Former Richland resident becomes citizen at White House ceremony
By Annette Cary, Tri-City HeraldMarch 26, 2013   Anna
Myroshnychenko, a former translator at PNNL, became a United
States citizen Monday during a ceremony at the White House in
Washington, D.C. Joe Cleary of Richland, a friend and former co-
worker who Myroshnychenko refers to as her “godfather,”
accompanied her and her husband to the swearing-in, where
President Obama welcomed her and 27 other new citizens.   Eleven
years after coming to the United States, Anna Myroshnychenko was
at the White House on Monday shaking the president's hand.
Myroshnychenko, who began her life in America translating at
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, took her
citizenship test Wednesday in her current hometown of
Washington, D.C.  Her husband took his test the same day and
walked out with a paper saying he would be sworn in at a high
school next month. It seemed wrong that Myroshnychenko also did
not get handed a time and location.  But she learne