and part of the reason for the lag in u.s. response is a lengthy screening process, designed to identify militants and prevent criminals from entering the country. an average asylum seeker from syria can expect an 18 to 24-month wait before he or she is granted refugee status. despite the safeguards, peter king of new york took today s announcement as an opportunity to raise the specter of terrorism. i oppose this decision, we do not want another boston marathon bombing. there are so many things wrong with that statement, it s hard to know where to start. not the least of which is the boston marathon bombers didn t grow up anywhere near syria. meanwhile, the crisis is sure to be a prominent issue in the presidential campaign. and ahead, i ll ask one of the candidates how many refugees should the united states be welcoming here. bernie sanders joins me next. you are looking at two airplane fuel gauges. can you spot the difference? no? you can t see that? alright, let s take a look. the
in policy. the obama administration says the u.s. will accept at least 10,000 syrian refugees over the negs year. and while that is a significant increase, the u.s. has taken in about 1,600 syrian refugees in total since syria s civil war began. the effort still lags behind other countries. germany has said previously, it would accept about 800,000 refugees. and part of the reason for the lag in u.s. response is a lengthy screening process, designed to identify militants and prevent criminals from entering the country. an average asylum seeker from syria can expect an 18 to 24-month wait before he or she is granted refugee status. despite the safeguards, peter king of new york took today s announcement as an opportunity to raise the specter of terrorism. i oppose this decision, we do not want another boston marathon bombing. there are so many things wrong with that statement, it s hard to know where to start. not the least of which is the boston marathon bombers didn t grow up anywhere
boston marathon bombers didn t grow up anywhere near syria. meanwhile, the crisis is sure to be a prominent issue in the presidential campaign. and ahead, i ll ask one of the candidates how many refugees should the united states be welcoming here. bernie sanders joins me next. behold, these are two wind turbines. can you spot the difference? the wind farm on the right was created using digital models and real world location-based specs that taught it how to follow the wind. so while the ones on the left are waiting, the ones on the right are pulling power out of thin air. pretty impressive, huh? now, two things that are exactly the same have have never been more different. ge software. get connected. get insights. get optimized.