John W. Snow, the Secretary of the Treasury, presided over the ceremony which was also attended by Alberto Gonzales, the chief White House Counsel who had just been nominated as the first Hispanic Attorney General.
John W. Snow, der Secretary of the Treasury, leitete die Zeremonie, die vom Alberto R. Gonzales beigewohnt war, dem Rechtsberater des Weißen Hauses, der gerade zum ersten hispanischen United States Attorney General nominiert wurde.