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What the U.S. Government Can Learn From Three 22-Year Olds on Taking Action For Iraqi Refugees

At least 4.8 million Iraqi refugees are struggling for every day survival. We don't have time for more reports or pretty graphs. We must act now.

What most Americans don't know about Syria -- a nation vilified by the U.S. that has also absorbed 2 million Iraqi refugees -- might surprise you.

Community and reconciliation initiatives are nearly non-existent in Iraq.

Now that Bush is gone, perhaps we can honestly face the damage we have wrought and the responsibilities we must accept from it.

From 2007 to 2008, I spent five months in Syria with Mohamed, an Iraqi refugee. Now, we are roommates in New York City.

Morally and ethically, Obama's administration is responsible for the orphans, refugees, and chaos left by Bush.

The number of Iraqis willing to leave their country for a safer haven is reflective of a state of desperation.

The U.S. has "met its target" of letting in 12,000 Iraqi refugees in fiscal 2008 -- but there are 90,000 Iraqis seeking resettlement here.

Watch "Hiba's Story," one in a powerful new series of video accounts by Iraqis who have had to flee their home.

"Iraq has turned into something like a no man's land," one refugee says. "It no longer belongs to its people."

In impoverished refugee outposts, veterans and victims of the Iraq war find unlikely common ground.