***MEDIA ADVISORY***
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION
TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Ashcroft will hold a news conference regarding a new Hazardous Materials Transportation Initiative, TODAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and other Administration officials will join the Attorney General.

WHO: John Ashcroft, Attorney General

Norman Mineta, Secretary, Department of Transportation

Tom Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, ENRD Division

Marion Blakey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration

Ken Mead, Inspector General, Department of Transportation

Greg Lockhart, United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio

Tim Burgess, United States Attorney, State of Alaska

WHAT: News Conference

WHEN: TODAY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2003

1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Main Justice

951 Pennsylvania Ave.

7th Floor Conference Room

Washington, D.C. 20530

NOTE: Media are invited to stay for an additional presentation on-the-record following the press conference. Media can begin set-up at 11:45 p.m. and should enter through the Visitor’s Center at 951 Constitution.

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