DOJ Officials to Speak at National Violent Crime and Firearms Trafficking Summit

WASHINGTON, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Officials from the U.S.
Department of Justice (DOJ) will join Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
officials, U.S. Attorneys, states attorneys, local prosecutors and law
enforcement executives to discuss national policy development and strategies
at the Violent Crime and Firearms Trafficking Summit in Albuquerque, N.M. Also
at the Summit, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will sign a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) formalizing a partnership to combat firearms trafficking.

Media are invited to attend the opening session Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 8:00
a.m. MDT and the separate signing event at 9:30 a.m. MDT. For media not able
to attend the signing event, a national news teleconference will be hosted at
10:15 a.m. MDT.

WHO:David W. Ogden, Deputy Attorney General, DOJ
Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Criminal Division
H. Marshall Jarrett, Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
Kenneth E. Melson, Acting Director, ATF
John Morton, Asst. Secretary, ICE, DHS

WHAT: Violent Crime and Firearms Trafficking Summit (Opening Session)
ATF, ICE MOU Signing Ceremony, Question and Answer Session

WHEN:Tuesday, June 30, 2009
8:00 a.m. MDT - Opening Session
9:30 a.m. MDT - Signing Ceremony
10:15 a.m. MDT - National News Teleconference Begins

Conference Call-in #: 1-888-469-3045
(call will be moderated; media encouraged to dial-in up to 15 minutes in
advance)

WHERE: Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel
2600 Louisiana Blvd, NE
Albuquerque, N.M. 87110

Note: Media attending the opening session of the summit and/or the MOU signing
ceremony will need to present valid media credentials. Media should be set
by7:45 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom for the opening session and pre-set by9:15
a.m. in Baldwin Room for the signing event. Any inquiries concerning DOJ
officials should be directed to the Office of Public Affairs at (202)
514-2007. Any inquiries concerning the Summit should be directed to John
Hageman at (609) 743-2987.

SOURCE U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-514-2007, TDD
+1-202-514-1888