Two USCIRF Members Reappointed

Preeta D. Bansal and Elizabeth H. Prodromou have been reappointed by Congressional leaders to two-year terms on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, according to a USCIRF release last week. Three Commissioners are selected by the President, two by the President's party in Congress, and four by congressional leaders of the minority party. Bansal, a constitutional lawyer and former chair of the Commission, was appointed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. Prodromou, Associate Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs and Assistant Professor of International Relations at Boston University, was appointed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.