Hillary Clinton Defends E-mail Practices, and Draws a Line

The former secretary of state says she permanently deleted many of her own personal e-mail messages from the private server.

Hillary Rodham Clinton answers questions at a news conference at the United Nations, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. Clinton conceded that she should have used a government email to conduct business as secretary of state, saying her decision was simply a matter of "convenience."
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By Jennifer Epstein

March 10, 2015 at 7:21 PM UTC

Updated on

March 10, 2015 at 10:33 PM UTC

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Hillary Clinton offered detailed explanations Tuesday for the way she used a private e-mail account and server while she served as secretary of state, but her assertion that she had met all her obligations to release her correspondence failed to satisfy skeptical Republicans.

In a hastily called press conference in a hallway at the United Nations, Clinton said she had turned over printed copies of thousands of work-related e-mails to the State Department but that she had gotten rid of thousands of other personal e-mails on the server. "I have met all of my responsibilities and the server will remain private," she said.