Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born 19 August 1946) was 42nd President of the United States, from 1993 to 2001.[1]
Life
He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas. He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born.
Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race.
In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president.
In the world, he dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "William J. Clinton", The White House, referenced 2012-11-29.
Links
- The Myth of the Clinton Surplus and Part II by Craig Steiner, October 2007
- Who is at Fault? by William L. Anderson, November 2002
- "Clinton's Legacy" by William L. Anderson, January 2001
- Birth of the WTO by James M. Sheehan, February 2000
- Sex and the State by Wendy McElroy, June 1998
- "Bill and Boris" by Yuri N. Maltsev, September 1998
- Liberty Magazine (pdf) containing several articles, March 1999
- Liberty Magazine (pdf) containing several articles, March 1998
- Bill Clinton at Wikipedia
