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*Sen. Vitter wants Hillary Clinton's emails to shed light on refusal to list Boko Haram as terror group* [image: Hillary Rodham Clinton] In this March 10, 2015, file photo, Hillary Rodham Clinton answers questions at a news conference at the United Nations about her emails as secretary of state using a private server. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) *Print* <http://blog.nola.com/politics/print.html?entry=/2015/03/sen_vitter_wants_hillary_clint.html> *Email* <?subject=Sen.%20Vitter%20wants%20Hillary%20Clinton%27s%20emails%20to%20shed%20light%20on%20refusal%20to%20list%20Boko%20Haram%20as%20terror%20group&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nola.com%2Fpolitics%2Findex.ssf%2F2015%2F03%2Fsen_vitter_wants_hillary_clint.html#incart_email> By *Bruce Alpert, NOLA.com | Times-Picayune * <http://connect.nola.com/user/balpert/posts.html>The Times-Picayune WASHINGTON -- Sen. *David Vitter* <http://topics.nola.com/tag/david-vitter/index.html>, R-La., has not been much of a *Hillary Clinton* <http://search.nola.com/hillary+clinton+and+tag/> fan. Back in 2009, Vitter was one of only two senators to vote no when she was confirmed by the Senate as Secretary of State. Now, Vitter, is resubmitting questions he first asked in 2014 -- about why the State Department under her direction had not designated Boko Haram as a foreign terrorist organization. This time, though, Vitter said he wants Secretary of State John Kerry to turn over emails from her private email domain on the subject. "Like many Americans, I am incredibly concerned about the recent revelations that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has kept official federal records hidden from the public, both through an external email domain and in deciding to delete thousands of these records," Vitter said in a letter to Kerry. Vitter has long raised questions about conflicts of interest created by the foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation, begun by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and Mrs. Clinton's role as secretary of state. Vitter has advocated against foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation since 2009 and said he voted against Clinton's nomination to serve as Secretary of State, largely because of what he said was a conflict of interest with the Foundation and the donations it accepts. Vitter has said that there's evidence that Clinton Foundation employees working for the State Department were directly involved in the non-designation for the two years the Department refused to make the designation, despite evidence by U.S. intelligence that Boko Haram was engaged in terrorist activity against Western and U.S. nationals. Secretary of State Kerry designated Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in November 2013, and, in his letter, Vitter commends him for that action. Back in May 2013, State Department African Specialist Robert Jackson told a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee that a strong objection to the terrorist organization designation by the Nigerian government was the main reason then Hillary Clinton decided against the terrorism designation. Jackson said there was a "healthy debate" at the State Department, which took up the issue as U.S. intelligence agencies and the Justice Department were urging the terrorism designation. But ultimately Clinton decided to list Boko Harams' top three commanders as individual terrorists, instead of designating the entire group -- responding to requests from the Nigerian government that it would have given the group undeserved visibility and credibility, Jackson said. The Clinton Foundation last month issued a statement that pledged to reexamine its policy of accepting foreign donations if Mrs. Clinton decides to run for president in 2016. 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