WASHINGTON – A new batch of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails released Friday presented a glimpse into the breadth of her personal network – a Rolodex of powerful celebrities, CEOs, political advisers and politicians that she’s now tapping for her presidential campaign.
A political celebrity long before she became secretary of state in 2009, Clinton and her team balanced requests from a long list of boldface names. They included the pop star Lady Gaga, Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former President Jimmy Carter.
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While Clinton’s private email address was unknown to much of official Washington, at least one Hollywood celebrity wrote to her there.
Actor Ben Affleck, a longtime Clinton supporter, urged her in April 2012 to review a draft of a report about security problems in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Hours later, Clinton emailed an aide, “I’d like to respond to Ben Affleck.” A day later, she reminded an aide that she was still waiting for the aide to draft a reply: “I haven’t yet received a draft and would like to respond today.”
The response to Affleck was censored in the email released Friday by the State Department, because it was a draft version.
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