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U.S. NEWSMonday 28 September 2015
Clinton compares email attacks to White House controversies
LISA LERER into her correspondence to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton greets audience members following a
Associated Press controversies like that over community forum at Moulton Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa.
NEW YORK (AP) — Demo- the Whitewater land deal
cratic presidential front- that trailed her husband’s (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
runner Hillary Rodham Clin- campaign and much of his
ton on Sunday again de- administration, saying that about her email usage. controversy has been a former President Bill Clinton
fended heruse of a private voters in New York elected Republicans have linked distraction for her presi- also equated the current
email server while she was her to the Senate despite the email issue to past dential campaign in which investigations being con-
secretary of state, com- years of political questions. controversies involving the she faces an unexpectedly ducted by congressional
paring the multiple investi- “During the ‘90s, I was sub- former first lady in an ef- strong challenge from Ver- Republicans and federal
gations to Republican-led jected to the same kind fort to instill doubts among mont Sen. Bernie Sanders. agencies with questions
probes into her husband’s of barrage. And it was, it voters about whether she In a separate interview with faced by his administration.
administration more than seemed to be at the time, is trustworthy. The email CNN released on Saturday, q
two decades ago. endless,” she said. “When I
“It is like a drip, drip, drip. ran for the Senate, people
And that’s why I said, said, ‘Hey, we are more
there’s only so much that I concerned about what
can control,” she said in an you’re going to do for us.’
interview on NBC’s “Meet And I trust the voters to
the Press.” “I can’t predict make that decision this
to you what the Repub- time around too.”
licans will come up with, The historical comparison
what kind of, you know, marks a new line of de-
charges or claims they fense for Clinton, who has
might make.” seen her poll numbers fall
Clinton likened the inquiries amid lingering questions
Bill Clinton:
Global Initiative has gotten good results
JENNIFER PELTZ he noted at the initiative’s direct donations from its
Associated Press annual meeting. parent organization, the
NEW YORK (AP) — The Clin- “There are some people Bill, Hillary and Chelsea
ton Global Initiative’s blend who don’t understand it Clinton Foundation.
of government and private- or question whether it’s a The foundation has raised
sector effort has helped mil- good idea,” the Demo- more than $2 billion since
lions of people worldwide, cratic former president 2001 to fight poverty, glob-
former President Bill Clinton said, but it’s gotten results. al warming, AIDS, child-
said Sunday, highlighting Forty-six million children hood obesity and other
the philanthropic network’s have better educational problems.
accomplishments at a time opportunities, more than But amid Hillary Rodham
when his family’s charitable 110 million women and Clinton’s presidential cam-
efforts have come under children have better ac- paign, the foundation has
scrutiny. cess to health care, and faced questions this year
The 10-year-old initiative clean drinking water is about foreign donors and
has facilitated programs more available to over 27 other aspects of its fund-
that aided more than 430 million people, he said. raising.
million people in 180 coun- The initiative gets corpora- The Clintons have denied
tries, with government, pri- tions and governments to any improprieties and
vate and civil-society enti- channel money into proj- have said the criticism
ties working together in 90 ects meant to solve inter- amounts to election-sea-
percent of the programs, national problems, without son attacks.q
