Air Force Academy Admits Prejudice

Superintendent Says Religious Intolerance Permeates School

(AP) 
Rosa said he has spoken with academy critics and agrees with many of their complaints. He said he didn't learn of a Yale University memo issued last year on religious intolerance at the school near Colorado Springs until much later.

Rosa said the problem is "something that keeps me awake at night."

"If everything goes well, it's probably going to take six years to fix it," he added.

Mikey Weinstein, an academy graduate who has become a leading critic, said Rosa's acknowledgment "is too little and too late."

"We need new leadership at the Air Force Academy," said Weinstein, who has sent two sons to the academy.

Abe Foxman, the ADL's national director, said he was convinced the general wants to do the right thing.

"We walked away with the feeling that the man is committed to solving the problem. The question is whether the system will let him," Foxman said after meeting with Rosa for 90 minutes earlier Friday.