Recuperating Ashcroft Leaves Hospital
From Times Wire Services
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft was released from the hospital, less than a week after undergoing surgery to remove his gallbladder.
Ashcroft, 61, left George Washington University Hospital shortly after noon, Justice Department officials said. Deputy Atty. Gen. James B. Comey, who has acted in Ashcroft’s place since the attorney general entered the hospital March 4, will continue to run the agency while Ashcroft recuperates at his home in the District of Columbia. It is unclear when he will return to work.
Doctors performed the laparoscopic procedure March 9 after Ashcroft was diagnosed with a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis.
