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Clintons Keep White House Papers Buried

Hillary's documents unlikely to see daylight before 2008 election

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2007 1:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – People curious about Hillary Clinton’s role in her husband’s White House won’t find anything helpful in his presidential library, Newsweek reports. Less than 1% of the 98 million documents and emails there are public, though all are subject to the Freedom of... Read full story »

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