When pressed on whether all his records had already been released, Kerry said that "to the best of my knowledge" they had.

"I think some of the medical stuff may still be out there. We're trying to get it," he added.

On Aug. 22 the Post reported:

"Although Kerry campaign officials insist that they have published Kerry's full military records on their Web site (with the exception of medical records shown briefly to reporters earlier this year), they have not permitted independent access to his original Navy records. A Freedom of Information Act request by The Post for Kerry's records produced six pages of information. A spokesman for the Navy Personnel Command, Mike McClellan, said he was not authorized to release the full file, which consists of at least a hundred pages."

But when reminded that the paper had challenged his claim of full disclosure, Kerry repeated, "Well, we released everything that [the Navy] initially sent me."

Imus did not ask the top Democrat whether he would sign the Navy's Form 180, which would authorize the release of all documents the Pentagon currently has in Kerry's military file.

The full exchange went like this:

IMUS: A Freedom of Information Act request by the Washington Post regarding your military records produced six pages of information - while the spokesman for the Navy personnel command said there were at least a hundred pages of information available, but he was not authorized to release them. Why can't we see this stuff?

KERRY: We posted to - my military records that they sent to me were posted on my Web site. You can go to my Web site and all my, you know, the documents are there.

IMUS: So, everything's available?

KERRY: Ahhh - to the best of my knowledge - ah - I think some of the medical stuff may still be out there. We're trying to get it.

IMUS: The Washington Post doesn't think that it's all available. They could go to your Web site. Maybe they did.

KERRY: Well, we released everything that they initially sent me. [END OF EXCERPT]

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