He said he regularly deleted emails with large attachments — a striking violation of open-records laws for a department already reeling from former Secretary Hillary Clinton's handling of official government records.

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In an online statement Monday, U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Michael Ratney said the Cessation of Hostilities Coordination Team in D.C. takes reports of violations "very seriously and follows up on each one," adding that the "greater the specificity of these reports, the more useful they are for monitoring and follow up."

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