Ashcroft to address Salina chamber

? Former Missouri governor and U.S. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft will speak at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting in January, chamber President Gerald Cook said this week.

Ashcroft joins a long list of A-list speakers when he talks at the Salina chamber’s annual dinner on Jan. 9.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Great Britain Prime Minister John Major, former President George H.W. Bush, and his wife and first lady Barbara Bush all have spoken to the chamber.

Ashcroft left his post in 2005, after four years on the job.