The United States has approved 4700 Syrian refugees for resettlement to the country, while an additional 7900 wait on a security review, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says.
Johnson, speaking to a homeland security advisory panel at the Department of Homeland Security, was defending against critics who say the Obama administration is falling behind meeting its goal of bringing in 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country by the end of fiscal year 2016.
