Birth: December 2, 1969
Being religious is quintessentially American..
We've seen some good progress, some good forward momentum. We have about Republican senators who have now indicated that they'll meet with Judge Merr….
I’m indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John’s in Minnesota ….
Before we announced Judge Merric Garland, people were saying they would not even deign to meet with him. And we're also aware that early in the week,….
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the probl….
I grew up in Stillwater, Minnesota in a proud Catholic family..
Sunday afternoons at a parish center - or a community center - is familiar territory for me..
President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americ….
We're happy to see, obviously, the resounding support for Judge [Merric] Garland, an unbelievable - unbelievably strong, unquestioned excellence as a….
Preventing radicalization that leads to violence here in America is part of our larger strategy to decisively defeat al Qaeda..