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Bill Clinton
b. 1946
President of the United States from 1993 to 2001
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"First Inaugural Address" — January 20, 1993
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Biography
William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist "Third Way" political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which dominated his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party history.
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U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) into law.
November 30 →The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is signed into law by US President Bill Clinton.
December 8 →Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).
October 29 →Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
August 26 →The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
October 2 →Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
August 22 →Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
September 11 →Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.
November 19 →Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives forwards articles I and III of impeachment against President Bill Clinton to the Senate.
December 19 →Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky affair on his website The Drudge Report.
January 17 →More from the Unknown
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