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Clinton Library FOIA Log FY13 Clinton Library FOIA Log FY13 Case Number Date Last Name First Name Request 2013-0016-F 10/2/2012 VVagener Leon ''Records related to Richard Trumka" 2013-0017-F 10/2/2012 VVagener Leon "Records related to Andy Spahn" 2013-0018-F 10/2/2012 VVagener leon uRecords related to George Sores" 2013-0019-F 10/2/2012 VVagener Leon "Records related to Ron Burkle" 2013-0028-F 10/9/2012 lssenberg Sasha "All documents, notes, and correspondence related to the Defense of Marriage Act (1996), gay marriage, same-sex marriage, same-sex unions." 2013-0029-F 10/4/2012 Riedinger Laura "Any records {paper, electronic, digital, audio, or other format} regarding personal contact made by Clinton w/members of U.S. Trade Delegation to Nigeria on Aug. 26, 2000 following his remarks to the joint houses of Nigeria's gov., and in particular conversations w/U.S. Trade Delegates prior to his departure that day." 11 2013-0098-F 11/1/2012 Arbiol Inigo Background information on the PDD-25. Summary, notes, drafts, memorandums, that could provide information on the coming up of this PDD." 11 2013-0102-F 11/1/2012 Jones Nate AII documents pertaining to Boris Yeltsin's late-night drinking during his 1995 visit to Washington, DC." 2013-0151-F 11/16/2012 Mason Robert "Gender gap in voting. "Women" in the HU or Pl subject files may be responsive." 1 2013-0180-F 11/27/2012 Koeneman Keith 'Rahm Emanuel- see file for specifics- but will be a piggyback of 2009-0140-F." 2013-0181-F 11/16/2012 Prins Nomi "Bankers: John S. Reed, Sandy Weill, William C. Butcher, Thomas Labrecque, Sir Dennis Weatherstone, Walter V. Shipley, John F. McGillicuddy, William A. Schreyer, Alden W. Clausen, Hugh McColl, Kenneth lewis." 2013-0186-F 11/16/2012 Prins Nomi "Jp Morgan merger with Chase Manhattan Bank" 2013-0187-F 11/16/2012 Prins Nomi ''Records re: Bank of America" 2013-0188-F 11/16/2012 Prins Nomi "Records re: antitrust issues as related to banking and derivatives" 2013-0241-F 12/11/2012 Novak Lawrence "All records concerning the nomination of Richard Stearns to the U. 5. District Court in the District of Massachusetts and for his nomination to the director of the F.B.I." 2013-0300-F 1/7/2013 Bjerk Paul "Documents relating to Julius Nyerere. Requestor is particularly interested in documents where Nyerere is either a participant in a conversation or the topic of a memorandum. Also, documents relating to the Burundi Peace Process, Nyerere's views on AGRA and other economic liberalization measures and commentary about his death and funeral in 1999." 2013-0306-F 1/8/2013 Minchin Timothy "All material related to "AFL-CIO" during the Clinton Administration." 2013-0330-F 1/17/2013 Francis Charles "Correspondence, email or memoranda from the White House Office of legislative Affairs generated or received by Mr. Steve Ricchetti in his role as Deputy Assistant to the President for legislative Affairs. The issue is Congressional passage of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in the time period April, 1996 to the signing of the Act on September 21, 1996." 2013-0353-F 1/28/2013 Graham lee "Record of President Clinton being briefed as to the reality of the UFO Phenomena, including Air Force record wherein the Air Force has apprised the President of the capability of the DSP satellite at detecting and identifying UFO Phenomena; also, the record wherein the MIDAS and DSP satellites have detected the UFO." 2013-0365-F 1/31/2013 Vernon Jeffrey "Terms: biomedical, infertility, cloning, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy, family planning, stem cell, National Bioethics Advisory Commission." 2013-0377-F 2/4/2013 Yirinec Daniel "Re: flooding disaster "turn downs" for FEMA aid. Requestor is wanting list of counties for each state that was turned down, plus the request documents and/or rejection letters. 01002 Subject File." II .. 2013-0416-F 2/12/2013 loanid Radu Any documents relating to Mihai Botez." 2013-0432-F 2/24/2013 Walters Mary "1. Richard Hoi brooke and his diplomatic efforts surrounding the Dayton Accords in 1995, his 1998 shuttle diplomacy with Milosevic, and the Ramboui!let Peace Talks in 1999 2. Madeline Albright in relation to the Balkans, Bosnia, and Kosovo in the 1990s 3. General Wesley Clark and Kosovo in 1998, 1999 4. interagency planning and coordination efforts regarding U.S.G. response to Bosnia and Kosovo 5. Kosovo refugee camps in 1998 and 1999, such as the one President Clinton and the First Lady visited." 2013-0457-F 3/4/2013 Boozer Constance "cos of transcripts of oral interviews from the Clinton Administration History Project [FEMA- Supplemental Materials]" 2013-0518-F 3/20/2013 Nemes Hodiah "Records relating to the Kyoto Protocol frOm 1997 to 1998. (Specifically, the WH's public relation campaign about climate change which they used to try to build support for the Kyoto Protocol in the U.S. People involved in this communications effort included Todd Stern, John Podesta, Elliot Diringer, and Lowell Weiss). Requestor does not want electronic records." 2013-0535-F 4/15/2013 Touhey Emmanuel "Letter written by 14-year old Sharon Haughey of Northern Ireland in 1995 to President Clinton regarding the peace process in the troubled province. Clinton quoted from the letter in a speech in Armagh on September 3, 1998." 2013-0540-F 4/9/2013 Willard Emily "All documents and information regarding telephone call between Clinton and U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda David Rawson at 1741 on April10, 1994." 11 2013-0541-F 3/29/2013 Willard Emily AII records, including but not limited to, transcripts, telcon memos, notes, and memos of conversation for a meeting on April22, 1994 between NSC adviser Tony Lake and Rwandan human rights monitor Monique Mujawamariya." 2013-0549-F 4/2/2013 Kumar Martha j'President's Daily Diary from January 20, 1993- January 20, 2001" 2013-0578-F 4/15/2013 Williams Brian "Any and all entries from the Daily Diary of President Clinton detailing visits by the President to the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Specific interest dates: March 10, 1993; October 20, 1993; September 28, 1994; February 8, 1996; April 30, 1997; March 3, 1999; September 24, 1999; February 4, 2000; february 19, 2000." 2013-0625-F 4/26/2013 Crawford Drew "Personal papers of president Clinton such as letters, notes, diaries, papers to his staff, etc., where he mentions Newt Gingrich during the time period of 1992- January 1995; Also include any transcripts of direct quotes from President Clinton and confidential memos of him or his staff about Gingrich." 2013-0628-F 4/29/2013 Splillman Daniel "Records related to The American Spectator magazine, and its editor, R. "Bob" Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., and/or writer, David Brock. Specifically documents related to Brock's article, "Troopergate." Any correspondence between the administration and the magazine, and documents related to DOJ's investigation of the magazine between 1997 and 1999. the investigation was publicly initiated by Dep. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder in late Jan. or early Feb.1999 and lasted until July 1999. The investigation was led by Michael Shaheen and concluded with the Shaheen Report. No published materials, clippings, or articles." 2013-0642-F 5/2/2013 Nagle Thomas "Records related to Somalia and Operation Restore Hope, June~October, 1993. Include WHORM Subject File C0155." 2013-0661-F 5/6/2013 Moerk Anne "Records of Eli Segal and Shirley Sagawa as they relate to national service and Americorps; records relating to the Corporation for National and Community Service, especially Americorps." 2013-0664-F 5/8/2013 Halper Daniel "Every visit to President Clinton at the White House by Barbra (or spelled Barbara) Streisand, and every time the two were in each other's or shared company outside the White House." 2013-0670-F 5/8/2013 Bongiorni Anthony "Documents from the White House Counsel's Office related to the appointment of Sandra Lynch to the First Circuit Court of Appeals through January of 1995." 2013-0684-F 5/13/2013 Willard Emily "All records including but not limited to drafts, documents, files, and emails concerning (or produced in creation of) Presidential Decision Directives (PODs) and Presidential Review Directives (PROs) concerning or related to Bosnia or former Yugoslavia from 1993-1996." 2013-0687-F 5/13/2013 Willard Emily HAll Yugoslavia/Bosnia files of National Security Council director for Europe, Alexander Vershbow, for the date range 1994-1995." 2013-0689-F 5/14/2013 Willard Emily "Documents relating to President Clinton's and President Jacques Chi rae's discussions during Chirac's visit on June 14, 1995 that mention Bosnia." 2013-0695-F 5/16/2013 Willard Emily "vugoslavia/Bosnia records of NSC Director for Europe Jane Hall for the dates 1993-1994." 2013-0723-F 5/23/2013 Harding Robin "All written records created by Janet L. Yellen, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999, in whatever form they take." 2013-0740-F 5/29/2013 Willard Emily "All responsive documents in Clinton Library FOIA case# 2012-0798-F" 2013-0741-F 5/29/2013 Willard Emily "All responsive documents in Clinton Library FOIA case# 2012-0802-F." 2013-0768-F 6/4/2013 Willard Emily "All NSC records on Operation Storm (the Croatian military offensive from August-September 1995)." 2013-0769-F 6/4/2013 Levinson Chaim "oocuments regarding the Oslo Agreement (previous to the agreement), the signing ceremony, memorandums from meetings and phone calls with Arafat and Rabin, etc. Also, documents from the Oval Office and advisors." 2013-0816-F 6/7/2013 Whitlark Rachel "contents of phone call between President and former President James E.
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