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Philadelphia Inquirer
November 13, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - Sixty U.S. service members from countries including Cuba, Ethiopia, the Philippines and Vietnam became American citizens yesterday during a ceremony in Afghanistan.
Christopher Dell, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, told the soldiers that their presence in Afghanistan, in uniform, was the "greatest possible testament to your readiness for citizenship."
A day earlier, more than 150 U.S. soldiers in Iraq were sworn in as U.S. citizens during a ceremony at the Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad. Citizenship is not a requirement to join the U.S. military, but serving in the armed forces is a way to qualify for citizenship.
--AP
November 13, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan - Sixty U.S. service members from countries including Cuba, Ethiopia, the Philippines and Vietnam became American citizens yesterday during a ceremony in Afghanistan.
Christopher Dell, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, told the soldiers that their presence in Afghanistan, in uniform, was the "greatest possible testament to your readiness for citizenship."
A day earlier, more than 150 U.S. soldiers in Iraq were sworn in as U.S. citizens during a ceremony at the Balad Air Base, north of Baghdad. Citizenship is not a requirement to join the U.S. military, but serving in the armed forces is a way to qualify for citizenship.
--AP