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The only issue for me to get my EU passport is a potential conflict with government clearance, assuming I choose the job offer that requires it. What some people do is get their passport after securing their clearance and not have to worry about it until being re-investigated 5 or 10 years later, based on whether it's a TS or S level clearance. By then, many will have found other work overseas or outside government. I'm aware of colleague in government that have "circumvented" this issue by means I'm not at liberty to discuss, but I'd rather not pursue those if at all possible.
Since Bachmann is privy to sensitive material, does this cause a problem for her like it would for me?
As I said... Politico got it wrong. The OP linked to an article that read (emphasis added):
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Since 1992 it doesn't work that way. Bachmann had to have actively pursued Swiss citizenship, it cannot have been automatic.
What you quoted actually validates what I said is true.
Marcus Bachmann, the congresswoman’s husband since 1978, reportedly was eligible for Swiss citizenship due to his parents’ nationality — but only registered it with the Swiss government Feb. 15. Once the process was finalized on March 19, Michele automatically became a citizen as well, according to Honegger.
Obama himself held dual citizenshps until he was 18, and the left defended that to no end, now all of a sudden they have issue with it.
Ignoring that there is a rather significant difference between automatic dual citizenship (a la Obama) and the deliberate pursuit of dual citizenship (a la Bachmann) this is one where the left is mostly going to take a step back and chuckle at the inevitable hypocrisy of the Birthers that will be coming down in 3... 2... 1...
And they have it wrong too. If she is a Swiss citizen, it cannot be automatically as the result of of her husband getting his citizenship recognized.
She has to have actively pursued it and applied herself.
It says they went through the process:
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Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent, so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978. However, recently some of their children wanted to exercise their eligibility for dual-citizenship so they went through the process as a family,” said Bachmann spokesperson Becky Rogness.
Switzerland is a cool country. I don't blame her. I wonder if she will renounce the US citizenship.
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Arthur Honegger, a reporter for public broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen, told POLITICO the Swiss consulate in Chicago has confirmed that the former Republican presidential candidate became a citizen March 19.
Doesn't this ... or shouldn't this ... make her ineligible to serve in Congress?
Under the Constitution, this is not an issue. The Constitution tells us what a Congressperson must be, not what they must not be.
For the House: "No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen."
For the Senate: "No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen."
She rather clearly meets both sets of requirements.
Doesn't a US Citizen have to rnounce their loyalty to any other state or king?
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