he is joined by sam brownback, the ambassador at large for international religious freedom. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. this is the earliest president distracted his administration to advance and defend the rights of religious freedom at home and abroad because it is a universal god-given right which all people are entitled and also an essential building block for all societies. ensuring religious freedom around wha the globe as the keer of the priority of the policy and to that and toda end today e concluded the first-ever ministerial to advance religious freedom. the success of this event was truly unbelievable. the level of enthusiasm for the groups and other governments was so high i've already committed to doing this again to holding the second ministerial year from now. this week we were joined by more than 80 foreign delegations and religious leaders all across the world worked closely with civil society groups often on the front lines reporting and responding to cases of religious intolerance and persecution. i want to thank the dozens of foreign

. >> next, secretary of state mike pompeo speaks at a forum on religious freedom, joined by sam brownback, us ambassador at large for religious freedom and spoke and took questions from reporters. this is 20 minutes. >>. >> good afternoon everyone. since the earliest days of his presidency, president trump has directed his administration to defend the rights of religious freedom at home and abroad. religious freedom is a god-given right to which all people are entitled. there's also a sense of essential building blocks of all three societies. ensuring religious freedom around the world is a key irony of the trump administrations foreign-policy. to that end we concluded the first ever advanced religious freedom. the success of this event was truly unbelievable . unrivaled enthusiasm for partner groups and other groups were so high we committed to doing this again and holding a second ministerial year from now. this week we were joined by more than 84 delegations and religious leaders from all across the world who worked with civil society groups are often on the front lines reporting and r

sam brownback is ambassador at large for religious freedom. i'm sure many of you know sam.'m confident he's going to do a great job in that new, important position. so many of the threats to religious freedom that we face are also threats to another first amendment right and that's the right to free speech. actually, they go together. actually if it's religious speech that's being constricted that's doubly bad. the constitution reflects religion and speech for sure. a lot of people don't seem to understand that. they think it's more appropriate that -- to constrict religious speech than honest speech. so much of the threats to religious freedom that we face are also threats to speech. and i think the american people are concerned about it. i think the american people were concerned about it during the past election. i think people felt that they were being restricted in their ability to express themselves. and i think the boldness of president trump and his willingness to challenge correctness was a big part of his strength in the public support that he got. so we're going

. >> next, secretary of state mike pompeo speaks at a forum on religious freedom, joined by sam brownback, us ambassador at large for religious freedom and spoke and took questions from reporters. this is 20 minutes. >>. >> good afternoon everyone. since the earliest days of his presidency, president trump has directed his administration to defend the rights of religious freedom at home and abroad. religious freedom is a god-given right to which all people are entitled. there's also a sense of essential building blocks of all three societies. ensuring religious freedom arouhe

he is joined by sam brownback, the ambassador at large for international freedom. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. this is the earliest days president of trump has directed his administ

he is joined by sam brownback, the ambassador at large for international religious freedom. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. this is the earliest president distracted his administration to advance and defend the rights of religious freedom at home and abroad because it is a universal god-given right which all people are entitled and also an essential building block for