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New U.S. citizen Rima Adel Abu-Hamdan, from Lebanon, holds her son Adam Abu-Hamdan ,2, today while her husband Maher Abu-Hamdan, back, follows.
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![Citizenship-applause](/image/2013/01/03/1080x720_q65_a3-2/Citizenship-applause.jpg)
New U.S. citizens Rima Adel Abu-Hamdan, left, from Lebanon, Osama Jawdat Al Souqui, center, from Jordan, and Ragheb Akram Assaly, right, applaud..
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Judge Jeff Helmick speaks to the new citizens.
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Martin Ginting, left, from Indonesia, accepts his certificate of citizenship from Judge Jeff Helmick, right.
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![Citizenship-Edisson-Flores](/image/2013/01/03/1080x720_q65_a3-2_cB/Citizenship-Edisson-Flores.jpg)
Edisson Flores holds his son Jeremy Flores, 2, while he tries to take a picture of his wife Lizandra Flores, unpictured, become a U.S. citizen.
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Liliane Oliveira Pinheiro, from Brazil, has tears in her eyes as she says the Pledge of Allegiance.
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![Citizenship-swearing-in](/image/2013/01/03/1080x720_q65_a3-2_cT/Citizenship-swearing-in.jpg)
Shadi Zahedi, originally from Iran, left, Hesham Moris Ibrahim Youssef, from Epypt, center, and Tia Weber, from Georgia, right, are sworn in.
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Hesham Moris Ibrahim Youssef, from Epypt, center, and Tia Weber, from Georgia, right, are sworn in by Judge Jeff Helmick.
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![Citizenship-Misha-Jacob-Warren](/image/2013/01/03/1080x1080_q65_a1-1_cT/Citizenship-Misha-Jacob-Warren.jpg)
Keynote speaker Misha Jacob-Warren addresses the audience.
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