Clinton blames aide for calling foreign leader by wrong name

Published January 8, 2016 11:56am ET



An aide to Hillary Clinton was “so upset” after being scolded by the former secretary of state for accidentally giving her the wrong name before a diplomatic call with a foreign leader, new emails made public early Friday morning show.

Two days after the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi, Clinton was preparing to speak to the Tunisian foreign minister and had asked Monica Hanley, one of her aides, to set up the call.

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