SENATOR SPECTER RESPONDS TO STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

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Capitol Hill Press Releases

07-22-1997

For Immediate Release
July 22, 1997
Contact: John Ullyot
(202)224-3490

SENATOR SPECTER RESPONDS TO STATE DEPARTMENT
REPORT ON RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION

Following the State Department's release of a report on the
persecution of Christians abroad, the original sponsor of the "Freedom
from Religious Persecution" bill, Senator Arlen Specter, R-Pa., delivered
t...

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