Article: Citizenship ceremony downrange.(Army and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)

ONE hundred forty-three candidates from 42 countries held up their right hands during an Army and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-led ceremony in the Al-Faw Palace rotunda near Camp Victory, Iraq.

The oath of citizenship of the United States includes the words "... that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States of America when required by law."

"Before they were its citizens they were willing to fight for it, risk everything for it and spend a portion of their lives away from a country that they're dedicated to," said LTG John R. Vines, commander of Multinational Corps, Iraq, and presiding officer during the ...

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