On April 19 , 2018 , Manchin was appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ( USCIRF ) . As Vice Chair , she has spoken out on behalf of Iranian prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri . After the January 27 , 2019 , bombing of the Jolo Cathedral in the Philippines , in an interview on '' EWTN News Nightly '' , she expressed disapproval of Rodrigo Duterte 's prior " angry , violent language " against Church leaders
bombing of the Jolo Cathedral
2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings
Gayle Conelly Manchin