Turkey has taken in roughly 1.9 million refugees while Lebanon has accepted 1.1 million. The United States accepted 70,000 refugees from around the globe in 2013, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Roughly half of those were from two countries: Iraq and Burma.
The longest government shutdown in history happened when Democrat Clinton and Republicans in Congress, who controlled both houses, disagreed over funding on Medicare, education and the environment. Republicans wanted to curb government spending, clashing with Clinton over his ideas.
Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 7:26 PM. WASHINGTON â The first shutdown of the U.S. government in 17 years began early Tuesday as Congress bickered and bungled an effort to fund federal agencies due to a bitter ideological standoff over Obamacare.