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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).
I think he will. I think we're very close to having the votes to break filibuster, and I think a filibuster would be wrong. He's a good man. He cleared the committee; he was treated fairly, in a bipartisan way. He had all those kids from…
We haven't even discussed it. I'm telling you what my instinct is. The Vice President. I don't plan to go. I think that the party chair has already expressed his intention to go. Mr. King. He will go? The Vice President. Yes. Surgeon…
I don't know. You've got to ask him. I really don't know. I talk to him all the time, but not about this. Mr. King. Would you regard it as a challenge if he did? Do you think he'll----
I don't know. One thing I've learned watching this for 30 years, is you can't tell now who will be there then. Mr. King. Mr. Gingrich will be in New Hampshire all weekend; so will you. You'll be there for Dartmouth on Sunday. Do you think…
Well, let me say--I don't want to get into critiquing every movie. There have been about 3,000 studies of the impact of constant exposure to violence on children through television and through the movies. Almost all of them, not all but…
Yes, and to take--and to just--so that people could know whether these things were consistent with what you'd want young children to see and hear. I don't believe in censorship, and I don't believe in singling Hollywood out. What I believe…
So I think it's an absolutely legitimate point for discussion. Tipper Gore, years ago, long before there was any politics in it, was talking about how we needed to take---- Mr. King. Labeling records.
Well, first of all, if I had any criticism it would be that the whole thing has been politicized, like in those comments you made. The truth is, I was talking about violence and--in rap music and movies in 1992, in 1993. I went to…
I'm not only for it, we need to do it. You can't justify this lengthy appeals process. 1993 Tragedy in Waco, Texas Mr. King. Are we going to have the full Waco story come out?
There are some good and bad--we don't have time to get into all of the details of it. There are things that I like better in some versions than others. Mr. King. But you're, in essence, for it?
Well, in addition to the antiterrorism legislation, we've been trying to pass, and I tried to pass last year and failed to do it, a bill which would reform the habeas corpus procedure, the criminal appeals procedure. Mr. King. So?
I believe we should let the investigation unfold. [The network took a commercial break] Habeas Corpus Legislation Mr. King. In this segment, concerning legislation, there's apparently a confusion over whether you're for or against an…
Well, we don't know. Nothing has happened yet. We hope, if we can get this bill out of the Senate, that the House will then move rapidly. Mr. King. What has Mr. Gingrich said about it? The Vice President. Well, he said that they might have…
Well, I wish it hadn't been necessary. But the truth is that, so far, it's increasing public access to the White House, and it hasn't interrupted traffic too much. On the weekends now, the whole Pennsylvania Avenue is just flooded with…
I'm saying that their ingrained institutional resistance to change is not only hurting the American working people, it's hurting the Japanese people. [The network took a commercial break.] Closing of Pennsylvania Avenue Mr. King. What…
We want to open the market. We don't even--we just want to open the market. Let me say for the benefit of the Americans who are watching this, this is in Japan's interest as well. Japan has suffered from low growth. The Japanese people…
I would say this: In light of what we've been through in Oklahoma City and with the World Trade Center, if we could succeed in bringing a comprehensive peace to the Middle East and then we could bring the benefits of that peace to all the…
What I think is that we have to continue to pursue a strategy of diplomacy and keeping people alive and minimizing the brutality and trying to make the peacekeeping mission work. If it fails, then we'll have to consider what our options…
We look at the progress in the Middle East. We look at progress in Northern Ireland. We look at the joy we have in the elections in South Africa. All those conflicts went on for a lot more than 4 years. And I'm proud of the role the United…
Absolutely. Mr. King. And would you serve again if asked? The Vice President. Well, I enjoy this job a great deal, and I count it a privilege to have this learning experience and to be able to work for and with President Clinton. You…
I haven't asked him yet, but if he's willing, that would be my intention. Mr. King. Okay, your intention is to run again and ask him to serve again.
I know what you're asking. The answer is, no time at all. I think it's clear that the Vice President is more closely involved with all the decisions of this administration than any of his predecessors. In the---- Mr. King. So you could…
I hereby delegate the authorities vested in the President under sections 8 and 9 of the African Conflict Resolution Act to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development.
The family and medical leave law... has caused ordinary citizens to come up to me and say, 'Thank you.'
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