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Finding Aid
2014-0039-F: Emails Sent or Received by Assistants to the President on September 11, 2001
Scope and Content
FOIA 2014-0039-F contains materials related to email messages sent or received by Assistants to the President on September 11, 2001.
For information about the electronic records at the George W. Bush Presidential Library, please see the Electronic Records Guide.
This FOIA primarily contains email messages sent or received on September 11, 2001, by the following staff members with the title of Assistant to the President: Joshua (Josh) Bolten, Nicholas (Nick) Calio, Andrew (Andy) Card, Ari Fleischer, Michael (Mike) Gerson, Alberto (Al) Gonzales, Joseph (Joe) Hagin, Albert Hawkins, Karen Hughes, Clay Johnson III, Margaret LaMontagne Spellings, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Lawrence (Larry) Lindsey, Mary Matalin, Harriet Miers, Condoleezza Rice, and Karl Rove. Some Assistants to the President did not send or receive email on September 11, 2001, and others only received emails. Records include emails and fact sheets regarding the President's scheduled events for September 11, 2001; emails expressing reactions to the 9/11 terrorist attacks; schedules and speech drafts for upcoming events for the President and Mrs. Bush; press releases; news articles; and emails related to administrative or routine office functions.
Extent
362 assets
Provenance
Official records of George W. Bush’s presidency are housed at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act.