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After more than 11,000 pages of Hillary Clinton’s schedules as first lady were released by the National Archives Wednesday, the Clinton campaign called on Barack Obama to release in full his records as an Illinois state senator.

“11,000 pages of the former first lady’s schedules are now part of the public record and I believe that is approximately 11,000 more documents than the Obama campaign has released up until this point relating to any part of his service especially as a state senator,” Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a statement.

The Clinton records, released on CDs and posted on the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Web site, showed that in the early days of the Clinton administration, then-first lady Hillary Clinton held several meetings on health care with Cabinet secretaries and staff. She was also involved in helping her husband win congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a deal she now criticizes and says she would try to change.

Wolfson called on Obama Wednesday to specifically release memos and letters that may relate to indicted Chicago businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko, who used to be a prominent fundraiser for Obama.

“There is much that Senator Obama can do on the subject of disclosure if he chooses to make this an issue as he has. I think in many respects he has gotten a free ride on this but there is a voluminous amount of information that presumably should be available relating to his tenure in the state Senate that he could release and make available at any time since he thinks that this is so important. I would again call on him to do so,” Wolfson said.

As Clinton’s campaign touted the records’ release as an example of her commitment to disclosure, Obama spent the day in North Carolina Wednesday hitting Clinton for her Iraq war vote, suggesting only he can be trusted to end the war.

The National Archives in Washington and former President Clinton’s presidential library in Arkansas jointly released Clinton’s first lady schedules after months of pressure from critics who say the Clintons were delaying the disclosure.

In all, 11,046 pages have been made available. Nearly 4,800 pages have parts blacked out. Archivists said that’s to protect the privacy of third parties. Schedules for more than 30 days of activities were not included in this release.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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