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This is a Clinton Presidential Library release from the NSC email collection, filed under Area 51 and covering September 1997 to February 2000. It contains withdrawal sheets for redacted emails along with released messages. Staff are told not to use the term Area 51, and draft press guidance says the President renewed an exemption for the Air Force operating location near Groom Lake, Nevada, from disclosure requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. One message jokes about jury duty summonses sending staff to Area 51.
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38C7677C.FIN Page 3 of 4- 4 the week of February 21; The Week Ahead * Monday * Tuesday * POTUS meeting with group of Democratic House Members on PNTR; * Warner. I have spoken with State and Defense about having a meeting at the WH with Warner for a discussion on Kosovo. We are still discussing who should be invited to join Warner. In any case, it can't be scheduled until next week because the Senate is out this week; * Colombia. I got the formal request from the House Democratic Caucus for you to come to a policy lunch on Colombia. I told them you would be happy to come, but that you are not available this week. Since the House is going on recess next week, we will be looking at a lunch meeting the week of February 28th; * Cohen NMD Meetings. DoD has proposed a list (mostly Republicans but also a handful of Democrats) to come to the Pentagon over the next month. The idea is to one meeting per week — beginning when the Senate returns next week. Q: do you want to join any of these meetings? The Senate is out this week — the House is out next week — how inconsiderate! * POTUS meeting with bi-partisan group of House Members on PNTR; * Miles out on jury duty; * The first hearing on our Colombia assistance package will take place Tuesday before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources (Mica). This was not our preferred venue to kick off — in large part because the key witnesses (Rand Beers, State; Brian Sheridan, DOD) will be in Colombia — but lack of cooperation from Southcom, who insisted on sending Wilhelm — and Mica's staffs threats of subpoenas -made it difficult for other agencies to refuse. So ONDCP (McCaffrey), Southcom (Wilhelm), DEA (Ledwith), State (Romero), and
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