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  Biography of William J. Clinton
President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident.
Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.
Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978.
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  Bill Clinton
Clinton won the 1992 election against Republican incumbent George H. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot, 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!" in his campaign headquarters.
Clinton's role in promoting this prosperity is a matter of considerable debate: some substantial credit can be apportioned to groups such as the Congress and Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan, whom he renominated, as well as the congruence of technological and global economic conditions which had little to do with Clinton.
Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury and obstruction of justice, becoming the first elected U.S. President to be impeached (and the second since Andrew Johnson).
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 43rd President, William Jefferson Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident.
Clinton then shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." Instead of sweeping national change, he sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules.
When Clinton left office in January 2001, the U.S. was in the longest period in history of economic expansion, although technology-related companies had begun to feel the strain of over-expansion, and stock market prices had fallen off their historic highs, a presage of coming recession.
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 President William Clinton: Health & Medical History
Clinton underwent colonoscopy in 1984 because of rectal bleeding.
Clinton's cholesterol level, and, more generally, his overall cardiovascular risk, were a concern as early as 1992.
Clinton was awake during the entire operation and "was alert most of the time" [4].
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 SPECTRUM Biographies - William J .Clinton
Clinton had campaigned on a platform of "change" in the United States – change in the way the government related to the people, change in the way the economy was handled, change in the system of welfare, and most of all, change in the health care delivery system, among others.
President Clinton has developed a style of traveling around the country to talk with citizens in person to find out their views on how the country is being governed.
Clinton was a charismatic and popular president, but his two terms were marred by partisan bitterness and personal scandal, culminating in a his 1998 impeachment.
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 William J. Clinton
William Clinton promised a brighter tomorrow and focused on the national economy.
Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on Aug. 19, 1946, in Hope, Ark., a small town near the Texas-Oklahoma border.
Clinton returned to Arkansas to teach at the University of Arkansas School of Law, while Rodham went briefly to Washington, where she worked for the House staff during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.
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 William Jefferson Clinton
Clinton came to the White House campaigning as a representative of a "new generation." He is the first President to be born after World War II.
Clinton was an super-achiever in school, and participated in many extra-curricula activities.
Clinton won reelection in 1996 on a platform that stressed his bridge to the 21st century.
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 The Mayor's of Buffalo, New York -George William Clinton
Clinton was elected a Regent of the University in 1856, and in 1858 he completed a Digest of the law reports to that date.
Clinton said the main reason for forming this society was to "bring together all the plants and animals of the surrounding country, all its shells, insects, fishes, birds, beasts and animated things." Clinton was a true naturalist.
Clinton was the first president of the society and held that position for 20 years until he voluntarily declined to serve any longer.
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 :: www.PresidentialRhetoric.com ::
President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident.
Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.
Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978.
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 USA: biography of William Jefferson Clinton (1946 -
Clinton's own opposition to the war grew as he attended hearings and clipped newspapers.
Thousands of Cubans who had left or been expelled from their country were housed in Arkansas, and Clinton was unable to force the White House to make other states share the problems and costs of the operation.
As soon as the convention was over Clinton and Gore headed west for a series of campaign bus trips reminiscent of the whistle-stop train trips of decades before.
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 William J. Clinton Presidential Library
WILLIAM J. The Clinton Library is the eleventh Presidential Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is located within the
The William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is part of the presidential libraries system administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, a federal agency.
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 CNN - Clinton: Iraq has abused its last chance - December 16, 1998
Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors.
Clinton said he made the decision to strike Wednesday with the unanimous agreement of his security advisors.
Clinton also called Hussein a threat to his people and to the security of the world.
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 CBC News Indepth: Bill Clinton
It was in Clinton's first term that a special prosecutor named Kenneth Starr, a conservative Republican, was named to investigate a land deal in Arkansas that allegedly involved both Bill and Hilary Clinton.
Clinton began his second term with a victory, an agreement with Congress that promised a balanced budget by 2002.
Clinton was walking more than six kilometres a day before he had the procedure and was considered to be in good health.
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 Friends of Bill Contains Information Concerning William Jefferson Clinton And The White Water and The Monica Lewinsky ...
Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement.
Clinton fund raiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in Virginia of a gunshot wound to the head.
Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992.
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 FOXNews.com - Transcript: William Jefferson Clinton on 'FOX News Sunday' - FOX News Sunday | Chris Wallace
Clinton agreed to his first one-on-one interview ever on "FOX News Sunday." The ground rules were simple: 15 minutes for our sit-down, split evenly between the Global Initiative and anything else we wanted to ask.
CLINTON: Yes, I really — but I don't mean — that sounds sort of morbid when you say it like that.
CLINTON: Yes, but the way I said it, the tone in which I said it was actually almost whimsical and humorous.
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 Bill Clinton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clinton grew up in a traditional, albeit blended, family; however, according to Clinton, his stepfather was a gambler and an alcoholic who regularly abused Clinton's mother and sometimes Clinton's half-brother Roger, Jr.
In spite of this, Clinton began his 1992 presidential quest on a sour note by finishing near the back of the pack in the Iowa caucus, which was largely uncontested due to the presence of favorite-son Senator Tom Harkin, who was the easy winner.
Clinton spoke to the students, faculty and alumni of Tulane and of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina that Tulane students had known firsthand.
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 William Jefferson Clinton - SourceWatch
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001.
Clinton is married to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY).
Clinton is most notable for moving his party to the right - encouraging Democrats to cut welfare spending, balance the federal budget, and embrace the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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 The American President: William Clinton
Clinton eventually became the subject of the most intense investigation ever mounted against a chief executive.
Clinton's approval ratings remained high despite the overwhelming evidence against him, and the Senate could not bring itself to depose the popular, albeit tainted, commander-in-chief.
Clinton owed much of his political survival to the tolerant morality of the American people.
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 Presidential Avenue: William Clinton
William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., later named William Jefferson Clinton, was born at the Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946.
Renovation plans to restore the first home of President Bill Clinton in Hope, Arkansas began in 1993, and are being coordinated by the non-profit Clinton Birthplace Foundation, Inc. Virginia Kelley, the president's late mother, was personally involved in the project, and provided valuable details on the restoration of the house to its 1946 appearance.
William Jefferson Clinton moved to Hot Springs when he was a second grader from his birthplace in Hope, Arkansas, with his mother, Virginia Kelley and his stepfather Roger Clinton.
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 William Clinton
President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, 3 months after his father died in a traffic accident.
Many presidents were iunpired by their mothers, in the case of the Clinton family, it was the son that was the inspiration.
On many occasions Hillary Clinton has spoken about the need "to find the right balance in our lives." For her, the elements of that balance are family, work, and public service.
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 William Jefferson Clinton — Infoplease.com
Clinton taught at the University of Arkansas (1974–1976), was elected state attorney general (1976), and in 1979 became the nation's youngest governor.
Though the Clintons were never accused of any wrongdoing, partners in the venture were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in a trial in 1996.
Clinton won major victories with the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which took effect Jan. 1, 1994, and the Global Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which led to the establishment in 1995 of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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 William J. Clinton Presidential Library
Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in an automobile accident.
Bill Clinton was elected governor of Arkansas in 1978, but lost a bid for reelection in 1980.
On the international scene, the Clinton Administration expanded international trade, intervened militarily to end “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia, launched peace and trade initiatives in Africa and the Middle East, and promoted a framework for peace aimed at ending the strife in Northern Ireland.
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 William J. Clinton
Fast Fact: William Clinton promised a brighter tomorrow and focused on the national economy.
Biography: William J. Clinton, at 46 the youngest man elected President since John F. Kennedy, came to the White House pledging to end the era of drift and deadlock and begin a new season of American renewal.
Clinton attended Georgetown University and in 1968 received a bachelor's degree in foreign service.
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 President William Clinton's Golf Swing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Clinton, apparently unaware that this was a pretty disquieting thought.
In defense of President Clinton: It is said he has a very good short game and from viewing his golf swing video I believe that Clinton is in the range of a 12 -16 handicap with potential to reduce lower with practice.
When he was in high school in Arkansas, Bill Clinton was chosen to represent his state in a mock government called Boys Nation.
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