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US to Admit More Iraqi Refugees

Speeds up glacial pace of resettlement

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2008 3:47 AM CST

(Newser) – The State Department plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the US by September, despite resettling only 375 so far this year, CNN reports. Ambassador James Foley, charged with the task of accelerating resettlement, vowed to reporters that the pace will pick up in...   Read full story »

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