Hillary Clinton

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(70,204 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2015, 08:43 PM Dec 2015

The 7 must-read Hillary Clinton emails by Politico--new batch Dec 31

The iconic image of Hillary tweeting in her sun glasses seems to be Politico's smoking gun.

The 7 must-read Hillary Clinton emails

From talk of becoming a 'woman of leisure' to grumblings about credit for the Asia 'pivot,' the latest email release shows more sides of the former secretary of state.

By Kyle Cheney

12/31/15 07:28 PM EST
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The latest batch of Hillary Clinton's emails, part of a monthly document drop, came out just hours before the calendar flipped to 2016. | AP Photo

Hillary Clinton basks in international praise for her daughter Chelsea, chides Democrats for stumbling in the 2010 campaign season, and laments Washington as an "evidence-free zone" in the latest batch of email correspondence released late Thursday by the State Department.

The emails, part of a monthly document drop, came out just hours before the calendar flipped to 2016, and include messages spanning her four years as secretary of state. The newest emails include subtle frustration aimed at the Obama administration, musing about becoming a "woman of leisure" after leaving the Obama administration and discussion of a top aide's attempt to finagle his way out of jury duty.

Here are seven of the must-read emails in the latest batch:

1. "You look cute"

Remember that iconic image of a sunglasses-clad Clinton fiddling with her Blackberry? Her team discussed it as it began to go viral. The image, which became the subject of countless memes, took off on social media in April 2012. An aide emailed Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills to let her know that the photo was taking off outside the State Department. "Seems everyone is posting it," the aide wrote.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/hillary-clinton-must-read-emails-217276#ixzz3vwsi6ME7