Obama Gets Daily Prayers via BlackBerry
Obama gets his daily devotional in a Tech-savvy way
Updated 6:40 AM EDT, Mon, Jul 6, 2009
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry.
Obama told reporters from religious news organizations on Thursday that White House faith director Joshua DuBois sends him a morning devotional every day to his e-mail device. He says it's a "wonderful practice" that started during the campaign.
Tech-savvy Obama is the first president to use e-mail while in office and is seldom seen without his BlackBerry. Only a handful of aides and personal friends have the e-mail address for the handheld device.
Aides tried to take away Obama's BlackBerry after he won the White House, noting that the e-mails are someday going to be made public. Obama resisted and instead got a security upgrade.
Copyright Associated Press
First Published: Jul 5, 2009 8:05 PM EDT
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