Download Page as PDF Expand All Collapse All Extent Approximately 344 photographs in color and black & white film processed from 35mm negatives. Summary FOIA 2025-0932-F is a request for all photographs relating to statements delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton regarding bombings of Afghanistan and Sudan. Following bombing attacks on August 7, 1998 at United States embassy locations in Kenya and Tanzania, President Clinton ordered simultaneous strikes of targets located in Afghanistan and Sudan as retaliatory measures. Scope and Content Note FOIA 2025-0932-F is a request for all photographs relating to statements delivered by President William Jefferson Clinton regarding bombings of Afghanistan & Sudan. Following bombing attacks on August 7, 1998 at United States embassy locations in Kenya & Tanzania, President Clinton ordered simultaneous strikes of targets located in Afghanistan & Sudan as retaliatory measures. Photographs processed in this case detail meetings regarding the attacks, the President working on his statements, and the President delivering remarks to the press about the bombings in Edgartown Elementary School in Martha’s Vineyard, Maryland. During meetings the President speaks on the telephone to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak [محمد حسني السيد مبارك]. Individuals photographed in the events include President William Jefferson Clinton, Secretary of Defense William Cohen, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Samuel “Sandy” Berger, General Henry “Hugh” Shelton, Thomas Pickering, General Donald Kerrick, Jim Steinberg, Leon Fuerth, ErskineBowles, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Richard Clark, George Tenet, Ed Rice, Michael McCurry, Joe Lockhart, Bruce Lindsey, Anne Edwards, Doug Sosnik, and Dana Pittard. Record Type Photographs System of Arrangement Records that were responsive to this FOIA request were found in one collection area and one series— Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office and the series therein—Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration. Processing is done at the Folder/Contact sheet level. While this method maintains folder/contact sheet integrity, it frequently results in the processing of photographs that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Photographs in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2026. Related Collections 2015-0709-F Container List Clinton Presidential Records: Photographs of the White House Photograph Office Series: Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration Photograph Contact Sheets: Book 659 (P65800-P65899) P65888 August 20, 1998 P65889 August 20, 1998 P65890 August 20, 1998 P65891 August 20, 1998 [FOIA # 2015-0709-F] P65893 August 20, 1998 P65895 August 20, 1998 [FOIA # 2015-0709-F] P65896 August 20, 1998 P65897 August 20, 1998 P65898 August 20, 1998 Book 660 (P65900-P65999) P65903 August 20, 1998 P65904 August 20, 1998 P65905 August 20, 1998 P65906 August 20, 1998 P65936 August 20, 1998