The Salem News: Mouton Invites Syrian boy, double arm amputee, to State of the Union

Ahmad Alkhalaf, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee, lost both of his arms and three of his siblings during an attack on a refugee camp inside Syria where his family was living two years ago.

Tuesday night, he will become the face of the Syrian refugee crisis at the State of the Union address at a time when there is much mistrust of refugees after recent terror attacks.

Ahmad is scheduled to be in Washington, D.C., and sit in the gallery of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol as the guest of Salem Congressman Seth Moulton during President Obama’s historic final State of the Union address.

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