President Clinton raised education standards around the country, which produced increased test scores, and he increased education and training investments (“The Clinton Presidency”). In addition to this, Clinton helped increase the number of individuals attending college by increasing grants and financial aid and expanding the Federal Work-Study which allowed for 1 million students to work their way through college (“The Clinton Presidency”). The Clinton administration had many more accomplishments for example he enacted gun safety legislation, which reduced gun crimes and signed the Family and Medical Leave Act helped many Americans financially as well (“The Clinton Presidency”). When our country was in the largest debt it had seen in years,
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Bosnia was being torn apart by wars and Clinton was successful in sending over peace keeping forces. When Saddam Hussein rejected United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, he bombed Iraq (“White House”). He was a global icon and representation for an expanded NATO and welcoming opened international trading. President Clinton launched a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking (“White House”). Foreign affairs were a challenging subject that came with many uncertainties since Clinton took office at the end of the Cold War (Riley). With that said, Clinton believed for a President to be successful, he needed a comprehensive and cohesive foreign policy and wanted to be involved with other nations, not retracting from interaction with others (Riley). Clinton was noticed for getting involved and sending troops to countries that needed it, promoting international trading and peacekeeping efforts. Clinton’s presidency was not flawless and without controversy. There was scandal and he was the second President ever to face …show more content…
When the rumor of this illicit affair was whispered into the wrong ears, it did not take long for the word to get out to the entire country and a full investigation was launched on this matter. After this was brought to light President Bill Clinton muttered the infamous words, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” (Nelson, 2013). Later, he confessed that he did have an inappropriate relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. Hillary Clinton stood by his side through it all, even was he was only the second person in United States history to be impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury for purposely being untruthful to a federal Grand Jury about the nature of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky (Mitchel, 1998). During the senate trial however, he was not found guilty and survived and remained President for the rest of his term. This was widely controversial become some of the public believed his private life should have not been a public issue while others found it astonishing to have a President who represents such poor moral decisions (Nelson, 2013). Despite what happened, Clinton remained in office and apologized to public and promise it was still his goal as President to put the Country’s needs and his job first. He ended his
Bosnia was being torn apart by wars and Clinton was successful in sending over peace keeping forces. When Saddam Hussein rejected United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, he bombed Iraq (“White House”). He was a global icon and representation for an expanded NATO and welcoming opened international trading. President Clinton launched a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking (“White House”). Foreign affairs were a challenging subject that came with many uncertainties since Clinton took office at the end of the Cold War (Riley). With that said, Clinton believed for a President to be successful, he needed a comprehensive and cohesive foreign policy and wanted to be involved with other nations, not retracting from interaction with others (Riley). Clinton was noticed for getting involved and sending troops to countries that needed it, promoting international trading and peacekeeping efforts. Clinton’s presidency was not flawless and without controversy. There was scandal and he was the second President ever to face …show more content…
When the rumor of this illicit affair was whispered into the wrong ears, it did not take long for the word to get out to the entire country and a full investigation was launched on this matter. After this was brought to light President Bill Clinton muttered the infamous words, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” (Nelson, 2013). Later, he confessed that he did have an inappropriate relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. Hillary Clinton stood by his side through it all, even was he was only the second person in United States history to be impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury for purposely being untruthful to a federal Grand Jury about the nature of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky (Mitchel, 1998). During the senate trial however, he was not found guilty and survived and remained President for the rest of his term. This was widely controversial become some of the public believed his private life should have not been a public issue while others found it astonishing to have a President who represents such poor moral decisions (Nelson, 2013). Despite what happened, Clinton remained in office and apologized to public and promise it was still his goal as President to put the Country’s needs and his job first. He ended his