John Ashcroft

SLP2000110806 - 08 NOVEMBER 2000 - MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI, USA: U.S. Senator John Ashcroft (R-MO) holds back his emotions as he announces that he has been defeated for another term in the Seanate by the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, November 8, 2000. Ashcroft was nominated by President-elect George W. Bush as Attorney General December 22, 2000. rlw//bg/Bill Greenblatt/File UPI