American Presidents by Kopasinova Nastya

Bill Clinton is the 42 nd American president

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born Willi am Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42ndPresident of the United States from 1993 to 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. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance.American42ndPresident of the United Statesthird-youngest presidentCold Warbaby boomerNew DemocratcentristThird Way

Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was the Senator from New York from 2001 to Both Clintons received law degrees from Yale Law School, where they met and began dating. As Governor of Arkansas, Clinton overhauled the state's education system, and served as Chair of the National Governors Association.Georgetown UniversityPhi Beta KappaRhodes ScholarshipUniversity of OxfordHillary Rodham ClintonUnited States Secretary of StateSenator from New Yorklaw degreesYale Law SchoolGovernor of ArkansasNational Governors Association

Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating incumbent president George H.W. Bush. As president, Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history. He signed into law the North American Free Trade Agreement. He implemented Don't ask, don't tell, a controversial intermediate step to full gay military integration. After a failed health care reform attempt,Republicans won control of Congress in 1994, for the first time in forty years. Two years later, the re-elected Clinton became the first member of the Democratic Party since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second full term as president. He successfully passed welfare reform and theState Children's Health Insurance Program, providing health coverage for millions of children. Later, he was impeached for perjury andobstructio n of justice in a scandal involving a White House intern, but was acquitted by the U.S. Senate and served his complete term of office. The Congressional Budget Office reported a budget surplus between the years 1998 and 2000, the last three years of Clinton's presidency.1992George H.W. BushNorth American Free Trade AgreementDon't ask, don't tellhealth care reformRepublicanswon controlCongressFranklin D. Rooseveltwelfare reformState Children's Health Insurance Programimpeachedperjuryobstructio n of justicescandal involving a White House internU.S. SenateCongressional Budget Office

Clinton left office with the highest end-of-office approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II. Since then, he has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work. Based on his philanthropic worldview, Clinton created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote and address international causes such as prevention of AIDS and global warming. In 2004, he released his autobiography My Life, and was involved in his wife's and then Barack Obama's campaigns for president in In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy toHaiti, and after the 2010 earthquake he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Since leaving office, Clinton has been rated highly in public opinion polls of U.S. presidents.approval ratingWilliam J. Clinton FoundationAIDSglobal warmingMy Lifehis wife'sBarack Obama'scampaigns for president in 2008Special EnvoyHaiti2010 earthquakeGeorge W. BushClinton Bush Haiti Fundpublic opinion polls of U.S. presidents

He was elected Governor of Arkansas for five terms. He is known for appointing minorities and women to high- level positions. Warren Christopher and later Madeleine Albright served as his Secretaries of State. During his term, the federal budget was balanced.

In the first primary contest, the Iowa caucus, Clinton finished a distant third to Iowa Senator Tom Harkin. During the campaign for the New Hampshire primary, reports of an extramarital affair with Gennifer Flowers surfaced. As Clinton fell far behind former Massachusetts SenatorPaul Tsongas in the New Hampshire polls, [5] following Super Bowl XXVI, Clinton and his wife Hillary went on 60 Minutes to rebuff the charges. Their television appearance was a calculated risk, but Clinton regained several delegates. He finished second to Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary, but after trailing badly in the polls and coming within single digits of winning, the media viewed it as a victory. News outlets labeled him "The Comeback Kid" for earning a firm second-place finish. [35]Iowa caucusTom HarkinNew Hampshire primaryGennifer FlowersMassachusettsPaul Tsongas [5]Super Bowl XXVI60 MinutesNew Hampshire primary [35] Winning the big prizes of Florida and Texas and many of the Southern primaries on Super Tuesday gave Clinton a sizable delegate lead. However, former California Governor Jerry Brownwas scoring victories and Clinton had yet to win a significant contest outside his native South. [5][34] With no major Southern state remaining, Clinton targeted New York, which had many delegates. He scored a resounding victory in New York City, shedding his image as a regional candidate. [34] Having been transformed into the consensus candidate, he secured the Democratic Party nomination, finishing with a victory in Jerry Brown's home state of California. [5]Southern primariesSuper TuesdayJerry Brown [5][34] [34]Jerry Brown [5]

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