Fannie Mae 2008 Annual Report Download - page 273

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Herbert M. Allison, Jr. and David M. Johnson, and each of them severally, his or her true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to do any and all things and execute any and all instruments that such attorney
may deem necessary or advisable under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Annual Report on
Form 10-K and any and all amendments hereto, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Federal National Mortgage Association
/s/ Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 26, 2009
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the
following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/ Philip A. Laskawy
Philip A. Laskawy
Chairman of the Board of Directors February 25, 2009
/s/ Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
Herbert M. Allison, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer and
Director
February 26, 2009
/s/ David M. Johnson
David M. Johnson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
February 26, 2009
/s/ David C. Hisey
David C. Hisey
Executive Vice President and Deputy Chief
Financial Officer
February 26, 2009
/s/ Dennis R. Beresford
Dennis R. Beresford
Director February 26, 2009
/s/ William Thomas Forrester
William Thomas Forrester
Director February 26, 2009
/s/ Brenda J. Gaines
Brenda J. Gaines
Director February 26, 2009
/s/ Charlynn Goins
Charlynn Goins
Director February 26, 2009
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