President George W. Bush signs one of three proclamations designating new Marine National Monuments in the Pacific during an event Tuesday, January 6, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Joining in the signing ceremony were Mrs. Laura Bush, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary Don Winter, Department of the Navy; Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations; Bill Brennan, Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Governor Ben’gno Fitial (D), Northern Mariana Islands; Lelei Peau, Deputy Director, American Samoa Department of Commerce; Ray Tulafono, Director, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources; and Jim Connaughton, Chairman, Council of Environmental Quality. White House photo by Chris Greenberg