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When I visited refugee camps

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in Jordan, I was overwhelmed

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by the degree of pain

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caused by the war in

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Syria. These people had been

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forced from their homes with

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nothing but what they could

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carry. Yet every person I

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talked to had hope. Hope

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to return to their lives

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and to rebuild their shattered

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country. They didn't want to

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move to a new country.

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They wanted a safe and

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prosperous Syria where their families

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could flourish. Refugee camps and

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regional safe zones can work

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when properly funded and protected.

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America can help not by

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bringing these refugees to our

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shores, but by supporting solutions

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like these while working toward

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peace and stability in Syria.