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...years ago (1993)Gen. John Vessey, who lives near Garrison in Crow Wing County, is being sent to Vietnam by Pres. Bill Clinton. Vessey will visit April 18-19 to assess Vietnam's cooperation in accounting for Americans missing since the war...
...margin, the most executive orders per year?Answer: Jimmy Carter. Gerald Ford is second, Ronald Reagan is third, Bill Clinton is fourth, and George H.W. Bush is fifth. George W. Bush and Barack Obama bring up the rear and are essentially...
...Contract With America - and even impeached the president rather than just trying to block him with grudging inertia. And Bill Clinton relished the open jousting of the See GUEST OPINION, Page 7A1995-96 fight over a government shutdown.For today's...
...Hanks wins the Oscar for "Forrest Gump." Pete Sampras wins his third straight Wimbledon title. And Newt Gingrich and Bill Clinton clash over when to balance the budget.It's retro but true: The budget wars are about to make it 1995 all over again...
...governmental power is divided. In the 1980's, Ronald Reagan had to make deals with a Democratic Congress. In the 1990's Bill Clinton had to work out compromises with a Republican House. Reagan and Clinton were both champion schmoozers. But those were...
...midnight deadline.The longest shutdown in U.S. history, which also happens to be the most recent, occurred during Bill Clinton's presidency and lasted 21 days, from Dec. 15, 1995, until Jan. 6, 1996. It came only a month after a five-day...
...considering the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that was passed by Congress and signed into law by former President Bill Clinton. The high court is also considering California's Proposition Eight, a measure voted on by the people of California...
...the support of the one group that has more authority than almost any other: the parents of the children who died.If Bill Clinton found his voice after the Oklahoma City bombing, Barack Obama found his after the Newtown shootings. The day he delivered...
...supreme ruler. All that was missing was a scepter, a crown and a robe trimmed in ermine.This president exceeds even Bill Clinton in his ability to evade, prevaricate and dissemble. I didn't think that possible.Not only did he supply long answers...
...session) I caught my first glimpse of the Hubert H. Humphrey statue that was unveiled and dedicated by former President Bill Clinton in August. It's a good likeness and it's enhanced by famous quotations by the vice president and U.S. senator...