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Singer Pat Boone (far left) and Suzan Johnson Cook, ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, chat before the start of the National Day of Prayer observance on Capitol Hill on Thursday (May 2). The Rev. Rob Schenck, Washington evangelical leader, looks on. RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks

(RNS1-may2) Singer Pat Boone (far left) and Suzan Johnson Cook, ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, chat before the start of the National Day of Prayer observance on Capitol Hill on Thursday (May 2). The Rev. Rob Schenck, Washington evangelical leader, looks on. For use with RNS-NATIONAL-PRAY, transmitted on May 2, 2013, RNS photo by Adelle M. Banks.