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Article: US House panel chairman: White House chart shows 473 days of no e-mail for White House units
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- January 18, 2008
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A White House chart indicates no e-mail was archived on 473 days for various units of the Executive Office of the President, a U.S. House committee chairman says.
Rep. Henry Waxman, a Democrat, says a White House spokesman's comments suggesting no e-mail had disappeared conflicted with what congressional staffers were told in September.
On Thursday night, Waxman said he was scheduling a hearing for Feb. 15 and challenged the White House to explain spokesman Tony Fratto's remark that "we have absolutely no reason to believe that any e-mails are missing."
Fratto based his comment on the contents of a White House declaration filed in federal court casting doubt on ...