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Monday 12 October 2015
Obama: Clinton Made Mistake,
Didn’t Harm National Security
Associated Press aware of her use of the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary private email server. There
Rodham Clinton’s use of a are still questions being
private email server to con- raised about the security of
duct government business that system. Senate investi-
when she served as sec- gators recently discovered
retary of state was a mis- that Clinton’s private server
take but didn’t endanger was subjected to unspeci-
national security, President fied hacking attempts in
Barack Obama said during 2013 from China, South Ko-
an interview airing Sunday rea and Germany. The FBI
on CBS’s “60 Minutes.” is still examining her system,
Obama said public of- and that review could re-
ficials have to be more veal evidence, if any, of
sensitive about how they unauthorized intrusions into
handle information and her server or any attempts
personal data. Yet he also to siphon off her data.
said the criticism of Clin- Clinton has yet to answer
ton, who is leading the specific questions about
Democratic race for the the security protections in
presidential nomination, her unusual email setup,
has been “ginned up” be- which ran out of her New
cause of politics “I think York home and not in a
she’d be the first to ac- professional data center
knowledge that maybe during her time as secre-
she could have handled tary of state. Obama also
the original decision better weighed in on the 2016
and the disclosures more presidential elections. The
quickly,” Obama said. president called current
Obama downplayed the Republican front-runner
threat to national security, Donald Trump “the classic
and when it was pointed reality TV character” and
out that his administration a “great publicity seeker.”
has prosecuted people “He is tapped into some-
for having classified mate- thing that exists in the Re-
rial on their private com- publican Party that’s real,”
puters, the president said Obama said. “I think there
he didn’t get the impres- is genuine anti-immigrant
sion there was an intent to sentiment in the large por-
“hide something or to squir- tion of at least Republican
rel away information.” He primary voters. I don’t think
also said he was not initially it’s uniform.q
House hardliners say they’d consider Ryan for House speaker
Rep. Paul Ryan, R- Wis., arrives for a meeting on Capitol Hill in was the party’s 2012 vice dency, but the path for- to meet, including a seat
Washington. presidential candidate, is ward for now seems to rest at the leadership table, a
a father to young children on Ryan’s answer. role in selecting committee
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) and has said publicly he “Paul Ryan is a good man. chairs and members, and
does not want the job as He’s a great communica- more votes on their legisla-
LAURIE KELLMAN bitterly divided factions the leader of the House of tor, the kind of messenger tive proposals.
Associated Press within the majority party. Representatives. Ryan is I think our party needs. A leadership vacuum re-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard- Ryan’s willingness to try to home in Wisconsin consult- And certainly, if he gets in sulted, with Ryan the only
line Republican lawmakers steer a caucus that some ing with his family, away the race, I think our group person widely deemed
on Sunday said they could say can’t be led is a big from colleagues, includ- would look favorably on able to fill it. He has said re-
support Rep. Paul Ryan for “if.” Ryan, who chairs the ing retiring House Speaker him,” Rep. Jim Jordan, the peatedly he doesn’t want
House speaker, opening a tax law-writing Ways and John Boehner, who are chairman of the Freedom the job. Rep. Raul Labrador
potential bridge between Means Committee and pressuring him to run. Caucus , said on “Fox News agreed that it’s possible
But on Sunday, members Sunday.” The prospect of that he and other members
of the rebel ultraconserva- Ryan as speaker arose af- of the House Freedom Cau-
tive Freedom Caucus and ter a rollicking two weeks cus would swing behind
the Republican establish- on Capitol Hill, in which Ryan, or others. But first,
ment broadcast their po- Boehner announced his Labrador told CNN’s “State
tential support for Ryan, resignation and his heir ap- of the Union” on Sunday,
creating what appears to parent, Majority Leader that any candidate needs
be the sole point of agree- Kevin McCarthy, abruptly to talk to the caucus and
ment between them after withdrew his candidacy. address the concern that
a tumultuous week that left Freedom Caucus members the speaker should more
the race for speaker wide had presented McCarthy effectively push the Re-
open. There are other can- with a list of demands he publicans’ agenda before
didates for the job that’s and top aides concluded making deals with Demo-
second-in-line to the presi- could be next to impossible crats. q
