Tuesday 17 November 2015

House speaker seeks 'pause' in Syrian refugee intake after Paris attacks

Paul Ryan, US speaker of the House of Representatives, calls for a pause in the US program to resettle Syrian refugees after Friday’s terror attacks in Paris. ‘This is a moment where it is better to be safe than sorry,’ he says, adding that America’s long-term strategy must be to defeat the Islamic State, not just contain the group. Ryan’s announcement came as many Republican presidential candidates and several governors called for a halt to the program

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