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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blog.newsweek.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>We Pledge Allegiance...</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/12/we-pledge-allegiance.aspx</link><description>Soldiers become citizens For some, the shortest path to American citizenship is through Iraq. At least that was the case for the 178 foreign-born service members sworn in yesterday at Balad Airbase, about 70 miles north of Baghdad—in the largest naturalization</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)</generator><item><title>re: We Pledge Allegiance...</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/12/we-pledge-allegiance.aspx#76035</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:58:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:76035</guid><dc:creator>wijreddenhet</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I guess it is only fair that if one fights for a country then they should at least earn citizenship. I wonder what comes next military service for a green card?&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Checkpoint Baghdad</category></item><item><title>re: We Pledge Allegiance...</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/12/we-pledge-allegiance.aspx#76621</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:20:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:76621</guid><dc:creator>robertb689</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Yeah, Hillary is equivocal about the combat role for Iraqi coalition forces which she should be because she's got requisite experience about the US continuing worldwide responsibilities. &amp;nbsp;Obama on the other hand blithely talks about zipping out of Iraq and into...Pakistan!! &amp;nbsp;And of course under the previous Clinton admin, we were in Haiti so if the UN poops out, Saintril &amp;nbsp;may be able to visit back there. &amp;nbsp;I'm sure that's what you meant to say Silvia not that you were advocating partisan politics or editorializing on Mideast policy because you're certainly a detached objective journalist&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Checkpoint Baghdad</category></item><item><title>re: We Pledge Allegiance...</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/12/we-pledge-allegiance.aspx#78031</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:47:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:78031</guid><dc:creator>bmcmann8</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Silvia, I liked the Charlize Theron line. Hope you're well. bmc&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Checkpoint Baghdad</category></item><item><title>re: We Pledge Allegiance...</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/checkpointbaghdad/archive/2007/11/12/we-pledge-allegiance.aspx#79379</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:21:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:79379</guid><dc:creator>robertb689</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Well to each his own. Charlize is a &amp;quot;monster&amp;quot; while these are real live heroes in own proud uniforms. &amp;nbsp;No actually it was &amp;quot;monster&amp;quot; naturalization of 5000 Angelenos in (Dodger?) Stadium&lt;/p&gt;
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