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February 29, 2008

Bush Presidential Library Hasn't Decided Whether to Disclose Donor Names

President Bush said on Thursday that the nonprofit group raising money for his presidential library accepts money from foreign sources, but he has not decided whether to disclose the names of donors, reports The Dallas Morning News.

The library, to be housed at Southern Methodist University, is expected to cost about $250-million to build.

The issue of who supports presidential libraries, and whether their identities should be made public, has been controversial and is the subject of a debate pending in Congress.

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who sponsored a bill passed by the House to require disclosure of donations to presidential library foundations, said he did so because “when you have foreign governments and foreign business people and corporations giving huge amounts of money when the president is sitting there able to do favors for them, we ought to have it disclosed.

The Senate has not yet passed a measure similar to Mr. Waxman’s.

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