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Tony Perkins: “I think the State Department has been busy aggressively pursuing its values and human rights priorities, which have not…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
I think the State Department has been busy aggressively pursuing its values and human rights priorities, which have not included religious liberty.
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Tony Perkins

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Critiques the State Department for neglecting religious liberty in favor of other priorities.

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