Obama taps longtime aide to oversee presidential records process

President Barack Obama has selected his close aide Anita Decker Breckenridge to act as his representative in the process that will lead to many of his White House records becoming public in future decades. A letter Obama sent to the National Archives in July authorizes Breckenridge to convey Obama's wishes about which of his presidential files can be made public and which should be kept under wraps for a period of time. -- More...