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Welcome to Our Newest Citizens
 Navy Seaman Oliver Cromwell Ganaden of Walnut City Calif., stands with his mother, Conchita, during a naturalization ceremony on the deck of the USS Constellation in Coronado, Calif, Wednesday, July 2, 2003. A total of 216 military personel from 42 countries took part in the ceremony to become U.S. citizens. (AP Photo/Tim Tadder)  U.S. Navy (news - web sites) Seaman participate in a naturalization ceremony on the deck of the USS Constellation in Coronado, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Tim Tadder)  A total of 216 military personnel from 42 countries took part in the ceremony to become U.S. citizens.on the deck of the USS Constellation in Coronado, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2003. (AP Photo/Tim Tadder)  Eduardo Aguirre, director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, from left, sits with Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary of the Border and Transportation Security, Rear Admiral Jose L. Betancourt, Jr., and Michael Petrucelli, deputy director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services on the deck of the USS Constellation during a naturalization ceremony in Coronado, Calif., Tuesday, July 2, 2003.  Navy Seamen Jose Morfin, Marco Relello and Jose Olivares, from left, joke about the photographs on their newly obtained naturalization certificates after a ceremony on the deck of the USS Constellation, in Coronado, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2003.  Navy Seaman Oliver Cromwell Ganaden, originally from the Philippine Islands, is congratulated by his mother Conchita during a naturalization ceremony on the deck of the USS Constellation, in Coronado, Calif., Wednesday, July 2, 2003.
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