Former US presidents Bush, Clinton & Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees
India TodayThree former US presidents - Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - have banded together behind a new group aimed at supporting refugees from Afghanistan settling in the United States following the recent American withdrawal, ending 20 years of war. It launched on Tuesday with a website that will be "a single point of entry," to make it easier for Americans to donate, host a refugee family through the home rental app Airbnb Inc or find other ways to help, John Bridgeland, an official in former President George W. Bush's administration and co-chair of the effort, said at a media event. READ: US likely to fund humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, but not its Taliban-led govt Tens of thousands of Afghans have already arrived in the United States as part of a US evacuation. Welcome.US also draws support from more than 280 people and entities, including US businesses such as Microsoft Corp, Starbucks Corp and CVS Health Corp, as well as numerous nonprofit organizations, veterans' groups and resettlement agencies.
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