ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff and DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson will hold a news conference TODAY, Monday, March 18 at 1:30 p.m.

WHAT: News Conference

WHEN: TODAY, Monday, March 18 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Department of Justice

7th Floor Conference Room

950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, D.C. 20530

Media interested in attending the event should arrive no earlier than 12:30 p.m. and may enter the Department through the main entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue.

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