State Department team gets Sammies nod for efforts to resettle Afghan refugees




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: For the Taliban-overran Afghanistan following the American pull out, tens of thousand of Afghans who had helped American forces, they had to flee. They came here. Today's guests responded to a sudden need for transportation, housing and other aid. Their State Department team are now finalists in this year's Service to American Medals program. Two of them joined the Federal Drive with Tom TeminĀ  in studio: Director of State's Refugee Processing Center Hilary Ingraham, and Domestic Resettlement Chief Holly Herrera. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices