the museum. he says it is a tricky balance. it is tough any time you have government entangled with religion, it will be complicated to get it right. it is always going to sound as if it may be veering towards promoting one religion or another. chaplain birch says it is a challenge he willingly accepts. when they come to me asking for bread, i don t give them water. i help them at the point of need. i think most all chaplains do that or else soldiers wouldn t come to us. reporter: barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. now, the oil spill in the gulf cost thousands of fishermen their jobs. now, b.p. is making good on its promise to put some of them to work. sounds like good news. it is not good news in all cases. hear why some fishermen are frustrated. ain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it s gonna be tough.so tough.
enthusiastically pushed down upon our members of the military. reporter: chaplain birch has heard the stories too. he says chaplains are careful to walk the line. they need to be about all soldiers. if they are not, then there is no long-term room for them in the military. reporter: now, more than ever, religious diversity is the name of the game. no better example than here at pentagon chapel. jews, muslims and christians all live here. a christian chaplain would not say jewish or muslim prayers. i am not qualified to do that. i don t think those of other faiths want me to do their services. reporter: charles haines directs the religious project at
chaplain would not say jewish oremus limb prayers. i m not qualified to do that. and i don t think those of other faiths want me to do their service. reporter: charles haynes directs the religious education freedom project at the museum. he says it s a tricky balance. it s tough. any time you have government religion, entanglement with religion, it s going to be complicated to get it right. it s always going to sound as though it may be veering toward promoting one religion over another. reporter: chaplain birch says it s a challenge he willingly accepts. when they come to me, asking for bread, i don t give them water. i help them at their point of need. and i think most all chaplains do that. or else soldiers wouldn t come to us. reporter: barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. coming up, a remarkable story of hope from a ruined country. a rescue mission to save the children, when we come back. [ music playing in distance ]
evangelist franklin graham didn t take well to being not so cordially disinvited from a service at the pentagon yesterday. the reason was his outspoken criticism of islam, which he has called evil and wicked. this week graham accused president obama of giving islam a pass. and yesterday the reverend came to the pentagon to pray outside. as it happens, the u.s. military has the only government-sanctioned religious program. it involves chaplains, and now they too are under serious scrutiny. here is our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. reporter: for carlton birch, war is a spiritual mission. he spent a year in afghanistan. not as a fighter, but as a chaplain, ministering to the troops. when a soldier comes to me with a problem, i never ask them what faith group they are. reporter: chaplain birch is a member of the baptist general conference. he says he would never try to
weinstein says that s just the beginning. it s not that it s going on. it is being and it s not that the pentagon is turning a blind eye. it is being tremendously enthusiastically pushed down upon our junior members of the subordinate members of the military. we re all very familiar with it. reporter: chaplain birch has heard the stories too. he says chaplains are careful to walk the line. they need to be about all soldiers. and if they re not, then there is no long-term room for them in the military. reporter: now more than ever, religious diversity is the name of the game. no better example than here at the pentagon chapel. jews, muslims and christians all worship here. but it s a delicate balance. for example, a christian