Emails raise new questions about Clinton's account

Washington

Emails raise new questions about Clinton's account

A string of emails that has been provided to the State Department raises new questions about whether Hillary Rodham Clinton has accurately described her use of a personal account when she was secretary of state. Clinton has said that she retained no emails from her first two months in office because she used an account that she no longer has access to. She has said that on March 19, 2009, she began using the personal account — hdr22@clintonmail.com — that she relied on for the rest of her time in office. But Friday, State Department officials said they had been given copies of an email chain between Clinton and David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. Central Command at the time, that shows that Clinton was using the hdr22@clintonmail.com account by Jan. 28, 2009. The chain, with emails from Jan. 10, 2009, to Feb. 1, 2009, was provided to the State Department by its inspector general and by the Defense Department, according to State Department officials. Clinton has said that she gave the State Department last year all of the 30,000 work-related emails in her possession. It is not clear why she never provided the newly discovered email chain to the State Department or why she said she did not begin using the hdr22@clintonmail.com account until two months after she took office. A spokesman for her presidential campaign declined to comment.

Philadelphia

Dalai Lama cancels trip to receive medal

Citing health issues, the Dalai Lama on Friday canceled his October visit to Philadelphia, where he was to be awarded the Liberty Medal. His website reported that he was in the United States for a medical checkup and that his doctors had "advised his holiness to rest for the next several weeks."

Washington

U.S. will send a top detainee to Britain

Defense Secretary Ash Carter has notified Congress that he has approved sending a high-profile detainee at the Guantanamo Bay prison to Britain, a move that will ease a point of diplomatic tension between the United States and a close ally. The detainee, Shaker Aamer, is a Saudi citizen but was a longtime British resident. Prime Minister David Cameron, members of Parliament and various British celebrities have put increasing public and diplomatic pressure on the Obama administration to transfer Aamer. He has denied involvement with al-Qaida.

Washington

National Zoo's panda cub is named Bei Bei

First lady Michelle Obama and the first lady of China, Peng Liyuan, announced Friday that the National Zoo's month-old male giant panda cub will be named Bei Bei, which means precious treasure. Bei Bei (pronounced "bay bay") joins his 2-year-old sister, Bao Bao, whose name means roughly the same thing and is pronounced "bow bow."

Elsewhere

Louisville, Ky.: Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, said Friday that she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Democrats in her crusade against same-sex marriage.

Seattle: A National Transportation Safety Board team arrived in Seattle on Friday to lead an investigation into the crash of a bus carrying students from North Seattle College and a Ride the Ducks amphibious bus. Four students were killed Thursday.

Times wires