This morning, Secretary Clinton held a Special Press Briefing on the release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, in the press briefing room down at the State Department.
"The right to profess, practice, and promote one’s religious beliefs is a founding principle of our nation. In fact, many of our earliest settlers came because they wanted the freedom to practice their own religion without a state interfering or oppressing that practice. It is the first liberty mentioned in our Bill of Rights, and it is a freedom guaranteed to all people in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
Read the full text here or watch below:
Earlier this morning, Secretary Clinton held a Bilateral Meeting with George Yong-Boon Yeo, Foreign Minister of Singapore.
Read their full remarks here or watch below:
Secretary Clinton also had a meeting with President Obama and the National Security Team on Afghanistan and Pakistan, at the White House. I'm guessing there was cake involved...










































