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Article: Clinton May Assert Executive Privilege; White House Considers Retaining Documents on Travel Office Firings
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- The Washington Post
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- September 8, 1995
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The White House has informed a congressional committee that
President Clinton may claim executive privilege and refuse to turn
over some or all of 907 pages of documents relating to the travel
office firings that occurred in the administration's first months in
office.
It is the latest chapter of a controversy that has plagued the
Clinton administration since May of 1993, when seven longtime
employees of the White House travel office were abruptly fired and
accused of inept and dishonest operations. An internal review
concluded that several administration officials had acted unwisely or
inappropriately in the firings and that improper outside pressure
from Clinton friends and unwise ...