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On the recordJuly 18, 1902
Each applicant under this provision must state in addition to the information now required in the application of a citizen of the United States that he owes allegiance to the United States and that he does not acknowledge allegiance to any other government
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Executive Order—Issuance of Passports to Residents of the Insular Possessions of the United States

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