A Syrian refugee herds his livestock at an unofficial camp for refugees in the village of Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley, central Lebanon (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)
Posted on 07/13/2016 7:34:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Washington (AFP) - The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday.
Washington has been criticized by some activists for moving too slowly to settle those fleeing the conflict, while Obama's opponents warn their number may include terrorists.
But Kerry said the United States is now on course to admit 10,000 vulnerable refugees, chosen from UN camps and vetted by US security and intelligence agencies.
"It's also representing six-fold increase over what we did the year before," Kerry said, referring to the US fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.
"I'm proud to say that the United States is by far the largest contributor of emergency aid, but we all recognize that still more needs to be done," he said.
Kerry made the remarks at a dinner in Washington to mark last week's Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, shortly before he was due to set off on a tour of European capitals.
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A Syrian refugee herds his livestock at an unofficial camp for refugees in the village of Bar Elias in the Bekaa Valley, central Lebanon (AFP Photo/Joseph Eid)
Will they all be able to vote for Hillary, or only those who have arrived in this country before November 8th?
95% will be dead-beats. Make the ‘Rats and BLM support them.
There are at least ten wives in that picture...
Will Kerry and Heinz promise in writing
to pay damages for every future rape and murder?
Will they take an equal number into their own homes?
Should there be a fund for the future victims
in advance?
or has the Clinton Foundation already sopped up
the $8 billion?
this plan must be stopped. this Administration must be removed by force before I can do any more damage. America cannot wait. I call upon our military, the loyal Patriots and combat warfighters within our military to do their thing. Now. We’re out of time
They will be targeted by our new PRESIDENT.
How many will live with him?
Who knows, maybe we need to put a target on more than ten thousand. You never know.
Rope.
Tree.
Secretary of State.
Assembly required.
L
Just taking orders from his Muslim handlers....in the WH.
There are a lot of us who would prefer they stay home.
Worst SecState ever..
No, we don’t welcome them.
Kerry can house them on his Scaramouche.
Seeing more and more in our area and has me on edge.
Syria must be running out of people by now
Oh, we’ll welcome them, just not the way the idiot Europeans did.
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