FROM THE ARCHIVE
Missouri's Ashcroft gets AG job
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DECEMBER 22, 2000

Missouri Senator John Aschcroft, defeated for re-election by recently deceased state Governor Mel Carnahan, has been named to the post of Attorney General by President-elect George W. Bush.

Outgoing Montana Governor Marc Racicot had turned down the job.

Get the Story:
Bush Selects Ashcroft to be Attorney General (The Washington Post 12/22)

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