Abell said Ashcroft's surgery was performed as a preventive measure to reduce the risk of recurrent pancreatitis.
Ashcroft is being monitored by his surgeon Dr. Bruce Abell, who performed a cholecystectomy to remove his gallbladder Tuesday.
Abell said the Military Voter Assistance program worked well during the 2000 election.
CNN: Pentagon report fails to address key question in voting controversy
Like all people who have had their gallbladders removed, Ashcroft will have to limit his intake of fatty foods, Abell said.
Watford and Remy Abell made 3-pointers on consecutive Indiana possessions to help the Hoosiers open a 20-14 lead with 9:04 remaining.
The opinions in this commentary are solely those of John Abell.
"The most dangerous words ever spoken in Midland are 'it's different this time', " says David Smith, executive director of the Abell-Hanger Foundation, a local philanthropic organization.
Abell says the best estimates now are that the Russian object was initially a rocky silicate asteroid that almost certainly originated from the main asteroid belt.
Abell says these fragments may also provide planetary scientists with new windows onto details about how the solar system formed and how life evolved here on Earth.
Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Abell said the question of whether military ballots were postmarked did not come under the charter of the Department of Defense inspector general's audit.
CNN: Pentagon report fails to address key question in voting controversy
During a Senate subcommittee hearing Tuesday, Charles Abell, principal undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, said the two groups were never granted sole authority to endorse chaplains, but they were the only ones to ask for the endorsing authority.
"As a result, over the last several months of activities, we are looking around to see if there are other organizations that might provide us Muslim chaplains other than the two that have been currently provided, " Abell told the panel.
Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, summoned Abell and others to find out how the military and the Federal Bureau of Prisons could have Saudi-funded chaplain programs that allowed supporters of terrorism to infiltrate the military and prison systems through two Saudi-funded organizations.
"We do need to enhance the training and education of our military community, we need to involve the entire chain of command and we need to run a program that is consistent among the services and complies with the Department of Defense policies and procedures as we execute the program, " Abell said.
CNN: Pentagon report fails to address key question in voting controversy
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