THE WHITE HOUSE: Press briefing by Joe Lockhart >T.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 October 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Press briefing by Joe Lockhart (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:221099 12:25 P.M. EDT MR. LOCKHART: Good afternoon. Q Hi. MR. LOCKHART: Welcome to the briefing. Questions from our esteemed members of the press corps? Q Has the administration been in touch with anybody in Russia about Chechnya, what's happened there? MR.

LOCKHART: Yes. There have been discussions, primarily from the embassy there, the ambassador, to Russian counterparts. We have been in touch on a regular basis over the last weeks, and have expressed our concern about the escalation of violence in Chechnya, and we have been in touch today. I expect there to be other contacts. We'll be talking to...