dating back to frederick von steuben and his blue book. deciding to risk your life for a country is a brave and incredible sacrifice. risking your life for someone else's country, that's something else. like other presidents before him, george w. bush recognized that incredible sacrifice. in december 2008 at the very tail end of his presidency, he started something called movni. it stands for military accessions viable to the national interest. it was a program that allowed immigrants living in the united states to get a fast track to citizenship if they joined the armed forces. an attempt to recognize the extraordinary contribution and sacrifice they had made by enlisting. when the program first launched, it was built for is,000 people. right off the bat, more than 14,000 immigrants living in the country called up army recruiting programs. asking how they could serve the country and become u.s. citizens. the immigrants who enlisted through the program scored significantly higher on their entrance exams. on average, they were more highly e