Bill Clinton Accomplishments

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William Jefferson Clinton, affectionately called Bill Clinton served as the 42nd president of the United States of America from 1993 through to 2001. Clinton has had a long history of serving the American people. He has notably served as Arkansas’ Attorney General from 1977 to 1979 and later assumed the role as its Governor from 1983 to 1992. During Clinton’s tenure as president, he made significant strides and accomplishments; he can be praised with the diplomatic handling of domestic and foreign policies. His accolades includes the comprehensive health reform by spearheading the creation of universal health care proposal, the 1993 Brady Bill which imposed a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases and the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill, Clinton …show more content…

Clinton made efforts to the peace process with North Ireland which is in the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Clinton was particularly instrumental in the NATO and formed military alliances with Europe to take action against Serbia in an effort to put an end to Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansing campaign. He went further by leading “Intense efforts to lower trade and investment barriers – Completing the North America Trade agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, concluding the Uruguay of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, supporting the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO)” (Clintons Foreign Policy 2000). Clinton launched effort to address and reduce the distribution of narcotics overseas. His masterful approach and strategy “suggest a more sophisticated perception of foreign policy and purpose.” (Pearl …show more content…

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