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					Originally Posted by  taltos
					 
				 
				It was added by President Eisenhower at the request of the Knights of Columbus. 
			
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 Saw that on Wikipedia, also found this explanation at answers.com: The change is usually ascribed to a cold-war attempt at differentiating the United States from officially atheistic Communist countries.