US Delegation to Saca Inaugural

The White House has announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Don Evans will head the official U.S. delegation to the inauguration on June 1 of Elias Antonio Saca as the new president of El Salvador.

Other members of the U.S. delegation to the Salvadoran presidential inauguration include U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador H. Douglas Barclay; Colorado Lt. Governor Jane Norton; Director of the Bureau of Citizen and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security Eduardo Aguirre; President Bush's Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Affairs on the National Security Council Otton Reich; President of Mothers Against Repression Sylvia Iriondo, and Associate Professor of Law at Catholic University Dr. Helen Alvare. Also participating in the inaugural events, which will be held at the Feria International in the capital city of San Salvador, are Governor Jeb Bush of Florida and Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia.

The official U.S. delegation will present its credentials to outgoing Salvadoran president, Francisco Flores, on the night before the inaugural.

That presentation will be followed by a reception for the delegation and invited guests offered by Ambassador Barclay at his Residence. Anyone who wishes to watch the inaugural ceremonies or wants to find out more about the event may do so on a special website set up by the Government of El Salvador: www.transmisionpresidencialelsalvador.com.