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Article: ABC's Jennings let Scalia in on citizenship secret.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- July 9, 2003
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Byline: Gail Shister
LOS ANGELES _ After keeping his new U.S. citizenship "incredibly secret" for five weeks, ABC's Peter Jennings spilled the beans to a U.S. Supreme Court justice in Philadelphia last week.
Jennings made a heartfelt toast to the beloved country he has called home since 1964 at Thursday's pre-opening gala for the National Constitution Center. It drew a rave from Justice Antonin Scalia, seated next to the "World News Tonight'' anchor.
"He said, `Not bad for a Canadian,''' Jennings recalls. "I said, `Can you keep a secret?' _ which seems dumb in retrospect. `It actually was from an American.'''
Jennings, 64, had planned ...