THERE are 300 million people in the United States of America. There are millions of political activists, volunteers, organizers and would-be officeholders. There are hundreds of thousands of elected officials. Yet somehow, out of all this multitude, the Republican Party has been unable to find a candidate for the White House in 2012 who inspires...
LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Seventeen years after his first PGA Tour appearance in the desert, former President Bill Clinton returned Saturday for the third round of the Humana Challenge and was in fine form, at least sartorially. As Clinton stood on the first tee box at the Palmer Private course at PGA West, a fan in the stands shouted, ''Those are...
Call me peculiar, but I'm actually enjoying the spectacle of Mitt Romney doing the Dance of the Seven Veils -- partly out of voyeurism, of course, but also because it's about time that we had this discussion. The theme of his dance, for those who haven't been paying attention, is taxes -- his own taxes. Although disclosure of tax returns is...
William Jefferson Clinton (født William Jefferson Blythe III 19. august 1946), kendt som Bill Clinton var USA's 42. præsident gennem to perioder (1993 - 2001). Medlem af det demokratiske parti. Han blev valgt fem gange som guvernør for staten Arkansas. Som præsident arbejdede Clinton for nedbringelse af underskuddet på de offentlige finanser, bedre uddannelse, strengere kontrol med salg af håndvåben samt strammere miljølovgivning. Internationalt mæglede Clinton mellem parterne i Israel-Palæstinakonflikten og i Nordirland. Blandt Clintons øvrige væsentlige udenrigspolitiske resultater er Dayton-aftalen, der afsluttede borgerkrigen i Bosnien.
Med sine 46 år ved indsættelsen var Bill Clinton den tredje yngste amerikanske president nogensinde, kun Theodore Roosevelt og John F. Kennedy var yngre. Fold ud