Clinton


 * PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON**

Miller Center (University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/clinton My Website Spotlight blog post http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-bill-clinton.html
 * Bill Clinton**

Clinton Years (FRONTLINE) [use material from here throughout this module] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/ My Website Spotlight blog post http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-clinton-years.html

Bill Clinton bio https://youtu.be/w2yX0JAn10Y

Miller Center http://millercenter.org/president/clinton

Campaign commercials http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1992 http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1996

Giant Sucking Sound - Ross Perot 1992 Presidential Debate http://youtu.be/Rkgx1C_S6ls

Inside the Real Black Hawk Down | No Man Left Behind http://youtu.be/O1uvpakorog

The Death of Yugoslavia 1990 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdS9M7oSVOg

Impeachment


 * Election of 1992**

Summary of 1992 presidential election (Miller Center, University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/3

1. Republican George H.W. Bush (Bush #41). Incumbent President Seemed to lack the "vision thing." Faulted for concentrating on foreign policy.

2. Democrat Bill Clinton. Arkansas governor. "New democrat." More toward center. Democrats countered: "it's the economy, stupid."

3. Ross Perot. Texas billionaire led a third–party bid. Google Images of Ross Perot http://bit.ly/I1wBfH

4. Clinton won electoral college (with only 43% of popular vote)

Campaign commercials website (Living Room Candidate) http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1992


 * Somalia ("Black Hawk Down") 1993**

Ambush in Mogadishu (FRONTLINE) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/ My Website Spotlight blog post http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2012/06/website-spotlight-ambush-in-mogadishu.html

Interviews with Rangers on the Black Hawk Down mission http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ambush/interviews/

Critical analysis of Task Force Ranger (National Security Archive) [|http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB63/doc10.pdf]

How a US Marine became leader of Somalia

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/12/world/how-a-us-marine-became-leader-of-somalia.html


 * 1994 Congressional elections**

Campaign and election of 1994 (Miller Center, University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/3

Republicans won both houses of Congress for the first time since 1954.

Newt Gingrich became the outspoken/controversial House Speaker.

Republicans offered a "Contract with America": a list of reforms to be passed during the first One Hundred Days. http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/3


 * Government Shutdown**

Congressional Republicans shut down government over balanced budget

They were seen by many as ideologically inflexible.


 * Presidential Election of 1996**

Summary of 1996 presidential election (Miller Center, University of Virginia) http://millercenter.org/president/clinton/essays/biography/3

President Clinton seen as reasonable and moderate Protector of certain federal programs that Congress attacked. Gained support of women, who benefited from such programs.

Campaign commercials (Living Room Candidate) http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1992


 * War in Europe: Kosovo**

War In Europe | FRONTLINE | PBS []

Balkans War: a brief guide http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17632399

20 Years Since the Bosnian War (In Focus: photos selected by Alan Taylor in The Atlantic magazine) http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/04/20-years-since-the-bosnian-war/100278/

NATO Chief Sees Parallels Between Syria and Balkans (New York Times) []

The Breakup of Yugoslavia/Civil War in Bosnia http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1483/1518969/DIVI725.jpg

Map: Ethnic groups in the former Yugoslavia, 1992


 * Impeachment** attempted over the Monica Lewinsky affair

Finding Dulcinea: On This Day: President Clinton Admits to Affair With Monica Lewinsky []

Finding Dulcinea: On This Day: Senate Opens Hearings on the Impeachment of President Clinton []

Impeachment summary (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/clinton.htm

Impeachment summary (BBC News) []

Clinton Impeachment (Famous Trials) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm My Website Spotlight blog post http://thelearningprofessor.blogspot.com/2011/12/website-spotlight-clinton-impeachment.html


 * Bill Clinton legacy**

"Breathtakingly bright but capable of doing really dumb things."

What do you think his legacy will be?


 * Hillary Clinton's present and future role**.