Words spoken in funeral flag-folding draw flap

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The Veterans Affairs Department moved Tuesday to clarify a directive limiting the use of a religious recitation at flag-folding ceremonies after it sparked an uproar among some veterans and Republican House members.</p>

<p>In a memo last month to directors of the agency’s 125 cemeteries, a senior VA official said they should not distribute or post nongovernment handouts on “The Meaning of Each Fold of an Honor Guard Funeral Flag.”</p>

<p>The memo said the handout and its religious references shouldn’t be used as a script at committal services unless the next of kin requests it…

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