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Bill Clinton

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Bill Jefferson Clinton served as the 42nd President of the United States from January 20, 1993, to January 20, 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the position of Governor of Arkansas from 1983 to 1992. During his presidency, Clinton focused on several key policies, including welfare reform, economic growth, and healthcare reform. His administration is noted for achieving a budget surplus and for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

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Sep 24, 2009

The congressional Republicans need to know that just saying no on everything and praying for the president to fail is not a good strategy.

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Sep 24, 2009

I had all these gay friends. I had all these gay couple friends. And I was hung up about it. And I decided I was wrong.

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Sep 24, 2009

I don't think that the president is being disrespectful or unheedful of General McChrystal.

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Sep 24, 2009

I think -- if I were the president's position now, I might -- I might want a little time.

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Sep 24, 2009

General McChrystal is clearly right. That is in what he says if we want to prevail there, we need more military forces.

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Sep 24, 2009

I have all these gay friends and I have all these gay couple friends. And I was hung up about it. And I decided I was wrong.

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Sep 24, 2009

Well, that's a decision he's going to have to make. But I think that he and Prime Minister Brown and President Sarkozy did exactly the right thing to bring it out in the daylight.

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Sep 24, 2009

But he hated communism, he believed in freedom. He was the best leader Russia could have had at the time. I adored him.

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Sep 24, 2009

The Congressional Republicans need to know that just saying no on everything and praying for the president to fail is not a good strategy.

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Sep 24, 2009

I do. I think that well, let me get back to the last one. You're last word -- I believe historically for 200 and something years, marriage has been a question left to the state and the religious institutions. I still think that's where it…

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Sep 24, 2009

Well, that depends on what the terms of the negotiations are. I think what they may want to do is talk to them one time anyway just to see now that they know what we know, it's just like Saddam Hussein when he was there. That you can…

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Sep 24, 2009

You know, I think he's happy about it. You know, I think he knows he's young, hip and cool.

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Sep 7, 2009

Republicans are waiting for Democrats to mess up on health care but tells 'Esquire' magazine he does believe President Obama will manage to push through health care reform, succeeding where Mr. Clinton says he failed during his tenure in…

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Aug 5, 2009

I wanted those young women to be able to come home. And I wanted our two countries to have -- the ability to decide where to go from here.

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Aug 4, 2009

A jury has convicted former Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson of taking bribes in a case where $90,000 was found in his freezer.

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Aug 2, 2009

A reliable source telling us he is headed there, in hopes of securing the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

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May 17, 2009

We're going to tell what you he's doing and where he's going.

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May 17, 2009

Mr. Clinton has traveled to the Caribbean nation several times. It is the poorest country in the western hemisphere.

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May 12, 2009

I wish him well. It's over. I wish him well. It's over. I do hope he gets more target practice before he goes out.

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Apr 29, 2009

America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants....They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people.

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Mar 10, 2009

I appreciated the fact that the president wants to send a strong signal that scientific research on everything from climate change to the genome to the embryonic stem cell was too politicized in the last eight years and he wants to put it…

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Mar 10, 2009

We have a simpler, clearer path to the future than we did when I was there. You don't have to have an employer mandate. You don't have to have a tax increase now. And the risk of a filibuster is less. I think the obstacles are less than…

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Mar 10, 2009

The status of women and girls is a key indicator of whether or not progress is possible.

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Mar 10, 2009

We have suffered through a path to the future. You don't have to have an employer mandate. You don't have to have a tax increase now. And the risk of a filibuster is less. So I think the obstacles are less than they were. Plus, the doctors…

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