] (R-LA)<ref>{{cite news |first=Sarah Pulliam |last=Bailey |title=Trump's National Prayer Breakfast speech infused with God-and-country references |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/02/08/national-prayer-breakfast-to-feature-trump-and-rep-scalise-who-was-shot-at-gop-baseball-practice/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 8, 2018 |access-date=February 14, 2018}}</ref>
* 2019 (67th Annual NPB) [[Gary Haugen]],<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Trump promises to always protect people of faith |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-latest-prayer-breakfast-speaker-laments-divisions/2019/02/07/c1ee83b2-2ae5-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124608/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/the-latest-prayer-breakfast-speaker-laments-divisions/2019/02/07/c1ee83b2-2ae5-11e9-906e-9d55b6451eb4_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |agency=[[Associated Press|AP]] |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 7, 2019}}</ref> CEO of [[International Justice Mission]]
*2020 (68th Annual NPB) [[Arthur C. Brooks]], author of ''Love Your Enemies''<ref name="Boorstein2020">{{Cite news |last=Boorstein |first=Michelle |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/02/06/hours-after-trumps-impeachment-acquittal-hell-address-thousands-christian-prayer-gathering/|title=At National Prayer Breakfast about unity, Trump swipes at Romney, Pelosi|date=February 6, 2020|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=February 7, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207020617/https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/02/06/hours-after-trumps-impeachment-acquittal-hell-address-thousands-christian-prayer-gathering/ |archive-date=February 7, 2020}}</ref>
*2022 (70th Annual NPB) [[Bryan Stevenson]], executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senator Christopher Coons of Delaware |url=https://www.coons.senate.gov/news/press-releases/video-sen-coons-at-2022-national-prayer-breakfast-faith-is-a-call-to-see-and-to-address-injustice-in-our-nation-and-world |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.coons.senate.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Many of the past addresses by U.S. Presidents to the National Prayer Breakfast are available online.

==Guests==
While Members of the [[U.S. Congress]], of the [[Cabinet of the United States|U.S. Cabinet]], and of the diplomatic corps in Washington are typically invited to participate in the National Prayer Breakfast, the other more than 3,000 guests come from a variety of walks of life. Six heads of state attended the 2008 breakfast, along with Members of the [[European Parliament]]; United Nations diplomats; European, Asian, African and Latin American politicians; religious leaders; missionaries working in various countries; U.S. and foreign business leaders; and students. [[Benazir Bhutto]], former prime minister of [[Pakistan]], participated on more than one occasion, and a video interview of her speaking about the National Prayer Breakfast, its meaning and its impact on her faith, was featured at the 2008 closing dinner. In 2006, King [[Abdullah II of Jordan]] addressed the Thursday lunch. [[Ricardo Maduro]], president of Honduras, addressed the same lunch in 2005. Musical guests have included [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Wintley Phipps]], [[Michael W. Smith]], [[Point of Grace]], and [[CeCe Winans]]. In 2014, for the first time since Ukraine's Independence, The Patriarch of The [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine|Ukrainian Orthodox Church]], Patriarch [[Filaret (Denysenko)|Philaret]] was present.  In 2015, the [[Dalai Lama]] addressed the International Lunch, one of the annual National Prayer Breakfast-related events.

==Reaction==
Rev. [[Jim Wallis]], founder and president of the Christian social change group [[Sojourners]] and a regular attendee of the National Prayer Breakfast, said of the event "it's sort of a time to — where people want to acknowledge the importance of prayer and faith.  And that can be kind of a civil religion, civic faith kind of common denominator thing. Or it can be much too sectarian where some people feel left out of it. I remember my favorite ones are when Bono spoke at the prayer breakfast and talked about every faith tradition calls us to stand with those who are left out, left behind. I remember Senator [[Mark Hatfield]] spoke years ago when I was in seminary and he called the war in Vietnam a national sin and shame in front of [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Henry Kissinger]].  I saw their faces and they weren't happy with that. So when it can raise up issues that we ought to be accountable to, whether we are religious or not, I think that's when it's probably at its best."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/02/04/133497426/President-Obama-Gets-Personal-At-National-Prayer-Breakfast |title = President Gets Personal at National Prayer Breakfast |website=NPR |date=February 4, 2011}}</ref>

In 2010, [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] asked President [[Barack Obama]] and Congressional leaders to refrain from attending the National Prayer Breakfast. Executive Director [[Melanie Sloan]] criticized the organizing group, [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|The Fellowship]], for being what she described as intolerant and secretive.<ref name="nytimes_20100204">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/us/politics/04prayer.html |title= National prayer breakfast draws controversy | access-date= 2012-02-22 | last = Goodstein | first = Laurie |date=2010-02-04 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Over the years, other watchdog groups, like the [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]], also criticize the opacity, and maintain the NPB, launched to oppose FDR's [[New Deal]] policies, is a Christian nationalist movement, pretends to be bipartisan, and uses unwitting Democrats for cover and legitimacy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jack |last2=Banks |first2=Adelle |title=National Prayer Breakfast breaks with Christian group that ran it for years |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/01/26/national-prayer-breakfast-break-family/ |website=Washington Post |access-date=31 January 2023 |date=26 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="Salon" /> In 2023, various groups - religious and secular, Black, LGBTQ - lobbied President [[Joe Biden]] to break tradition and cut ties with the event.<ref name="Salon">{{Cite web |last=Larsen |first=Jonathan |date=2023-01-17 |title=Black, LGBTQ+, and religious groups ask Biden to drop the National Prayer Breakfast |url=https://www.salon.com/2023/01/17/black-lgbtq-and-religious-groups-ask-biden-to-drop-the-national-prayer-breakfast/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Salon |language=en |ref=Salon Larsen Jan. '23}}</ref>

On Thursday, February 6, 2020, President [[Donald Trump|Donald J. Trump]] addressed the gathering, including these statements encouraging freedom of religion and appreciation for those attending, citing their bravery, brilliance, and fortitude: "But I’ll tell you what we are doing: We’re restoring hope and spreading faith.  We’re helping citizens of every background take part in the great rebuilding of our nation.  We’re declaring that America will always shine as a land of liberty and light unto all nations of the world.  We want every nation to look up to us like they are right now."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-68th-annual-national-prayer-breakfast/ |title=Remarks by President Trump at the 68th Annual National Prayer Breakfast |website=The White House Archives}}</ref>

Also in 2020, the event marked the highest level state visit by a [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]] official since 1979 when Vice-president [[Lai Ching-te]] attended the National Prayer Breakfast.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3d08a0d8-4623-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/emvuC |archive-date=2022-12-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Taiwan politician's visit to Washington risks enraging China |first=Kathrin |last=Hille |date=February 3, 2020 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]]}}</ref>

The National Prayer Breakfast is featured in the [[Netflix]] miniseries ''[[The Family (miniseries)|The Family]]'', from the book ''[[The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power]]''.

== Australian National Prayer Breakfast ==
The Australian National Prayer Breakfast is hosted by the [[Parliamentary Christian Fellowship]] with the support of a small organising committee. Journalist [[Jeff Sharlet (writer)|Jeff Sharlet]] believes that American congressmen were writing to counterparts in Australia in the 1960s, encouraging their own event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Munro |first=Ian |date=2008-06-13 |title=Secrets of a powerful Family |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/secrets-of-a-powerful-family-20080613-2q8z.html |access-date=2019-08-22 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> In time, the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship, started by [[Kim Beazley Sr.]] and [[Mervyn Lee]], launched the first Australian Prayer Breakfast in 1986.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Maddox |first=Marion |date=2001 |title=For God and Country: Religious Dynamics in Australian Federal Politics |url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22library%2Fprspub%2F1534047%22 |journal=Parliamentary Library}}</ref> Key organisers and prominent participants have included Bruce Baird had and figures with links with [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|the Fellowship]] such as brothers Jock Cameron and [[Ross Cameron]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Talkback: Christians, politics and public purpose :: Sunday Nights |url=https://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/stories/s1258803.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.abc.net.au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cadzow |first=Jane |date=2004-08-13 |title=The right thing |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-right-thing-20130524-2k61g.html |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> Prominent speakers at the National Prayer Breakfast and associated side events include [[Mark Scott (businessman)|Mark Scott]], [[Michael Jeffery (Australian Army officer)|Major General Michael Jeffery]], [[George Pell|Cardinal George Pell]] and [[Tim Costello]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/more-than-just-a-light-on-the-hill-20071222-gdru68.html|title=More than just a light on the hill|date=2007-12-22|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Maddox |first=Marion |title=God under Howard : the rise of the religious right in Australian politics |date=2005 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=1741145686 |location=Crows Nest, N.S.W. |oclc=224388713}}</ref> For the 2019 Australian National Prayer Breakfast people were invited to bring their MP because of Paul's call to “pray for all those in authority”.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://plus.citybibleforum.org/civicrm-event/2080|title=National Prayer Breakfast 2019 |website=plus.citybibleforum.org |language=en|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> From that time, Leon Hribar has helped organize the Australian National Prayer Breakfast.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tuggeranong.lutheran.org.au/event/national-prayer-breakfast/|title=National Prayer Breakfast |website=Tuggeranong Good Shepherd Congregation, ACT |language=en-AU|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> 

== United Kingdom National Prayer Breakfast ==
The National Prayer Breakfast in the UK is organised by a cross party group of MPs and Peers, working with the support of Christians in Parliament and is not associated with the US NPB. The event normally takes place over two days around the beginning of July, inside the [[Houses of Parliament]]. The main breakfast is normally held in [[Westminster Hall]].<ref>{{cite web |title=National Prayer Breakfast |url=http://www.nationalprayerbreakfast.org.uk |website=[[British and Foreign Bible Society|Bible Society]] |year=2009 |access-date=2009-08-08}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{Gallery
|File:Reagans with Billy Graham.jpg|President [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Nancy Reagan]] greet Billy Graham at the National Prayer Breakfast held at the Washington Hilton, 1981.
|File:National prayer breakfast 2006.jpg|President [[George W. Bush]], [[Laura Bush]], and Sen. [[Mark Pryor]] (D-Ark.) break out in laughter as Bono speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton, 2006.
|File:Barack Obama speaks at National Prayer Breakfast 2-5-09.jpg|President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in February 2009.
}}

==See also==
* [[National Catholic Prayer Breakfast]] (No affiliation with National Prayer Breakfast)
* [[The Fellowship (Christian organization)|Fellowship Foundation]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJ3jJr8YGw |last = Reagan |first = Ronald |title = Remarks at The Annual National Prayer Breakfast |date = February 4, 1982 |publisher=[[Reagan Foundation]] |website=[[YouTube]]}}

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