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First Lady Skeds Were Sanitized

Very little remains in Clinton's calendars for historians, or foes

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 20, 2008 2:12 PM CDT

(Newser) – Schedules from Hillary Clinton’s time as first lady don’t reveal much, Newsweek reports. The mound of documents consists only of her public engagements, rather than her private calendar, meaning many potentially revealing details are left out. The thousands of pages don’t, for... Read full story »

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