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Clinton: “I Used One Device” As Secretary Of State. BRIANNA KEILAR: “One of the issues that has eroded some trust that we’ve seen is the issue of your e-mail practices, while you were secretary of state. I think there’s a lot of people who don’t understand what your thought process was on that. Can you tell me the story of how you decided to delete 33,000 e-mails and how that deletion was executed?” HILLARY CLINTON: “Well, let’s start from the beginning. Everything I did was permitted. There was no law. There was no regulation. There was nothing that did not give me the full authority to decide how I was going to communicate. Previous secretaries of state have said they did the same thing and people across the government knew I used one device, maybe it was because I am not the most technically capable person and wanted to make it as easy as possible.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer,” 7/7/15)

“Hillary Clinton Emailed Her Staff With Multiple Devices While Serving As Secretary Of State,” Which “Raises Questions About A Main Defense Clinton Has Used In Her Email Controversy.” “Hillary Clinton emailed her staff with multiple devices while serving as secretary of state, according to a source with knowledge of the emails, a revelation that raises questions about a main defense Clinton has used in her email controversy.” (Dan Merica, “Source: Clinton Used Ipad For Personal Email At State,” CNN, 3/31/15)

·         “Clinton Used An iPad And A Blackberry For Email…” “Clinton used an iPad and a Blackberry for email, the source said Tuesday, confirming an Associated Press report that Clinton emailed with staff about both work and personal issues on her iPad.” (Dan Merica, “Source: Clinton Used Ipad For Personal Email At State,” CNN, 3/31/15)

In A March Press Conference Addressing The Email Scandal, Clinton Said She Opted To Use Her Personal Email Account “Out Of Convenience” And “Thought It Would Be Easier To Carry Just One Device For My Work And For My Personal Emails Instead Of Two.” “In a press conference at the United Nations earlier this month, Clinton explained that she used a personal email because she only wanted to have one phone, not two. ‘When I got to work as secretary of state, I opted for convenience to use my personal email account, which was allowed by the State Department,’ Clinton said, ‘because I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal emails instead of two.’” (Dan Merica, “Source: Clinton Used Ipad For Personal Email At State,” CNN, 3/31/15)