    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2001, Book II)]
    [November 20, 2001]
    [Page 1438]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Memorandum on the Naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice
    Building
    November 20, 2001

    Memorandum for the Administrator of General Services

    Subject: Naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building

        Today we mark the 76th anniversary of the birth of Robert F.
    Kennedy, who served this Nation with great distinction in the United
    States Navy, as a respected attorney, as a United States Senator, and as
    our 64th Attorney General. As Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy
    successfully led the Department of Justice in important struggles that
    have come to symbolize the Department's capacity to do good. Whether
    fighting against organized crime or for civil rights, Attorney General
    Kennedy brought out the best in the Department of Justice, working for a
    more just, free, and law-abiding society. It is fitting that the Main
    Justice building in our Nation's capital should be dedicated to Robert
    F. Kennedy's memory, so that generations of Americans yet to come will
    remember his contributions to preserving justice.
        I hereby direct you to designate the Federal Building located at
    10th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., in Washington, District of
    Columbia, as the ``Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building,''
    and such facility shall be thereafter known and referred to by that
    name.

                                                              George W. Bush