M/A Glickman to Participate in News Conference on Spring Drought
                                                               
                                           Release No.  0079.00
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                                    Susan McAvoy (202) 720-4623
                                          susan.mcavoy@usda.gov



GLICKMAN TO PARTICIPATE IN NEWS CONFERENCE ON SPRING DROUGHT OUTLOOK         

     Washington, March 10, 2000   Agriculture Secretary Glickman will join
Commerce Secretary Daley in a news conference on spring drought outlook 2000
on Monday, March 13, 2000 at 11:00 a.m.

                    WHO:      Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
               Commerce Secretary William M. Daley
               NOAA Administrator D. James Baker
               National Weather Service Director John J. Kelly

                    WHAT:     News conference on spring drought outlook 2000

                    WHERE:    U.S. Department of Commerce
               Herbert C. Hoover Building
               14th Street and Constitution Ave. N.W.
               Room 4830
               Washington, DC

                    WHEN:     Monday, March 13 at 11:00 a.m.




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