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America 's Concern For Global Security

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In today’s concern for global security, it’s expected that government employees and officials treat sensitive government information and data with the utmost security. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State (2009 - 2013), failed to take the initiative by securing her governmental email account. Thus, she potentially exposed thousands of sensitive emails from government officials regarding the Benghazi raid which may be potential security issues. After the email scandal was leaked in 2015 to mainstream media, Mrs. Clinton was in the middle of her presidential campaign. She has used several methods of influence and power to regain creditability of the public and her constituents.
To begin, the presidential nominee has used rational persuasion to answer questions of public concerns relating to the email scandal. Her explanations have tried to persuade the media “with reason, logic, or facts” (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013, p. 433). After turning over work related email to comply with a congressional subpoena, she has stated “the server was initially set up for former president Bill Clinton for his home office, adding that it was a guarded by the Secret Service and had numerous safeguards” (Spiering, 2015). The logic for using the secure server from her residence was to give “her aides more control over her email records” (Diamond & Labott, 2015). In fact, the discussion concluded that the former Secretary of State’s Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice “both had personal email accounts

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