| Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hospitalized with a severe case of gallstone pancreatitis, his chief spokesman said Friday. Justice Department spokesman Mark Corallo, said the 61-year-old attorney general initially believed he had stomach flu. "He went home and when the condition worsened, he was visited by White House Physician Daniel Parks, M.D. who advised that he go to the emergency room," Corallo said. He said Ashcroft was taken Thursday night to the emergency room of the George Washington University Hospital here for evaluation of stomach complaints. |