Sam Brownback
Big Difference: Brownback Succeeds Saperstein As Religious Freedom Envoy
It took the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence, but on Wednesday the Senate finally approved, in the narrowest of margins, Sam Brownback as the State Department’s next ambassador at large for international religious freedom. Immediately after, Brownback announced his resignation from his post as governor of Kansas.
Sam Brownback Ambassador For Religious Freedom — Succeeds Rabbi Saperstein
Kansas governor Sam Brownback has been named ambassador at large for international religious freedom at the State Department.
GOP Candidates Use Jewish Forum To Knock Bush’s Push for Peace
In an appearance before Jewish voters Tuesday, all five Republican presidential candidates expressed skepticism about the Bush administration’s current push for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.