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Charisa Coulter was taken from her jail cell to the airport by U.S. Embassy staff on Monday — more than a month after she and nine other Americans were arrested for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti after the earthquake.

A defense lawyer said she was released because there was no evidence to support the charges. He predicted that Laura Silsby, the leader of the group, will also soon be released.

The judge released the other eight Americans last month after concluding that parents voluntarily gave up their children in the belief that the missionaries would give them a better life.

Critics have urged the office — a holdover from the previous administration — to withhold funding from religious charities that hire only fellow believers, but it’s unclear if that will be discussed.

Under President Obama, the faith-based office’s policy goals include “reducing the need for abortion” — an issue that is not on today’s agenda.

But the advisory council is scheduled to discuss interfaith cooperation, which will be needed since its 25 appointees range from Catholic, evangelical and liberal Christians to Jews, Muslims and the religious director of a gay rights group.