Compare And Contrast Obama And Bill Clinton

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A President 's efforts are the reflection of their interest in their nation. Once a president is elected, they must do what their administration has promised to do for the people they will be serving. President Bill Clinton became the 42nd president of the US States, serving from 1993 to 2001. He was affiliated with the democratic party. Same as Barack Obama, who had taken office as the 44th president and is still serving. Both presidents had served two terms and made major changes in the way America is today. Through a careful comparison and contrast of the both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton’s Presidency’s, and how they made changes to improve America’s economy, health care, education and foreign relations.
When Clinton and Obama 's administrations came into office, America was in an economic crisis on both of their terms. Despite the challenges that America was in both presidents were up for the challenge and had
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During Clinton term, he had convinced Russia to deactivated close to 2,000 nuclear warheads from their possession and he helped them improve the control they have over their nuclear materials (The Clinton-Gore Administration 3). Clinton had sent troops to place to enforce peace without any causalities from the American side. Clinton wasn’t the only president who had succeed in helping other countries handle their problems. The Obama administration had help Afghanistan and Pakistan to facilities a way to defeat the biggest terrorist group Al Qaeda. Obama also had stabilized Afghanistan and fully withdrew all American troops from Iraq (Shook 7). Obama has worked towards strength our military forces to weaken the biggest international terrorist group. Through all the work both presidents had done for this country, the relationship they formed with a foreign country was a very successful part in creating a unified environment that every country can work

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