As Captain Breen
later said, one day there will be a granite monument with the names of
all of the American servicemembers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wissam deserves to have her name on that monument, too, because she
took great risks and she gave her life while serving the United States. To be eligible for a visa through the Afghan SIV Program, new
applicants must demonstrate at least 2 years of faithful and valuable
service to the U.S. mission. To receive a visa, they must also clear a
rigorous screening process that includes an independent verification of
their service and then an intensive interagency review. We know that the service of these individuals has been critical to
our successes in Afghanistan. Last month in Keene, NH, I met with a remarkable recent immigrant
from Afghanistan named Patmana Rafiq Kunary. Patmana had worked closely
with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Kabul.
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