Commandant Media Availability

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen is scheduled for a media availability with Senator Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, following a visit with Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Huntington Wednesday.

WHO: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen and Senator Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and member of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

WHAT: Media availability.

WHERE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Huntington, 95 Peyton St., Barboursville, W.Va.

WHEN: Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.

WHY: To discuss the importance of waterway security in West Virginia and across the United States.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Media interested in attending the availability are asked to contact either Cmdr. Martha LaGuardia, the Commandant's press secretary, at (202) 297-9221 or Martha.LaGuardia@uscg.mil, Jamie Smith at (202) 228-4019 or Jamie_Smith@rockefeller.senate.gov, or Briana Warner at (304) 982-0956 or briana_warner@rockefeller.senate.gov. Marine Safety Unit Huntington can be reached at (304) 733-0198.

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