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U.S. Army Spc. Jehan Custodio Martinez receives a hug after becoming a U.S. citizen during a naturalization ceremony on Veterans Day in the Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2010. United States Forces-Iraq hosted the ceremony in which 50 troops took the Oath of Allegiance and became citizens.

CITIZENSHIP HUG

U.S. Army Spc. Jehan Custodio Martinez receives a hug after becoming a U.S. citizen during a naturalization ceremony on Veterans Day in the Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2010. United States Forces-Iraq hosted the ceremony in which 50 troops took the Oath of Allegiance and became citizens.

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