George H.W. Bush: “And I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to…”

On the recordApril 30, 2006

And I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English.

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President George W. Bush supports the idea that citizenship requires learning English and singing the national anthem in English.

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