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State Department Defends Syrian Refugee Program

By Thomas McKInless and Aisha Chowdhry

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State Department Spokesman Mark Toner said Monday the department is taking the concerns local governments have about taking in Syrian refugees “seriously.” He asserted that there is a “stringent security review that goes into accepting these refugees.”

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