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Speakers: Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Richard Land, President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
April 23, 2009
Listen to Edward Alden, CFR's Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, and Richard D. Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discuss their work on the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, with a focus on human rights and public diplomacy, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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