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New Citizen soldiers

President Bush presided over a citizenship ceremony in July, 2007 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC for three Hispanic soldiers injured in Iraq, calling them "men who knew the cost of freedom and were willing to pay that cost so others could live free."
 

President Bush watches as Spc. Sergio Lopez, left, 24, of Bowlingbrook, Ill.; Spc. Noe Santos-Dilone, 21, of Brooklyn, New York; and Pfc. Eduardo Leal-Cardenas, 21, of Los Angeles are sworn-in.   (AFP Getty Images)

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl Milton Trejo of El Salvador receives his Naturalization Certificate from Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Emilio T. Gonzalez during a ceremony held aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier August 22, 2006. (UPI Photo/Earl S. Cryer)