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Once-classified files on JFK's assassination released by Biden. What we know
President Joe Biden on Thursday released a cache of once-classified documents expected to shed light on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy nearly 60 years ago.
"This has been a commitment of the president," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "President Biden believes all information related to President Kennedy's assassination should be released to the greatest extent possible, consistent with national security."
Jean-Pierre said 97% of the Kennedy collection is available to the public following the release of 12,879 documents Thursday by the National Archives and 1,491 documents a year ago today.
An additional 515 documents have been withheld by the archives in full and 2,545 documents partially withheld.
Biden has ordered the acting archivist, Debra Steidel Wall, to conduct a six-month review "of a subset of the remaining redacted records" to ensure they are also disclos Jfk assassination james files.