U.S. attorney to speak at Eisenhower Library

? The top federal prosecutor in Kansas will discuss the work and mission of his office in a town hall meeting at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.

U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom will speak at 7 p.m. today in the visitors’ center auditorium at the library in Abilene. The program is free and open to the public.

Grissom took office last year as an appointee of President Barack Obama. He leads 40 assistant U.S. attorneys and 53 support staff in offices in Wichita, Topeka and Kansas City, Kan.

Grissom lists national security, violent crime, drug trafficking, financial fraud and crimes against children as the priorities of his office.