Since 2004, when Bush signed into law the new regulations that streamlined the citizenship process for service members, more than 5,000 soldiers have become U.S. citizens.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 140 foreign-born U.S. soldiers have died while on active duty. Some have been naturalized posthumously.
259 military personnel were given citizenship at a recent ceremony in Iraq
photo: WP http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/12/AR2008041201990.html
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