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Attorney General Jeff Sessions to speak in Cleveland about opioid crisis

Posted at 6:07 PM, Aug 21, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-22 17:29:13-04

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is in Cleveland Wednesday to deliver remarks about the ongoing opioid epidemic crisis affecting the country and Northeast Ohio.

Sessions will be joined by Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio, Acting Assistant Attorney General Chad A. Readler for the Department of Justice's Civil Division, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski for Department of Justice's Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman for the Northern District of Ohio, according to the release.

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