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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005	(202) 514-2007

WWW.USDOJ.GOV	TDD (202) 514-1888

ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES ANNOUNCES INTERIM LEADERSHIP

IN THE ANTITRUST DIVISION

Thomas O. Barnett to Serve as Acting Assistant Attorney General

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced today that Thomas O. Barnett will serve as Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division following the departure of Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate. Barnett has served as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General for civil enforcement at the Antitrust Division since April 2004.

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