Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. Clinton served as the Democrat governor of Arkansas before coming to the White House. Clinton is married to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY).

Clinton is most notable for moving his party to the right - encouraging Democrats to cut welfare spending, balance the federal budget, and embrace the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar.

Published Works

• My Life, Knopf, June 22, 2004, ISBN 0375414576.

Related SourceWatch Resources

• Bush administration
• Clinton administration
• Clinton administration anti-terrorism law
• Clinton administration: Homeland Defense Before 2001
• Reagan administration
• "The Path to 9/11" (2006 Docudrama)

External Links

Profiles

• William Jefferson Clinton, Official White House Biography.
• William J. Clinton Biography, AmericanPresident.org.
• Events: Bill Clinton, Harpers.org.
• Yahoo! Directory of Links on the Clinton Administration and Biographical Information on Bill Clinton.
• Bill Clinton in the Wikipedia.
• Ismail M. Asif, "The Clinton Top 100: Where Are They Now?" Center for Public Integrity, April 2, 2003.

Websites

• Clinton Presidential Materials Project.
• William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
• William J. Clinton Foundation website.
• BillClinton.org. Unofficial website.

Articles & Commentary

General News Links

• Bill Clinton, TIME Magazine newsfile.
• William J. Clinton News in the New York Times.
• Bill Clinton in The Guardian Unlimited (UK).
• Bill Clinton Speech, at the Center for American Progress.

2002

• Barton Gellman, "A Strategy's Cautious Evolution. Before Sept. 11, the Bush Anti-Terror Effort Was Mostly Ambition," Washington Post, January 20, 2002.

2005

• "Clinton says Iraq invasion was a big mistake," Associated Press (Jerusalem Post), May 16, 2005.
• Tina Brown, "Bill Clinton, Beyond the White House," Washington Post, September 22, 2006.

2006

• Faiz Shakir, "Clinton On Path To 9/11: Film Contradicts 'The Factual Findings of the 9/11 Commission'," Think Progress, September 8, 2006.
• Jeralyn Merritt, "Bill Clinton Meets Bloggers," TalkLeft.com, September 12, 2006.
• "Clinton Weighs In on Detainees, Iraq and Iran," NPR Morning Edition, September 21, 2006.
• Judd Legum, Think Progress: "FULL TRANSCRIPT: Clinton Takes On Fox News," September 22, 2006; "FLASHBACK: Days After 9/11 Commission Testimony, Wallace Doesn’t Ask Rice About Infamous PDB," September 23, 2006; and "VIDEO: Clinton Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News," September 24, 2006.
• Kenneth R. Bazinet, "Bill: At least I tried. Clinton reveals Bin Laden hit plans in Fox News rant," New York Daily News, September 23, 2006.
• "Fox Lies on Its Website Regarding What Clinton Interview Would Be About," The Rude Pundit, September 23, 2006. Warning: Includes language which may be considered offensive.
• "Rude Pundit tees off on Fox Website," The Raw Story, September 23, 2006. See comments that follow.
• Joe Gandelman, "Bill Clinton Takes On Fox News Over 911 And 'False Pretenses' Interview," The Moderate Voice, September 23, 2006.
• "Bill Clinton: I got closer to killing bin Laden," CNN, September 24, 2006.
• "Clinton Spars Over Bin Laden Record. Ex-President Accuses TV Host Of Preparing A 'Conservative Hit Job'," Associated Press/CBS News, September 24, 2006.
• "Former US president Clinton defends his record on bin Laden," Deutsche Presse Agentur (The Raw Story), September 24, 2006.
• "Dean applauds Clinton for standing up to 'Fox News' right-wing bullying and propaganda machine'," The Raw Story, September 24, 2006.
• Noel Sheppard, "Chris Wallace Talks About His Upcoming Interview With Bill Clinton," NewsBusters, September 24, 2006.
• "Chris Wallace has indeed grilled Bush officials about failing to get Osama before 9/11," Patterico's Pontifications, September 24, 2006.
• Nicolle Bell, "Olbermann’s Special Comment: Are YOURS the actions of a true American?" Crooks and Liars, September 25, 2006. Note: See 10:30-minute Video/Keith Olbermann.
• "Fox News' Live Desk cluttered with falsehoods on Clinton, Bush terrorism records" and "Kurtz highlighted Clinton's 'finger-wagging' Fox interview, ignored substance of his response to Wallace," Media Matters for America, September 25, 2006.
• Tom Blumer, "BUSTED: Clinton's Claim of Leaving Bush a 'Comprehensive Anti-Terror Strategy'," NewsBusters, September 25, 2006.
• "Media largely ignored substance of Clinton's criticism of Bush anti-terror efforts," Media Matters for America, September 26, 2006.
• Joe Sudbay, "Condi, who lied to Americans about the Iraq War, challenges Clinton," AMERICAblog, September 26, 2006.
• John Aravosis, "Condi Rice and George Bush did NOTHING after the CIA warned them that Bin Laden was determined to strike in the US" and "Bush refuses to give evidence that he did anything to stop Bin Laden pre-9/11," AMERICAblog, September 26, 2006.
• Ian Bishop, "Rice Boils Over at Bubba. Rips 'Flatly False' Claim on Bush's Bid to Get bin Laden," New York Post, September 26, 2006.
• "Rice Falsely Claims Clinton Administration Did Not Leave A ‘Strategy To Fight Al Qaeda’," Think Progress, September 26, 2006.
• Judd Legum, "Rice Falsely Claims Bush’s Pre-9/11 Anti-Terror Efforts Were ‘At Least As Aggressive’ As Clinton’s," Think Progress, September 26, 2006.
• "Fact-Checking Condi on Anti-Terror Claims," truthdig, September 26, 2006.
• Larry Womack, "2001 memo to Rice contradicts statements about Clinton, Pakistan," The Raw Story, September 26, 2006. Also see:

• January 25, 2001, memo from Richard A. Clarke to Condoleezza Rice (3-page pdf).
• 2000 "Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist Networks of al-Qida: Status and Prospects." (13-page pdf).

• Harry Fuller, "Right, left, Clinton, Fox, combustion," C|Net News, September 26, 2006.
• Brent Baker, "Instead of Assessing Clinton's Claims, Nets Portray Strategy to Motivate Democrats," NewsBusters, September 26, 2006.