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President Barack Obama has set a goal to admit 110,000 refugees into the United States during the 2017 fiscal year, which is about 10,000 more than his initial goal and about 30 percent higher than this year. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the new resettlement goal during a closed session with members of the House and Senate judiciary committees Tuesday, according to media reports. The last time the U.S. set a resettlement goal as high as Obama's was during Bill Clinton's presidency in 1995, when Clinton agreed to accept 112,000 refugees. During the 2015 fiscal year, the U.S. admitted just 70,000 refugees. The report, which was obtained by Politico, said the Obama administration wants to admit a “significantly higher” number of refugees from Syria next year. Obama will likely formally announce the refugee plan before he attends a summit on refugees during next week's General Assembly meeting at the United Nations. | 
