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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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 Bill Clinton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd (The person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government) President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Clinton identified his major foreign policy failure as lack of response to the 1994 (Systematic killing of a racial or cultural group) genocide in (A landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony) Rwanda.
Clinton avoided the draft with a student deferment while studying abroad during the (A prolonged war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Chinese and the non-communist armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States) Vietnam War.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/bill_clinton.htm   (6861 words)

  
 The Presidents of the United States - William J. Clinton
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.
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 elected Arkansas attorney general in 1976, then went on to win the governorship in 1978.
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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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 American Experience | The Presidents | William J. Clinton | PBS
Clinton left office at the end of his second term with unprecedented popular approval ratings, yet having disappointed many with his personal conduct.
Clinton pointedly avoided embracing economic policies that would cast him as a tax-and-spend liberal, yet was indebted to many groups who did not fare well during the conservative reigns of Ronald Reagan and George Bush.
Clinton also dispatched additional troops to Somalia in October 1993 despite public and congressional uproar over the killing of American soldiers who were part of a United Nations relief effort there.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/presidents/42_clinton   (551 words)

  
 US Presidents - William J. Clinton
Clinton was the only president to be impeached for moral misconduct and lying under oath.
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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 Clinton hands out more apologies
Clinton and Vice President Al Gore met for more than an hour with members of their cabinet in a very emotional session that did not produce full forgiveness.
When the allegations against Clinton first surfaced last January, Daley stood before television cameras in the White House driveway with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and said they believed the charges were false.
Before the cabinet session, Clinton called 10 Democratic senators to the White House residence to privately apologize for what he did and ask for their support during this crisis.
www.jsonline.com /news/president/0911clint.asp   (421 words)

  
 Why We Go to War - William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clinton directed the presidential campaign of Democratic candidate George McGovern (1972) in Texas and that of Jimmy Carter (1976) in his home state, and in 1974 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Clinton campaigned for and won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992 after withstanding charges early in the primary campaigns of personal impropriety.
Clinton's major foreign-policy ventures included a successful effort in September-October 1994 to reinstate Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, who had been ousted by the military in 1991, and a commitment of U.S. forces to a peacekeeping initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
faculty.virginia.edu /setear/courses/howweget/clinton.htm   (526 words)

  
 American President
Clinton also defied his critics by surviving an array of personal scandals, turning the greatest fiscal deficit in American history into a surplus, effectively using American force to stop the murderous "ethnic cleansing" wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, and presiding over the greatest level of economic prosperity since the early 1960s.
Clinton achieved these successes despite unrelenting personal attacks from the right-wing of the Republican Party, the loss of Congress to the Republicans for the first time in forty years, and a humiliating but unsuccessful impeachment trial by the U.S. Senate.
Clinton stumbled badly in his first term when his complex health care reform initiative, spearheaded by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, was vigorously rejected by Congress.
www.americanpresident.org /history/billclinton   (1057 words)

  
 William Jefferson Clinton
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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 Bill Clinton : William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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).
Clinton was charged with lying under oath about his affair with Lewinsky to gain advantage in a sexual harassment case brought by Paula Jones, a case he later settled paying Paula Jones $850,000.
Although it is common for Presidents to grant a number of pardons before leaving office, as the details of Clinton's pardon's unfolded (some given to campaign contributors, one to a cocaine trafficker, and one to fugitive Marc Rich[?]) he was subject to severe and lingering criticism.
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 William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As former chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, Clinton is one of the original architects and leading advocates for the Third Way movement.
Clinton was elected President of the United States in 1992 and again in 1996, making him the first Democratic president to be awarded a second term in six decades.
Clinton studied at Oxford University in 1968 as a Rhodes Scholar.
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 Amazon.com: Books: My Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clinton painstakingly outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures, including his dedication to educational and economic reform, his war against a "vast right-wing operation" determined to destroy him, and the "morally indefensible" acts for which he was nearly impeached.
Clinton approaches the story of his youth with gusto, sharing tales of giant watermelons, nine-pound tumors, a charging ram, famous mobsters and jazz musicians, and a BB gun standoff.
Clinton defiantly blisters Starr as an unethical, overreaching partisan who illegally leaked details of his investigations to the press; exceeded his authority; humiliated, bankrupted and jailed innocent people for not playing ball; and served only to ring up huge legal bills for the Clintons, their staff and supporters.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375414576?v=glance   (4256 words)

  
 William J. Clinton
William Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, was elected to the presidency in 1992 and went on to help create an unprecedented time of peace and economic prosperity in the United States.
Among the successes of his presidency were achieving the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, managing an overhaul of the economic system, and proposing the first balanced budget in decades.
On December 18, 1998, the House of Representatives voted to impeach William J. Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from the president's testimony in a civil suit and his statements regarding his relationship with a White House intern.
americanhistory.si.edu /presidency/timeline/pres_era/3_702.html   (163 words)

  
 White & Case LLP - Lawyers - William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clinton has handled disputes in virtually every aspect of the import trade and investment laws of the United States and numerous other jurisdictions worldwide.
Clinton is a recognized authority on legal developments related to the World Trade Organization, the North American Free Trade Agreement and other multilateral trade arrangements.
Clinton represents parties to import trade investigations under the antidumping, countervailing duty, safeguards and customs laws of many jurisdictions throughout the world.
www.whitecase.com /lawyers/bio.aspx?bioid=9246   (274 words)

  
 baldilocks: Presidents' Day: William J. Clinton
Just as President Clinton’s administration was the heir to the actions/inactions of Presidents Reagan and Bush 41, so is President Bush 43 the heir to the same of President Clinton.
Clintons pardon of the Puerto Rican Terrorists who call themselves the Macheteros (weren't asking to be pardoned and didn't sign document saying they wouldn't do terror again).
But back on topic, the best summary of WJC was by GWB in his 2000 convention speach: "So much promise, to no great purpose." What strikes me most about the Clinton administration is how little of it seems as significant as it did then.
baldilocks.typepad.com /baldilocks/2005/02/presidents_day__7.html   (2149 words)

  
 Clinton Presidential Library - Home Document
The William J. Clinton Presidential Center is both an act of faith and of confidence.
President Clinton hopes the Center will allow people to visit and study the eight years of his presidency and this nation and help empower people with the belief that they can build America's greatest days in the new century.
The Clinton Presidential Center includes the Presidential Library and Archives, the renovation of the abandoned Rock Island Railway Bridge as a pedestrian crossing, and the renovation of the historic Choctaw Station, built in 1899.
www.clinton-library.com   (261 words)

  
 Zeus and President William J Clinton
President Clinton and the god Zeus are alike in nearly every way, including their appearance, behavior, attitude, and even their spouses.
In the case of Clinton his father was a constant drunk and often abused his mother.
Clinton went on to attend prestigious colleges and become a Rhodes scholar and Zeus went on to learn of a way to overthrow his corrupt father by uniting his brothers and sisters.
www.collegeresearch.us /show_essay/4834.html   (187 words)

  
 William J. Clinton - Ex Presidente de EE.UU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Clinton entró en política tras graduarse en la escuela de derecho en los años 70.
Clinton resultó elegido Fiscal General de Arkansas en 1976 y en 1978, a los 32 años, se convirtió en el Gobernador más joven de Estados Unidos.
Clinton fue elegido Presidente de Estados Unidos en 1992 y de nuevo en 1996, convirtiéndose así en el primer presidente Demócrata que conseguía ser reelegido para un segundo mandato en las últimas seis décadas.
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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.
www.clintonlibrary.gov /bios-WJC.html   (544 words)

  
 William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Among the most noteworthy aspects of William Clinton's presidency was the stream of revelations, legal suits, and investigations related to his extramarital affairs both alleged and admitted and to his possible involvement in deceptive real estate schemes in his native Arkansas.
But perhaps more noteworthy in the midst of these scandals was Clinton's own resilience, borne of an unfailing affability and an uncanny skill in dealing with a hostile Congress.
It was that resilience that enabled him, despite the scandals, to take effective roles in key government initiatives, including an overhaul of the welfare system and the elimination of chronic annual deficits in federal spending.
www.npg.si.edu /exh/hall/clinton.htm   (152 words)

  
 William J. Clinton:0737704985:Howard, Todd:eCampus.com
Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential election promising to lead from the center, rather than from the left or right, of American politics.
However, he proved too liberal for most Republicans, whose attacks on the Democratic president's character finally culminated in his 1998 impeachment on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice regarding his testimony about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Topics in the volume include Clinton's failed proposal for universal health care, his lifts of the ban on gays in the military; U.S. foreign policy under Clinton, and the Lewinsky scandal and subsequent impeachment.
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 William J. Clinton Presidential Library
The Clinton Library is the eleventh Presidential Library administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries within NARA.
The Clinton Library, which includes an archival research facility and a museum, is responsible for preserving and processing in perpetuity the official Presidential records, audiovisual materials, and artifacts of the Clinton Administration.
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.
www.clintonlibrary.gov   (291 words)

  
 Man of the Year 2002 William J. Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Man of the Year Event honoring President William J. Clinton to benefit the New York Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2002 in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria.
President Clinton's extraordinary leadership to increase funding for diabetes research exemplifies his dedicated commitment to find a cure for the millions who suffer from diabetes and its complications.
The only thing that Bill Clinton has ever done for the diabetes cause is that he has probably f--ked a few bimbos who happened to have diabetes.
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 President Clinton
Bill Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas on August 19, 1946.
Clinton was the only President born in Arkansas.
Clinton was the second President to be impeached.
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 WILLIAM J. CLINTON
Born: 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.
Education: Clinton attended Georgetown University and in 1968 received a bachelor's degree in foreign service.
Highlights of his predidency: In domestic affairs, Clinton signed into law measures to revitalize the economy and renew the American community.
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 MSU Vincent Voice Library
Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Impeachment;Lewinsky, Monica S. (Monica Samille), 1973-;United States.
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(September 4, 1998) President Clinton in Santry, Ireland, at the...
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 Embassy of the U.S. London: Ready Reference: Former President William J. Clinton
The Clinton Presidential Center, in Little Rock, Arkansas, shows both the legacy of the Clinton Administration and Bill Clinton's ongoing work with his Presidential Library and Foundation.
Toward the end of the Clinton Administration, the Executive Office of the President initiated an Administrative History Project to ensure that future scholars would have a record of the major events and initiatives of each U.S. Government department and agency during the Clinton Administration.
The resulting History of the Department of State During the Clinton Presidency (1993 - 2001) is a working document designed as a reference guide to assist researchers and other interested persons with relevant information on the organizational changes, major policy initiatives, and diplomatic events involving the Department of State during the Clinton years.
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 Raving about William J. Clinton on Yub.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
William Jefferson Clinton was elected President of the United States in 1992, and again in 1996— the first Democratic president to be awarded a second term in six decades.
President Clinton's core values of building community, creating opportunity, and demanding responsibility have resulted in unprecedented progress for America, including moving the nation from record deficits to record surpluses; the creation of over 22 million jobs— more than any other administration; low levels of unemployment, poverty, and crime; and the highest homeownership rate in history.
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