I just spent the last couple of hours trying to track down the $200 haircut story. There are lots of references to the story, mostly put up by Clinton-haters or jokers. It was hard to find any facts.I found a web site called Frankly Speaking (which, according to another site, belongs to Frank Mancuso) which contains the following chronology: (edited by me for clarity):
May 20, 1993 - "HairGATE" begins with allegation that $200 Clinton haircut by Beverly Hills hairstylist Cristophe at LAX on May 18 closed two of four runways for nearly an hour.Here's a transcript of the Press Briefing on May 20 by Dee Dee Myers.
May 26 - Claim that haircut cost LA taxpayers $1,800.
May 27 - [Claim that] half of LA's air traffic shut down for haircut.
Jun 30 and Jul 1 - HairGATE debunked by FAA records.Here's a transcript of the another Press Briefing on May 20, by George Stephanopoulos.
Here's a transcript of an interview in which Clinton answered some questions about the haircut.
Here's the transcript of a PBS Frontline interview with Dee Dee Myers about "A $200 Haircut at LAX"
Here's the transcript of a PBS program called The Power Game, hosted by Hedrick Smith and based on his book by the same name.