-Born William Jefferson Blythe on August 19th 1946 in Hope Arkansas
-His mother Virgina Cassidy married Roger Clinton and they moved to Hot Springs Arkansas.
-Even though his father was an alcoholic we excelled in Hope Springs High School
-Bill to his father's name at 15
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Served as president of the US from 1993 to 2001.
He served two terms, from 1992 then again 1996
During his terms the country's attention was shifted from international affairs to domestic ones.
By 1992, Americans were troubled with the fears of the country's economic health and the unemployment rate which had reached a level that was only seen in 1984
Many people saw a decline in American productivity compared with other nations such as China and the EU
Another major national concern was the policy of "deficit spending" or the borrowing of financial expenditure from another country. This led to a large national debt.
Americans had also become concerned and frustrated with the obvious signs of growing racial conflict, crime, and poverty.
When Clinton took office and during his campaigns he promised to reduce the need for deficit spending and to expand the economic and educational opportunities of the poor and middle-class.
His views were a mix of conservative and liberal ideas.
In December of 1998 Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice.
The charges were developed out of Clinton's efforts to conceal an improper sexual relationship.
The house sent these findings to the senate, where he was found not guilty.
Took office when he was 46, which made him the third youngest president in history
Clinton was a skillful public speaker known for his ability to seize the attention of a wide variety of audiences.
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Virginia Clinton had a strong influence on her son.
She and bill often had long conversations with her son about situations one or the other viewed as unfair.
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Clinton later said his toubled family life made him skilled at solving disagreements and avoiding conflicts.
Clinton grew close to his stepfather before he died of cancer in 1967
In high school he was active in a variety if clubs and held many school offices.
Clinton became interested in politics when at the age of 17 he met President John F. Kennedy while visiting Washington DC as a delegate to the American Legion Boys Nation.
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Clinton was governor of Arkansas from 1983-1992
Clinton took steps to improving education in arkansas
In one bill, which later became a law, it stated that teachers need to pass a certifying examination in order to teach.
In 1985 he passed an economic package designed to attract businesses to the capital of Arkansas
His actions helped improved the unemployment rate and increase productivity in the late 1980's and early 1990's
In 1991 Clinton announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president
For some time his campaign came under fire from reports of marital infidelity,
The Clintons verified this, but said their marriage was still strong
Another allegation was he dodged the draft for the Vietnam War
He denied the allegations and his campaign quickly regained the lost ground
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In New York City 1992 Clinton was named the Democratic presidential nominee.
At his request Senator Al Gore of Tennessee was nominated for Vice President.
The Republicans nominated George W. Bush and Dan Quayle
During his presidential campaign he claimed that Bush was uninterested in domestic issues
He said that the gap between the rich and the poor had widened under Bush Sr. and his predecessor.
Clinton promised to stimulate the economy by encouraging business expansion.
He also promised to reduce government spending and raise taxes on the wealthy Americans to help reduce the federal budget deficit.
Clinton won the presidency and he appointed more women and minorities to his cabinet than any other president.
In 1993 Clinton planned for a sweeping reform on the Health Care system of America.
This committee was headed by his wife Hillary Clinton.
It was not acted upon by the Congress.
In 1996 the Congress approved the Kennedy-Kassebaum bill, which contained two parts of Clinton's 1993 plan.
(1) That workers can change jobs without losing their medical insurance coverage (2) that workers cannot be denied medical insurance coverage because of preexisting illness.
In August of 1994. Congress passed an anticrime law he supported.
It called for billions to be spent on crime prevention, law enforcement, and prison construction.
It also outlawed the sale of certain types of "assault" weapons.
The unemployment rate declined after Clinton took office
The 1993 and 1994 budgets made cuts in government spending and tax increases helped lower the federal deficit.
In 1994 Clinton lost the almost all Democratic Congress to the Republicans
The Republicans called for larger spending cuts and attempted to erase the deficit by 2002.
Clinton said that the goals were too steep and had to be lowered, so he proposed his own set of goals for erasing the deficit.
He accepted a Welfare Bill which caused upsetting many in his own party.
The bill reduced the amount of time people can receive welfare benefits.
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In 1994 he ended the long standing U.S. Policy of allowing Cuban Refugees into the United States
In 1994 many Haitian refugees fled the country after a military take over, Clinton threatened with military action that the democratically elected president return.
One of his major foreign victories was in 1993 when congress approved the North American Free Trade Agreement.
It eliminated the tariffs and trade barriers between the US, Mexico, and Canada.
Congress also passed the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade which reduced the trade barriers with other various nations.
In 1992 the Bosnian civil war broke out between the Bosnian Rebels and the Government.
The UN passed an arms embargo policy to restrict the fighting from braking out to other
countries.
In 1995 the Congress attempted to lift the Embargo and supply arms to the Bosnian Muslims.
Clinton vetoed the legislation.
In late 1995, Clinton called for meeting of the representatives from either side of the war.
There they settled a cease-fire agreement, this was to be overseen by the NATO Forces
In 1991 an American led coalition liberated the Iraqi occupied state of Kuwait in Operation Desert Storm.
But in 1996 the Iraqis attacked the Kurds to the northern part of Iraq which was a breach of the restrictions placed by the UN.
Clinton ordered the US Military to conduct missile strikes against Iraqi Military sites.
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Hillary Clinton played an important role in her husband's presidency.
She was the head of the Health Care task force.
She also took interest in the problems of children and families in the US.
Clinton was renominated for a Second Term and won against the Republicans Robert Dole and Jack Kemp.
In 1998 Clinton traveled to China to press for a greater degree of Democracy.
He also called for a greater control of Nuclear Weapons after Pakistan and India tested such weapons.
In 1998 bombs planted in the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania blew up destroyed the embassies.
The bombs were traced back to terrorists in Afghanistan where they were being led by a Saudi Business man named Osama bin Laden
Clinton ordered missile strikes against the camps in Afghanistan and a plant in Sudan suspected of creating chemical weapons.
In December 1998 Clinton ordered missile strikes against military strikes in Iraq after they failed to allow UN Inspectors to view them.
In March 1999, NATO launched air strikes against Yugoslavia to halt attacks on Albanians in Kosovo.
The campaign used primarily U.S. Aircraft and cruise missiles.
Clinton stated that there was no other option than a military one.
In 2000 congress passed a bill calling for a permanent normal trading relations with China.
Clinton stressed this bill as he claimed it would increase jobs in the US, but spread Democratic Ideals abroad.
The government beat the 2002 deadline to end the deficit and a $70 billion surplus was created.
This was the first surplus achieved since 1969.
In 1994 a former Arkansas state employee Paula Corbin Jones filed a sexual harassment charge against Clinton.
In April of 1998 a federal judge dropped the case as there was a lack of substantial evidence.
During the investigation, Jones's lawyers got a testimony from a White House Intern named Monica Lewinsky who was suspected of having an affair with Clinton.
In Jan of 1998 Kenneth Starr was granted the authority to investigate the claim
In a sworn statement both Clinton and Lewinsky denied ever having a sexual relationship.
In July of 1998 Clinton agreed to questioning before a grand jury wether he urged Lewinsky to lie about her testimony.
If this was proven true he could be charged for obstruction of justice and perjury, he testified on August 17th.
That night he told the nation about his relationship with Lewinsky, he said it was a personal failure.
He reported offenses were enough to impeach him and the Congress did so in December of 1998.
The Senate then conducted a trial and found him not guilty of the charges.
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William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19th, 1946 in Hope Arkansas three months after his father, a car-parts salesman, was killed in a car crash. Seven years later his mother, Virginia Cassidy, married Roger Clinton, a car salesman, and the family moved to Hot Springs Arkansas. Life in Hot Springs was, however, not without its problems; Bill’s new father was an alcoholic who beat his wife, when he was in high school, Bill’s parents divorced but then quickly remarried. At fifteen, as a gesture to his father, Bill took his name.
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Web:
"Clinton's Presidential Job Approval Rating". Presidential Approval Ratings. Web. 1 June 2012. (Image 2)
Gordon, Daniel L. "WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON." Cold War Museum. The Cold War Museum, n.d. Web. 30 May 2012.
"William J. Clinton." The White House. Web. 30 May 2012.
"William J. Clinton." The White House. Web. 30 May 2012. (Image 1)
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Book, World. William J. Clinton. 4. 5. Chicago: World Book, 2009. 682a-682f. Print.
Clinton, Bill. My Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Print.
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During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare rolls. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.
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-During his administration the country enjoyed more peace and economic prosperity in US History.
-Won a second term
-Lowest employment rate
-Lowest inflation in 30 years
-Highest home ownership in the country's history
-Lowered crime rate
-Reduced the amount of people on welfare
-First balanced budget and budget surplus in decades
-By the end of the millennium, Clinton called for a national incentive to end racial discrimination
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