Co-Chairs Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) hosted the national prayer breakfast, an annual event that features congressional and administration officials along with other notable Americans.

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In light of the recent violence in the Muslim world sparked by the release of a trailer for a U.S.-made anti-Islam film, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosted a discussion on religious bias, violence and coexistence.

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The Brookings Institution hosts a discussion on the findings of a public opinion poll on American attitudes toward Arabs and Muslims. The poll was conducted following recent violent protests in the Arab world that erupted in response to a film denigrating Islam.

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The Religion Newswriters Association hosts a discussion on the first amendment and religious freedom on in America. Panelists from the ACLU, the Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Newseum’s First Amendment Center analyze the religious freedom historically and today, religion in schools, same-sex marriage and the Obama Administration’s contraception rule as part of the health care law.

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Sister Mary Hughes of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) spoke at a National Press Club luncheon about the LCWR's changing relations with the Vatican.

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President Obama made remarks at a White House East Room reception commemorating May 2012 as Jewish American Heritage Month.

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Government officials, religious leaders and public policy experts discussed a host of topics including the new HHS mandate requiring religious organizations to provide health care coverage for contraceptives.

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Melvin Urofsky talks about his book, Louis D. Brandeis: A Life . Louis Brandeis was 59 years old when he was named to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Prior to that he had been instrumental in the development of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Trade Commission. Professor Urofsky discussed Justice Brandeis' early years in Louisville and his leadership in the American Zionist movement. He was the first Jewish member of the Court. Justice Brandeis remained on the court until 1939. When the new Supreme Court building opened in 1935, Justice Brandeis refused to move into his new chambers, saying that the courtroom in the Capitol was more symbolic of smaller government.

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President Obama announced a plan that would allow the U.S. to impose sanctions against foreign entities, specifically in Iran and Syria, for using technology to carry out human rights abuses. He made this announcement during a speech marking the annual commemoration of the Holocaust at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

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A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee looked at racial profiling in the U.S.  More specifically, it focused on racial profiling surrounding state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, law enforcement against African-Americans as well as anti-terrorism efforts that target American Muslims.The hearing also examined proposed solutions to racial profiling. 

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