TAKE THE BILL CLINTON QUIZ: Find the lies, exagerrations and misrepresentations.

White House Archives
William J. Clinton
Forty-Second President 1993-2001
Born: August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas
Married to Hillary Rodham Clinton

During the administration of William Jefferson Clinton, the U.S. enjoyed more peace and economic well being than at any time in its history. He was the first Democratic president since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term. He could point to the lowest unemployment rate in modern times, the lowest inflation in 30 years, the highest home ownership in the country's history, dropping crime rates in many places, and reduced welfare roles. He proposed the first balanced budget in decades and achieved a budget surplus. As part of a plan to celebrate the millennium in 2000, Clinton called for a great national initiative to end racial discrimination.

After the failure in his second year of a huge program of health care reform, Clinton shifted emphasis, declaring "the era of big government is over." He sought legislation to upgrade education, to protect jobs of parents who must care for sick children, to restrict handgun sales, and to strengthen environmental rules.

President Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas, three months after his father died in a traffic accident. When he was four years old, his mother wed Roger Clinton, of Hot Springs, Arkansas. In high school, he took the family name.

He excelled as a student and as a saxophone player and once considered becoming a professional musician. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service.

Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas.

He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas's Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born.

Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until he defeated incumbent George Bush and third party candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 presidential race.

Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership. For the first time in 12 years both the White House and Congress were held by the same party. But that political edge was brief; the Republicans won both houses of Congress in 1994.

In 1998, as a result of issues surrounding personal indiscretions with a young woman White House intern, Clinton was the second U.S. president to be impeached by the House of Representatives. He was tried in the Senate and found not guilty of the charges brought against him. He apologized to the nation for his actions and continued to have unprecedented popular approval ratings for his job as president.

In the world, he successfully dispatched peace keeping forces to war-torn Bosnia and bombed Iraq when Saddam Hussein stopped United Nations inspections for evidence of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He became a global proponent for an expanded NATO, more open international trade, and a worldwide campaign against drug trafficking. He drew huge crowds when he traveled through South America, Europe, Russia, Africa, and China, advocating U.S. style freedom.

How about a list:

The following is a PARTIAL list of deaths of persons connected to and/or during President Clinton's tenure as Governor of Arkansas and the President of the United States. Read the list and judge for yourself.

JAMES MCDOUGAL - Clinton's convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. McDougal was a key witness in Kenneth Starr's investigation of Whitewater.

MARY MAHONEY - A former White House intern was murdered July 6, 1997, while working at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown. The murder happened during the pre-trial publicity surrounding the Paula Jones lawsuit; days after Newsweek's Mike Isakoff dropped hints that a former White House staffer was about to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. The murder is unsolved.

VINCENT FOSTER - Former White House counselor, and former colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose law firm. Foster was found dead July 10, 1993 of a gunshot to the head, ruled a suicide.

RON BROWN - Secretary of Commerce and former Democratic National Committee Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in the plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported a "hole" in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors.

C. VICTOR RAISER II - Former National Finance Co-Chairman of Clinton Campaign and son MONTGOMERY RAISER died in a private plane crash in Alaska, July 30, 1992. Raiser was described as a "major player" in the Clinton organization by DeeDee Meyers.

PAUL TULLEY - Democrat National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 24, 1992. Described by Clinton as a "dear friend and trusted advisor".

ED WILLEY - Clinton fund raiser. Found dead Nov. 30, 1993 deep in the woods in Virginia of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide, Willey died on the same day his wife KATHLEEN WILLEY claimed that Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office in the White House. Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.

JERRY PARKS - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock, Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Parks' son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

JAMES BUNCH - Died from a gunshot suicide. Reported to have a "black book" of people containing names of influential people who visited prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas.

JAMES WILSON - Was found dead May 18, 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. Was reported to have ties with Whitewater.

KATHY FERGUSON - Ex-Wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson died in May 1994. She was found dead in her living room with a gunshot wound to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she was going somewhere. Danny Ferguson is a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Kathy Ferguson was reported as a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

BILL SHELTON - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancee of KATHY FERGUSON. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancee, he was found dead in June 1994 of a gunshot wound, also ruled a suicide, at the gravesite of his fiancee.

GANDY BAUGH - Attorney for Clinton friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out of a window of a tall building Jan 1, 1994. His client was a convicted drug distributor.

FLORENCE MARTIN - Accountant subcontractor for the CIA related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. Dead of three gunshot wounds.

SUZANNE COLEMAN - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died of a gunshot wound to back of head, ruled suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.

PAULA GROBER - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death Dec 9, 1992. She died in a one-car accident.

DANNY CASOLARO - investigative reporter. Investigating Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparent suicide, in the middle of his investigation.

PAUL WILCHER - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with CASOLARO and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993 in his Washington DC apartment. He had delivered his report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death.

JON PARNELL WALKER - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corporation. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Va., apartment balcony Aug. 15, 1993. He was investigating Morgan Guarranty scandal.

BARBARA WISE - Commerce Department staffer - worked with RON BROWN and JOHN HUANG. Cause of death unknown. Died Nov. 29, 1996. Her bruised nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.

CHARLES MEISSNER - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave JOHN HUANG special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.

DR. STANLEY HEARD - Chair National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory committee died with his attorney STEVE DICKSON in a small plane crash. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather, and brother.

BARRY SEAL - Drug running pilot out of Mena, Arkansas. Death cause unknown, not believed to be an accident.

JOHNY LAWHON JR - Mechanic, found a check made out to Clinton in the trunk of a car left in his repair shop. Died when his car hit a utility pole.

STANLEY HUGGINS - Investigated Madison Guarantee. Death was ruled a suicide. His report was never released.

HERSHEL FRIDAY - Attorney and Clinton fund raiser died March 1, 1994, when his plane exploded.

KEVIN IVES and DON HENRY - Known as "the boys on the track" case. Reports say the boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas Airport drug operation. Controversial case where initial report of death was due to falling asleep on railroad track. Later reports claim the two had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FOLLOWING SIX PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:

KEITH CONEY - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck July, 1988.
KEITH MCMASKLE - Died stabbed 113 times, Nov., 1988.
GREGORY COLLINS - Died from a gunshot wound Jan., 1989.
JEFF RHODES - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April, 1989.
JAMES MILAN - Found decapitated, coroner ruled the death due to natural causes.
JORDAN KETTLESON - Found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June, 1990
. RICHARD WINTERS - Suspect in the IVES/HENRY deaths. Killed in robbery attempt in July, 1989.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE FOLLOWING FORMER CLINTON BODY GUARDS ARE DEAD:

Major William S. Barkely, Jr.
Captain Scott J. Reynolds
Sgt. Brian Haney
Sgt. Tim Sabel
Major General William Robertson
Col. William Densberger
Col. Robert Kelly
Spec. Gary Rhodes
Steve Willis
Robert Williams
Conway LeBleu
Todd McKeehan

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