ENG - William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) served as the forty-second President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the fifteenth Democrat elected to that office. He was the third-youngest president, only older than Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, is known as the first Baby Boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is a United States Senator from New York.
Clinton was described as a New Democrat and was largely known for the Third Way philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president. His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been ...
In January, U.S Rep. Kendrick Meek announced he was running for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Since declaring his candidacy, he has picked some recognizable endorsers, one of which is former President Bill Clinton. Clinton has hosted two fundraisers for Meek since he began his campaign. According to the Miami Herald, Clinton flew to Miami from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland to attend Meek’s first fundraiser hosted by Chris Korge that raised $300,000. In Jacksonville, the River Club fundraiser, which was a ...
Former US president Bill Clinton has raised more than US$500 million (S$725 million) for his foundation over the last decade from foreign governments, corporate barons and other international figures with interests in US foreign policy. Lifting a veil of secrecy aggressively protected by the former president, the William J. Clinton Foundation on Thursday disclosed a 2,922-page list of more than 200,000 benefactors.
The revelations were agreed to with President-elect Barack Obama to pave the way for Mr Clinton's wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, to become secretary of state. The list of ...
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