Sam Brownback: “Thank you for your leadership on this. I know you've worked in the field, then got frustrated...”

Promotion of international religious freedom is in our national interest, and it directly supports national security priorities including the defeat of ISIS and other violent extremist groups.

We have to get more focus on this by a broader cross-section, or we will not be effective in this.

There are some good things happening.

I think we should accept people that are fleeing religious persecution.