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Ari Fleischer: “Well, number one, we didn't release any Clinton memos. Clinton didn't release any previous President Bush top-secret…”

On the recordApril 20, 2009
Well, number one, we didn't release any Clinton memos. Clinton didn't release any previous President Bush top-secret memos. The problem that I have with all of this is, now that the White House is doing this to its predecessor, what will future White Houses do, depending on how the world turns under Barack Obama?
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Ari Fleischer
Republican · New York

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Fleischer discusses the implications of releasing past presidential documents and how it may affect future administrations.

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