Notice to the Press (Revised)
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
September 16, 2008
Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for FY 2008 - Certification DeterminationsAssistant Secretary for the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement David T. Johnson will brief reporters on the release of the annual report on the Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2008 today, Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. in the State Department Press Briefing Room (2209).
This on-the-record, on-camera briefing is open for press coverage. Members of the press who do not have a State Department building pass must be escorted to and from the briefing room by a State Department employee.
Press escort will be from the C Street Lobby at 4:20 p.m.
Media representatives may attend this briefing upon presentation of one of the following:
(1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification (driver’s license or passport).
Electronic Access to the Statement via Internet
The full text of the statement will be available for downloading from the State Department website at www.State.gov later today.
Press Contacts: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Susan Pittman 202-647-2842
Martha Duckett 202-647-0453
Office of Press Relations 202-647-2492
2008/730
Released on September 16, 2008
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