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| | United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: USCIRF Events: Press Conferences: Religious Freedom ... |
 | | The Commission believes that "the designation of these countries is one of the most important steps towards the advancement of human rights that the United States takes every year, and we have strongly urged the Department of State to name those particular countries," he said. |
 | | The Commission's responsibility is to conduct continuing independent reviews of violations of religious freedom wherever they might occur around the globe, and to provide advice to the President, the Secretary of State, and the Congress on these matters. |
 | | So we've had a fairly broad array, and the Commission at the moment has, let's see, I happen to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, we have a Hindu, let's see, we have a Muslim, we have three Catholics, I believe. |
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