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Aug 2023
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America's Secret Sauce? Religious Libert...

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For people of faith and for people of no faith... protecting religious liberty is critical. But Katrina Lantos Swett believes it's also the secret sauce for strong, resilient societies around the world. Katrina is President of the Lantos Foundation and former Chair of the US commission on International Religious Freedom. She joins Boyd to discuss this essential human right. 

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