Joseph K. Grieboski: The Case for Pulling the Plug on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom

Joseph K. Grieboski: The Case for Pulling the Plug on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom: "There's an obvious axiom to the old adage, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," which says, "If it's broke and can't be fixed, get rid of it." This axiom is all the more valid if keeping "it" around is costing you money.

There's a debate going on in Congress right now over a little known commission established in 1998, called the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). It was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, along with the Office of International Religious Freedom (IRF Office) and a new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom position at the Department of State."

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