U.S. soldier Cristian Valle, 23, of California is interviewed alongside a patch attached to his wheelchair at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington September 6, 2006. Valle is undergoing therapy after losing both legs in an attack in the Iraqi city of Balad in October 2005. The U.S. military has provided legal immigrants a fast track to citizenship, and they are taking advantage of it in record numbers, even if it means facing the risk of death or injury in Iraq or Afghanistan. Picture taken September 6, 2006.