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On the recordMay 9, 2016
I would not designate Nigeria as a country because we have huge, huge and very active Christian populations in Nigeria throughout the southern parts of Nigeria into the middle belt and even in northern Nigeria, and we have a huge Muslim population there as well.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Thomas-Greenfield explains why Nigeria should not be designated for religious freedom concerns.

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