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4-21-11 to Ken Tota, Deputy Director, ORR re praying at staff meetings

Sent: 4-21-11, 1:16pm CST (2:16pm EST)

RE: Faith-based refugee resettlement agencies and inherently religious activitis‏

From:	Christopher Coen (forefugees@hotmail.com)
Sent:	Thu 4/21/11 1:16 PM
To:	kenneth.tota@acf.hhs.gov

April 21, 2011

Ken Tota

Deputy Director

Office of Refugee Resettlement

Dear Mr. Tota:

Have you completed your investigation and response yet in regard to our April 14, 2010 and June 10, 2011 letters?

Thank-you,
Christopher Coen
Friends of Refugees (FORefugees)
FORefugees.com

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