U.S. soldier Cristian Valle, 23, of California undergoes therapy with both of his artificial legs at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington September 6, 2006. Valle lost both legs in an attack in the Iraqi city of Balad in October 2005. The U.S. military has provided legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship, and they are taking advantage of it in record numbers, even if it means facing the risk of death in Iraq or Afghanistan. Picture taken September 6, 2006.
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