Born again: Hard work pays off for 127 new U.S. citizens

SALT LAKE CITY — For AtlasRTX CEO Bassam Salem, Friday's naturalization ceremony rekindled memories of his own family's journey from Egypt.
"My family knew there was only one country we aspired to emigrate to … and one country where a good plan and hard work would be rewarded," said Salem, who became a U.S. citizen about 10 years ago.
Salem was the keynote speaker after 127 people from countries as diverse as Zimbabwe to the Netherlands took an oath of allegiance in the Capitol rotu