Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Obama weighs in on Hillary Clinton's private emails
CBS News ^ | rch 7, 2015 | Reena Flores

Posted on 03/08/2015 7:01:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount

Last Updated Mar 7, 2015 6:56 PM EST

President Obama only learned of Hillary Clinton's private email address use for official State Department business after a New York Times report, he told CBS News in an interview.

CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante asked Mr. Obama when he learned about her private email system after his Saturday appearance in Selma, Alabama.

"The same time everybody else learned it through news reports," the president told Plante.

Mr. Obama's comments follow a long week of media scrutiny surrounding Hillary Clinton's private email address and the "home-brewed" server that hosted it.

"The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency, which is why my emails, the BlackBerry I carry around, all those records are available and archived," Mr. Obama said. "I'm glad that Hillary's instructed that those emails about official business need to be disclosed."

Despite widespread criticism from Republicans who believe Clinton acted inappropriately, the president continued to defend his former Cabinet member's record.

"Let me just say that Hillary Clinton is and has been an outstanding public servant. She was a great secretary of state for me," Mr. Obama said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: email; hillaryclinton; obama
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-49 next last
President Obama only learned of Hillary Clinton's private email address use for official State Department business after a New York Times report, he told CBS News in an interview.


1 posted on 03/08/2015 7:01:07 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

She was a great secretary of state for me,” Mr. Obama said.

for him....certainly


2 posted on 03/08/2015 7:02:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

Has he ever found out anything any other way?


3 posted on 03/08/2015 7:03:01 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

See BS report with Blinders Full ON.


4 posted on 03/08/2015 7:03:13 AM PDT by CptnObvious
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount
Never mind the emails, it's the TEXT MESSAGES.

Their M.O. was to never put anything risky in an email. It's all done by text on Blackberries, and underlings are given oral instructions that then might be put into an email. This use of cutouts gives a layer of protection to the principals. That's my take.


5 posted on 03/08/2015 7:03:17 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

“I just found out about it when you all did - in the news.”


6 posted on 03/08/2015 7:04:04 AM PDT by Gaffer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MeshugeMikey

I think he was shocked to learn that he’d hired Hillary as Secretary of State. Once the CNN host noted this....he asked if Hillary was till in charge and they let him know that some new guy had come onto the scene. He was baffled about this and asked if this was Biden, and they noted ‘no’....Kerry. Oh, was his response, and he asked if his golf reservation was till solid for Wednesday afternoon.


7 posted on 03/08/2015 7:05:53 AM PDT by pepsionice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: pepsionice

he does give the appearance of one...singularly focused on the trivial and useless doesnt he


8 posted on 03/08/2015 7:06:58 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount
We are to believe Obama & Hillary never exchanged one email, he learned about it like us, from the NYTimes.

B.S.

9 posted on 03/08/2015 7:07:25 AM PDT by TexasCajun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount
"The same time everybody else learned it through news reports," the president told Plante.

But Gowdy knew six months ago. He's a sly spy.

10 posted on 03/08/2015 7:07:49 AM PDT by cornelis
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aynrandfreak

Possibly, if there’s a breaking alert on ESPN or his Xbox.


11 posted on 03/08/2015 7:08:13 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

The old “read/saw it in the news” bullsh*t, again, huh?

What a dunce!


12 posted on 03/08/2015 7:09:53 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: aynrandfreak

When anything else is more important than his daily intelligence briefing, he apparently is relying instead on CNN.

It will be fun when the hackers release emails between zero and the hildabeast, showing he had to be a total idiot (but we knew that already) not to see her email domain for four years.


13 posted on 03/08/2015 7:11:27 AM PDT by LibertyOh
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: LibertyOh

Clown prince nobama continues his dishonesty. The fool “knows nothing”. We are all naive idiots.


14 posted on 03/08/2015 7:16:40 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

Nobody ever questioned the email address not being .gov?


15 posted on 03/08/2015 7:16:48 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

Several days ago, on this very site, someone said that obama’s MO is that whenever a story about someone else may damage him politically, he’ll just say he first heard about it on the news. The poster then went on to say that even though his people would have had to send emails to Hillary’s private email, he’d still probably claim that he first heard about this on the news.

And here we are. ;-)

He has become woefully predictable.


16 posted on 03/08/2015 7:17:30 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: COUNTrecount

“The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency, which is why my emails, the BlackBerry I carry around, all those records are available and archived,” Mr. Obama(or whatever his real name is) said. ....... OK, when do we (the public) get to see them?


17 posted on 03/08/2015 7:20:08 AM PDT by shooter223 (the government should fear the citizens......not the other way around)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: MeshugeMikey
TRANS
18 posted on 03/08/2015 7:22:36 AM PDT by baddog 219
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: cuban leaf

19 posted on 03/08/2015 7:22:53 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Race Baiting...... "It's What's For Breakfast")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: TexasCajun

They’re effectively telling us that the SOS didn’t communicate with the president.

That’s pretty scandalous in itself.


20 posted on 03/08/2015 7:23:28 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-49 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson