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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of ... More »William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Before that, he was Governor of the state of Arkansas. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has served as the United States Secretary of State since January 21, 2009, and was Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Both Clintons received Juris Doctor (J.D.) degrees from Yale Law School. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Some of his policies, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance, while on other issues his stance was left-of-center. Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. The... [ Wikipedia ]

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Marine, Dog Reunited In Surprise Ceremony

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“The trip will underscore the president’s commitment to broadening and deepening cooperation between the United States and the people of sub-Saharan Africa to advance regional and global peace and prosperity.” Both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush made high-profile trips to Africa as ...

Obama Admits He’s A Socialist

“Bulworth” is set during the campaign season of 1996, when progressives’ frustration with Bill Clinton was reaching a boil (just before the Lewinsky scandal turned them into his defenders again). The title character is a cautious, Clintonian Democratic senator who breaks down in despair ...

Articles: The Case for Impeachment

They will recall the craven Senate Republicans who effectively acquitted Bill Clinton even before his Senate trial began. The 1998 midterm election, which provided modest gains to Democrats, has been taken as proof that Americans did not want Clinton impeached. But the wrongdoings ...

Oklahoma tornado 2013 recalls memory of recent devastating storms

The day after the outbreak, then President Bill Clinton issued a federal disaster declaration for Oklahoma and 1,600 people left homeless overnight of May 3 were put into emergency Red Cross shelters. While there have been no casualty figures just yet today's storms have the potential to ...

Blog: Offensive...in More Ways Than One

The offensive strategy was perfected by James Carville, friend and informal adviser of Bill Clinton. When Clinton's sexual peccadilloes became known, Carville derided everyone in sight. He attacked special prosecutor Kenneth Starr for having the audacity to investigate ...

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