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If you became an interpreter in Iraq in, you know, taken care of, that you would be protected,

you wouldn't be left in the lurch.

And for many people, that expectation was not delivered.

You're listening to War College, a weekly podcast that brings you the stories from behind the

front lines.

Here are your hosts. Hello and welcome to war college. I am your host Matthew Galt.

Refugees, people from countries in crisis, fleeing oppression and death.

America was once a beacon to the world's tired, poor, and huddled masses

yearning to breathe free, but things have changed.

In his last term, President Barack Obama said the U.S. would accept 110,000 refugees.

That number is now just 18,000. There's a moral argument here, sure, but also a compelling strategic one.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but only if you let them be your friend and you be a good friend to them.

Here to help us sort all this out is Joe Kuhn.

Kuhn did a tour of duty in Iraq as a cavalry scout

in the US Army National Guard.

Now he's the senior vice president and co-founder

of the Niskannon Center.

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