Clinton Oral History Project?
The Clinton Presidential History Project involves an extensive program of in-depth oral history interviews with key individuals in and outside the White House during the Clinton years. To date we have held interviews with more than seventy individuals, among them Samuel Berger, Warren Christopher, Lloyd Cutler, Thomas Foley, John Hilley, Harold Ickes, Christopher Jennings, Mickey Kantor, Anthony Lake, Jack Lew, Mack McLarty, Roy Neel, Leon Panetta, John Podesta, Janet Reno, Alice Rivlin, Lawrence Stein, and Lawrence Summers.
Very impressive list of the big power-wielders from the Clinton administration, but one name I expected to be on it is missing -- Hillary's. I don't know if she's been interviewed for the project and the foundation simply left her off the list, or if the project only involves White House staff and cabinet appointees. Just seems odd Hillary's name is not on the list, but I should be careful not to read too much into the omission.
Miller Center transcripts will be released after the interviews are completed several years hence . . . A complete listing of the transcripts will appear on this web site at the time of release.
Regardless of Hillary not being on the list of people interviewed thus far, it seems totally in keeping with Bill and Hillary Clinton's allergies to basic transparency standards, like the failure of not providing their recent tax returns for public inspection, that more than seven years after they left the White House, completed oral interviews with staff have not been transcribed and shared with the public.
And forget about the Clinton Foundation allowing itself to be pinned down with a firm date, heck, even a year, of when they intend to have the transcripts ready for release.
Sure would be great of the foundation, and the Clintons, to make transparency a key component to Hillary's bid for the Oval Office.
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