Statement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on Syrian Refugee Admissions

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016.  Less than a year ago, in response to an historic global refugee crisis, involving millions of Syrians in flight from violence and conflict, President Obama directed his Administration to increase the number of Syrian refugees provided safe haven in the United States.  While refugee admissions are only a small part of our broader humanitarian efforts in Syria and the region, the President understood the important message this decision would send, not…