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Last Updated Mar 5, 2015 7:38 AM EST

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging the State Department to release the emails she wrote from a private email account when she was secretary of state.

In a tweet late Wednesday, the likely Democratic presidential candidate wrote, "I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible."

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in response to Clinton's tweet that the department will review for release the emails Clinton provided.

Harf said the department will conduct the review as quickly as possible, but said that could take some time, given the sheer volume of emails.

Meanwhile, Republicans are signaling that questions about her email practices as secretary of state will follow her into her widely anticipated presidential campaign.

GOP leaders, who control the investigative powers of Congress, say the revelations reaffirm a long-held GOP portrayal of Bill and Hillary Clinton as secretive and playing by their own rules.

Democrats dismiss the accusations as trivial and question whether the emails will resonate with voters in an election 20 months away.

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Hillary Clinton to State Dept.: Release my emails