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New Citizens Participate in Casino Naturalization

''Poeth Kilonzo was a citizen of Kenya until Friday when she joined 325 other foreigners in a casino for the area's largest naturalization ceremony in seven years.

``…Held just two days after Citizenship Day, the ceremony was too large for a typical federal courthouse venue.

```Each of you is now part of America,' Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., told the crowd at the Atlantis Casino Resort's Grand Ballroom. 'Where you originated from is who you are and that makes America great.'

``…Concluding the event was a welcome video from President Bush and Lee Greenwood's song "God Bless the USA," which played while pictures of America flashed on the screen and as the new citizens waived their mini-American flags…"

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