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Jen Young noticed CNN Is Reporting the JFK library declassified more tapes.
The newly released recordings span a nearly two-month period and cover \"wide-ranging subject matters, including the economy and its political implications, the crisis in the Congo, Cuba and Latin America following the Cuban Missile Crisis, military assistance to Vietnam, and American relations with France and the European Community,\" the JFK Library said in a news release.

SomeOne writes "Concerned that unflattering records will not be available in the official Clinton "LIE-brary" (and yes, they use that term!!), a group of concerned citizens including former New Jersey congressman John LeBoutillier have announced plans for the Counter Clinton Library. This library will feature "the Real Truth about the Clintons" (caps in original!)

Says LeBoutillier, "Our Counter Clinton Library will be a permanent thorn in the side of the Clintons as they try to hide and distort their anti-American, anti-family, anti-military legacy."

Now that is a mission statement that can really translate into collection development policy!

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Jen Young noticed Another Story on the troubles at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum. Illinois taxpayers paid at least $287,000 for a ceremony to dedicate the new library/museum. The cost was criticized by officials of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which rallied at the state Capitol on Monday to protest Ryan\'s closing of correctional facilities, mental health centers and homes for the developmentally disabled.

More Information is coming out on Bill Clinton\'s presidential library. Construction is well under way on the $160 million complex next to the popular River Market district on the south bank of the river, slated to open in 2004, will be encircled by a public park, an outdoor amphitheater with lawn seating for 2,000 and pedestrian walkways through the arboretum and open green spaces.

\"Everyone knows that a presidential library will have an economic impact on the city, but this is the first time that has actually been used as a catalyst,\" Fawcett said.