Bush welcomes new U.S. citizens
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying ‘‘I’ll be proud to call you a fellow American.’’ On his final Fourth of July as president, Bush told an audience at the home of the Declaration of Independence’s author that he was honored to be present for the naturalization. Anti-war protesters shouted out calls for Bush’s impeachment on nine occasions during Bush’s brief remarks, and the president responded by saying he agrees that ‘‘we believe in free speech in the United States of America.’’ The last six Fourth of July holidays have taken place amid continuing violence in Iraq. Bush’s addition of 28,000 U.S. troops last year in Iraq helped foster a measure of stability in what is now the sixth summer of the war.
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Two members on the staff of Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, will be making a stop in Marshalltown Monday to talk about the new farm bill known as the “Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008.
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