Title: US to Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees in Coming Year

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/471/ref_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US to Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees in Coming Year' data-article-id='826'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9396'>The United States said Thursday it will accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year. </span> <span data-start-time='9396' data-end-time='19479'>The U.S. government also announced plans to increase its humanitarian assistance for those fleeing the violence in Syria.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19479' data-end-time='31396'>A spokesman for President Obama said the president has directed officials to make preparations to let the refugees enter the country, starting next month. </span> <span data-start-time='31396' data-end-time='38313'>The United States accepts 70,000 refugees from around the world each year.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='38313' data-end-time='50208'>The spokesman added that security investigations on the new arrivals will be “robust” so that U.S. national security is not endangered. </span> <span data-start-time='50208' data-end-time='64292'>Intelligence chief James Clapper said earlier that he feared Islamic State militants might hide among refugees from the Middle East as they travel to other countries.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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The United States said Thursday it will accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year. The U.S. government also announced plans to increase its humanitarian assistance for those fleeing the violence in Syria.

A spokesman for President Obama said the president has directed officials to make preparations to let the refugees enter the country, starting next month. The United States accepts 70,000 refugees from around the world each year.

The spokesman added that security investigations on the new arrivals will be “robust” so that U.S. national security is not endangered. Intelligence chief James Clapper said earlier that he feared Islamic State militants might hide among refugees from the Middle East as they travel to other countries.

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