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The witnesses testified about the ways in which states are using the $147 billion derived from a 1998 settlement agreement with the four largest tobacco companies. Topics included smoking pr…

Supporters of Judge Charles Pickering spoke to reporters about his nomination to the U.S. Fifth Circuit.

Senator John McCain, R-AZ, and others announced a compromise on tobacco legislation on which the Senate Commerce Committee would vote later in the week. The bill would cap punitive damages a…

Subcommittee members heard testimony from state attorneys general, governors and administration officials on the use of tobacco settlement funds to pay for Medicaid programs for illnesses ca…

After President Clinton’s announcement on needed revisions to the tobacco settlement, anti-tobacco leaders talked to reporters. They praised the president and stressed the goal of reducing t…

Senate Judiciary Committee members heard testimony concerning the settlement of the lawsuit against tobacco companies. Attorneys General for the tobacco industry Meyer Koplov, tobacco compan…

Attorneys general from a number of states announced a settlement reached with the tobacco industry. The settlement would create a trust fund to pay for medical costs resulting from tobacco a…

Southern state attorney generals heard descriptions of church burnings by pastors and members of those churches. The prosecutors asked for suggestions of ways to solve the crimes. Law enforc…

Speakers, including Southern law enforcement officials, fire investigators, and church and civil rights leaders, discussed the recent church burnings and hate crimes. Clarence Newsome, Assoc…

Mr. Brown and General Reno presented the commission’s five-volume final report. It calls for balanced and comprehensive state drug control efforts. The President’s Commission on Model State …

President Bill Clinton, Attorney General Janet Reno, members of Congress and local law enforcement officials spoke in a White House ceremony to announce the introduction of the Clinton admin…

The Attorney General, Dick Thornburgh took questions from reporters in the White House Press Briefing room. Joining the Attorney General were Mike Moore, Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, Na…

The state attorneys general met earlier in the day with William Bennett, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, then spoke to reporters. Mr. Bennett had asked the members of…

President George H.W. Bush met with U.S. State Attorneys General who then spoke with reporters on the northeast driveway of the White House. Members of the press asked questions of those Att…