POPPING UP IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES

Senator Zell Miller of Georgia that is. Here he makes happen that which was long overdue.

One soldier’s death, a determined family and Georgia lawmakers touched by their story set in motion a bill that would automatically grant posthumous U.S. citizenship to non-naturalized troops killed in combat.

Both houses of Congress now have blessed the bill, embedded in the 2004 Defense Authorization Bill; the Senate passed it Wednesday and the House of Representatives on Nov. 7. The bill now goes to the president for a signature...

“Although Diego wasn’t born in this country, he and many others have died on the battlefield fighting for it,” said Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., who co-sponsored the bill with a fellow Georgian, Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

“I am pleased they will all now have this final honor,” Miller said.