Clinton was born and raised in Arkansas and attended Georgetown University, University College, Oxford, and Yale Law School. He met Hillary Rodham at Yale and married her in 1975. After graduating from law school, Clinton returned to Arkansas and won election as the attorney general of Arkansas, serving from 1977 to 1979. He later served as governor of Arkansas. Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating George Bush. At age 46,
Clinton presided over the longest period of peacetime in American history. He passed welfare reform and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, as well as some other policies. During the last three years of Clinton's presidency, the government reported a budget surplus, the first since 1969. In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the second U.S. president impeached. The impeachment was based on accusations that Clinton committed perjury and obstruction of justice to hide his affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 22-year-old intern.
Clinton left office with the highest approval rating of any U.S. president since World War II and has received high scores in the historical rankings of U.S. presidents. In 2004, Clinton published his autobiography, My Life. In addition, he secured the release of two American journalists imprisoned by North Korea, visiting the capital Pyongyang in 2009 and negotiating their release with then-North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. He is currently still alive.
Fun Facts:
- When Clinton's mother was in school to become an anesthetist, his grandparents raised him.
- Clinton was a great student and musician.
- Clinton has won multiple Grammys.
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Did not know that Clinton had won Grammys.
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