Obama: religious freedom is key policy for U.S. abroad
Promoting religious freedom is an important part of U.S. foreign policy, President Obama told about 3,500 attendees at the 62nd National Prayer Breakfast at a Washington hotel.
Evangelical clergy and lay leaders have in the past criticized Obama for giving little attention to Christians detained or arrested abroad. But religious freedom was the president’s central theme on February 6.
“There are times when we work with governments that don’t always meet our highest standards, but they’re working with us on core interests such as the security of the American people,” the president said.
