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Article: SENS. KENNEDY, BIDEN, HAGEL, SMITH INTRODUCE BILL TO CREATE WHITE HOUSE COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES
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- June 20, 2008
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The office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., issued the following news release:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy today introduced a bill to establish a senior position at the White House to coordinate, develop and implement strategies to more effectively address the plight of Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons. Since the 2003 invasion, more than four million Iraqis have been displaced from their home or have become refugees. Senator Kennedy is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Refugees.
The bipartisan legislation is sponsored by Senators Joseph Biden (D-DE), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Gordon Smith (R-OR), and was introduced on ...