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MEDAL AND FAN Select all that apply. Select Bill Clinton's achievements during his presidency. A. He balanced the national budget for the first time in 30 years. B. He helped negotiate peace agreements between Israeli and PLO leaders. C. He helped bring about a stock-market surge, low unemployment, minimal inflation, and general prosperity. D. He supported a welfare reform billed that increased the number of people receiving welfare. E. His administration brought warring parties from Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia together to discuss peace agreements.

OpenStudy (paki):

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Domestic accomplishments of President Clinton: Presided over the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in American history Signed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, cutting taxes for fifteen million low-income families, making tax cuts available to 90 percent of small businesses, and raising taxes on the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers Passed welfare reform and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), providing health coverage for millions of children Signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law and implemented Don't Ask Don't Tell in the armed services. Despite these anti-gay policies, Clinton also doubled federal funding for HIV/AIDS research, prevention and treatment and pushed for passing hate crimes laws for gays Signed the 1993 Brady Bill imposing a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases and the 1994 Omnibus Crime Bill expanding the death penalty for drug kingpins, murderers of federal law enforcement officers, and nearly 60 additional categories of violent felons Championed comprehensive health reform and the creation of universal health care, but the legislation never mustered enough support to pass Congress Was impeached for perjury before a grand jury and obstruction of justice during a lawsuit against him, both related to a scandal involving White House intern Monica Lewinski, but was eventually acquitted by the Senate Foreign policy accomplishments of President Clinton: Signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) creating a trilateral trade bloc between Mexico, Canada, and the US in 1994 Deployed American troops in Somalia and Yugoslavia as part of peacekeeping missions Ordered cruise missile strikes on terrorist targets in Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation for al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in East Africa in 1998

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