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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2001

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ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO TAKE PART IN PHOTO

OPPORTUNITY WITH SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL

WASHINGTON, D.C. Attorney General John Ashcroft will participate in a photo opportunity with Secretary of State Colin Powell TOMORROW, Thursday, August 9 at 11:30am. Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda and Mexican Interior Minister Santiago Creel will also be present.

TIME: 11:30am, TOMORROW, Thursday, August 9

EVENT: Attorney General/Secretary of State
       Photo Opportunity
       (Cameras and Stills Only)

PLACE: State Department
       Treaty Room
       2201 C Street NW
       Washington, DC 20520-0001

Cameras and Stills interested in attending the photo op should arrive no later than 11:00am and enter the State Department through the 23rd Street entrance at Virginia and 23^rd Street.

NOTE: Walkout and Stakeout at C Street entrance following working lunch.

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