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President Obama \u201cdropped by\u201d National Security Adviser Susan Rice\u2019s meeting with Eastern Christian leaders for a forty-minute discussion about the Christian genocide in Iraq.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON (CNS) \u2014 Eight Eastern Christian leaders spent 40 minutes talking to President Barack Obama about the situation of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East.\u00a0 \u201cWe felt how deeply moved he was by what was happening to the Christians there,\u201d Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, said at a Mass later the same day at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church. The Sept. 11 Mass closed the three-day inaugural In Defense of Christians summit. A conference organizer told\u00a0Catholic News Service<\/span><\/p>\n

The cardinal said each of the leaders from Eastern Catholic and Orthodox rites had a chance to speak individually to Obama, who the White House said \u201cdropped by National Security Advisor Susan Rice\u2019s meeting at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the White House did not release details of the discussion, throughout the summit the Christian leaders spoke of the threat to Christians and other minorities posed by Islamic State militants, particularly in Iraq and Syria. Several said they were advocating religious freedom, an inherent right. They spoke of the need for local leaders and the international community to become involved in a solution because, as one Orthodox bishop said, \u201cno one can possibly agree to a beheading.\u201dA White House statement, read out near the end of the In Defense of Christians summit, said Obama reinforced the U.S. commitment to fight Islamic State militants and other groups that threaten the Middle East, as well as American personnel and interests in the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Obama \u201cdropped by\u201d National Security Adviser Susan Rice\u2019s meeting with Eastern Christian leaders for a forty-minute discussion about the Christian genocide in Iraq. 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