The Week Ahead for the Department of Justice for July 21 - July 25, 2008

WASHINGTON, July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the U.S. Department of Justice:

Monday, July 21

8:30 A.M. EDT Associate Attorney General Kevin O'Connor will deliver opening remarks at the National Institute of Justice Annual Conference.

Marriott Crystal Gateway

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, Virginia

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Sheila Jerusalem at 202-307-0703.

11:00 A.M. EDT Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey will deliver remarks on the Administration's legal approach in the conflict with al-Qaeda and the implications of the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Boumediene v. Bush.

American Enterprise Institute

1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007.

11:00 A.M. MDT Acting ATF Director Michael J. Sullivan will hold a news media availability to announce a new Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Denver Field Division and discuss issues of violent crime and firearms trafficking in the greaterDenver metropolitan area.

Byron Rogers Federal Building

2nd floor

1961 Stout Street

Denver, Colorado

OPEN PRESS

For additional information, contact Drew Wade at 202-327-4187, or Carrie DiPirro at 303-710-7634.

TIME TBD Cindy Dyer, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, will deliver remarks at the 13th National Conference on Domestic Violence.

Omni Shoreham

2500 Calvert Street N.W.

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Joan LaRocca at 202-307-6873.

Tuesday, July 22

12:15 P.M. EDT Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs will deliver opening remarks at the National Institute of Justice Annual Conference.

Marriott Crystal Gateway

1700 Jefferson Davis Highway

Arlington, Virginia

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Sheila Jerusalem at 202-307-0703.

Wednesday, July 23

8:30 A.M. EDT Carl Peed, Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), will deliver opening remarks at the 2008 International Aviation and Maritime Security Conference.

Marriott Renaissance Hotel.

999 9th Street N.W.

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Gilbert Moore at 202-616-9602.

9:00 A.M. EDT Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Department of Justice oversight.

Rayburn House Office Building

Room 2141

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the House Judiciary Committee at 202-225- 3951.

2:00 P.M. EDT The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold nomination hearings for J. Patrick Rowan to be Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, and Jeffrey L. Sedgwick to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Room 226

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Senate Judiciary Committee at 202-224-5225.

Thursday, July 24

1:30 P.M. WIT

(2:30 A.M. EDT) FBI Director Robert Mueller will hold a media availability during his visit toIndonesia.

U.S. Embassy

Jl. Merdeka Selatan 4-5

Jakarta, Indonesia

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Anne Grimes at the U.S. Embassy inJakarta at grimesae@state.gov.

10:00 A.M. EDT Brett Tolman, U.S. Attorney for the District ofUtah, and Greg Brower, U.S. Attorney for the District ofNevada, will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "Crimes Associated with Polygamy: The Need for a Coordinated State and Federal Response"

Dirksen Senate Office Building

Room 226

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to the Senate Judiciary Committee at 202-224-5225.

TIME TBD Cindy Dyer, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, will be the keynote speaker at the Second Annual International Family Violence Conference.

Whitgift School, Haling Park,

South Croydon, CR2 6YT

London, England

OPEN PRESS

Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Alison Cann at Alison.Cann@Coydon.gov.uk.

Friday, July 25

Events TBD

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

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