Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (English: William Jefferson Clinton; August 19, 1946 -), commonly known as Bill Clinton (English: Bill Clinton), is an American lawyer and politician, a Democratic Party. He has served as the governor of Arkansas for a long time (1979-1981, 1983-1992) and the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). His wife is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. They married in 1975 and have a daughter, Chelsea Clinton. Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and then attended Yale Law School, where he met his future wife, Hillary Rodham. After law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas, where he was elected state attorney general and later served two non-consecutive terms as governor of Arkansas. As governor, he reformed the state's education system and served as president of the National Governors Association. In 1992, Clinton was elected president as the candidate of the "New Democratic Party", defeating then-Republican President George H.W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot. He became the first baby boomer president and the youngest to serve two terms. During the Clinton administration, the United States experienced its longest peacetime economic expansion in history. He signed NAFTA, the Brady Pistol Violence Prevention Act, failed to pass his national health care overhaul, and accepted a controversial compromise policy that would have allowed gay service members to serve openly. In the mid-1990s, following the Democratic defeat in the 1994 midterm elections, Clinton's ideology began to shift and domestic policies became more conservative. He supported and signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act and Republican-led financial deregulation measures, while still supporting liberal policies such as the state Children's Health Insurance Program. He appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the U.S. Supreme Court. In terms of foreign policy, Clinton ordered U.S. military intervention in the Bosnian and Kosovo wars, culminating in the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement. He also called for NATO expansion in Eastern Europe, with many former Warsaw Pact members joining during his presidency. Clinton's Middle East foreign policy included signing the Iraq Liberation Act, which provided aid to groups opposing Saddam Hussein. He also participated in