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Clinton to Obama: Her words hyped

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called President Barack Obama on Tuesday to say that her remarks in a recent interview weren't intended as an attack on his policies or leadership, according to her spokesman.

"While they've had honest differences on some issues, including aspects of the wicked challenge Syria presents, she has explained those differences in her book and at many points since then," Nick Merrill said in a statement. "Some are now choosing to hype those differences, but they do not eclipse their broad agreement on most issues."

Tension has been building between the Obama and Clinton camps since Sunday, when Atlantic writer Jeffrey Goldberg published an interview in which she said "great nations need organizing principles, and 'don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle."

Manning to sue if no gender therapy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Convicted national security leaker Chelsea Manning isn't receiving medical treatment for her gender-identity condition as previously approved by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the American Civil Liberties Union and Manning's attorney said Tuesday.

The ACLU and Manning's civilian attorney, David Coombs, on Tuesday notified the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth and several defense officials, including Hagel, that a lawsuit will be filed if military officials do not confirm by Sept. 4 that the treatment will be provided for Manning.

Manning is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website. Manning, who changed her name from Bradley after her conviction, has been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the sense of being a woman in a man's body.

Manning sought evaluation and treatment after she was sent to the Fort Leavenworth prison in September 2013. She is asking for hormone therapy and to be able to live as a woman.

'50s-atomic-case exoneration is aim

NEW YORK -- A 98-year-old New Jersey woman convicted of conspiracy in the run-up to the atomic spy trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg asked a court Tuesday to clear her name, saying documents released in the last decade show the government withheld evidence that would have exonerated her.

Miriam Moskowitz brought the legal action in Manhattan federal court seeking to vacate her 1950 conviction on charges she conspired with two men to lie to a grand jury investigating allegations of atomic espionage. She was sentenced to two years in prison.

In court papers, Moskowitz said she was working on a book about her case in 2010 when she spotted conflicts between the trial testimony of a former colleague who testified against her and statements he made to the FBI that were read to the grand jury. She said she learned in March that she could ask the court to vacate her conviction.

A spokesman for government lawyers did not immediately comment.

A Section on 08/13/2014

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