With Mideast Christians in Peril, Administration's Opposition to Special Envoy Post Called 'Indefensible'

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 With Mideast Christians in Peril, Administration's Opposition to Special Envoy Post Called 'Indefensible'

CNSNews.com) – For a second time, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation – by an overwhelming margin – to establish a special envoy focusing on the rights of religious minorities in parts of the Islamic world, with priority given to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Obama administration opposes the legislation, and the previous bill died in the Senate after a Democratic senator placed a hold on it, citing State Department advice, and then-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) declined to hold hearings on the matter.
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(CNSNews.com) – For a second time, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation – by an overwhelming margin – to establish a special envoy focusing on the rights of religious minorities in parts of the Islamic world, with priority given to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Obama administration opposes the legislation, and the previous bill died in the Senate after a Democratic senator placed a hold on it, citing State Department advice, and then-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) declined to hold hearings on the matter.
- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/mideast-christians-peril-administrations-opposition-special-envoy#sthash.h2oaOija.dpuf

CNSNews.com) – For a second time, the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation – by an overwhelming margin – to establish a special envoy focusing on the rights of religious minorities in parts of the Islamic world, with priority given to Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The Obama administration opposes the legislation, and the previous bill died in the Senate after a Democratic senator placed a hold on it, citing State Department advice, and then-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) declined to hold hearings on the matter.
- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/mideast-christians-peril-administrations-opposition-special-envoy#sthash.h2oaOija.dpuf