ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PARTICIPATE IN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11TH

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General Ashcroft will preside over the Justice Department’s commemoration of the September 11th terrorist attacks TOMORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 at 8:40 a.m. EST. The Attorney General will be joined by Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson. The commemoration will include periods of silence at both

8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. EST.

WHO: Attorney General Ashcroft

Solicitor General Olson

WHAT: Justice Department Commemoration of the September 11th Attacks

WHEN: TOMORROW, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 2003

8:40 a.m. EST

WHERE: Courtyard of Main Justice Department

951 Constitution Avenue

Washington D.C. 20530

NOTE: Mult-boxes will be available for media plug-in along the south wall of the Department’s courtyard. Media set-up can begin at 7:30 a.m. with all media entering through the Constitution entrance gates.

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