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                 Reports: Hillary Clinton to Address Email Use

   by AP

   The Associated Press, Reuters, and other news media outlets are
   circulating unconfirmed reports that Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to
   address her use of private email while at the U.S. State Department
   after her scheduled remarks at the United Nations later on Tuesday.

   CBS News, MSNBC and CNN, citing sources, said the former secretary of
   state would hold a news conference after her speech in New York, which
   is scheduled for 1730 UTI. Her remarks would follow a week of intense
   scrutiny as she approaches a decision on whether to run for president.

   Clinton ignored the issue at a forum Monday while fellow Democrats
   urged her to speak out -- and predicted she would -- about her decision
   to conduct business while she was secretary of state in a private,
   nongovernment email account. Republicans are ramping up their attention
   on the issue.

   Clinton's email practices have raised questions about whether she fully
   complied with federal laws requiring government officials to preserve
   written communications involving official business. She used her own
   email server, traced to her hometown in Chappaqua, New York, giving
   herself more control over her emails.

   Clinton, who is a leading prospect for the Democratic nomination if she
   seeks the White House again, was considering holding a news conference
   in New York within days to address the email controversy directly,
   according to a person familiar with her thinking. The person spoke on
   condition of anonymity and was not authorized to speak publicly.

   The possibility of a news conference was first reported by Politico.

   'No Ceilings' project
   Clinton spoke Monday at a carefully choreographed two-hour event
   involving her No Ceilings project at the Clinton Foundation,
   highlighting economic and educational opportunities for women and
   girls. She took no questions. When she sat down to lead more informal
   conversations with invited speakers, participants appeared to be
   reading from teleprompters.

   The Republican National Committee used the vacuum to keep the pressure
   on Clinton, noting a State Department policy requiring all outgoing
   employees to declare that they had turned over all unclassified
   job-related documents to responsible officials before leaving.

   RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement the "fact that Hillary
   Clinton did not abide by the same rules her State Department employees
   had to comply with is just the latest example of how the Clintons think
   the rules don't apply to them."

   White House reaction
   At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama
   indeed knew she was using a nongovernment account during her tenure.
   Obama had indicated earlier that he only learned of that from recent
   news reports.

   Earnest said the president actually learned from those news reports of
   Clinton's privately run email server, but was familiar with her private
   account earlier because the two had exchanged emails when she was in
   office. Obama did not know at the time that she was using private email
   exclusively, Earnest said.

   Clinton left the State Department in early 2013. It was not immediately
   clear if Clinton signed the required separation statement declaring
   that she had turned over all job-related material, but State Department
   spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the secretary of state is supposed to follow
   such department policies. A Clinton spokesman did not immediately
   comment.

   Urged for explanation
   Democrats have defended Clinton, but several senators from the party
   called on her to offer an explanation.

   "She should come forward and explain the situation," Sen. Dick Durbin,
   the No. 2 Senate Democrat, said Tuesday on MSNBC. "I think it's only
   fair to say to Hillary Clinton: Tell us your side of the story. ...What
   did you put on this personal email?"

   Last week, Clinton said in a Twitter message that she wanted her emails
   released by the State Department as soon as possible, but did not
   address why she does not put them out herself immediately. Clinton's
   spokesmen and the State Department have said she never received or
   transmitted classified information on her private email account, in
   which case there would be no concerns that disclosure of her messages
   could compromise national security.

   The State Department is reviewing 55,000 pages of emails that she has
   turned over and Republicans in Congress have said they plan to review
   her email practices.

   Portions of this report are from Reuters.
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