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IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: NAJI CHAMMOUT - HERO

By Greg Siskind

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My friend Dan Kowalski linked today to an article in the Detroit Free Press about Naji Chammout, a Lebanese native who has been waiting on his citizenship application to be approved for ten years years. That might surprise people when they learn that Chammout volunteered for the US Army in 2004 when he was a green card holder and served as a translator to top American military commanders in Iraq. He sold his Louisiana gas station for the chance to serve his adopted country and went to some of the most dangerous places in the war zone. US Army Brigadier...

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on February 07, 2010 (boomark / email).

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