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| A Korean Invasion Blindsides the U.S. Army -- but in a Good Way | |
| 2009-06-02 | |
| Immigrants From Peninsula Swamp Program Offering Citizenship; Other Groups Squeezed LOS ANGELES -- Suk Joon Lee, a South Korean immigrant, feared his days in the U.S. were numbered. His ice-cream shop wasn't doing well, and if it failed, his investor visa could be revoked. Then Mr. Lee stumbled upon a Korean-language Web site that described a way out: a program that the Army was about to launch that offered a shortcut to getting U.S. citizenship. The site was created by another Korean immigrant, James Hwang, and it explained in minute detail the steps required to qualify. "James knew everything about the program, and he wasn't even in the military," says the 27-year-old Mr. Lee. In February, Mr. Lee, along with hundreds of other Korean immigrants who had learned about the pilot program from Mr. Hwang, descended on Army recruiting centers in New York to enlist. The program was authorized without fanfare late last year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to attract temporary immigrants who speak strategically important languages such as Arabic, Farsi and Korean. The bait: The soldiers could immediately apply for U.S. citizenship, skipping the sometimes decadelong process of securing a green card first.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 "Last year, I was one step away from suing the government" for the processing delay, he says. Sounds like he's pretty Americanized. Maybe a good choice for the Supremes...? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-06-02 11:18 |
| #4 Some people are Americans born in the wrong place. |
| Posted by: Mike 2009-06-02 09:31 |
| #3 OOPSIES, forgot to indic that RUSSIA INTENDS TO DECOMMISSION SOME OF THE DELTA III BOATS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-02 00:27 |
| #2 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > ALERT FIVE > RUSSIA:ONLY EIGHT OF TWELVE RUSSIAN SSBNS ARE COMBAT READY, + only 17 SSNS. HOWEVER, SAME ARTIC > out of 1 TYPHOON/SHARK-CLASS FBM + 6 DELTA IV'S + 5 DELTA III's FBMS [12 tote], ONLY THE FIVE DELTA III's ARE INDIC AS STILL BEING ON OPER/SEA DUTY AND NOT LAID UP FOR REFIT. IOW, RUSSIA > ONLY FIVE OF 12 SSBNS/FBMS ARE COMBAT-READY = ON PATROL??? * WAFF > RUSSIA DISMANTLES ITS THIRD TYPHOON-CLASS MISSLE SUBMARINE. * CHIN MIL FORUM > US MAY WITHDRAW FROM INF TREATY IFF CHINA DEPLOYS ITS DF-21 [ASBM - ANTI-NAVAL/SURFACE WARSHIP BALLISTIC MISSLE, aka ANTI-AIRCRAFT CARRIER BMS] |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-02 00:24 |
| #1 ION WORLD MIL FORUM > IIUC NORTH KOREAS NUCLEAR TESTS HAVE EXPOSED CHINA TO UNPRECEDENTED MULTIPLE NATIONAL DANGERS NOT SEEN IN HUNDREDS OF YEARS. AMONG OTHER, A "CHERNOBYL"-STYLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ACCIDENT COULD DESTABILIZE BEIJING AND DESTROY CHINA'S EFFORTS TO RE-VITALIZE ITS NORTH-EAST AND EAST COAST REGIONS, SUBJECTING SAME TO TAKEOVER BY MONGOLIA, RUSSIA, OR EVEN JAPAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-06-02 00:15 |