Presidency of Bill Clinton

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    result of the soaring tax rates, the economy fell into a recession in 1981. Unemployment rates went up and many businesses went bankrupt. I don’t think Bush handled this well at all. He broke the promise that got him the presidency to millions of hopeful Americans. During his presidency, Bush launched a full-scale air assault and ground invasion against Iraq as part of the Persian Gulf War in retaliation to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The United States quickly intervened for a number of reasons.…

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    One democratic candidate that intrigues many people is Hillary Clinton. According to On the Issues, education is top priority in Democrat Presidency. Hillary Clinton wants to make college affordable for students. She noted that “ College is supposed to help people achieve their dreams, but more and more [students] paying for college [will] actually push those dreams further and further out of reach”. Clinton wants to take away debt off student’s backs, but most importantly she wants…

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    Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton, on the basis of how strong or limited they were on their domestic policies. Bill Clinton was chosen for being able to balance the budget and bring the unemployment rate down to its’ lowest. William “Bill” Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. He married Hillary Rodham in 1975 and the next year was elected attorney general of Arkansas. In 1978, he became one of the youngest…

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    Presidential Candidate Contrast: Ben Carson vs. Hillary Clinton “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”-John Quincy Adams. Electing the next president of the United States is one of the most important rights of each American Citizen, and one that should not be taken lightly. In order to make an informed decision it is imperative to research each candidate throroughly by using credible sources. It is also…

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    November 8, 2016 will be a day that will mark a transition in America’s political history, since the country will be voting for it’s 45th president. The two candidates who have a chance to win the presidency are Hillary Clinton who represents the Democratic Party and Donald Trump, who represents the Republican Party. At this point, the country is choosing between two candidates that do not have the trust and the characteristics to be the leader of the nation. According to journalists and the…

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    The 1992 Presidential Election was held on Tuesday, November 3rd. The fate of the American people was resting on three major candidates: Republican President George W Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton, and the Independent Ross Perot. During this election, Ross Perot, the third party candidate, obtained 19% of the vote, which was the highest percentage for an Independent party in American history. The race for the White House was on: Who was the stronger candidate? Who would convince the American…

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    that “if Clinton had been able to run for re-election, he would have won easily” with both the Democratic nomination, and the presidency. This came as a result of the fact that Clinton could take the credit for the achievements of his administration and good economic state the country was currently in. Since Gore had been vice-president at the time however, he could not take such credit and therefore people did not look at him in the same way they saw Clinton. The many scandals Clinton became…

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    Hillary Clinton, the nominated candidate of the democratic party, who is running for presidency. Hillary has had a very influential and vital role in the history of the US politics, from being a lawyer to becoming the First Lady and later on to Secretary of State. She has contributed to importance of education, woman’s right and poverty in the State, having work with thousands of people who have struggle and lived with needs. She also became the First Lady, after her husband Bill Clinton…

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    among them is a 1992 Presidential Election where George H.W. Bush loses to Bill Clinton. In the beginning of the election, not many people thought that Bush was going to lose. However, national priorities were shifting with the rising new generation, the baby boomers. The Domestic economic was in chaos with unemployment rate that is highest in nine years. In the contrast with Bush, young democratic candidate, Bill Clinton, was full of energy and power, and the strongest third candidates since…

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    Bill Clinton Domestic Policy

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    When President Clinton was elected, foreign policy was not something that he was expecting to be employing. Frankly, it was not something that he was at all prepared to do. On inauguration day, he was 46 years old, making him the third-youngest person to hold the oval office. His prior political experience was time as a governor and as the Attorney General for the state. The United States has just finished the Gulf War. He was elected on campaign promises that focused on fixing domestic issues.…

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