Sen. Blunt wants response to attacks on Christians
October 24, 2013
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt wants the State Department to respond to recent attacks on Christians in Egypt.
The senators say recent attacks on minority Christians have endangered their ability to worship.
Blunt also has sponsored legislation allowing the appointment of a special envoy to promote religious freedom in a region described as the “Near East and South Central Asia.”
The bill would allot $1 million annually to the new envoy for staff, investigations and travel.