Hillary Clinton Integrity
Honesty, integrity, and good values are some of the most important qualities for a person to have. These qualities are especially important for a leader, person in power, or government official to possess. When a government official is dishonest, is lacking integrity, and has poor values, national secrets and sometimes even lives are at stake. Hillary Clinton’s actions prove that she is immoral and has poor values.
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the First Lady of the United States to the 42nd President, Bill Clinton. She went on to become a U.S. Senator from 2001-2009. President Obama then appointed Clinton to the Secretary of State. She served as the Secretary of State from 2009-2013 when she resigned. In 2008 Clinton ran for president …show more content…
There were about 150 terrorists armed with machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, and diesel fuel. The embassy was not properly secured, therefore it was overrun. In the attacks four americans were killed including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Before the attack, the state department was made aware of an elevated threat level in Benghazi. Instead of increasing the already lacking security at the Embassy, the state department chose to ignore it. The Washington Times said that “the report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said could have been averted if the State Department had heeded numerous warnings.”(6). Since Clinton was the Secretary of State at the time, she is responsible for the lacking security in the first place as well as the threat being …show more content…
She used the account for communicating as well as sharing and receiving government files. People were upset that she was using her unsecure personal account so she released her email records to the government be searched through. In Clinton’s emails, the state department found files that are classified as top secret. A government official who has reviewed the documents said that they contain “operational intelligence”(4) and “their presence on the unsecure, personal email system jeopardized “sources, methods and lives,”(4). In defense Clinton says “I had no intention of doing anything other than having a convenient way of communicating”(5). The quote disproves her campaign claim that she will “Keep America safe and secure”(7) And also proves that she has poor values because Clinton puts her convenience before national
Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the First Lady of the United States to the 42nd President, Bill Clinton. She went on to become a U.S. Senator from 2001-2009. President Obama then appointed Clinton to the Secretary of State. She served as the Secretary of State from 2009-2013 when she resigned. In 2008 Clinton ran for president …show more content…
There were about 150 terrorists armed with machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, and diesel fuel. The embassy was not properly secured, therefore it was overrun. In the attacks four americans were killed including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Before the attack, the state department was made aware of an elevated threat level in Benghazi. Instead of increasing the already lacking security at the Embassy, the state department chose to ignore it. The Washington Times said that “the report by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence said could have been averted if the State Department had heeded numerous warnings.”(6). Since Clinton was the Secretary of State at the time, she is responsible for the lacking security in the first place as well as the threat being …show more content…
She used the account for communicating as well as sharing and receiving government files. People were upset that she was using her unsecure personal account so she released her email records to the government be searched through. In Clinton’s emails, the state department found files that are classified as top secret. A government official who has reviewed the documents said that they contain “operational intelligence”(4) and “their presence on the unsecure, personal email system jeopardized “sources, methods and lives,”(4). In defense Clinton says “I had no intention of doing anything other than having a convenient way of communicating”(5). The quote disproves her campaign claim that she will “Keep America safe and secure”(7) And also proves that she has poor values because Clinton puts her convenience before national