<div dir="ltr"><div>All: Actually, I wanted to preface my sending of this article with my own<br>comments, but the forwarding system didn't allow me to do so. I <b>don't agree<br>with the notion that the US needs to officialize English</b>, but am forwarding this<br>
because we need to know what's "out there" in terms of opinions on this issue,<br>so we can take action.<br><br></div>HS<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:52 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hfsclpp@gmail.com" target="_blank">hfsclpp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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