æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌv bˈoʊθ ðə ɹˈeɪɡən ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən ænd ðə fˈɜːst bˈʊʃ ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən, ðə ɡˈʌvɚnmənt hæd klˈeɪmd ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz ɛntˈaɪɾəld tə dᵻlˈiːt ˈɔːl ʌvðɪ ᵻlɛktɹˈɑːnɪk ɹˈɛkɚdz kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ænd stˈoːɹd baɪ ðə wˈaɪt hˈaʊs dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ˈiːtʃ pɹˈɛzɪdənts tˈɛnjɚ.
At the end of both the Reagan administration and the first Bush administration, the government had claimed that it was entitled to delete all of the electronic records created and stored by the White House during each president's tenure.