Secretary of State Meets With USCIRF Members

On Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with the members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to receive their 2009 Annual Report (see prior posting) and discuss with them issues of religious freedom and religious expression. Both the State Department's website and that of USCIRF carry the text of Clinton's introductory remarks during which she referred to religious freedom as a core human right and a core American value.