- WASHINGTON (UPI) -- More
than 20,000 military personnel have become U.S. citizens since the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks, according to the Pentagon.
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- Another 5,000 have applications pending for citizenship,
with that process being expedited for military members, shortening the
wait from about nine months to 60 days.
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- There are still about 30,000 active duty and 11,000 Guard
and Reserve personnel in the military who are not U.S. citizens, according
to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel David Chu. He testified Tuesday
before the Senate Armed Services Committee on personnel issues facing the
military.
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