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Valuable. >> reporter: he says it is not that they dont help atheists, they dont reach out to them. >> dont provide that outreach and support and facilitating of services they do for all of the beliefs that arent their own. >> reporter: getting atheist chaplains approved faces an obstacle. >> you cant show up at the recruiters office, say i want to be a chaplain. you have to have an endorsing faith. >> reporter: such as methodist or catholic church, for instance. he says the humanist association...

In utah, hundreds of barrels of oil spewed from a chevron pipeline into a salt lake city creek. crews capped the leak and are creating dams to contain the spill. well, its been happening for more than 200 years now. the senate has opened every session with a prayer. nowadays, the senates chaplain role as a spiritual adviser has grown into an official position. chaplain barry black has been leading the senate in prayer since 2003, but he has been doing a whole lot more than that. and chaplain b...