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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999

(202) 514-2007

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TDD (202) 514-1888


ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bill Lann Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights will join Robert Cleary, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey and John Farmer, Attorney General for the State of New Jersey at a news conference today, December 22, 1999 in Trenton, New Jersey to announce developments regarding a significant civil rights enforcement matter.

WHO: Bill Lann Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General

Robert Cleary, U.S. Attorney

John Farmer, New Jersey Attorney General

WHEN: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 -- 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: Hughes Justice Center

25 Market Street (on the corner of Market & Warren)

4th Floor Conference Center

Trenton, NJ

For information on access to the press conference, please contact Roger Shatckin with the New Jersey State Attorney General's Office at (609) 292-4791.

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