I think the United States should do much more to accept Syrian refugees, and I think it is disappointing that we have an election cycle that seems to be inhibiting that in the way that it is.

But one of the things I also heard I think all three of you agree on is that until we remove Assad, the fighting is going to continue.

I mean, I am not in favor of putting U.S. troops on the ground there, but how do we accomplish that end of putting greater military pressure on Assad if we are not willing to do anything that is actually going to do that?

But let me explore that just a little bit further because it seems to me that we are now more willing to provide arms and equipment to opposition fighters, but it does not seem to be having the kind of positive impact that we would like.

Of the estimated 60 million refugees in the world today, I understand that about 15 million are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

And I do not know whether you or--is it Mr. Siberell--want to address this.

One of the things that we have heard about the success of ISIL has been their ability to recruit people to a caliphate.

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I think, particularly today, it's important that we continue that.

I think that's an important connection that we too often don't recognize.

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