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6/18/00: Commission to Expand Focus in Coming Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 19, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today announced an expanded work program for its second year. "With the lessons of our first year, during which... Read More
6/1/00: Commission Elects Elliott Abrams as Chairman, Firuz Kazemzadeh as Vice Chairman
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today elected Commissioner Elliott Abrams to serve as Chairman during its second year of operation. Commissioner Firuz Kazemzadeh... Read More
5/25/00: Commission Chairman Voices Disappointment with House Vote on China Trade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom today expressed regret over the House vote to grant China Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status without... Read More
5/22/00: Commission to Testify Before the House Int'l Relations Committee on Annual Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the House International Relations Committee during a hearing on the Commission's first annual... Read More
5/15/00: Commission to Testify Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT: Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on the Commission's first... Read More
5/11/00: Abrams, McFarland to Speak in Discussion on Commission's First Annual Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 11, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Commissioner Elliott Abrams of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and Steven T. McFarland, the Commission's Executive Director, will speak at a discussion of the... Read More
5/9/00: McFarland to Testify Before House International Relations Committee on China Trade
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, will testify before the House International Relations Committee during a hearing on... Read More
5/2/00: Commissioner Abrams to Testify Before Ways and Means on China and the WTO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 WHAT:The Hon. Elliott Abrams, member of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and a former Assistant Secretary of State, will testify before the House Ways and Means... Read More
4/26/00: Commission to Hold Press Conference, Issue First Annual Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom May 1 will issue its first annual report, which will contain recommendations to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress... Read More
4/4/00: Commissioners to Testify on Religious Persecution in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2000 Contact: Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240 The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom May 1 will issue its first annual report, which will contain recommendations to the President, Secretary of State,... Read More

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