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ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHCROFT TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, D.C. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer will hold a news conference to discuss issues surrounding the execution of Timothy McVeigh TOMORROW, Thursday, April 12, at 9:00am in the Attorney General's Conference Room, 5^th Floor of Main Justice.

TIME: 9:00am, Thursday, April 12, 2001

EVENT: Attorney General / Federal Bureau of Prisons Director News Conference

PLACE: Main Justice

950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Attorney General's Conference Room

5^th Floor, Room 5137

Television footage of the event may be obtained through POOL COVERAGE ONLY. Please contact Katie Biber at 202/616-2777 with questions.

Reporters interested in attending the press conference should enter the Department through the 950 entrance on Pennsylvania Avenue, between 9^th and 10^th Streets, NW, no earlier than 8:15am.

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