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Even though they were not yet citizens, when they joined our military, these men and women signed up to serve. we did one event at the white house, and a young man named granger michael from papua, new guinea, a marine who had been deployed to iraq three times was there, and you know what he said about becoming an american citizen? he said, i might as well, because i love this country already. that is all he said. marines aren't big on speeches. another was a woman named pearla ramos who was born and raised in mexico and came to the united states shortly after 9/11 and joined the navy. she sai...