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		<title>Talk:Bill Clinton</title>
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&lt;div&gt;:I am going to have to rewrite this article for obvious reasons.[[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.]] 00:37, 5 March 2007 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Too even-handed?[[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 22:37, 14 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Well, I tend to think that the fact that the article claims that Clinton was impeached isn't greatly even-handed. I'm a conservative like any other person with reasonable political ideals, but I think we're sort of stretching credibility with this one. [[User:Karalius Nyder|Karalius Nyder]] 22:31, 20 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sorry, my apologies - he was impeached! I need to brush up on my American politics. [[User:Karalius Nyder|Karalius Nyder]] 00:45, 21 March 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I see my attempt at balancing this article was hastily deleted...&lt;br /&gt;
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Ok, does this make sense to have as William Jefferson Clinton when  he was known as Bill Clinton? I don't think that anyone seriously would move [[Julias Caesar]] to [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] or [[Plutarch]] to [[Mestrius Plutarchus]] and I don't see how these are substantially different. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 21:12, 5 March 2007 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:White House website says: [http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html William J. Clinton]&lt;br /&gt;
:Columbia Encyclopedia says: [http://www.bartleby.com/65/cl/ClintonB.html Bill Clinton]&lt;br /&gt;
:Encarta says: [http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564341/Clinton_Bill.html Bill Clinton]&lt;br /&gt;
:Britannica says: [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9003019/Bill-Clinton Bill Clinton]&lt;br /&gt;
:American Heritage Dictionary says: [http://www.bartleby.com/61/2/C0410250.html Clinton, William Jefferson]&lt;br /&gt;
:Clinton Library is: [http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/ William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum]&lt;br /&gt;
:Gale's Biography Research Center says:&lt;br /&gt;
::Bill Clinton&lt;br /&gt;
::(American president, 1946-)&lt;br /&gt;
::Also known as: William Jefferson Clinton, William J. Clinton, William Clinton, William Jefferson Blythe&lt;br /&gt;
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::&amp;quot;Bill Clinton,&amp;quot; in American Decades 1990-1999. Tandy McConnell, ed. Detroit: Gale Group, Inc., 2001. &lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Bill Clinton,&amp;quot; in Current Leaders of Nations. Gale Research, 1998. &lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Bill Clinton,&amp;quot; in Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Bill Clinton,&amp;quot; in Newsmakers. Cumulation issue. Gale Research, 1992. (A profile of the individual's personal life, career, and newsworthy achievements.)&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;William Jefferson Clinton&amp;quot;, in Contemporary Authors Online.&lt;br /&gt;
::&amp;quot;Bill Clinton,&amp;quot; in Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, Volume 6: World Leaders, 10th ed. Gale Group, 2001. &lt;br /&gt;
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::I've moved the article to &amp;quot;Bill Clinton&amp;quot; and created redirects for all the other forms of the name.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::[[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 21:20, 5 March 2007 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Impeached? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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From everything I've learned, Bill Clinton didn't get impeached. He was on the verge of being impeached and resigned. Article needs to be fixed if thats the case.&lt;br /&gt;
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:I think you're thinking of [[Richard Nixon]].  Clinton _was_ impeached, but went on with running the country anyway.  --[[User:BDobbs|BDobbs]] 23:55, 3 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Impeachment is a term not for removal, but for a vote of trial.  President Clinton was impeached, and put on trial.  He was not convicted. President Clinton was convicted in another matter, of a Felony.  He lost his law license because of that perjury conviction.   President Nixon was threatened with Impeachment, but never was there a vote, or trial. --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:50, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:: Bill Clinton was convicted of a felony?  cite, please?  He gave up his law license and paid a $25,000 fine to the Arkansas bar in exchange for no criminal charges being filed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/clinton.lewinsky/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  It's not exactly scot-free or exoneration, but it's also not a felony conviction.  -- [[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 03:59, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Yes, one step ahead, it seems. He essentially pleaded &amp;quot;Nolo Contendre&amp;quot;, and for doing so, was spared the humilation of being convicted.  Sorry for my inexcuseable error in mistating a conviction, when on a technicality, he really wasn't. [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/01/19/clinton.lewinsky/] &lt;br /&gt;
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- In a disciplinary action never before taken against a sitting U.S. president, an Arkansas Supreme Court panel has filed suit to strip Bill Clinton of his license to practice law &lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;The conduct of Mr. Clinton ... was motivated by a desire to protect himself from the embarrassment of his own conduct,&amp;quot; the Arkansas State Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct declared in its five-page lawsuit, filed on Friday at about 3:45 p.m. (4:45 p.m. EDT) with the Pulaski County Circuit Court clerk in Little Rock.[http://archives.cnn.com/2000/LAW/06/30/clinton.disbarment.02/]&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
--~ [[User:TK|TK]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:11, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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As far as I can tell, he didn't plead nolo contendre either, ''because there weren't any charges filed''.  Your quote isn't about a plea; it isn't even about charges being filed.  It's about a lawsuit being filed.  Civil cases aren't criminal.  Lawsuits being filed aren't lawsuits being decided.  Agreements to avoid charges aren't convictions, or guilty pleas, or even nolo contendre pleas.&lt;br /&gt;
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In your mind, was Rush Limbaugh convicted of a felony in the oxycontin case?  He paid a fine and agreed to drug testing for some number of years in exchange for charges not being filed. --[[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 04:15, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*What a throughly mean spirited and nasty person you must be. Let it go.  I admitted my mistake.  What has happened to you in your life to make you this way? I don't condone anyone in the public eye getting treatment others wouldn't get. It is no matter if its Clinton or Limbaugh, and that should be obvious. That you thought I would condone Limbaugh's illegal activities, and not Clinton's speaks to your mind-set.  --~ [[User:TK|TK]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User_talk:TK|MyTalk]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:17, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:: And that you would assume I thought knew the answer to my honest question speaks to yours. --[[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 04:23, 14 April 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Bin Laden ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This article goes to great lengths to link the rise of Bin Laden to Clinton, but the old blighter doesn't get a mention in the article on Dubya.  Why so? (Need I ask!) [[User:Mralph72|Mralph72]] 08:51, 5 May 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Impeachment quote ==&lt;br /&gt;
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it is totally unclear where  &amp;quot;they have made promiscuous use of it&amp;quot; is supposed to fit in - maybe someone knows? [[User:PFoster|PFoster]] 17:21, 14 July 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== The Senate subsequently voted to acquit Clinton. ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Having this follow the bit about Flynt makes it look as though there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the offer and the acquittal. That may be the case, and it may be nothing more than an interesting coincidence. If it is the case, a charge of that gravity would need to be backed up with a reference, according to the C-pedia rules. [[User:PFoster|PFoster]] 00:07, 15 July 2007 (EDT).&lt;br /&gt;
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:Really? You suppose was cause-and-effect between Flynt blackmailing Senators for private conduct &amp;amp; [[Jim Jeffords]] jumping parties in 2001?  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:46, 15 July 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I have no idea, nor do I really care. My point is that the way the article is phrased IMPLIES a relationship without documenting it. You want that kind of implication to be on this website without any sort of evidence, that's fine by me. [[User:PFoster|PFoster]] 14:49, 15 July 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's look at the contrast; without it, the implication is the impeachment charges were all bogus and without foundation, and Clinton was somehow victimized.  Whereas the historical record shows, Clinton defenders were quit upfront about using blackmail &amp;amp; a &amp;quot;scorched earth&amp;quot; policy to defend Clinton, and even went so far as naming names.  Clinton defenders for example publicly claimed they had evidence of homosexual activity by [[Trent Lott]] in his college days, and judging by Lotts reaction to the House Impeachment as reported by House Judiciary Committee Councel [[David Schippers]], [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200012/ai_n8927884/pg_2] it's up to the reader to decide why the evidence in the Clinton Impeachment case was buried.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 15:13, 15 July 2007 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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So much for discussion, I guess. Look - if C-pedia wants to make the association between Flynt's seedy offer and the Senate's ruling a part of the article (an association which is about as subtle as a banjo as it's phrased here), so be it. At least edit it it so as to have the House and Senate results follow each other instead of being in separate paragraphs...and to spell &amp;quot;acquit&amp;quot; properly.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:PFoster|PFoster]] 00:07, 15 July 2007 (EDT).&lt;br /&gt;
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:::These are the facts: (1) Stephanoplous &amp;amp; Carville made public statements that others would be outed if Clinton was impeached; (2) Larry Flynt, an old frined of Carville and of Clinton's college roommate at George Washington University, [[Strobe Talbott]], publicly and in a high profile manner interfered with a Consitutional process by offering reward money for blackmail information, never mind if the information was true or not, and stated exactly why he did so; (3) the Senate voted to acquit. (4) Stephanoplous, Carville, Flynt, Clinton, and every Senator who voted to acquit is just going to have to live with those facts.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 21:13, 15 July 2007 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Bill Clinton</title>
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'''William Jefferson''' &amp;quot;Bill&amp;quot; '''Clinton'''   '''(August 19, 1946 - present)''' served as the 42nd [[President of the United States of America]] from 1993-2000, following [[George H. W. Bush]] and preceding [[George W. Bush]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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== Early Life ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Jefferson Blythe Jr. died in a car accident while his mother was pregnant with him. Clinton's mother later married Roger Clinton, and the four year-old William was given his stepfather's name.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton was active in high school, participating in various student government organizations as well as playing the saxophone. Roger Clinton, however, made Bill's family life unpleasant by repeatedly abusing Clinton's mother and her children. Bill Clinton would eventually stand up to his stepfather in high school, forcing his stepfather to stop beating his mother and kicking him out of the house.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50652&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After Roger Clinton underwent alcohol rehabilitation, he would eventually rejoin the family. &lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton attended [[Georgetown University]], then [[Oxford University]] after receiving a prestigious [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. He also then  earned a Juris Doctorate from [[Yale University]] in 1973. At Yale he met [[Hillary Clinton|Hillary Rodham]], whom he would later marry &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early Political Career  ==&lt;br /&gt;
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After returning to live in Arkansas, Clinton was elected [[Attorney General]] of Arkansas in 1976. Two years later, he was elected Governor of Arkansas, becoming the youngest governor in the country at 32 years-old. Though defeated in 1980, Clinton won back the governorship in 1982 and held it until becoming President in 1992.&lt;br /&gt;
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In December 1989 a three-judge district federal court held Bill Clinton's state-wide legislative reapportionment plan violated Section 2 of the [[Voting Rights Act|Voting Rights Act of 1965]], 42 U.S.C. 1973.  1990 the [[Supreme Court]] of the United States found in the case of ''[[Clinton vs Jeffers]]'' &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Findings of the Supreme Court of the United States in [http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/briefs/1990/sg900402.txt Clinton vs Jeffers] No. 90-394 (1990) on appeal 730 F. Supp. 196, 198-201 (ED Ark. 1989) (three-judge court), aff'd, No. 89-2008 (Jan. 7, 1991).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the former Arkansas Governor and [[Democratic]] president had violated the Voting Rights Act. The Justices findings were,&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|Bill Clinton does not dispute here -- that &amp;quot;violations of the [[Fourteenth amendment|fourteenth]] or [[fifteenth amendment]] justifying equitable relief have occurred in Arkansas.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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In May 1990, the district court turned to those claims, holding that &amp;quot;the State of Arkansas has committed a number of constitutional violations of the voting rights of black citizens.&amp;quot; J.S. App. A5. In particular, the court determined that the &amp;quot;State has systematically and deliberately enacted new majority-vote requirements for municipal offices, in an effort to frustrate black political success in elections traditionally requiring only a plurality to win.&amp;quot;  In 1990...Devotion to majority rule for local offices lay dormant as long as the plurality system produced white office-holders. But whenever black candidates used this system successfully -- and victory by a plurality has been virtually their only chance of success in at-large elections in majority-white cities – the response was swift and certain. Laws were passed in an attempt to close off this avenue of black political victory.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The court therefore concluded that&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|This series of laws represents a systematic and deliberate attempt to reduce black political opportunity. Such an attempt is plainly unconstitutional. It replaces a system in which blacks could and did succeed, with one in which they almost certainly cannot. The inference of [[bigotry|racial motivation]] is inescapable.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Scandals===&lt;br /&gt;
Clinton was known to have been involved in several scandals while Governor of Arkansas. He used Arkansas state policemen to arrange for him to meet women outside of marriage.  He also may have been involved in smuggling cocaine through an airport in [[Mena, Arkansas]], although these allegations are disputed by some.&lt;br /&gt;
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His close personal business partnerships with James and Susan McDougall in a failed Savings and Loan business venture lead to investigation of the [[Whitewater]] affair. Several of the people involved with the sale of land prior to the Clinton presidency were indicted, but prosecutors were never able to charge the Clintons with a crime because Susan McDougall would not cooperate with investigators.  Clinton later pardoned Susan McDougall for her role in the Whitewater affair.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Presidency==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Somalia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Poster to end the &amp;quot;racist occupation of Somalia&amp;quot;; eighteen US soldiers were killed and some of their bodies were dragged through the streets, [http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_id=13022]]]&lt;br /&gt;
Clinton won in the [[United States presidential election of 1992]] with 43% of the popular vote versus President [[George H. W. Bush's]] 37%, capitalizing on public discontent with a weak economy and public displeasure with Bush's proposed tax increases, and Ross Perot, a third candidate.  In his first two years in office, 1993 through 1994, Clinton was unable to &amp;quot;reform&amp;quot; health-care in the United States with a [[socialism| socialized]] health-care plan.  It was a tough sell in the wake of the collapse of Soviet Bloc only a few years earlier.   His approach consisted of appointing a planning committee with secret members to reshape this important sector of the economy.{{fact}} The [[Association of American Physicians and Surgeons]] successfully sued to force disclosure of the committee financing, expenses and membership. The program ultimately became so unpopular after two years the Democratically controlled Congress shielded its members records by never bringing it to floor for a vote.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1994, voters expressed their high disapproval of a Congress controlled by Democrats by giving a victory to Republicans in Congress.  This event was tagged the &amp;quot;Republican Revolution,&amp;quot; and began a series of showdowns with the Republican-led Congress.{{fact}} These showdowns were epitomized by the budget conflict with then-Speaker of the House [[Newt Gingrich]] in 1995. Gingrich refused to pass Clinton's budget proposal, and the latter threatened to shut down the government as Reagan had done in the 1980s.  Clinton did not back down, however, and eventually had his budget passed &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/commentprint082800d.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. This showdown backfired for the Republicans, as it reinvigorated Clinton's flagging approval ratings. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Clinton_approval_rating.JPG&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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In late 1995, President Clinton dispatched some 20,000 U.S. troops to [[Bosnia]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton was reelected in the [[United States presidential election of 1996]] and carried 49.2% of the popular vote against Republican candidate  ([[Robert Dole | Bob Dole]]), who won 41%, and &amp;quot;populist&amp;quot; candidate, [[H. Ross Perot]], who won 8%. During Clinton's second term, together with the Republican-controlled Congress, he produced record federal budget surpluses reaching $236 billion by the year 2000, and representing a net federal budget gain of $526 billion.  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://www.uuforum.org/deficit.htm Congressional Budget Office figures]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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He spent much of the remainder of his presidency combating scandals. A special prosecutor's report was not released until well into Clinton's second term, and brought documented evidence of Clinton giving false testimony in the Paula Jones civil lawsuit while President which resulted in his impeachment and disbarment from the legal profession.{{fact}} The main charge was that he had committed perjury in a civil suit.  The perjured testimony directly related to  an attempt to defraud the plaintiff of damages. The Senate failed to make clear what constitutes high crimes and misdemeanors. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.australianpolitics.com/usa/clinton/trial/statements/lieberman.shtml Statement by Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Connecticut)], Congressional Record for Friday, February 12, 1999.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1998 the [[Good Friday Agreement]] was signed between Northern Ireland's Nationalist and Unionist parties and the British and Irish governments. Clinton took part in brokering the deal, phoning the participants in negotiations, at Senator Mitchel's behest, and hosted Unionist and Nationalist leaders at the White House. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/10/nclinton.ireland.api/]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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During Clinton's presidency the [[terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]] conducted the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993, simultaneous bombings of the US embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, and the attack on the [[USS Cole]] in 2000.   Terrorist leader [[Osama bin Laden]] &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.bannerofliberty.com/OS8-98MQC/8-24-1998.1.html Did Bill Clinton Smooth the Way for Bin Laden to Become the World's Most Successful Terrorist?], Mary Mostert, Original Sources, August 24, 1998.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; issued two public [[fatwa]]s declaring War on America. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.kimsoft.com/2001/binladenwar.htm Bin Laden's Declaration of War], 1998.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In the 1998 fatwa &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bernard Lewis, [http://www.msu.edu/course/iss/325/stein/read-325-3.htm#Lewis License to Kill], Foreign Affairs, November/December 1998.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; bin Laden told ''[[Jihad|jihadist]]s'' worldwide,  &lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge, but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by [[Allah]] and you withdrew; the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the &amp;quot;heart&amp;quot; of every Muslim and a remedy to the &amp;quot;chests&amp;quot; of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut, [[Aden]] and [[Mogadishu]]. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/context.jsp?item=a1097mohamedinterview&amp;amp;scale=0#a1097mohamedinterview October 1997: [[Ali Mohamed]] Tells FBI He Helped Al-Qaeda Kill US Soldiers, But FBI Takes No Action]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Bin Laden told ''ABC News'' at the time, &amp;quot;We do not have to differentiate between military or civilian.  As far as we are concerned, they are all targets.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;The 9-11 Commission Report, [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/sec2.pdf2. The Foundation of the New Terrorism], Official Government Edition, GPO, 2004.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Suspicions often arose during Clinton's tenure about the timing of [[cruise missile]] attacks to manipulate public sympathy at crucial points when his approval ratings sagged.  On several occasions &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=NzhjODk1ODg4M2NiODU4Yzc3YWE1OTA1MDNmYWQ5M2Y= The Facts About Clinton and Terrorism], Byron York, ''National Review Online'', September 11, 2006. &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; generally when the approval ratings dipped to 47%, surprise cruise missile attacks &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/12/21/wwwh8d21.html Airstrikes Against Iraq: 'What Happens Now?'], U.S. Information Agency ''Daily Digest'', December 21, 1998. &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; where launched which resulted in a 10 point gain in the public opinion polls.  Nick Gillespie of ''Reason'' remarked,&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Consider, for instance, the relative lack of scrutiny accorded the August 20 cruise missile attacks on Afghanistan and [[Sudan]] … immediately after the bombing, polls showed that close to half of all Americans thought the missile strikes were meant to divert attention from the president's sex life… the Sudanese bombing suggests something else as well: If and when the public's and the media's attention shifts from the president's sex life to wider-ranging inquiries about how he makes deadly serious policy decisions…&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.reason.com/news/show/30827.html Bombs Away - Troubling questions about the U.S. attack on Sudan], ''Reason'', December 1998. &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton also signed into law the [[Violence Against Women Act]], which opened the federal courts to claims of domestic disputes between men and women, which had always been handled under state rather than federal law.  Portions regarding civil rights remedies were later found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.&lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton left office with an approval rating of 65%, the highest of any modern president, and remains the only modern president to leave office with a higher approval rating than he had when he took office. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://uspolitics.about.com/od/polls/l/bl_historical_approval.htm Presidential Approval Ratings]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Accomplishments===&lt;br /&gt;
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Although often overshadowed by the Monica Lewinsky scandal, President Clinton had quite a few accomplishments under his belt. The United States enjoyed some of the lowest umeployment rates in modern history during this time, as well as the lowest inflation rates in 30 years, and the highest homeownership in the country's history.[http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Impeachment==&lt;br /&gt;
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On Aug. 17, 1998, after relentless media attention, leaks, and news of Lewinsky's upcoming testimony, Clinton made history by becoming the first U.S. president to testify in front of a grand jury in an investigation of his own possibly criminal conduct. In an address to the nation, he admitted to having misled the public and a Federal Court over keys elements of testimony. [[Kenneth Starr]], a special prosecutor appointed to investigate the case, was instructed to pursue the matter. &lt;br /&gt;
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In the second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.  Clinton adviser and close confidant [[George Stephanopoulos]] said publicly that there would be a &amp;quot;scorched-earth policy&amp;quot; if Clinton were impeached. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.alamo-girl.com/02742.htm Insight Magazine], J Michael Waller, 6/19/00.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   Clinton previously had decried the &amp;quot;politics of personal destruction.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/weekly/standard072299.asp Bill Clinton, Historian], Peter Wehner, Jewish World Review July 22, 1999.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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During the impeachment trial, pornographer [[Larry Flynt]], an old friend of Clinton advisers [[James Carville]] and [[Strobe Talbott]], publicly offered a $1 million reward for any information about the personal lives of members of Congress that could be used for the purposes of blackmail. Although Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives, the Senate subsequently voted to acquit Clinton.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[David Gergen]], former White House Communications Director for both Presidents Reagan and Clinton, summarized the sentiments of many regarding the President's conduct:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|The deep and searing violation took place when he not only lied to the country, but co-opted his friends and lied to them....when you have gone over the line, you won't bring others into it...You don't foul the nest.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/quinn110298.htm In Washington, That Letdown Feeling], By Sally Quinn, ''The Washington Post'', November 2, 1998,  Page E01&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton lost his law license in Arkansas because he had committed perjury before a Federal judge.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was during this scandal that Clinton famously stated: &amp;quot;It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_2525000/2525339.stm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== After the Presidency ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Clinton has spent much of time since leaving office working for charitable causes such as support and fund-raising for the victims of AIDS and the Asian tsunami. In the case of the Indian Ocean tsunami, he teamed with former president [[George H.W. Bush]] to raise money for relief efforts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bill Clinton's wife, [[Hillary_Rodham_Clinton|Hillary Clinton]], was elected Senator to New York in 2000.  Reelected in 2006, she is now seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bill Clinton's Chief of Staff was John Podesta between 1998-2001.&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=625 No evidence of genocide or ethnic cleansing in Kosovo], by Rollie Keith, Global Research, July 2, 2005. &lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.zmag.org/crisescurevts/germandocs.htm Internal Documents from Germany's Foreign Office Regarding Pre-Bombardment Genocide in Kosovo].&lt;br /&gt;
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