Congressman Andy Kim, who represents New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes half of Stafford Township and all of Barnegat Township, conducted a telephone town hall last Thursday, Sept. 23. The main issue discussed was Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and the thousands of Afghan refugees who now call the base their temporary home.

Kim was joined on the call by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Tom Decker, the federal coordinator at JBMDL, as well as Col.