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Hatch, who has known Schwarzenegger for at least a decade, introduced the Equal Opportunity to Govern Amendment in July 2003. It would allow people who have been citizens for 20 years to serve as president. Schwarzenegger was naturalized in September 1983. In October 2003, four days before California's recall election that made Schwarzenegger governor, the Utah senator said in a speech in Washington that he could see Schwarzenegger as president. "If he turns out to be a tremendous leader and he proves to everybody in this country that he's totally dedicated to this country as an American," Hatch said, "we...