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).
Jun 11, 1999
I have directed the deployment of approximately 7,000 U.S. military personnel as the U.S. contribution to the approximately 50,000-member, NATO-led security force (KFOR) now being deployed into Kosovo.
Jun 11, 1999
No one should do to the ethnic Serbs who live in Kosovo what their leaders did to you.
Jun 11, 1999
In this new global era, our success as a nation depends upon the collective success of the world's diverse nations.
Jun 11, 1999
It is essential to its success that we create a global economy with a human face, one that rewards work everywhere.
Jun 11, 1999
Our medical care is the best in the world, and we must make sure our health care system is, too.
Jun 11, 1999
The head of an executive agency may impose remedies... if the head of the executive agency finds that the contractor... has furnished under the contract products that have been mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or indentured child…
Jun 11, 1999
That's why more than a year and a half ago, I asked Congress to pass a strong, enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights.
Jun 10, 1999
Thank you very much. Charlie, wait a minute. Before Chairman Rangel sits down--you know, Dick Gephardt got up there and said, ``You know, the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee is as powerful as the President.'' [Laughter] Bob…
Jun 10, 1999
Because of our resolve, the 20th century is ending not with helpless indignation but with a hopeful affirmation of human dignity and human rights for the 21st century.
Jun 10, 1999
As long as he remains in power... we will provide no support for the reconstruction of Serbia.
Jun 10, 1999
We must help to give the democracies of southeastern Europe a path to a prosperous, shared future, a unifying magnet more powerful than the pull of hatred and destruction.
Jun 10, 1999
When they do, they will be safe. They will be able to reopen their schools, speak their language, practice their religion, choose their leaders, and shape their destiny.
Jun 10, 1999
This victory brings a new hope that when a people are singled out for destruction... the world will not look the other way.
Jun 10, 1999
A necessary conflict has been brought to a just and honorable conclusion.
Jun 10, 1999
The skies over Yugoslavia are silent. The Serb army and police are withdrawing from Kosovo. The demands of an outraged and united international community have been met.
Jun 10, 1999
President Asks the Congress To Add Funding To Strengthen Embassy Security and To Meet Supreme Court Requirements for 2000 Census
Jun 10, 1999
I absolutely reject the theory that some people have advanced that what he did was worse than he would have done if we hadn't bombed as early as we did.
Jun 10, 1999
You helped to put the lie to Mr. Milosevic's campaign of ethnic cleansing and killing in two ways, not one.
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