Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Thornburgh Will Resign Post Soon
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The White House announced that Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh will resign soon and be replaced at least temporarily by Deputy Atty. Gen. William P. Barr. White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said in Kennebunkport, Me., where President Bush is vacationing, that Thornburgh “hasn’t given us a date yet.” Thornburgh is expected to seek the Senate seat left vacant when Sen. John Heinz of Pennsylvania was killed in a plane-helicopter crash near Philadelphia.
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