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Bill Clinton

Mark Rathbone looks at Bill Clinton’s political career, including some of the difficulties he faced as president

Source A President Bill Clinton with his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC, after his second inauguration as president, 20 January 1997

1 Read Source B. a To what historical events is Clinton referring when he talks of a generation of Americans who ‘triumphed over Depression, fascism and Communism’? b Why does Clinton describe the world in 1993 as ‘warmed by the sunshine of freedom’?

2 Read Source C. Why do you think President Clinton made this humiliating confession on US television?

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