The Final Days: The Last Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House, by Barbara Olsen
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- Bill Clinton (14)
- Hillary Clinton (5)
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Abortion
Bill Clinton: 1993: allowed abortions on overseas U.S. military bases.
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Civil Rights
Bill Clinton: 1993: Issued gays-in-military policy ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’.
Bill Clinton: 1995: On affirmative action: “mend not end”.
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Crime
Bill Clinton: Pardoned half brother Roger; 1st family member ever pardoned.
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Energy & Oil
Bill Clinton: 1997: Signed Kyoto Protocol on global warming.
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Environment
Bill Clinton: Imposed 608 pages of ergonomic rules in final days in office.
Bill Clinton: Lowered arsenic levels in drinking water.
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Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton: Alienated Jewish voters by kissing Mrs. Arafat.
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Homeland Security
Bill Clinton: 1999: Pardoned FALN Puerto Rican terrorist group.
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Principles & Values
Bill Clinton: Toni Morrison calls Clinton “first black president”.
Bill Clinton: Accepted 5-year law license suspension in Paula Jones case.
Bill Clinton: OpEd: Bill’s infidelity was enabled by state troopers.
Bill Clinton: Loses Supreme Court on sexual harassment lawsuit.
Hillary Clinton: $8M book advance not vetted by Senate ethics panel.
Hillary Clinton: Claimed no role in Travelgate firings.
Hillary Clinton: NYC offices costs taxpayers $514,000 per year.
Hillary Clinton: Accused of failing to disclose gifts as First Lady.
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War & Peace
Bill Clinton: Claimed it a “fluke” he wasn’t drafted in 1968.
Bill Clinton: Visited Vietnam to “honor sacrifice on both sides”.
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The above quotations are from The Final Days: The Last Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House, by Barbara Olsen.
Related books, debates, and candidates:
- A Woman in Charge, by Carl Bernstein
- Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, by Amanda Carpenter
- A Portrait in Her Own Words, by Claire Osborne
- Talking It Over, columns while First Lady
- It Takes a Village, 2006 edition, by Hillary Clinton
- Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America, by Roger Morris
- For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years, by Sally Bedell Smith
- Living History, by Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Hillary's Choice, by Gail Sheehy
- Her Way, by Jeff Gerth & Don Van Natta Jr.
- God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life, by Paul Kengor
- The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton, by Bay Buchanan
- The Contenders, by Laura Flanders, et al.
- Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race, by Dick Morris
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