WASHINGTON DC June 11, 2010 - A former US State Department official, Thomas Farr, notes that the Obama administration has shown no special interest in religious-freedom questions, waiting 16 months to nominate an ambassador to handle those issues. Farr writes:

"The Obama administration has achieved the unimaginable. It turns out that the list of the most important American values includes things like ensuring transparency, refraining from torture, protecting privacy, and "promoting the right to access information." But not religious freedom.

(Source: http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=6624)