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For Immediate Release
October 12, 2005

Presidential Advisor Frances Fragos Townsend to Speak
at Archon Afternoon Reception October 22

New York, NY - Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, will address the Order of St.
Andrew Ladies' Tea reception at 1:30 pm on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at
the New York Hilton.

His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America and Exarch of the Ecumenical
Patriarchate has announced that the Archons of the Order of St. Andrew will
honor former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev with the 2005 Athenagoras
Human Rights Award at the banquet Saturday evening, October 22.

A distinguished Greek American, Ms. Townsend was appointed Homeland
Security Advisor by the President on May 28, 2004. She chairs the Homeland
Security Council and reports to the President on United States Homeland
Security policy and Combating Terrorism matters. She previously served as
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for
Combating Terrorism.

Dr. Anthony Limberakis, the Order's National Commander, said, â??Frances
Fragos Townsend, a key advisor to President George W. Bush will add an
important dimension to our activities, dealing, as she does with such
critically relevant matters as intelligence and security. We are indeed
honored to have her with us.â??

Ms. Townsend came to the White House from the U.S. Coast Guard, where she
had served as Assistant Commandant for Intelligence. Prior to that, Ms.
Townsend spent 13 years at the U.S. Department of Justice in a variety of
senior positions. Her last assignment was as Counsel to the Attorney
General for Intelligence Policy.

After graduating cum laude from the American University in 1982 where she
received a B.A. in Political Science and a B.S. in Psychology and receiving
her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1984, Ms.
Townsend began her prosecutorial serving as an Assistant District Attorney
in Brooklyn, New York in 1985. In 1986, she attended the Institute on
International and Comparative Law in London, England.