President Barack Obama will be stopping by Lisner Auditorium this morning to officially install new Attorney General Eric Holder.The ceremony, scheduled to begin at 10 am, is an event to swear in all attorney generals and will include a speech by both Obama and Holder.
Holder received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from The George Washington University, was a GW Trustee from 1996-1997, and was member of the GW Homeland Security Policy Institute Steering Committee.
Only a small number of tickets were made available to the GW community and these were distributed on an invitation-only basis, the Hatchet reports.
A GW alert update on the event states:
"From approximately 9:30 a.m. until the conclusion of the event, H Street, NW, between 21st and 22nd streets, will be closed to vehicular traffic. Street parking will be prohibited and vehicles will be towed. Pennsylvania Ave. at 21st St. also will be restricted to vehicular traffic during the event.
Pedestrians may be temporarily restricted from accessing portions of the 2100 block of H Street during this time. The H Street entrance to the Marvin Center and parking garage also may be closed temporarily during the ceremony. Gelman Library will remain open."
The event will be broadcast on GWTV and at the Marvin Center.
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