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Reagan, Bush I Records to Be Released

The records are being released in accordance with the Presidential Records Act and the new Executive Order 13489, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Jan. 21.

More than 245,000 pages of records from the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush presidencies will be opened for research on Monday at their respective libraries, the National Archive announced Friday.

The records include presidential briefing papers, Office of Speech writing research material and about 13,000 pages of declassified records on foreign policy topics.

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