Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/17/us/politics/defense-secretary-ashton-carter-conducted-some-official-business-on-a-personal-email-account.html

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
The New York Times
DEC. 16, 2015

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter relied on a personal 
email account to conduct a portion of his government business during his 
first months at the Pentagon, according to White House and Defense 
Department officials and copies of Mr. Carter’s emails obtained by The New 
York Times.

Mr. Carter continued the practice, which violated Defense Department 
rules, for at least two months after it was publicly revealed in March 
that Hillary Clinton had exclusively used a personal email account as 
secretary of state, the officials said.

It is not clear when Mr. Carter stopped using the account. But an 
administration official said that when the White House chief of staff, 
Denis R. McDonough, learned about Mr. Carter’s email practices in May, Mr. 
McDonough directed the White House Counsel’s Office to contact the Defense 
Department to ask why Mr. Carter was relying on the personal account.

Mr. McDonough wanted to ensure that Mr. Carter was following all federal 
laws and regulations governing email use, the official said.

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