ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT AND
DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY DAM TO HOLD SIGNING CEREMONY WITH SWISS ATTORNEY GENERAL ROSCHACHER

WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft and Deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam will participate in a signing ceremony with Swiss Attorney General Valentin Roschacher to announce an arrangement between the United States and Switzerland to increase the joint ability to investigate and prevent acts of terror. **There will be no question and answer session with the media.

WHO: Attorney General Ashcroft, Deputy Treasury Secretary Dam and Swiss Attorney General Roschacher

WHAT: Photo Op and Signing Ceremony

WHEN: TODAY, September 4, 2002, 4:00 pm

WHERE: *Attorney General's Conference Room 5107

*Note: This is the Attorney General's renovated conference room in the newly renovated section of the Department of Justice.

Media should be set up and in place no later than 3:30 pm. For more information, please contact the Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.

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