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Clinton to Release First Lady Schedules

Posted Mar 19, 08 8:33 AM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – The public can finally get a look at Hillary Clinton’s record as first lady—all 11,046 pages of it. The National Archives will release all of Clinton's daily schedules, it announced yesterday, responding to a Freedom of Information Act request made almost a year ago. The documents detail Clinton’s comings and goings, including meetings, trips, speaking engagements, and social functions.

Until now, the Clintons have come under fire for releasing records at a sluggish pace. “What is Senator Clinton hiding?” an Obama staffer asked recently. “What is lurking in those documents that she believes voters don't have a right to know?” Five days are missing from records, and other parts are blacked out to protect personal information such as telephone numbers and addresses.

Sources Associated Press, Los Angeles Times

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Library Resource Center director Jane Everrett holds a photo of Hillary Rodham Clinton as a sixth grader in 1958 at Field School in Park Ridge Illinois, Feb. 5, 2008. AP Photo/Paul Beaty   (AP Photo)
Bob Razer, curator of former President Bill Clinton's gubernatorial papers, is surrounded by boxes containing Clinton's gubernatorial papers, Nov. 15, 2007 in Little Rock, Ark.   (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., winks to the crowd as she makes a campaign stop at Millersville University's Pucillo Gymnasium in Millersville, Pa., Tuesday, March...   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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