[61][78] Finally, conservatives were previously united by anti-communism, but with the end of the Cold War, the party lacked a uniting issue. "The Clinton Factor: The Effects of Clinton's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election", This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 10:38. ", "Normalizing Trade Relations With China Was a Mistake", "Text of Clinton's Speech on China Trade Bill", "The epic mistake about manufacturing that's cost Americans millions of jobs", "The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade", "China really is to blame for millions of lost U.S. manufacturing jobs, new study finds", "Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court", "Appointment and swearing in of Justice Breyer, 1994", "Biographical Directory of Federal Judges", Appointment Breaks Barrier: First Openly Gay Federal Judge Assumes Duties, "Clinton's approval rating up in wake of impeachment", Clinton Leaves Office With Mixed Public Reaction, Lincoln Resumes Position as Americans' Top-Rated President: Reagan and Clinton lead among members of their respective parties, Obama Is First As Worst President Since WWII, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Voters Say Romney Would Have Been Better, "New ranking of U.S. presidents puts Lincoln at No. [204], The U.S.–China Relations Act of 2000 granted China permanent normal trade relations (NTR) status (previously called most favoured nation (MFN)) when China becomes a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), ending annual review and approval of NTR. ", Clinton's December 8, 1993 remarks on the signing of the, "When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web ... Now even my cat has its own page. [84][85], Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States on January 20, 1993. Senator from New York. [336][337] Schools have been named for Clinton,[338][339][340] and statues have been built to pay him homage.

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[29] Clinton registered for the draft and received a high number (311), meaning that those whose birthdays had been drawn as numbers 1 to 310 would be drafted before him, making it unlikely he would be called up.

In his autobiography, Clinton blames Arafat for the collapse of the summit. [178], In the midst of a brutal crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists in the province of Kosovo by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Clinton authorized the use of U.S. Armed Forces in a NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999, named Operation Allied Force. [49] Later in his presidency, in 1999, Clinton criticized the way the policy was implemented, saying he did not think any serious person could say it was not "out of whack". However, Clinton biographer John F. Harris said the program failed because of a lack of coordination within the White House. Clinton tried unsuccessfully to obtain positions in the National Guard or Air Force, and he then made arrangements to join the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at the University of Arkansas. [52], In December of the same year, allegations by Arkansas state troopers Larry Patterson and Roger Perry were first reported by David Brock in The American Spectator. "[223] The same percentage said he would be remembered as either "outstanding" or "above average" as a president, while 22 percent said he would be remembered as "below average" or "poor". [4][36] They began dating and were soon inseparable.

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[273] In 2005, Clinton criticized the Bush administration for its handling of emissions control, while speaking at the United Nations Climate Change conference in Montreal. Concise Analysis of a Complicated President Touches All the Bases. [319] Also in 2016, CNN reported the Clintons combined to receive more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until spring 2015. [44][45][46] He worked on educational reform and directed the maintenance of Arkansas's roads, with wife Hillary leading a successful committee on urban health care reform. [301] After Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim issued a pardon.

In 2018, Clinton was asked in several interviews about whether he should have resigned, and he said he had made the right decision in not resigning. He also appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. Bill Clinton: The 42nd President, 1993-2001, MP3 CD, Livre audio, Audio MP3, Super Audio CD. Clinton was only 32 years old when he took office, the youngest governor in the country at the time and the second youngest governor in the history of Arkansas. Euna Lee and Laura Ling had been imprisoned for illegally entering the country from China. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.

[192] He died in 2006, before the completion of the trial. [119] Paul Yandura, speaking for the White House gay and lesbian liaison office, said Clinton's signing DOMA "was a political decision that they made at the time of a re-election". [21][24] British writer and feminist Sara Maitland said of Clinton, "I remember Bill and Frank Aller taking me to a pub in Walton Street in the summer term of 1969 and talking to me about the Vietnam War. Nous utilisons des cookies et des outils similaires pour faciliter vos achats, fournir nos services, pour comprendre comment les clients utilisent nos services afin de pouvoir apporter des améliorations, et pour présenter des annonces. [169] President Clinton has referred to the failure of the U.S. government to intervene in the genocide as one of his main foreign policy failings, saying "I don't think we could have ended the violence, but I think we could have cut it down. [135][136] Despite the evidence,[135][137] the Chinese government denied all accusations. [317] Bill and Hillary Clinton have each earned millions of dollars from book publishing. The Act forbade the military from inquiring about an individual's sexual orientation. Batts was confirmed by the Senate in a voice vote in 1994. [223] Forty-seven percent of the respondents identified themselves as being Clinton supporters. [320] In May 2015, The Hill reported that Bill and Hillary Clinton have made more than $25 million in speaking fees since the start of 2014, and that Hillary Clinton also made $5 million or more from her book, Hard Choices, during the same time period. [128] Under Clinton's leadership, federal funding for HIV/AIDS research, prevention and treatment more than doubled. Brock later apologized to Clinton, saying the article was politically motivated "bad journalism", and that "the troopers were greedy and had slimy motives". His 373 judicial appointments are the second most in American history behind those of Ronald Reagan. [235] The claim "Slick Willie" would last throughout his presidency.

[143], In the 1996 presidential election, Clinton was re-elected, receiving 49.2 percent of the popular vote over Republican Bob Dole (40.7 percent of the popular vote) and Reform candidate Ross Perot (8.4 percent of the popular vote). Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion i… Vous écoutez un extrait de l'édition audio Audible. [295] Many were especially critical of him following his remarks in the South Carolina primary, which Obama won. et plus de huit millions d'autres livres sont disponibles pour, Consulter la page Michael Tomasky d'Amazon, Traduire tous les commentaires en français, Afficher ou modifier votre historique de navigation, Recyclage (y compris les équipements électriques et électroniques), Annonces basées sur vos centres d’intérêt. [20], Upon graduating from Georgetown in 1968, Clinton won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford, where he initially read for a B.Phil. [366], Clinton has two more Grammy nominations for his audiobooks: Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World in 2007 and Back to Work in 2012. [143] Merletti wanted to reroute the motorcade, but the alternate route would add forty-five minutes to the drive time.