Order:	42nd President
Vice President:	Al Gore
Term of office:	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Preceded by:	George H. W. Bush
Succeeded by:	George W. Bush
Date of birth:	August 19, 1946
Place of birth:	Hope, Arkansas
First Lady:	Hillary Rodham Clinton
Political party:	Democratic

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A strong supporter of the Democratic Leadership Council, Clinton was generally considered a political centrist. During his tenure as President, his domestic priorities included legislation to upgrade education, to restrict handgun sales, to strengthen environmental rules, and to protect the jobs of parents who must care for sick children. Internationally, his priorities included reducing trade barriers and mediating the Northern Ireland and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. In an effort to appeal to conservatives, his domestic priorities included expanding the War on Drugs and Death Penalty, and in 1996 his Administration unilaterally vetoed the continuation in office of United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Founded in 1985, the Democratic Leadership Council is an organization of moderate leaders of the United States Democratic Party that tries to move the party towards centrist positions. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... A handgun is a firearm small enough to be carried and used in one hand. ... An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ... The North American Free Trade Agreement, known usually as NAFTA, is a comprehensive trade agreement linking Canada, the United States, and Mexico in a free trade sphere. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... // Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip are at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ... The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of controlling the perceived negative consequences of recreational drug use at a society- or world-wide level. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... Order: 6th Secretary-General Term of office: January 1, 1992–December 31, 1996 Predecessor: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Successor: Kofi Annan Born: November 14, 1922 Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt Boutros Boutros-Ghali (born November 14, 1922) is an Egyptian diplomat and the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations...

His tenure was marked by an adversarial relationship with the Republican-controlled U.S. Congress. He was also the subject of a series of independent counsel investigations by Congress like the Whitewater, resulting in the indictment or conviction of many staff members, associates and friends, though never himself. He became the second president to be impeached, on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice before a grand jury for his handling of the Monica Lewinsky affair, but he was acquitted by the Senate. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the Congress. ... United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under Title 28 of the United States Code, Article 595. ... The Whitewater scandal was an American political scandal which developed in Bill Clintons first term as president, after the death of deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster. ... Depiction of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, then President of the United States, in 1868. ... While working as an intern at the White House, Monica Lewinsky had a short-term sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. ... A coq is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ...

He was the third youngest president and the first of the baby boomer generation. As such, his assumption of office marked a generational shift from the earlier Presidents who were mostly World War II veterans and had experienced the start of the Cold War in the 1950s. At times his approval rating was very low, setting a record low in his first year, but upon leaving office, it was the highest for a retiring President in modern U.S. history, though paradoxically the majority of Americans were happy he was leaving office and even less thought he was trustworthy and honest.[1] A US postage stamp depicting the increase in birth rate that country experienced after World War II. As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of returning males to their country triggered a baby boom after the end of World War II... The Cold War was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. ...

He was elected twice with the highest percentage of the popular vote among his opponents (but never with a general majority). Characteristics of the period during his administration included the longest economic boom in American history coupled with a stock market bubble, a NATO peacekeeping operation with the Kosovo Conflict, inheriting a budget deficit from his predecessor President George H. W. Bush and turning it into a surplus by the end of his office. In economics, the term boom and bust refers to the movement of an economy through economic cycles due to changes in aggregate demand. ... A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets, in which a wave of public enthusiasm, evolving into herd behavior, causes an exaggerated bull market . ... The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June...

Early life

Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was named after his father, William Jefferson Blythe Jr., a travelling salesman who had been killed in a car accident in Scott County, Missouri between the towns of Sikeston and Morley just three months before his son was born. His mother, born Virginia Dell Cassidy, remarried in 1950 to Roger Clinton. Billy, as he was called, was raised by his mother and stepfather, using the last name "Clinton" throughout elementary school, but not formally changing it until he was 14. Clinton grew up in a traditional nuclear, albeit blended, family. Hope is a small city located in Hempstead County, Arkansas. ... Hot Springs is a city located in Garland County, Arkansas in the United States of America. ... William Jefferson Blythe Jr. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Roger Clinton is the name of two members of the family of former President of the United States Bill Clinton. ...

Arkansas political career and education

Clinton attended the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC, where he became a brother of Alpha Phi Omega, worked for Senator J. William Fulbright and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in England. After Oxford, Clinton attended and graduated from Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, classmate Hillary Rodham. The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (commonly abbreviated SFS) is a school within Georgetown University in Washington, DC, United States. ... Georgetown University Georgetown University is a major research university in the United States. ... Alpha Phi Omega (APO, or ΑΦΩ or A-Phi-O or A-Phi-Que, or AFW) is a co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership and social opportunities to college students. ... James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. ... Rhodes House in Oxford The Rhodes Scholarships were created by Englishman Cecil John Rhodes. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Yale Law School - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ...

President Carter (right) meets with Governor Clinton.

Clinton taught law at the University of Arkansas for a few years. During this time, he ran for the House of Representatives in 1974 against Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt. Clinton lost the election by over 6,000 votes. After his teaching stint, Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 1976. Bill Clinton was first elected governor of the state of Arkansas in 1978, when at the time he was the youngest state governor in the United States, and the youngest to be elected to a state governorship since 1938. His first term was fraught with difficulties, including an unpopular motor vehicle tax and popular anger over the escape of Cuban prisoners (from the Mariel boatlift) detained in Fort Chafee in 1980. This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Plaque on University of Arkansas campus The University of Arkansas (also known as the U. of A. or simply Arkansas) is a public, coeducational, land-grant university system. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... John Paul Hammerschmidt (b. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of governors of Arkansas. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Mariel Boatlift was a mass exodus of mentally ill, imprisoned and freedom seeking refugees from Cubas Mariel Harbour, between April 15 until October 31, 1980, when Fidel Castro eventually closed the harbour to all refugee seeking Cubans. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Furthermore, Hillary Rodham's decision to keep her maiden name while Arkansas' First Lady raised many eyebrows in the traditionally conservative state. After only one term, Clinton was defeated by Republican challenger Frank D. White in 1980. As he once joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nation's history. A First Lady is the female spouse of an elected male head of state such as a President, Prime Minister, Premier or Governor. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Frank Durward White (June 4, 1933 - May 21, 2003) was the Republican governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas from 1981 to 1983. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Out of office, Clinton addressed the concerns that led to his political failure. He established new relationships with business interests, and made amends with the political establishment of the state. Hillary took her husband's surname and adopted a more traditional public role as a political wife, while quietly establishing herself as a political force in her own right through her skills as an attorney. Clinton was elected governor again in 1982, re-elected in 1984, succeeded in getting the state constitution amended to allow governors four-year terms, then was re-elected in 1986 and 1990, serving until 1992. A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clinton's business-friendly approach mollified conservative criticism during his terms as governor. However, several deals the Clintons made during this period led to the Whitewater investigation, which dogged his later presidential administration. The Whitewater scandal was an American political scandal which developed in Bill Clintons first term as president, after the death of deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster. ...

Presidency

Official Cornell University photograph.

Clinton's first major foray into national politics occurred when he was enlisted to speak at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, introducing candidate Michael Dukakis. Clinton's address, scheduled to last 15 minutes, became a debacle as Clinton gave a notoriously dull speech that lasted over half an hour (he joked about the length of this speech at the 1992 convention). Clinton's subsequent appearance on The Tonight Show was seen as a good way to defuse the criticism. Presidential photo of William Jefferson Clinton. ... Presidential photo of William Jefferson Clinton. ... For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ... The 1988 Democratic National Convention was held in Atlanta, Georgia in July of 1988, to select a candidate for the 1988 United States presidential election. ... Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician and former presidential candidate, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek-immigrant parents. ... The Tonight Show is NBCs dramatically long-running late-night talk and variety show. ...

Despite this setback, Clinton prepared for a run in 1992 against incumbent president George H. W. Bush. In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, President Bush seemed unbeatable, and several potential Democratic candidates — notably New York Governor Mario Cuomo — passed on what seemed to be a lost cause. Positioning himself as a straight-talking everyman, Clinton handily won the Democratic Party's nomination. 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... See also: 2003 invasion of Iraq and Gulf War (disambiguation) C Company, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, 1st UK Armoured Division The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iraq and a coalition force of 34 nations led by the United States. ... This is a list of the Governors of New York. ... Mario Matthew Cuomo (born June 15, 1932) is an American lawyer and New York State Democratic Party politician. ... Everyman (c. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Clinton chose U.S. Senator Albert A. Gore Jr. (D-Tennessee) to be his running mate on July 9, 1992. Initially this decision sparked criticism from strategists due to the fact that Gore was from Clinton's neighboring state of Tennessee. In retrospect, many now view Gore as a helpful factor in the successful 1992 campaign. Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Albert Arnold Gore Jr. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ... July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... State nickname: Volunteer State Other U.S. States Capital Nashville Largest city Memphis (largest metropolitan area is Nashville) Governor Phil Bredesen Official languages English Area 109,247 km² (36th)  - Land 106,846 km²  - Water 2,400 km² (2. ...

Clinton's opponents raised various character issues during the campaign, including his avoidance of military service during the Vietnam War, and his glib response to a question about past marijuana use. Allegations of womanizing and shady business deals also were raised. While none of these alleged flaws led to Clinton's defeat, they did fuel unusually vehement opposition to Clinton among many conservatives from the very beginning of his presidency. The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ... Cannabis is a plant also known as Cannabis sativa, hemp, or marijuana. ...

Clinton's campaign was successful. Clinton won the 1992 presidential election (43.3% of the vote) against Republican George H. W. Bush (37.7% of the vote) and independent candidate H. Ross Perot (19.0% of the vote), largely on a platform focusing on domestic issues, notably the economic recession of the pre-election period — using the line "It's the economy, stupid!" Bill Clintons 1992 campaign for President of the United States was a critical turning point for the Democratic Party, which had controlled the White House for only four of the previous twenty-four years. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman billionaire from Texas best known as a candidate for President of the United States (in 1992 and 1996). ... The recession of the late nineteen-eighties was a economic recession that hit much of the world beginning in 1987. ...

Clinton was the first Democrat to serve two full terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, though he is the first president since John Kennedy to have never achieved a majority of the popular vote. His election ended an era in which the Republican party had controlled the presidency for 12 consecutive years, and for 20 of the previous 24 years. That election also brought the Democrats full control of the political branches of the federal government, including both houses of U.S. Congress as well as the presidency, for the first time since the administration of Jimmy Carter. Order: 32nd President Vice President: John N. Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman Term of office: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 Preceded by: Herbert Hoover Succeeded by: Harry S. Truman Date of birth: January 30, 1882 Place of birth: Hyde Park, New York Date of death: April 12... There have been several John Kennedys: John F. Kennedy, American president John F. Kennedy, Jr. ... Seal of the Congress. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...

Clinton's first act as president was to sign executive order 12834 (entitled "Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees"), which placed substantial restrictions upon the ability of his senior political appointees to lobby their colleagues after they leave office. Clinton rescinded the order shortly before he left office in executive order 13184 of December 28, 2000. An executive order is a legally binding edict issued by a member of the executive branch of a government, usually the head of that branch. ... Lobbying is the practice of private advocacy with the goal of influencing a governing body, in order to ensure that an individuals or organizations point of view is represented in the government. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clinton and Vice President Gore talk while walking through the Colonnade at the White House.

Shortly after taking office, Clinton fulfilled a campaign promise by signing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, which required large employers to allow their employees to take unpaid leave because of a family or medical emergency. While this action was popular, Clinton's initial reluctance to fulfill another campaign promise relating to the acceptance of openly gay members of the military garnered criticism from both the left (for being too tentative in promoting gay rights) and the right (for being too insensitive to military life). After much debate, Clinton and the Pentagon agreed to a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, which officially remains in effect. http://www. ... http://www. ... The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-3, enacted February 5, 1993) was one of the first major new laws enacted by United States President Bill Clinton in his first term, fulfilling a campaign promise. ... Although the word gay originally meant happy, in modern usage the term is often applied interchangeably with homosexual. However, there are important differences between the terms: while homosexual relates specifically to sexuality, the term gay is a political or social marker. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... The Pentagon, looking east with the Potomac River and Washington Monument in the distance. ... Dont ask, dont tell is the common term for the current law (Public Law 103-160) prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the United States armed forces. ...

The most important item on Clinton's legislative agenda, however, was a complex health care reform plan, the result of a taskforce headed by Hillary Clinton, aimed at achieving universal coverage. Though initially well-received, it was ultimately doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives and the health insurance industry, who urged Americans to read the actual details of the plan. It was the first major legislative defeat of Clinton's administration. In 1993, United States President Bill Clintons administration proposed a significant health care reform package. ...

The First Lady played an active role in helping the President form policy, and Clinton's two best friends and most loyal supporters, Democratic spin doctors Paul Begala and James Carville, could often be seen defending the President's policies in Washington and the media. Paul Begala (born May 12, 1961) was an advisor to President Bill Clinton. ... James Carville (born October 25, 1944), is an American political consultant, commentator and pundit. ...

After two years of Democratic party control under Clinton's leadership, the mid-term elections in 1994 proved disastrous for the Democrats. They lost control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years, in large part due to stalled legislation, including a failed attempt to create a comprehensive health care system under a plan developed by the First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The U.S. House election, 1994 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1994 which occurred in the middle of President Bill Clintons first term. ... Office: Junior Senator, New York Political party: Democratic Term of office: January 2001 – Present Preceded by: Daniel Patrick Moynihan Succeeded by: Incumbent (2007) Date of birth: October 26, 1947 Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois Marriage: President Bill Clinton Hillary Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois as Hillary...

Yitzhak Rabin, Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993.

After the 1994 election, the spotlight shifted to the Contract with America spearheaded by Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. The Republican-controlled Congress and Clinton sparred over the budget, Clinton's vetos resulting in a series of government shutdowns as a political penalty to the Republicans. US government photo. ... Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (or Yitschak Rabin) ( יִצְחָק רַבִּין in Hebrew ), (March 1, 1922 – November 4, 1995) was an Israeli politician and general. ... Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (Arabic محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004); President1 of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA... The Oslo Accords were a series of agreements negotiated between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO, acting as representatives of the Palestinian people) in 1993 as part of a peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Contract with America was a document released during the 1994 Congressional election campaign by the United States Republican Party. ... Dennis Hastert of Illinois, the current Speaker of the House (since January 6, 1999) The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. ... Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (born June 17, 1943) is an American politician who is best known as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. ...

In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected receiving 49.2% of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole (40.7% of the popular vote) and Reform candidate Ross Perot (8.4% of the popular vote), while the Republicans retained control of the Congress losing but a few seats. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is best known as a former Republican United States Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Kansas. ... The Reform Party of the United States of America (abbreviated Reform Party USA or RPUSA) is a political party in the United States, founded by Ross Perot in 1995 under the belief that Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics--as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital... Henry Ross Perot (born June 27, 1930) is an American businessman billionaire from Texas best known as a candidate for President of the United States (in 1992 and 1996). ...

Clinton developed a close working relationship with Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, when he was elected in 1997. The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1999, in conjunction with a U.S. Congress controlled by the Republican Party the United States had a federal budget surplus for the first time since 1969. Seal of the Congress. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

He took a personal interest in The Troubles in Northern Ireland and paid three visits there while he was president in order to encourage peace. His involvement set in motion the process that led to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) commencing disarmament on October 23, 2001. By the beginning of 2005, however, the PIRA declared that it was withdrawing from the disarmament process. The Troubles is a generic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s. ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (commonly referred to as the IRA) is a paramilitary group which has attempted, through an armed campaign, to achieve two goals: British military withdrawal from Ireland, the political unification of Ireland and the creation of an all-Ireland socialist republic. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2002, a UPI story stated that documents discovered in Afghanistan showed that al-Qaeda may have plotted to kill Clinton toward the end of his term.[2] 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Al-Qaeda (Arabic: القاعدة, the foundation or the base) is the name given to a worldwide network of militant Islamist organizations under the leadership of Osama bin Laden. ...

Legislation and programs

Major legislation signed

• February 5, 1993 - The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
• August 10, 1993 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - Adjusted taxes; income tax, top rate: 39.6%; corporate tax: 35%
• September 21, 1993 - creation of the AmeriCorps volunteer program
• November 30, 1993 - Brady Bill
• September 13, 1994 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, part of an omnibus crime bill, the federal death penalty was expanded to some 60 different offenses
• 1995 - Executive Order 12958, created tough new standards for the process of classifying documents.
• February 1, 1996 - Communications Decency Act
• February 8, 1996 - Telecom Reform Act: eliminated major ownership restrictions for radio and television groups.
• February 26, 1996 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a welfare reform bill
• March 14, 1996 - authorized $100 million anti-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.
• April 9, 1996 - Line Item Veto Act
• April 24, 1996 - Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
• August 20, 1996 - Minimum wage Increase Act
• September 21, 1996 - Defense of Marriage Act, allowed states the power to refuse to recognize gay marriages granted in other states, among other things
• August 5, 1997 - Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
• October 28, 1998 - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• October 31, 1998 - Iraq Liberation Act

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The Iraqi Liberation Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-338) was signed into law by the US President Bill Clinton on October 31, 1998. ...

Major legislation vetoed

• national budget
• H.R. 1833, partial birth abortion ban
• Twice vetoed welfare reform before signing
• the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. Congress overrode the veto, however, to enact the bill into law.

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Proposals not passed by Congress

• Health care reform
• Campaign finance reform (1993)

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Initiatives

• Appointed a committee on Social Security Reform and then dismissed their recommendations without ever proposing legislation.
• Tried to get Ehud Barak of Israel and Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian National Authority, to agree to a final settlement agreement.
• Initiated the Don't ask, don't tell policy toward gays in the military, 1993.
• Reversed a ban on senior Sinn Féin politicians entering the U.S.

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Cabinet

Clinton and his administration

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Supreme Court appointments

Clinton appointed the following justices to the Supreme Court: Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States, based in Washington, D.C., is the highest federal court in the United States. ...

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 1993
• Stephen Breyer - 1994

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The economy

During Clinton's tenure, the U.S. enjoyed continuous economic expansion, reductions in unemployment, and growing wealth through a massive rise in the stock market. Although the reasons for the expansion are continually debated, Clinton proudly pointed to a number of economic accomplishments, including: A stock market is a market for the trading of publicly held company stock and associated financial instruments (including stock options, convertibles and stock index futures). ...

• More than 22 million new jobs
• Homeownership rate increase from 64.0% to 67.5%
• Lowest unemployment in 30 years
• Higher incomes at all levels
• Largest budget deficit in American history converted to the largest surplus
• Lowest government spending as a percentage of GDP since 1974 [3]
• Higher stock ownership by families than ever before

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Foreign policy

Clinton embraces British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton.

Clinton deployed the U.S. military several times under hostile circumstances. In 1993, U.S. troops fought the Battle of Mogadishu attempting to capture local warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid in Somalia. In 1994, Clinton sent U.S. troops into Haiti to restore Jean-Bertrand Aristide as president, ending a period of intense violence. Aristide, who had been elected, had been ousted in a coup just seven months into his term in 1991. Clinton also committed troops twice in the former-Yugoslavia to stop ethnic violence, most notably in Kosovo. In addition, Clinton launched military strikes on Iraq several times to punish violations of UN sanctions and an attempt to have former President George H. W. Bush assassinated. However, because he was scarred by the U.S. defeat and humiliation in Somalia, he refused to get the U.S. involved in the Rwandan genocide. Blair embraces like-minded U.S. President Bill Clinton, a fellow leader of the Third Way in politics. ... Blair embraces like-minded U.S. President Bill Clinton, a fellow leader of the Third Way in politics. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jiāng Zémín (born August 17, 1926) was the core of the third generation of Communist Party of China leaders, serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002, as President of the Peoples Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, and... Mike Durants helicopter -Super 64- heading out over Mogadishu on October 3, 1993. ... Mohamed Farrah Aidid USASOC Photo Date of birth 1934 Place of birth Somalia, Africa Date of death August 1, 1996 (gunshot wounds) Place of death Somalia Occupation Military intelligence Military education Trained in Rome and Moscow. ... Jean-Bertrand Aristide Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born July 15, 1953) is a Haitian politician and former Roman Catholic priest who was President of Haiti in 1991, from 1994 to 1996, and again from 2001 to 2004. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Kosovo and Metohia (Serbian: Косово и Метохија / Kosovo i Metohija, Albanian: Kosovë / Kosova), in English most often called just Kosovo, is a province of Serbia. ... This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... The skulls of victims show gashes and signs of violence The Rwandan genocide was the organized murder of up to one million Rwandans in 1994. ...

In 1994, Clinton negotiated and signed the Nuclear Accords with North Korea. The underlying concern was that North Korea was developing nuclear weapons technology under the guise of a nuclear power plant. In exchange for assistance with energy needs, North Korea agreed to abandon all ambitions for acquiring nuclear weapons. However, by the mid 1990s defectors from North Korea, along with reports from the IAEA, indicated that North Korea was violating both the Nuclear Accords and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In December, 2002, North Korea expelled IAEA inspectors from its Yongbyon nuclear facility, and announced (privately in 2003 and publicly in 2005), that they possessed nuclear weapons. The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), established as an autonomous organization on July 29, 1957, seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. ...

After his presidency, Clinton identified his proudest foreign policy accomplishments as mediating peace talks between Israel and Palestine, resulting in the Oslo Accords. Subsequent events, including the collapse of the 2000 Camp David Summit and the commencement of the al-Aqsa Intifada, resulted in the Oslo Accords being widely discredited within Israel and in various Palestinian factions by 2004. The Oslo Accords were a series of agreements negotiated between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO, acting as representatives of the Palestinian people) in 1993 as part of a peace process in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements...

Clinton identified his major foreign policy failure as lack of response to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Along with the United Nations, the Clinton administration initially did not publicly acknowledge that genocide was occurring. Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Genocide has been defined as the deliberate killing of people based on their ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, or (sometimes) politics, as well as other deliberate action(s)leading to the physical elimination of any of the above categories. ...

During Clinton's tenure attacks on the U.S. by foreign terrorists included the 1993 bombing of New York's World Trade Center, the 1996 bombing of the military quarters at the Khobar Towers, the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and the bombing of the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole in Yemen in 2000. State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ... Khobar Towers is part of an Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia housing complex near Dhahran. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Criticisms of foreign policy

Some critics have accused Clinton of leading the United States to war with Kosovo under the false pretense of genocide ^[4]. Others have accused him, and his administration, of inflating the number of Kosovar Albanians killed by Serbians^[5]. Clinton's Secretary of Defense William Cohen, giving a speech, said, "The appalling accounts of mass killing in Kosovo and the pictures of refugees fleeing Serb oppression for their lives makes it clear that this is a fight for justice over genocide ^[6]." On CBS' Face the Nation Cohen claimed, "We've now seen about 100,000 military-aged men missing...They may have been murdered^[7]." Clinton, citing the same figure, spoke of "at least 100,000 (Kosovar Albanians) missing^[8]". Later, talking about Serbian elections, Clinton said, "they're going to have to come to grips with what Mr. Milošević ordered in Kosovo...They're going to have to decide whether they support his leadership or not; whether they think it's OK that all those tens of thousands of people were killed...^[9]". Clinton also claimed, in the same press conference, that "NATO stopped deliberate, systematic efforts at ethnic cleansing and genocide^[10]." Clinton even compared the events of Kosovo to the Holocaust. CNN reported, "Accusing Serbia of 'ethnic cleansing' in Kosovo similar to the genocide of Jews in World War II, an impassioned President Clinton sought Tuesday to rally public support for his decision to send U.S. forces into combat against Yugoslavia, a prospect that seemed increasingly likely with the breakdown of a diplomatic peace effort^[11]." Clinton's State Department also claimed Serbian troops had committed genocide. The New York Times reported, "the Administration said evidence of 'genocide' by Serbian forces was growing to include 'abhorrent and criminal action' on a vast scale. The language was the State Department's strongest yet in denouncing Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević^[12]." The State Department also gave the highest estimate of dead Albanians. The New York Times reported, "On April 19, the State Department said that up to 500,000 Kosovar Albanians were missing and feared dead^[13]." However, the numbers given by Clinton and his administration have been proven false. The official NATO body count of the events in Kosovo was 2,788 (not all of them were war crimes victims)^[14], with Slobodan Milošević charged with the "murders of about 600 individually identified ethnic Albanians^[15]". Critics have noted that these numbers can not be considered genocide. The headline of The Wall Street Journal, which had launched an investigation into whether genocide had occured in Kosovo, on December 31, 1999 was "War in Kosovo Was Cruel, Bitter, Savage; Genocide It Wasn’t"^[16]. The Wall Street Journal wrote, "the U.N.'s International War Criminal tribunal has checked the largest reported sites first, and found most to contain no more than five bodies, suggesting intimate acts of barbarity rather than mass murder…Kosovo would be easier to investigate if it had the huge killing fields some investigators were led to expect. Instead, the pattern is of scattered killings^[17]." A United Nations Court has previously ruled that Serbian troops did not commit genocide against Albanians. The court wrote "the exactions committed by Milošević's regime cannot be qualified as criminal acts of genocide, since their purpose was not the destruction of the Albanian ethnic group^[18]". According to BBC, "the decision was based on the 1948 Geneva convention which defines genocide as the intent 'to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group as such'^[19]". Milošević was not charged with genocide in Kosovo by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) but the more broader "crimes against humanity"^[20]. Spanish forensic surgeon Emilio Perez Pujol, who led the Spanish forensic team in Kosovo, gave an interview to the British paper The Sunday Times. The paper wrote, "In an outspoken interview, Pujol complained he had been sent to head a large investigation team attached to the ICTY, consisting of pathologists and police specialists, to work in the north of the country. But he found that what was publicised as a search for mass graves was 'a semantic pirouette by the war propaganda machines, because we did not find one—not one—mass grave.'^[21]". 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Others have called Clinton a war criminal for the NATO bombing campaign during the Kosovo war. In the aforementioned article, The Wall Street Journal wrote, "As the war dragged on…NATO saw a fatigued press corps drifting toward the contrarian story: civilians killed by NATO's bombs. NATO stepped up its claims about Serb 'killing fields'." The actual number of civilian deaths is debated, with the numbers as high as 5,700 claimed by Yugoslavia, and with NATO acknowledging it killed, at most, 1,500 civilians. Critics note that there were more civilian deaths caused by NATO than the amount of deaths Milošević was charged with. A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... The term Kosovo War or Kosovo Conflict is often used to describe two sequential and at times parallel armed conflicts (a civil war followed by an international war) in the southern Serbian province called Kosovo (officially Kosovo and Metohia), part of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ...

Some people believe that Clinton's continuation of economic sanctions against Iraq caused civilian deaths. Reason magazine studied the sanctions and concluded, "It seems awfully hard not to conclude that the embargo on Iraq has been ineffective (especially since 1998) and that it has, at the least, contributed to more than 100,000 deaths since 1990." [22] Economic sanctions are economic penalties applied by one country (or group of countries) on another for a variety of reasons. ... Reason magazine is a leading libertarian magazine from the Reason Foundation. ...

Many conservatives also felt that he treated the Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement in the wrong manner. Many felt that he elevated the stature of Yasser Arafat (many believed he was a terrorist) to that of a world leader and asked Israel for too many concessions—and not enough from Arafat. Many people, including many Israelis, believe that Clinton's main goal behind his attempts at brokering a peace agreement was to leave behind a good legacy and, potentially, receive a Nobel Peace Prize. More of this can be found in Legacy by Rich Lowry. The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ... Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (August 4 or August 24, 1929 – November 11, 2004), born Muhammad `Abd ar-Rauf al-Qudwa al-Husayni (Arabic محمد عبد الرؤوف القدوة الحسيني) and also known as Abu `Ammar (ابو عمّار), was co-founder and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (1969–2004); President1 of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA... Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... Rich Lowry is editor of the conservative National Review. ...

Other critics argue America's contemporary attacks on Somalia, Bosnia, Sudan, and Afghanistan violated international law. [23], [24], [25] Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...

Critics also contend that Bill Clinton misled the public on matters of foreign policy another time when he made the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He made the following statement to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on February 17, 1998: Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) generally include nuclear, biological, chemical and, increasingly, radiological weapons. ... The Joint Chiefs of Staff is a panel comprising the highest-ranking members of each major branch of the armed services in any particular country. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

"In the next century, the community of nations may see more and more the very kind of threat Iraq poses now a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists, drug traffickers or organized criminals who travel the world among us unnoticed.

If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow by the knowledge that they can act with impunity, even in the face of a clear message from the United Nations Security Council and clear evidence of a weapons of mass destruction program [26]."

Impeachment and the Monica Lewinsky scandal

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The charges arose from an investigation by independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Originally dealing with the failed land deal years earlier known as Whitewater, Starr, with the approval of Attorney General Janet Reno, expanded his investigation into Clinton's conduct during the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former Arkansas government employee, Paula Jones. In a sworn deposition for this case, Clinton denied having "sexual relations" or a "sexual affair" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. At the deposition the judge ordered a precise legal definition of the term "sexual relations" that could be construed to mean only vaginal intercourse. A much misquoted statement from Clinton's Grand Jury testimony showed him questioning the precise use of the word "is." Clinton said, "It depends upon what the meaning of the word is means. If is means is, and never has been, that's one thing. If it means, there is none, that was a completely true statement." [27] Lewinsky's confidante Linda Tripp provided Starr taped phone conversations in which Lewinsky discussed having oral sex with Clinton. Based on these tapes Starr concluded that Clinton's statements constituted perjury. United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under Title 28 of the United States Code, Article 595. ... Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946 in Vernon, Texas) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the Whitewater land transactions by President Bill Clinton. ... The Whitewater scandal was an American political scandal which developed in Bill Clintons first term as president, after the death of deputy White House counsel Vincent Foster. ... In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ... Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the 78th Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001), and was the first woman to hold that post. ... Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966 in Lonoke, Arkansas) was a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. ... Monica Lewinsky receives a hug from U.S. President Bill Clinton during a fundraising event in Washington, DC Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman who was thrust into the public limelight after having a private sexual affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. ... The word intercourse in its broadest sense refers to any kind of human communication and interaction. ... Linda Tripp (born November 24, 1949) is an American woman who was a central figure in the Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and 1999 that led to the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton. ... Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ... Perjury is lying or making verifiably false statements under oath in a court of law. ...

After rumours of the scandal reached the news, Clinton publicly stated, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." In his Paula Jones deposition, he swore, "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. I've never had an affair with her." [28] Months later, Clinton confessed "Indeed, I did have a sexual relationship…" Clinton was widely perceived as deliberately misleading the public by using his legalistic parsing of the term "sexual relations" to exclude oral sex in ordinary speech. Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966 in Lonoke, Arkansas) was a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. ...

Clinton, under threat of impeachment, re-affirming his intentions not to resign.

The Senate impeachment trial lasted from January 7, 1999 until February 12. No witnesses were called during the trial. A two-thirds majority, 67 votes, is necessary to convict the President on impeachment charges. The perjury charge was defeated with 45 votes for conviction and 55 against. The obstruction of justice charge was defeated with 50 for conviction and 50 against. The impeachment effort lacked bipartisan support, with no Democratic votes for conviction. B.CLINTONS REACTION TO IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS Original caption: Bill Clinton reaffirms his intention to remain president of the U.S. Brooks Kraft Photographer: Brooks Kraft Date Photographed: December 19, 1998 Location Information: Washington, DC, USA This work is copyrighted. ... B.CLINTONS REACTION TO IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS Original caption: Bill Clinton reaffirms his intention to remain president of the U.S. Brooks Kraft Photographer: Brooks Kraft Date Photographed: December 19, 1998 Location Information: Washington, DC, USA This work is copyrighted. ... January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

The day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to a five year suspension of his Arkansas law license as part of an agreement with the independent counsel to end the investigation. Based on this suspension, Clinton was also automatically suspended from the United States Supreme Court bar, from which he chose to resign. [29]

In addition to impeachment, the Clinton White House was the subject of many lesser scandals. Travelgate refers to the firing of White House travel office staffers. Filegate refers to White House handling of hundreds of personnel files from individuals without asking for their permission. Chinagate involved Democrats accepting improper campaign contributions; allegedly the ultimate source of this money was the Chinese government. Pardongate refers to a grant of clemency to FALN members in 1999 and pardons to Marc Rich and others in 2001. In March, 1998 Kathleen Willey, a White House aide, alleged that Clinton had sexually assaulted her. Also in 1998, Juanita Broaddrick alleged that Clinton had raped her in 1978. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy was acquitted on each of 30 charges of illegally accepting gifts such as sports tickets, lodging, and transportation from companies regulated by his department in exchange for favors. [30] Only one Clinton administration official was convicted for any wrong-doing while in office: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for misstating to the FBI the amount of money he gave his girlfriend. On May 19, 1993, several longtime employees of the White House Travel Office were fired. ... Filegate is a White House scandal in June of 1996. ... Chinagate is the name of a scandal in the United States associated with improper campaign donations to the Peoples Republic of China. ... President Bill Clinton was widely critized for some pardons and other acts of executive clemency; collectively, these are popularly known as Pardongate. ... The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (en: Armed Forces of National Liberation or Armed Commandos of Liberation) but better known by its initials in Spanish, FALN, is a Puerto Rican clandestine terrorist group that advocates complete independence for Puerto Rico. ... Marc Rich (a. ... Kathleen Willey was a White House aide who on March 15, 1998 claimed on the TV tabloid program 60 Minutes that President Bill Clinton kissed her, touched her breasts and made her touch his no-no place. ... Several presidents of the United States have been accused during or after their presidencies of earlier committing rape. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... Alphonso Michael Espy, called Mike Espy, (born November 30, 1953) was a U.S. political figure. ... The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, often abbreviated HUD, is a Cabinet department of the United States government. ... Henry Gabriel Cisneros (born June 11, 1947) is a prominent American politician and community leader. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Timeline

• February 26, 1993 - World Trade Center terrorist attack. The World Trade Center bombing killed 6 and injured over 1000 people.
• April 19, 1993 - A government siege of the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, results in the deaths of 80 people when a cult leader allegedly sets fire to his own compound. Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno receive criticism for mishandling the stand-off.
• July 20, 1993 - Clinton friend and confidant Vince Foster is found dead of a gunshot wound
• October 3, 1993 - Battle of Mogadishu - Ranger Units receive heavy casualties in Somalia, Blackhawk Down incident.
• January 14, 1994 - Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin accords which stop the preprogrammed aiming of nuclear missiles to targets and also provide for the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal in Ukraine.
• April 19, 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing - Bombing of federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma results in the deaths of 168 people, 19 of whom were children.
• November 14, 1995 - Budget negotiations between Congress and the President break down, resulting in a temporary shutdown of the Federal Government. Shutdowns (partial and full) continue through January, 1996.
• November, 1995 - Clinton organizes peace talks for Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, eventually resulting in the Dayton Agreement.
• December, 1995 - Clinton visits Ireland, leading to the establishment of an International Commission chaired by former U.S. Senator George J. Mitchell.
• November, 1996 - Clinton is reelected, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole.
• October, 1997 - Visit by President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin to the White House.
• August, 1998 - Clinton orders cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons factory in Sudan as Monica Lewinsky testifies before a grand jury about her relationship with Clinton.
• August 17, 1998 - Clinton testifies before a grand jury about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In the evening, he delivers a nationally televised address in which he describes the relationship as "not appropriate" but also "nobody's business".
• December 19, 1998 - Clinton is impeached by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury and obstruction of justice.
• January 7, 1999 - The trial of Clinton in the Senate begins.
• February 12, 1999 - Clinton is acquitted of all charges by the Senate.
• March 24 to June 10, 1999 - NATO bombs Kosovo and Serbia. (See Kosovo War.)
• May 7, 1999 - U.S. planes accidentally bomb China's embassy in Belgrade. (See Kosovo War.)
• June, 1999 - Serbia hands control of Kosovo to the United Nations. (See Kosovo War.)
• October 5, 2000 - The defeat of Slobodan Milošević in earlier elections leads to mass demonstrations in Belgrade and the ultimate collapse of the regime's authority. Opposition leader Vojislav Koštunica takes office as the Yugoslavian president the next day.

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Public image

Clinton remained very popular throughout his presidency, especially with younger people.

As the first Baby Boomer president, Clinton was seen during his presidency and during his candidacy as a change from the presidents of the World War II Generation. With his sound-bite lip-service and pioneering use of pop culture in his campaigning, Clinton was declared, often negatively, as the "MTV president". Despite criticisms that his appeal to young voters lacked substance, Clinton won among Generation X voters in the 1992 election, with the highest Gen-X turnout ever. Clinton clearly came across as popular to young people. Until his inauguration as president, he had earned substantially less money than his wife, and had the smallest net worth of any president in modern history, according to My Life, Clinton's autobiography. Photo provided by government archive: http://www. ... Photo provided by government archive: http://www. ... A baby boomer is someone born in a period of increased birth rates, such as those during the economic prosperity following World War II. In the United States, demographers have put the generations birth years at 1946 to 1964, despite the fact that the U.S. birth rate (per... The G.I. Generation is the generation of Americans that fought and won World War II, later to become the Establishment and the parents who had a generation gap with their Boomer children. ... In film and broadcasting, a soundbite is a very short piece of footage taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average man on the street says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be a most... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Generation X is a term used in demographics, the social sciences, and more broadly in popular culture. ... My Life has been frequently used as a title for autobiographies, including that of: Bill Clinton Leon Trotsky It has also been used for: a 1993 film an album by Mary J. Blige a song by John Lennon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...

Clinton was very popular overall among African-Americans and made improving race relations a major theme of his presidency. [31]. Toni Morrison dubbed Clinton "the first Black president", saying "Clinton displays almost every trope of blackness: single-parent household, born poor, working-class, saxophone-playing, McDonald's-and-junk-food-loving boy from Arkansas." African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and sub-Saharan Africa. ... Toni Morrison Toni Morrison is an African-American author, born Chloe Anthony Wofford, February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. ...

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Social conservatives were put off by the impression of Clinton having been a "hippie" during the late 1960s, his coming-of-age era. In the 1960s, however, Clinton might not have been viewed as such by many of those in the hippie subculture. Clinton avoided the draft with a student deferment while studying abroad during the Vietnam War. Clinton's marijuana experimentation — clumsily excused by Clinton's statement that he "didn't inhale" — further damaged his image with some voters. Although he was actually to the right of previous Democratic candidates for the presidency on many issues — he supported the death penalty, curfews, uniforms in public schools, and other measures opposed by youth rights supporters, and he expanded the War on Drugs greatly while in office — Clinton's actions during the 1960s were never forgotten by his opponents. Intense opposition to the Clintons was perhaps the main factor in the phenomenal growth of conservative talk radio in the 1990s. Flower-Power Bus Hippie (or sometimes hippy) is a term originally used to describe some of the rebellious youth of the 1960s and 1970s. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ... Capital punishment, also referred to as the death penalty, is the judicially ordered execution of a prisoner as a punishment for a serious crime, often called a capital offense or a capital crime. ... A curfew can be one of the following: An order by the government for certain persons to return home before a certain time. ... Youth rights refers to a set of philosophies intended to enhance civil rights for young people. ... The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of controlling the perceived negative consequences of recreational drug use at a society- or world-wide level. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ...

Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and their wives at the funeral of President Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994.

Starting from 1992 Presidential election campaign, rumors about Clinton's adultery were floating about, and these surfaced and increased with Paula Jones' accusations of sexual harassment. After allegations had linked him to Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, and Kathleen Willey, Clinton's sex life would become the focus of his public image when in January 1998 recorded conversations by Linda Tripp contained statements by White House intern Monica Lewinsky about having oral sex. Download high resolution version (934x578, 121 KB)Five presidents and first ladies attended the funeral of Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994, in Nixons hometown of Yorba Linda, California. ... Download high resolution version (934x578, 121 KB)Five presidents and first ladies attended the funeral of Richard Nixon on April 27, 1994, in Nixons hometown of Yorba Linda, California. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: 20 January 1981 – 20 January 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: 6 February 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: 5 June 2004 Place of death: Bel-Air... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald R. Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald R. Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Adultery is generally defined as consensual sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their lawful spouse. ... Paula Corbin Jones (born Paula Rosalee Corbin on September 17, 1966 in Lonoke, Arkansas) was a former Arkansas state employee who sued President Bill Clinton for sexual harassment. ... Sexual harassment is harassment of a sexual nature, typically in the workplace or other setting where raising objections or refusing may have negative consequences. ... Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is one of several women who have claimed to have had affairs with US President Bill Clinton. ... Kathleen Willey was a White House aide who on March 15, 1998 claimed on the TV tabloid program 60 Minutes that President Bill Clinton kissed her, touched her breasts and made her touch his no-no place. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Linda Tripp (born November 24, 1949) is an American woman who was a central figure in the Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and 1999 that led to the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton. ... Monica Lewinsky receives a hug from U.S. President Bill Clinton during a fundraising event in Washington, DC Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman who was thrust into the public limelight after having a private sexual affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. ... Oral sex consists of all those sexual activities that involve the use of the mouth, tongue, etc. ...

Clinton was viewed with intense personal dislike of his policies and character by some on the far right. Several lurid accusations were leveled by conservative talk radio. Among these were rumors of involvement with drug traffickers, personal cocaine use, and involvement in the death of long-time friend and aide Vince Foster (ruled a suicide). The deadly Branch Davidian standoff near Waco, Texas in 1993 fomented further far right hostility to the Clinton administration. His detractors are quick to point out that many of the same accusations are frequently made against Republicans, including current the current President, George W. Bush. Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ... An interpersonal relationship is some relationship or connection between two people. ... Aide was the Basque numenistic deity of the air. ... Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of wilfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... The Branch Davidians are a religious group originating from the Seventh-day Adventist church. ... Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Clinton is often referred to by nickname among both detractors and fans. One of the earliest was "Bubba", which alludes to his Southern "good ol' boy" background. Other common nicknames include "Slick Willy" and "Clintoon" (by detractors), and the "Big Dog" (by fans).

Clinton was seen as an educated and intelligent person. Clinton was characterized by good grasp of the scientific issues and strong support of "unlimited scientific discovery, and... unlimited applications" [32]. He sometimes criticized other political leaders for being "out of touch" with the acceleration of technology.

Legacy

Clinton plays the saxophone presented to him by Boris Yeltsin at a private dinner in Russia, January 13, 1994

Clinton presided over the period of longest steady growth of the economy in modern American history. http://www. ... http://www. ... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin  listen (Борис Николаевич Ельцин, b. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Clinton is seen as having led — in conjunction with the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) — the Democratic Party away from the left, towards a more moderate centrist position. During the 1990s, the Party was accused of abandoning its traditional base of support (unions, the working class, minorities) in pursuit of a center-right position, responding to — and funded by — corporate contributors, with the soccer mom representing his new base. The current quandary of the Democratic party is felt by many to be primarily due to its inability to define itself vis-à-vis the Republican Party and offer a clear alternative. Clinton was able to surmount this problem through sheer personal charisma, but his successors have been less successful. Founded in 1985, the Democratic Leadership Council is an organization of moderate leaders of the United States Democratic Party that tries to move the party towards centrist positions. ... In politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... In United States social, cultural and political discourse, soccer mom refers broadly to a demographic and psychographic group of women with school-age children. ...

Clinton advocated nanotechnology development. Howard Lovy, a nanotechnology writer, said the National Nanotechnology Initiative may "turn out to be one of Clinton's most-important legacies". The Initiative was a federal nanoscale science, engineering, and technology research and development program. In a 21 January 2000 speech at the California Institute of Technology, Clinton said, "Some of our research goals may take twenty or more years to achieve, but that is precisely why there is an important role for the federal government." A mite next to a gear chain produced using nanotechnology. ... The National Nanotechnology Initiative was an American federal nanoscale science, nanoscale engineering, and nanoscale technology research and development program. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some of the personal failures and immoral acts of Clinton have tainted his legacy in the eyes of many Americans in spite some of the good economic growth of the late 1990's. There was a massive stock market bubble coupled with crippling corruption by Enron that deflated some earlier economic gains. Additionally, there is controversy over his foreign policy actions; some Americans feel that his foreign policies had resulted in an environment that permitted terrorists like Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network to strike on September 11. Also, he was viewed by his detractors as a television-image based- president, relying mostly on soundbites versus substance. A stock market is a market for the trading of publicly held company stock and associated financial instruments (including stock options, convertibles and stock index futures). ... Enron Corporation Enron Corporation is an energy trading and communications company based in Houston, Texas that employed around 21,000 people in mid-2001 (before bankruptcy). ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...

Post-presidential career

Hillary Clinton is sworn in as a U.S. Senator by Vice President Gore as Bill and Chelsea Clinton observe.

On January 18, 2001, he addressed the nation one last time on television from the Oval Office of the White House, two days before handing over the presidency to George W. Bush, whose father he had defeated in 1992. Reenactment of Vice President Al Gore swearing in First Lady Hillary Clinton as a United States Senator in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol on January 3, 2001. ... Reenactment of Vice President Al Gore swearing in First Lady Hillary Clinton as a United States Senator in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol on January 3, 2001. ... Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the only child of former President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and currently the 43rd President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ...

Like many former American presidents, Clinton has engaged in a career as a public speaker on a variety of issues. In these, he continues to comment on aspects of contemporary politics. One notable theme is his advocacy of multilateral solutions to problems facing the world. Clinton's close relationship with the African American community has been highlighted in his post-Presidential career with his opening of his personal office in the Harlem section of New York City. He assisted his wife Hillary Clinton in her campaign for office as a senator representing New York. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major African American cultural and business center. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ... These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

In February 2004, Clinton (along with Mikhail Gorbachev and Sophia Loren) won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for narrating the Russian National Orchestra's album Peter and the Wolf/Wolf Tracks. Clinton won a second Grammy in February 2005, Best Spoken Word Album for My Life. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachyov (Gorbachev)   listen? (Russian: ; pronunciation: ) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... Sophia Loren in 1955. ... The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music Awards, and the... The 46th Grammy Awards were held on the February 8, 2004. ... The Russian National Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. ... Peter and the Wolf is a composition by Sergei Prokofiev written after his return to Russia in 1933. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album has been awarded since 1959. ... My Life has been frequently used as a title for autobiographies, including that of: Bill Clinton Leon Trotsky It has also been used for: a 1993 film an album by Mary J. Blige a song by John Lennon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...

Clinton collected his memoirs into a book entitled My Life, which was released on June 22, 2004. Commenting on memoirs in general, he said "some are dull and self-serving, hopefully mine will be interesting and self-serving." The book made an unprecedented three appearances on the Amazon.com best-seller list, before it was even released. In an interview with David Dimbleby [33] which aired on the BBC on June 23, 2004, Clinton was questioned at length about the effects to his presidency of his affair with Monica Lewinsky, conceding that he had made many mistakes while in office. He also spoke about the prospects of a future Clinton presidency, should his wife Hillary Clinton decide to run for office in 2008. A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... Look up Book in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... My Life has been frequently used as a title for autobiographies, including that of: Bill Clinton Leon Trotsky It has also been used for: a 1993 film an album by Mary J. Blige a song by John Lennon This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages... June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Amazon. ... interview An interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked to obtain information about the interviewee. ... David Dimbleby (born October 28, 1938) is a BBC TV commentator and presenter of current affairs and political programmes. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Monica Lewinsky receives a hug from U.S. President Bill Clinton during a fundraising event in Washington, DC Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman who was thrust into the public limelight after having a private sexual affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton. ... Presidential electoral votes by state The U.S. presidential election of 2008 is scheduled to occur on November 4, 2008. ...

Bill Clinton gives a media interview on his autobiography, My Life

Clinton has gone to other countries for his book tours and has given media interviews on them. One of those was in Canada. On September 11, 2004, CBC Newsworld, which is the CBC's cable news network, began its sixth season of "Mansbridge One on One" with an interview Clinton gave with the program's host, the network's chief correspondent, Peter Mansbridge [34] [35]. Unlike Dimbleby, Mansbridge didn't mention the Lewinsky affair. Nor was there any mention of Hillary Clinton. Clinton mostly talked about his book and how he went about writing it, his thoughts on the issues that confronted the Bush administration, and the 2004 presidential election. He also talked about repealing the 22nd Amendment in the event of a terrorist attack. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton giving an interview about his book, My Life, with CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge. ... Former U.S. president Bill Clinton giving an interview about his book, My Life, with CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBC Newsworld is a 24-hour cable television news channel operated by the CBC. It is available to cable subscribers across the country and broadcasts into over 10 million homes nation-wide, as well as into some northern states in the U.S. It is the worlds third-oldest... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... Peter Mansbridge (born 1948) is a Canadian television reporter. ... While working as an intern at the White House, Monica Lewinsky had a short-term sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... (Redirected from 22nd Amendment) The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution establishes a two-term limit for the Presidency. ... The following is a timeline of acts and failed attempts that can be considered terrorism. ...

On July 26, 2004, Clinton spoke for the fifth time in a row to the Democratic National Convention. He used his speech to praise candidate John Kerry. Many critics have argued that Clinton's speech is one of the best in Convention history. In it, Clinton criticized George W. Bush's depiction of Kerry, saying that "Strength and wisdom are not opposing values." July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 Democratic National Convention logo The 2004 Democratic National Convention culminated in the arrival of John Kerry on July 29 to address the delegates. ... Office: Junior Senator, Massachusetts Political party: Democratic Term of office: January 1985 – Present Preceded by: Paul Tsongas Succeeded by: Incumbent (2009) Date of birth: December 11, 1943 Place of birth: Aurora, Colorado Marriage: (1) Julia Thorne, divorced (2) Teresa Heinz Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the...

On September 2, 2004, Clinton had an episode of angina and was evaluated at Northern Westchester Hospital. It was determined that he had not suffered a coronary infarction, and he was sent home, returning the following day for angiography, which disclosed multiple vessel coronary artery disease. He was transferred to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, where he successfully underwent quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery on September 6, 2004. The medical team responsible for Clinton claimed that, had he not had surgery, he would likely have suffered a massive heart attack within a few months. On March 10, 2005, he underwent a follow-up surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid from his left chest cavity, a result of his open-heart surgery. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Angina pectoris (Latin for chest constriction) is the result of a lack of oxygen supply to the heart muscle, due to a reduced blood flow around the hearts blood vessels. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique in which an X-ray picture is taken to visualize the inner opening of blood filled structures, including arteries, veins and the heart chambers. ... Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) and atherosclerotic heart disease, is the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium (the muscle of the heart). ... New York-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, each affiliated with an Ivy League University. ... A coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or heart bypass. ... September 6 is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

He dedicated his presidential library, which is the largest in the nation, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas on November 18, 2004. Under rainy skies, Clinton received words of praise from former presidents Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush, as well as from the current president, George W. Bush. He was also treated to a musical rendition from Bono and The Edge from U2, who expressed their gratitude at Clinton's efforts to resolve the Northern Ireland conflict during his presidency. In the United States, the Presidential library system is a nationwide network of libraries administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ... The William J. Clinton Presidential Center is the presidential library of Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. ... Nickname: The City of Roses Location in Arkansas Founded  -Incorporated 1821  1831 County Pulaski County Mayor Jim Dailey Area  - Total  - Water 302. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and currently the 43rd President of the United States. ... Bono Paul David Hewson (born May 10, 1960, Dublin, Ireland), nicknamed Bono Vox, stage name Bono, is the lead singer of the Irish rock band, U2. ... David Howell Evans (born August 8, 1961, Barking, Essex [now in Greater London], England), byname the Edge, is the guitarist of the Irish rock band U2. ... U2 (L to R): The Edge, Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen U2 is an Irish rock band featuring Bono (Paul David Hewson) on vocals and guitar, The Edge (David Howell Evans) on guitar and pianos, vocals, and bass, Adam Clayton on bass and guitar, and Larry Mullen on drums. ...

Clinton and Former President Bush at Super Bowl XXXIX.

Clinton, along with President George W. Bush, his wife, Laura, and Bush's father pay their respects to Pope John Paul II before the pope's funeral.

On November 22, 2004, New York Republican Governor George Pataki named Clinton and the other living former presidents (Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush) as honorary members of the board rebuilding the World Trade Center. Former Presidents Bush and Clinton at Super Bowl XXXIX This work is copyrighted. ... Former Presidents Bush and Clinton at Super Bowl XXXIX This work is copyrighted. ... The Vatican City State released this photo into the public domain, one of few that have been done so, of the President of the United States and two former Presidents of the United States paying homage to Pope John Paul II lying in state at St. ... The Vatican City State released this photo into the public domain, one of few that have been done so, of the President of the United States and two former Presidents of the United States paying homage to Pope John Paul II lying in state at St. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... George E. Pataki George Elmer Pataki (born June 24, 1945) is the current governor of the U.S. state of New York (since 1995). ... Order: 38th President Vice President: Nelson A. Rockefeller Term of office: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 Preceded by: Richard Nixon Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter Date of birth: July 14, 1913 Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska First Lady: Betty Ford Political party: Republican Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Order: 39th President Vice President: Walter Mondale Term of office: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Preceded by: Gerald Ford Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan Date of birth: October 1, 1924 Place of birth: Plains, Georgia First Lady: Rosalynn Carter Political party: Democratic James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... The twin towers, photographed from the west The World Trade Center in New York City was a complex of seven buildings around a central plaza, near the south end of Manhattan in the downtown financial district. ...

On December 8, 2004, Clinton announced that he was the new spokesperson for Accoona, an internet search engine company. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... The success of the Google search engine was mainly due to its powerful PageRank algorithm and its simple, easy-to-use interface. ...

There had been reported signs of a friendship growing between former president Clinton and George W. Bush. After the official unveiling of his White House portrait in June 2004, and especially since the 2004 election, Clinton and Bush met on occasion, although the nature of the friendship did not appear to be a reconciliation of political opinions. During the 2000 presidential campaign, Bush deemed Clinton "the shadow" and vowed to "uphold dignity" into the White House once he departed in January of 2001. There are many different elections taking place in 2004. ...

On January 3, 2005, President George W. Bush named Clinton and George H. W. Bush to lead a nationwide campaign to help the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. On February 1, 2005, he was picked by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to head the United Nations earthquake and tsunami relief and reconstruction effort. Five days later, he and Bush both appeared on the Super Bowl XXXIX pre-game show on Fox in support of their bipartisan effort to raise money for relief of the disaster through the USA Freedom Corps, an action which Bush described as "transcending politics." Thirteen days later, they both traveled to the affected areas to see how the relief efforts are going. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a politician and currently the 43rd President of the United States. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush (born June... The December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami hits Thailand The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Order: 7th Secretary-General Term of office: January 1, 1997–present Predecessor: Boutros Boutros-Ghali Successor: incumbent Born: April 8, 1938 Place of birth: Kumasi, Ghana Kofi Atta Annan (born April 8, 1938) is a Ghanian diplomat and the seventh and current Secretary-General of the United Nations. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ... The humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was prompted by one of the major natural disasters of modern times. ... Date February 6, 2005 Stadium ALLTEL Stadium City Jacksonville, Florida Attendance 78,125 MVP Deion Branch, Wide receiver National Anthem Combined choirs of the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and West Point, and U.S. Army Herald Trumpets. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company is a television network in the United States. ... The USA Freedom Corps is a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, who is its chair. ...

Following the death of Pope John Paul II on April 2, 2005 Clinton stirred up a mini-controversy saying the late pontiff, "may have had a mixed legacy…there will be debates about him. But on balance, he was a man of God, he was a consistent person, he did what he thought was right." Clinton sat with both President George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush as the first American heads of state to attend a papal funeral. Pope John Paul IIs body laid on a bier at St. ... 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

In his post-presidential years, Clinton also made it known that he would like to serve as Secretary-General of the United Nations. Throughout his career, he supported the United Nations and NATO and the international sense the organizations fostered was something he built his foreign policy on. The United Nations Secretary-General is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal divisions of the United Nations. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...

Trivia

• Bill Clinton struggled with poor eating habits which led to heart problems, as he explained on Good Morning America, "I'm more sensitive to it because of my recent heart problems and because I had come to terms with the fact that they came about not only because of my predisposition to high cholesterol but because of decades of poor eating habits." [36]
• Clinton's reputation was such that several film and song parodies have been made about his use of marijuana without inhaling, his womanizing and his dominant wife.

Veteran journalists Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer, who have hosted the show since the late 1990s. ...

References

• "Clinton makes nanomention of large legacy"
• "Columbia Nanotechnology: National Nanotechnology Initiative"

References for "Criticisms of Foreign Policy" Section

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^  Schlafly, Phyllis (November 19, 1999). "Numbers Game in Kosovo". Washington Times. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Cohen, William (April 7, 1999). "Secretary Cohen's Press Conference at NATO Headquarters". April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Doggett, Tom (May 16, 1999). "Cohen Fears 100,000 Kosovo Men Killed by Serbs". The Washington Post. May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Clinton, Bill (May 13, 1999). "Speech by President to Veterans Organizations on Kosovo". May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Clinton, Bill (June 25, 1999). "Press Conference by the President". June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  ibid

^  "Clinton: Serbs must be stopped now". (March 23, 1999). CNN. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Clines, Francis X (March 30, 1999). "NATO Hunting for Serb Forces; U.S. Reports Signs of 'Genocide'". The New York Times, p. A1. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Erlanger, Steven (November 11, 1999). "Early Count Hints at Fewer Kosovo Deaths". The New York Times, p. A6. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  Pilger, John (September 4, 2000). "US and British officials told us that at least 100,000 were murdered in Kosovo. A year later, fewer than 3,000 bodies have been found...". New Statesman. September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

^  "The charges against Milosevic". (July 5, 2004). BBC. July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

^  Pearl, Daniel and Block, Robert (December 31, 1999). "War in Kosovo Was Cruel, Bitter, Savage; Genocide It Wasn’t". The Wall Street Journal, p. A1. December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

^  ibid

^  "Kosovo assault 'was not genocide'". (September 7, 2001). BBC. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

^  ibid

^  "Milosevic et al. - Amended Indictment".

^  Swain, Jon (October 31, 1999). "Lost in the Kosovo numbers game". The Sunday Times. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Further reading

• Rich Lowry (2003)Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years
• Dick Morris with Eileen McGann (2004) Because He Could
• Kenneth W. Starr (1998) The Starr Report: The Findings of Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr on President Clinton and the Lewinsky Affair PublicAffairs ISBN 1-89-162024-X
• Institute for Policy Studies (2002) Enron's Pawns: How Public Institutions Bankrolled Enron's Globalization Game Link
• Michael Isikoff (1999) Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter's Story Crown Publishing Group ISBN 0-60-960393-0
• Peter Baker (2000) The Breach : Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton Scribner ISBN 0-68-486813-X
• James Bovard (2000) Feeling Your Pain: The Explosion and Abuse of Government Power in the Clinton-Gore Years St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-31-223082-6
• David Maraniss (1998) The Clinton Enigma : A Four and a Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-68-486296-4
• Mark J. Rozell (2000) The Clinton Scandal and the Future of American Government Georgetown University Press ISBN 0-87-840777-4
• Bob Barr (2004) The Meaning of Is: The Squandered Impeachment and Wasted Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton Stroud & Hall Publishing ISBN 0-97-453762-4
• Christopher Anderson (1999). Bill & Hillary: The Marriage. William Morrow & Co., Inc. ISBN 0-75-153035-2
• Sidney Blumenthal (2003). The Clinton Wars. Farrar Straus Giroux. ISBN 0-37-412502-3
• Bill Clinton (2004). My Life. Knopf. ISBN 0375414576.
• Joe Conason and Gene Lyons (2003). The Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-31-227319-3
• Elizabeth Drew (1994). On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-67-187147-1
• Jason D. Fodeman (2003). How To Destroy A Village : What The Clintons Taught A Seventeen Year Old, PublishAmerica. ISBN 1-59-129804-0
• David Maraniss (1996). First In His Class : A Biography Of Bill Clinton, Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684818906
• Roger Morris (1996). Partners in Power: The Clintons & Their America. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-89-526302-5
• Michael Waldman (2000). POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidency Simon & Schuster ISBN 0-74-320020-9.

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See also

• Clintonomics
• Presidential reputation
• History of the United States (1988-present)

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