Only a few people would feel at ease to send Hillary Clinton cartoon clippings. Diane Blair was one of them. Throughout much of Bill Clinton's eight years in the White House, Blair -- a political science professor and longtime Clinton friend -- exchanged political and humor cartoons with the first lady. Nothing, it seemed, was too small or inconsequential to send back and forth. In May 1996, Hillary Clinton clipped a "Mixed Media" cartoon and sent it to Blair and her husband, Jim, with a note that read, "It is rare that I can send you a comic strip you and Jim haven't seen -- but this one is too good not to share."
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Longtime friend kept fastidious records of all things Clinton
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Diane Blair's papers give insight into Bill Clinton's campaigns, Hillary Clinton's thinking
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Hillary Clinton considered Blair, who died in 2000, one of her closest friends
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(CNN reached out to @placeholder's office for comment about the documents, but a spokesman did not respond.)
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@placeholder defended her husband's adultery by saying it was caused, partly, because "the ugly forces started making up hateful things about them, pounding on them."
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"I hope also that some young scholar will come along and write the story of @placeholder," she said.