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James Foley, the State Department's senior coordinator for Iraqi refugees, says arrivals could jump to 1,000 a month this year. But that number is still "shockingly small," says Melissa Winkler, a spokeswoman for the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the nonprofit organizations tasked with helping resettle Iraqis in the U.S. (By contrast, Sweden has taken in some 31,300 asylum seekers since March 2003.) Charles Shipman, who runs refugee programs for the state of Arizona, says growing U.S. cities like Phoenix can handle more Iraqi refugees than are coming in at the moment. Housing in Phoenix...
...first mistreated hundreds of thousands of veterans, then took the position that the vets could not bring their grievances to court to be heard," said Melissa Kasnitz, whose non-profit law firm, Disability Rights Advocates, represents the veterans groups. "Today, VA's shameful effort to keep these deserving veterans from their day in court was rejected...
...individuals that experience reproductive decline are in relatively poor health,” said Melissa Emery Thompson, the lead author of the study and a post-doctoral fellow in anthropology...
...often have guest artists join you in the studio. Who was the most memorable? -Melissa Madsen, Munster, Ind.Hoyt Axton was one of them on the Ringo album. We were doing the No No Song with the biggest spliff and a large bottle of Jack Daniel's. On the last albums, I've brought in Robert Randolph-how great is that?-Willie Nelson, the other end of that scale, and Tom Petty. I could go on. I don't ask them to be on because of their name. I ask them because I love them as musicians and because they...
Other students waiting in the snow said the delays also tested their patience, including Melissa M. Garcia ’09, who ducked into Au Bon Pain for shelter after the 4:45 shuttle’s initial 20-minute delay. An hour later, mocha latte in hand, the shuttle Garcia was expecting had yet to arrive...