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activists, according to an August, 1994 transcript. "And our cultural base. ... They walked off."
• Clinton's concerns turned out to be justified: Republicans swept to power in the fall elections, wresting control of the House and Senate from the president's party. The transcript was among 4,000 documents released Friday by the National Archives.
• They're just part of the roughly 30,000 pages expected to be released in coming weeks. The documents, which cover Clinton's two presidential terms, are much anticipated in the political world, partly because then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is considering her own bid for the presidency in 2016.
• The documents shed ample light on her husband's administration, highlighting the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of aides, the stroking of allies and erstwhile opponents and the sting of the first Republican takeover of Congress in 40 years.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, March 15, the 74th day of 2014. There are 291 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On March 15, 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included Brutus and Cassius.
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• On this date:
• In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain, concluding his first voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
• In 1767, the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, was born in Waxhaw, S.C.
• In 1820, Maine became the 23rd state.
• In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson met with about 100 reporters for the first formal presidential press conference.
• In 1919, members of the American Expeditionary Force from World War I convened in Paris for a three-day meeting to found the American Legion.
• In 1944, during World War II, Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino.
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