{"id":18708,"date":"2010-04-24T20:46:17","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T18:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2017-11-28T18:11:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T15:11:04","slug":"24-service-members-who-became-americans-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2010\/04\/24\/24-service-members-who-became-americans-today\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Service Members Who Became Americans Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>24  Service Members Who Became Americans Today<\/h3>\n<div>Posted by Secretary Janet  Napolitano on April 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM EDT<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"media-embed-detail\">\n<div id=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div><object id=\"swf12721344674\" width=\"560\" height=\"335\" data=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"swliveconnect\" value=\"default\" \/><param name=\"play\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"loop\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\" \/><param name=\"scale\" value=\"showall\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"l\" \/><param name=\"salign\" value=\"tl\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"version\" value=\"7\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"width\" value=\"560\" \/><param name=\"height\" value=\"335\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"menu=false&amp;frontcolor=0xaaaaaa&amp;path_to_player=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player&amp;path_to_plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins&amp;plugins=\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/share\/share&amp;image=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/audio-video\/video_thumbnail\/P042310CK-0047-2.jpg&amp;captions.file=&amp;stretching=fill&amp;backcolor=0x282828&amp;lightcolor=0xffffff&amp;skin=\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/skins\/EOP_skin.swf&amp;width=560&amp;height=335&amp;file=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/2010\/April\/042310_RoseGarden.m4v\" \/><\/object> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nswfobject.embedSWF(\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\", \"swfobject2-id-12721344674\", \"560\", \"335\", \"7\", \"\", { \"menu\": \"false\", \"frontcolor\": \"0xaaaaaa\", \"path_to_player\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\", \"path_to_plugins\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\", \"plugins\": \"\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/share\/share\", \"image\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/audio-video\/video_thumbnail\/P042310CK-0047-2.jpg\", \"captions.file\": \"\", \"stretching\": \"fill\", \"backcolor\": \"0x282828\", \"lightcolor\": \"0xffffff\", \"skin\": \"\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/skins\/EOP_skin.swf\", \"width\": \"560\", \"height\": \"335\", \"file\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/2010\/April\/042310_RoseGarden.m4v\" }, { \"swliveconnect\": \"default\", \"play\": \"false\", \"loop\": \"false\", \"menu\": \"false\", \"quality\": \"best\", \"scale\": \"showall\", \"align\": \"l\", \"salign\": \"tl\", \"wmode\": \"opaque\", \"bgcolor\": \"#FFFFFF\", \"version\": \"7\", \"allowfullscreen\": \"true\", \"allowscriptaccess\": \"sameDomain\", \"width\": 560, \"height\": 335, \"base\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/\", \"src\": \"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\" }, { \"id\": \"swf12721344674\" });\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Play\/pause<\/li>\n<li>Mute\/unmute<\/li>\n<li>Rewind  and stop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/#video wrapper--><\/p>\n<div id=\"video-info\">\n<div>Read  the Transcript |\u00a0\u00a0Download Video: mp4 (427MB)  | mp3 (19MB)<\/div>\n<p><!--\/caption--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/#video info--><\/div>\n<p><!--\/#media-detail --><\/div>\n<p>Today, I was humbled to join the President at the White House to  administer the oath of allegiance to 24 American service members as they  became citizens of our nation. These men and women were born in 16  different countries, but they came to the United States sharing a common  purpose, and chose to defend their adopted country even before they  became citizens.<\/p>\n<p>These men and women are shining examples of the energy, talent, and  commitment that immigrants have always brought to our country. I am  proud to call each of them fellow Americans.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"node-embed-image-detail\">President Barack Obama, lower left,  looks on as 24 active duty  service members raise their right hands during a naturalization ceremony  in the Rose Garden of the White House,             April 23, 2010.                                                    (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>All of today&#8217;s new citizens joined or reenlisted in the military  after 9\/11, and made a commitment to defend America and its ideals even  though they could be deployed to a hostile combat zone. But they stepped  forward anyway to defend America\u2019s safety and our nation\u2019s ideals. For  some of them, this meant serving three tours of duty in Iraq, or  celebrating Mother\u2019s Day with their children over videoconference.<\/p>\n<p>While the sacrifice that these men and women have given \u2013 even while  noncitizens \u2013 is extraordinary, their stories are not unique. Since  9\/11, 58,000 members of our Armed Forces have become American citizens,  oftentimes taking the oath of allegiance while deployed in Iraq or  Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"node-embed-image-detail\">President Barack Obama presents Marine Sgt. Ledum Ndaanee,  originally from Nigeria, the Outstanding American by Choice award during  a naturalization ceremony for active duty service members in the Rose  Garden of the White House. Ndaanee served two tours in Iraq where he was  wounded by an IED in 2007.            April 23, 2010.                                                    (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Americans are born in every part of the world, yet \u2013 like these men  and women who became citizens today \u2013 they come to America because of  their commitment to our ideals and their belief in the American Dream.  Many of them risk their lives for their country even before they  officially become citizens. The 24 service members who became Americans  today remind us that immigrants like them have always been a tremendous  strength of our country. This is a strength that we must continue to  foster in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><em>Janet Napolitano is Secretary of Homeland Security<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 Service Members Who Became Americans Today Posted by Secretary Janet Napolitano on April 23, 2010 at 4:23 PM EDT Play\/pause Mute\/unmute Rewind and stop Read the Transcript |\u00a0\u00a0Download Video: mp4 (427MB) | mp3 (19MB) Today, I was humbled to join the President at the White House to administer the oath of allegiance to 24 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":52898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[145,1153],"class_list":["post-18708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-barack-obama","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}