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John Kerry: America Needs to Bring in More Refugees Next Year

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told legislators on Wednesday that he believes the United States should increase the amount of refugees that Washington absorbs per annum to 100,000 people, the New York Times reports, citing congressional staffers and Obama White House officials.

A Syrian family disembarks from the Greek government chartered Eleftherios Venizelos ferry at the port of Piraeus on September 9, 2015. Thousands of refugees arrived in Piraeus by goverment chartered ferry from the overcrowded Greek islands, especially the island of Lesbos. EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled major plans Wednesday to force the bloc to share 160,000 refugees and ease the burden on border states from the worst migration crisis since World War II. AFP PHOTO/ LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read

State Department Planning To Admit At Least 5,000 More Refugees

The Obama administration is planning to resettle 5,000 more refugees into the U.S. next year and that number could go much higher, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday in a closed door meeting. Kerry told lawmakers the administration is planning to increase the number of refugees from the past three year’s level of 70,000 to at least 75,000. When asked for a number, aides told the Wall Sttreet Journal, Kerry said about 100,000.

Workers prepare the plinth (L), where the monument of the last Russian Emperor, Tsar Nicholas II, will be placed in Belgrade on October 13, 2014. According to local media reports, the monument will be unveiled later this year during a ceremony marking the WWI centenary and is a donation by the Russian Federation. On October 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit and attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of Belgrade's liberation from fascist occupation.

State Dept. Appoints ‘Transparency Czar’ After Clinton Email Scandal

Czars are often dropped as distractions, like a fighter jet ejecting flares to avoid heat-seeking missiles. The appointment of a powerful new position with great fanfare is the ultimate Washington way of pretending to Do Something and mollify an angry public. And so, there comes unto the State Department a new “transparency czar,” officially to be known as the Transparency Coordinator.

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Russia Claims It ‘Never Concealed’ Sending Weapons to Syria

The Russian government is claiming officials never denied or misled anyone about sending weapons and equipment to Syria. The report comes days after terrorist groups in Syria published photos or Russians in Syria and the U.S. warning the Kremlin about military activity in the war-torn country.

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Royce Slams ‘Side Deal’ Allowing Iran to Inspect Itself

Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, responded to news that a side deal between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will allow Iran to use its own experts, instead of international inspectors, to test potential nuclear sites.

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Top Cuban Dissidents Snub John Kerry After Embassy Schmoozefest

Two of Cuba’s most prominent anti-communist leaders refused to meet with American Secretary of State John Kerry during his visit to Havana last weekend, condemning the Obama administration for “caving” to Castro regime demands and meeting only privately for a social event with the dissidents.

Kerry Havana Cuba (Adalberto Roque / Getty)

5 Things America Has Lost in Cuba

Today the Obama administration raised the American flag above the U.S. embassy in Cuba. It is unclear what, if anything, the U.S. has won in exchange for normalizing relations with the Castro regime–one of the world’s most oppressive tyrannies. It is clearer what we have lost.