Associated Baptist Press - Obama nominates Baptist pastor to be religious-freedom ambassador
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Obama has responded to more than a year of speculation and criticism among advocates for international religious freedom by naming an American Baptist pastor and motivational speaker as the nation’s top diplomat for religious freedom.
Suzan Johnson Cook in an undated photo with President Bill Clinton, whom she advised on race relations.
But some international-religious-freedom advocates are questioning the nomination of Suzan Johnson Cook as the State Department’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom because of her lack of professional experience in foreign policy.
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