Where do you get people to work as translators for foreign dignitaries? How would the CIA, FBI et al. monitor foreign news?
I guess you don't want anyone employed by the US government to transalate intercepted terrorist communications.
Come on! Use your head!
People who work in OUR government and are paid with OUR taxes should not be required to speak a FOREIGN language in order to accomodate someone who (supposedly) wanted/wants to become a US Citizen but sees no NEED to learn OUR language. This whole scenario is as asinine as our governments' importing Spanish speaking teachers instead of using the old tried and true English Immersion techniques. There has always been a need for interpretors to facilliate dialog between "NATIONS" and for other LEGITIMATE government functions (espeically during war-time) but, other than that - NO WAY!