November 2011 ToM: The fate of USCIRF

 

Has the U.S. Senate “chosen to quietly shut down the independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom” (USCIRF)? 
Do the American people “need to remind their senators of the importance of religious freedom in foreign policy and of USCIRF’s key role”?

Consider this article by Nina Shea.

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