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Hillary Clinton made her first Sunday show appearance in nearly four years and said America needed to lead on the refugee crisis
Earlier in the day Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. would take in 15,000 more migrants next year
President Obama has directed his administration to accept at least 10,000 Syrians next year - a substantial difference over the 1,500 it took this year
Clinton also said her campaign isn't making moves against Joe Biden and deemed herself a political 'outsider' - as a woman running for president

By Nikki Schwab, U.s. Political Reporter and Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:20 EST, 20 September 2015 | Updated: 14:08 EST, 20 September 2015

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Hillary Clinton called on the Obama administration today to bring displaced 65,000 Syrians into the United States.

'We're facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of World War II and I think the United States has to do more,' the former secretary of state said on Face the Nation.

President Barack Obama ordered his administration earlier this month to approve at least 10,000 Syrian migrants for resettlement in in the United States over the next year.

Today, his secretary of state, John Kerry, said the U.S. would increase its current cap on the number of refugees from around the world it takes in from all countries by 15,000.

Clinton said she'd move even more into the country.

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Hillary Clinton appeared on 'Face the Nation' Sunday and said she'd like to see the United States bring in 65,000 Syrian refugees, which is more than the 10,000 the White House originally settled on

'I would like to see us move from what is a good start with 10,000 to 65,000 and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in, looking to really emphasize some of those who are most vulnerable,' the former secretary of state said.

'A lot of the persecuted, the religious minorities, including Christians and some who have been brutalized, like the Yazidi women,' Clinton articulated.

Clinton's Democratic rival for the presidency, Martin O'Malley, the former governor of Maryland, was the first politician to specifically mention the number 65,000. A spokesman for the Clinton campaign has yet to return a request for comment as to why Clinton settled on that number as well.

O'Malley said in a statement after his opponent's appearance, 'I'm glad Secretary Clinton has joined my call to welcome 65,000 Syrian refugees by 2017. America must show moral leadership in the world.

'But to do so, we must forge – not follow – public opinion, and be unafraid to call for what's right in the face of a crisis,' he said.

Republicans running for president have said the U.S. should pitch into the international crisis more, but they have voiced concerns about the background of the refugees and possible ties to terrorists.

'We don't know whose those people are, and the majority of them are young males, and they could easily be people who could be infiltrated by terrorists,' a leading GOP candidate, Ben Carson, said last week.

Refugees undergo a 12-18 month, or longer, vetting process, the White House has said, and that is part of the reason the State Department has struggled to approve more Syrians for resettlement in the U.S. at a faster pace.

In the current fiscal year, which ends on September 30, its cleared just 1,500. Migrants fleeing ISIS have meanwhile flooded the eurozone and Hungary.

Hungary built a fence over the weekend at a checkpoint with Croatia after the latter country, overwhelmed by a 25,000 influx in refugees in one week, began sending the migrants to its neighbor. Likewise, more than 21,000 migrants left Hungary for Austria over the weekend.

Speaking at a press conference today, Kerry said the U.S. would take in 85,000 refugees next year - a 15,000 person increase. In the following fiscal year, that number will rise to 100,000, he said.

Hillary Clinton, seen here with supporters in New Hampshire, said her campaign isn't take any preemptive measures to prepare for a run against vice president Joe Biden

Hillary Clinton called herself the ultimate 'outsider' - as she would be the first woman in the White House

Clinton reiterated today her calls for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon call together a meeting at the forthcoming UN General Assembly, being held in New York City next weekend, to pressure member countries to commit more money to the situation.

The United States is already the largest bilateral donor to the emergency and gives the most to to humanitarian organizations involved in the effort and countries such as Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, which are absorbing a majority of the displaced.

Today marked Clinton's first appearance on a Sunday show in nearly four years, according to Face the Nation' host John Dickerson, who used the opportunity to press the Democratic front-runner on a variety of issues.

Turning to presidential politics, Dickerson asked Clinton if her campaign was gearing up to run against Vice President Joe Biden, if the he decided to jump off the sidelines and into the race.

'No, we're not, because, you know, this is such a personal decision and the vice president has to sort this out,' Clinton replied.

'He's been so open in talking about this time is for him and his family and he's obviously considering what he wants to do, including whether he wants to run, and I just have the greatest respect and affection for him and I just think everybody ought to give him the space to decide what's best for him and his family,' she continued.

Clinton said she respected Bernie Sanders, her closest current opponent in the polls, but wouldn't promise not to run negative ads against the Vermont senator, who has been eating away at her lead in some early contest states.

'You know, I obviously am running because I think it's better for the country if a Democrat who has the kind of approaches and values that my husband had, and Barack Obama has, follows this presidency,' Clinton said.

Beyond the Democrats, Dickerson pointed out that the American people seemed to be supporting outsiders – like Republicans Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina – instead of previously elected officials like herself.

But Clinton had a comeback.

'I cannot imagine anyone being more of an outsider than the first woman president,' she said.