When Jordan Air Force pilot Captain alKasasbeh was brutally murderedburned alive in a cage. Mr. SpeakerJordan did not shrink. it did not retreat. Instead. it took even a more active role in airstrikes against the ISIS threat. The Syrian civil war and instability created by ISIS has placed a tremendous pressure on the country of Jordan. Jordan has absorbed 620.000 Syrian refugees during this crisis. Its healthcare and educational systems are under severe strain as a result. The United States has provided over $460 million in response. on top of the over $1 billion in bilateral foreign assistance Jordan received last year.
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