let me get your reaction to this, eric baxter from the becket fund. absurd to say churches need the irs to protect their interests. the establishment clause is there to create some space between government and religion. it is violated when it is used to decide what ministers can't and cannot say on religiously important issues. tax-exempt organizations are given that status because of the social work they do. weshould keep that complete separate from the idea of what the political views are of these organizations. who would want the irs to have the power to censor sermons? when martin luther king was arrested during the nixon kennedy campaign and his wife pleaded with both candidates to support him next and refused and kennedy agreed. martin luther king's father publicly announced he was switching his vote next into kennedy and announced he had a congregation willing to follow his beliefs. should he have had his taxes and status trip -- stripped? of course not. they should not have this power to censor sermons of religious leaders. governor mike pence

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. -- eric baxter. also joining us, david drucker. sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. come a discussion about the impact of the 2016 elections on american policy toward iraq and the u.s.-led coalition against isis. among those speaking, the former iraqi ambassador to the united nations. this is one hour and a half. >> good afternoon, welcome to the hudson institute. my name >> hi, good afternoon. welcome to the hudson institute. we welcome you today to talk about the u.s. election, and the future of iraq. i am very honored to have with us a distinguished panel. , a seniordiate left fellow at the atlantic council, and the director of the council 's future of iraq program. a former iraqi ambassador to the united nations. the founding director of the indiana university center for the study of the middle east and a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences. to his left is a senior fellow at hudson. he has recently returned from iraq from the front lines. mike was an