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Attorney General Holder's Calendar September 01, 2009 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM En Route: Residence to SOD in Chantiily, VA Special Operations Division 14560 Avion Parkway Chantiily, VA In Limo: AG Holder, Lanny Breuer 10:00 AM - 12:50 PM Walkthrough and Classified Program at SOD 14560 Avion Parkway Chantiily, VA POC: Jim Garland SOD POC: Personal Contact Information Agenda: 10:00am Arrival at SOD, Escorted to 3rd Floor SAC Conference Room 10:00-10:15am introductions/Opening Remarks DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart AAG Lanny Breuer 10:l5-10:45am Classified Briefing 10:45-11:30am SOD Briefing DEA/SOD SAC Derek Maltz 11:30-11:45am Project Coronado (La Familia Cartel) Briefing 11:45-12:30pm Meet and Greet with SOD Staff/ Photos 12:30-12:50pm Private Lunch 12:50 PM-1:35 PM En Route: DOJ In Limo: AG Holder, Lanny Breuer 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM Briefing on Operation Black Medallion Command Center POC: Amy Jeffress Attending: AG Holder, DAG Ogden, Amy Jeffress, Kevin Ohlson, Director Mueller, Aaron Lewis. Lisa Monaco, David Kris, Jim McJunkin, John Carlin, Tashina Gauhar, George Toscas, Exemption 6 2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Phone call to AMBASSADOR LOUIS SUSMAN| Personal Contact Information AG's office POC: Amy Jeffress 2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Phone Call to Paul Rshman AG's Office POC: Monty Wilkinson Paul's Cell] Personal Contact Information 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Phone Call From Senator Whitehouse AG's Office POC: Monty Wilkinson, Ron Weich Sarah Nixon, Personal Contact Information 3:30 PM - 3:4S PM FISA EMERGENCY MEETING AG's Conference Room POC: Aaron Lewis DOJ: Exemption 6 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM PHONE CALL TO GREG CRAIG - WH COUNSEL AG's Office Otus2009, AG 1 9/2/2009 5:08 PM September 01, 2009 Continued Tuesday 4:00 PM - 4:05 PM Telephone Caii to Ambassador Meera Shankar, India DOJ: Amy Jeffress POC: Harsha Tilokani, Personal Contact information 4:15 PM- 5:00 PM Visit with UK Secretary of State for Home Affairs, Alan Johnson AG's Conference Room POC: Amy Jeffress UK: AJan Johnson, Secretary of State for Home Affairs Sir Nigel Shelnwald, British Ambassador to the US Charles Farr, Director General, Office for Security and Counter-terrorism William Hughes, Director General, Serious Organized Crime Agency Peter Storr, International Director Mario Dunn, Special Advisor Bronwyn Madson, Press Secretary Natasha Johnston, Private Secretary Mark Williams. First Secretary, British Embassy DOJ: Amy Jeffress, Aaron Lewis, Bruce Swartz, David Kris, Bruce Ohr British Embassy Contact: Mark WilliamsJ Personal Contact information DOJ Photographer 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Courtesy Visit and Photo with Dr. John Maupin of Morehouse School of Medicine AG's Conference Room POC: Annie Bradley Attendees: Dr. John Maupin, President of Morehouse School of Medicine, Kimberly Jackson Dr. Maupin's Chief of Staff, Lodriguez Murray - Lobbyist, Health Medicine Council of Washington Dr. Maupin: T Mrs. Jackson^ Personal Contact information DOJ Photographer 5:30 PM - 6:301 _Drop.By^Earewell Party for Rita Glavin _ OAAG Conference Room (Rm. 2107) POC: Annie Bradley 6:30 PM - 6:4S PM Office Time 6:45 PM - 7:00 PM En Route: WH Enter at SE Visitor's Gate, East Entrance 7:00 PM-9:00 PM White House Iftar Dinner Enter at SE Visitor's Gate, East Entrance Attire: Business Personal Contact Information Otus2009, AG 2 9/2/2009 5:08 PM September 02, 2009 Wednesday7 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM FBI Briefing FBI SIOC POC: Amy Jeffress 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM FBI Director/AG FBI SIOC POC: Amy Jeffress 9:15 AM -9:45 AM Daily Senior Management Meeting AG's Conference Room POC: Kevin Ohlson Attending: AG Holder, Kevin Ohlson, John Bies, Amy Jeffress, Aaron Lewis, Margaret Richardson, Kathryn Ruemmler, Stuart Delery, Matt Miller, Faith Burton, Kevin Jones, Joseph Guerra, David Margolis, Lisa Monaco, Don Verrilli, Tom Perrelli, Neil McBride, Tali Farhadian, Jim Garland, Monty Wilkinson, Ron Weich, Michael Redding, David Barron, Charlotte Burrows, Spencer Overton 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM Office Time 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Thank-You Reception with Members of Interrogation Task Force AG's Conference Room POC: Amy Jeffress Attending: White House: Caroline Krass, Michael Gottlieb Department of State: Joan Donoghue, Ashley Deeks, Thomas Heinemann Department of Defense: Col. Christopher Thompson DNlTi —= ^—i—n . ... , JExemption 6 Central Inti Hup in i '| in i IM^^^^Ji Department of Homeland Security: ThomasWarrick, Andrew Gordon, David Martin, Judith Boyd, Steven Stransky - DOJ^AG,-Arnv-Jeffressr£)avid Kfis^oug-Wils^onrTodd-^fRnen^isa-MonaeOrCandaceKell Aaron Lewis, David Barron, Marty Lederman, Trisha Anderson, Allison Danner, David Anderson, Matt Olsen, Brad Wiegmann DOJ Photographer 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Courtesy Photo with Neal Katyal's Mother, | Exemption 6 AG's Conference Room POC: Annie Bradley DOJ: NealKatyal DOJ Photographer 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM En Route: Private Appointment 11:30 AM -12:45 PM Private Appointment 12:45 PM -1:15 PM En Route: DOJ 1:15 PM-1:45 PM LUNCH 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM PHONE CALL FRDM SEN. REID AG's Office POC: Monty Wilkinson DOJ: Ron Weich Sen. Reid's Contact Info: Darcell Savage- Personal Contact Information Otus2009, AG 1 9/3/2009 11:19 AM September 02, 2009 Continued Wednesday 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM USA Interview with Nick Klinefeldt, Southern District of Iowa AG's Conference Room POC: Monty Wilkinson, Margaret Richardson DOJ: Ashley McGowan 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Phone Call From Chief Judge Satterfield AG's Office POC: Annie Bradle Contact Info: Personal Contact Information 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM USA Interview with Carmen Ortiz, District of Massachusetts AG's Office 3:30 PM-4:00 PM Meeting with FBI Deputy Director John Pistole AG's Conference Room POC: Kevin Ohlson Veronica,! Personal Contact Information 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Biweekly Meeting with the White House Counsel AG's Conference Room POC: Kevin Ohlson DOJ: the DAG, Stuart Delery, Tom Perrelli WH Counsel POC: Catie Whitney, Personal Contact Information 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Briefing on Google Books AG's Conference Room POC: Jim Garland Attending: Tom Perrelli, Christine Varney, Bill Cavanaugh, Tony West, Michael Hertz, John Fargo, Marisa Chun, Don Verrilli, Joseph Matelis, Jim Garland, John Clopper, Roberta Ketz, Kevin Ohlson 5:45 PM -6:15 PM Office Time 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM En Route WH Rahm Emanuel's Office 6:30 PM-7:15 PM 6:30 PM Meeting Rahm Emanuel's Office POC: Emily Petty, Katherine Kochman, Personal Contact Information AG Eric Holder, Rahm Emanuel, Director Bob Mueller, Director Mark Sullivan, Secretary Janet Napolitano Otus2009, AG 2 9/3/2009 11:19 AM September 03, 2009 Thursday ~~: 8:30 AM -9:00 AM FBI Briefing - Paper Only FBI SIOC POC: Amy Jeffress 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Flight:L Exemptions 7(E), 7(F) Aircraft: Flight Time: 4hr Omin Time Change: -2 Food Service: None Crew Information; Exemption 6 FBO on arrival: Cutter Aviation, (505) 842-4184 Manifest: AG Exemptions 6, 7(E), 7(F) Annie Bradley Margaret Richardson Aaron Lewis Hannah August 12:55 PM - 1:25 PM Keynote Remarks at Hispanic National Bar Association - Luncheon Hotel Albuquerque 800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW 1:35 PM - 2:55 PM USAO - District of New Mexico Visit 201 3rd Street, NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 3:20 PM-8:54 PM Flight: AB Exemptions 7(E), 7(F) Aircraft: Flight Time: 3hr 34min •J rime_Change:"2 ~ Food Service: None Crew information: FBO on arrivai: Manifest: AG Exemptions 6, 7(E), 7(F) Annie Bradley Margaret Richardson Aaron Lewis Hannah August Vin Fazzio Otus2009, AG 1 9/3/2009 11:28 AM VISIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO Albuquerque, New Mexico September 3, 2009 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - SHRED ON DISPOSAL REVISED: 9/2/2009 TRIP SUMMARY ALBUQUERQUE, NM - SEPTEMBER 3, 2009 9:30am EST AG departs residence fon^^BfExemptions 7(E), 7(F) 10:00am EST Wheels Up:||| [Exemptions 7(E), 7(F) 12:00pm MDT Wheels Down: Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) 1:00pm MDT AG Gives Remarks at HNBA's 34th Annual Convention - Luncheon Hotel Albuquerque Alvarado Ballroom D & E 800 Rio Grande Blvd, NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 1:35pm MDT US Attorney's Office - District of New Mexico 201 3rd Street NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 3:20pm MDT Wheels up: Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) 8:54pm EST Wheels Down:^^ [Exemptions 7(E), 7(F) | 9:30pm EST AG arrives at residence Schedule for Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. Thursday, September 3, 2009 Washington, DC -» Albuquerque, NM — Washington, DC Weather: 85°, isolated T-storms Attire: Business Time Zone: Washington, DC Eastern Time Zone Albuquerque, NM Mountain Time Zone Thursday, September 3 Traveling Staff please report to at 9:15 am. 9:30am AG departs residence for Exemptions 7(E), 7(F) 10:00am Wheels Up; Location: Aircraft: L Flight Time: 4hr0min Time Change: -2 Food Service: None (Staff: please plan to bring your own lunch) Crew Information: ^^^^^^mUL^L^L^L^Lfl Exemption 6 FBO on arrival: Cutter Aviation, (505) 842-4184 Manifest: AG Exemptions 6, 7(E), 7(F) Raul Torrez Margaret Richardson Aaron Lewis Hannah August 12.00pm Wheels Down: Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ) Location: Cutter Aviation 2502 Clark Carr Loop SE Albuquerque, NM Press: CLOSED 12:03-12:15pm En Route: Hotel Albuquerque Location: 800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 Phone: (505) 843-6300 12:15-12:30 pm Hold Location: Salon H 12:30-12:40pm Greet/Photo with NM AG Gary King Location: Salon H 12:40-12:50pm Greet/Photos with (6) HBNA Officials Location: Salon H (through 2nd Entrance) Attending: National President Ramona Rivera, President Elect Roman Hernandez, Convention Chair Chuck Garcia, National VP of External Affairs Liz Lopez, Co-Chairs on the Commission on Status of Latinas in the Legal Profession, Dolores Atencio and Clarissa Cerda 12:50-12:55pm Move to backstage with Ramona Rivera Location: Alvarado Ballroom D & E 12:55-1:20pm AG gives remarks at HNBA's 34th Annual Convention - Latina Lawyers Luncheon Location: Alvarado Ballroom D & E POC: Chuck Garcia,| Personal Contact Information Press: OPEN Program: AG introduced by HBNA President Ramona Romero AG Gives Remarks 1:25- 1:35pm En Route: US Attorney's Office - District of New Mexico Location: 201 3rd Street NW Personal Contact Information Albuquerque, NM 87102 POC: Steven Yarborough, iz 1:35-1:40pm Arrival / Greet with USA Gregory J.
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