Ashcroft remains in intensive care - March 11, 2004 - 4 Hours ago

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Lets not take our eyes off the man behind the curtain.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/11/ashcroft.recovering/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General John Ashcroft remained in intensive care Thursday, and aides said he was gradually recovering from gall bladder surgery performed two days ago.

Physicians at George Washington Medical Center have given no indication when Ashcroft, 61, will be able to go home, but aides said he was not expected to return to work next week.

No appointments are being made for the attorney general for at least the next couple of weeks.

The hospital did not issue a promised formal medical update, but Ashcroft's chief spokesman Mark Corallo said the nation's top legal officer was making progress.

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