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ByJenniferPeltzand Tom Hays TheAssociatedPress NEW YORK Fifteen years after the attacks that killed her husband, Lorie Van Auken thinks she still hasn't been told the whole truth about 9/11. She wants to know what'sin28classifiedpages locked away in a basement room of the U.S. Capitol. They describe investiga- tive leads about "specific sources of foreign support" for the terrorists and might shedlightonpossibleSaudi connections. The secrecy "gnaws at you every day," Van Auken says. "Fifteen years is long enough. We want to stop guessing." She soon may. President Barack Obama has hinted that at least por- tions of the 28 pages may be released shortly amid growing calls to reveal what some see as a hidden chapter in the explanation of Sept. 11. Victims' relatives say they and the public deserve full transparency about the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, and some ar- gue that continued secrecy raises troubling questions about who or what is being shielded, and why. Some Sept. 11 fami- lies expect the pages' con- tents will help them sue the Saudi Arabian govern- ment, since a former law- maker has said the 2002 document casts suspicion thattheterroristsgotfinan- cial help from the kingdom, though U.S. investigations later concluded otherwise. But the push to unveil the pages stirs mixed feel- ings among victims' fam- ilies, and sometimes even within them. Diane Massa- roli, who lost her husband, is convinced responsibility for 9/11 extends beyond al- Qaida.Sheandsister-in-law Joann Massaroli find suspi- cionsofSaudilinkscompel- ling, and they lament that important questions have been left unanswered. "To see us get to the bot- tom of the financial pa- per trail ... would give me tremendous satisfaction," Joann Massaroli says. "To me, those pages hold some- thing that's going to be re- vealing." Diane's son, Mi- chael, doubts it. He favors releasing the pages but thinks the idea of Saudi complicity doesn't add up, and he wonders about the point of grasping for what he sees as fragments of data. "There's no informa- tion out there that's going to bring my father back, that's going to bring any of these people back," says Michael, 20, a college se- nior and his father's name- sake. "I'm at as much peace as I will ever be with what happened." The classified pagescomefromacongres- sional inquiry into the at- tacks, which killed nearly 3,000peoplewhenhijacked planes smashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylva- nia field in 2001. Republican President George W. Bush decided re- leasing the pages could di- vulge intelligence sources and methods. Former Rep. Tim Roemer, a Democrat who has viewed the doc- ument, has likened it to a "preliminarypolicereport," including unvetted tips and allegations that were later investigated. The congres- sional inquiry, the subse- quent 9/11 Commission, a review commission and a CIA inspector general re- port last year found no reli- ableevidencethattheSaudi government or senior offi- cials knowingly supported the 19 hijackers, 15 of them Saudi citizens. TERRORIST ATTACKS Sept. 11 families seek answers in secret pages from inquiry PRESIDENTIAL RACE CLIFFOWEN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Hillary Clinton waves as she exits the room following her address the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies reception in Washington on Wednesday. By Lisa Lerer and Catherine Lucey The Associated Press ATHENS, OHIO With Don- ald Trump's remaining ri- vals bowing out of the race, clearing his path to the nomination, Hillary Clin- ton is looking for ways to woo Republicans turned off by the brash billionaire. The Democratic front- runner's campaign believes Trump's historically high unfavorable ratings and penchant for controversy may be enough to persuade a slice of GOP voters to get behind her bid, in much the same way so-called Rea- gan Democrats sided with the Republican president in the 1980s. As Trump stood alone on Wednesday after Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich ended their bids, there were some early signs that a sliver of the party might see Clinton as the only option. "I'm with her," tweeted Mark Salter, a top cam- paign aide to 2008 Republi- can nominee John McCain. Democrats caution their effort to win over Clinton Republicans — or Hilla- cans — is in its earliest stages, but could grow to include ads and other out- reach targeted in particular at suburban women in bat- tleground states. Already, aides say, a number of Re- publicans have privately told Clinton and her team they plan to break party ranks and support her. "Let's get on the Amer- ican team," Clinton said, making an explicit appeal to independents and Repub- licans, in an interview with CNN on Wednesday. Hoping to hasten any move to her side, her cam- paign on Wednesday re- leased a list of Republicans vowing never to vote for Trump along with a web ad featuring clips of prom- inent GOPers, including his former rivals, bashing the New York billionaire in ev- ery possibly way. "He needs therapy," says former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, at the end of the spot. While such bipartisan support would expand Clin- ton's base of potential vot- ers, a series of high-profile endorsements from Repub- lican officials could dampen enthusiasm among some in her own party. For months, primary ri- val Bernie Sanders has criticized Clinton's record from the left, highlight- ing her 2002 vote in favor of the war in Iraq and sup- port from Wall Street. The Vermont senator won the Indiana primary Tuesday, demonstrating her linger- ing weaknesses within her own party. Trump's campaign has also made a conscious effort to target Independents and Democrats in the primary. He's said he expects to win a portion of Sanders' sup- port thanks to their shared positions on trade and out- sourcing. "We have tremendous numbers of Democrats that have voted for me," he said, in a Tuesday morning in- terview on MSNBC. "Hun- dreds and hundreds of peo- ple were coming in that were registered Democrats that wanted to vote for Don- ald Trump." Clinton has begun cast- ing her candidacy as an ef- fort to unify a divided coun- try. After a series of victo- ries last week, which all but ensured she will cap- ture her party's nomina- tion, Clinton called on Dem- ocrats, independents and what she called "thought- ful Republicans" to back her bid.vs But even though a vo- cal segment of the Repub- lican Party has denounced Trump, so far few have been willing to go as far as say- ing they would back Clinton in the fall. Ben Howe, a Repub- lican strategist who has worked for Cruz, said he'd be actively working against Trump — a decision he rec- ognizes means backing Clinton. "Anything right now that would allow Donald Trump to become president is the wrong move, so the de facto result is that Hillary would win," he said. Endorsements from prominent GOP backers could potentially pave the way for Republican voters to back Clinton, particu- larly woman. "Educated, suburban white women are turned off en masse and there will be more of that," Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Clinton backer, said of Trump. "In the Columbus suburbs, she's going to do very well." A February poll of likely Republican voters com- missioned by a Democratic firm led by Stan Green- berg, a former pollster for former President Bill Clin- ton, found that 20 percent of Republicans are "uncer- tain" whether they would back Trump or Clinton in a head-to-head match-up. There is some irony in Clinton playing the role of a unifier: She's long been one of the most divisive figures in American politics. For some voters, that leaves them feeling like they have few good options. Amy Bishop, 42, a stay-at- home mom from Indianola, Iowa, said she wasn't sure how she would vote. She said she would "most likely" go for Clinton over Trump, but stressed that she wasn't "100 percent." "I don't feel like she's honest and upfront," said the self-identified indepen- dent. Of Trump, she said, "I think he's very reactive." Tracey Kingery, a Re- publican from Des Moines, Iowa, said she, too, was un- sure about how to vote. 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