Talking Points Memo
By Sara Jerde
November 16, 2015
Former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday (in a room with a
governor who said he'd refuse refugees) that she understood the concerns
over the security risks,
but that the United States needed to accept refugees, as reported by
AL.com.
Rice made the remarks at the 38th annual Southeast U.S.-Japan conference, in Birmingham, Alabama, according to the publication.
Among
those in attendance was Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley (R) who had
released a statement Sunday that said he would not "stand complicit to a
policy that places the citizens
of Alabama in harm’s way." He was one of 13 governors to release
statements to that effect.
Rice acknowledged Bentley at the conference, but said the country needs to be "open and welcoming" to refugees.
"I
fundamentally understand that you in a position of authority, like you,
governor and others, in addition to having compassion for others, you
have to be safety conscious
for your people," Rice said, nodding at Bentley. "What the United
States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are
fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has
worked for us."
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