The International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen was awarded in the year 2000 to the President of the United States, Bill Clinton, for his special personal contribution to cooperation with the states of Europe, for the preservation of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights in Europe, and for his support of the enlargement of the European Union.

Prior to the tunnel being built, the LIRR's western terminus was Atlantic Street at Clinton Street.

In 1997, a memorandum of understanding between the US and four of the former USSR states was signed and subject to ratification by each signatory, but it was not presented to the US Senate for advice and consent by Bill Clinton.

He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has served as the United States Secretary of State since 2009 and was a Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009.

Clinton was elected president in 1992, defeating incumbent president George H. W. Bush.

In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, and after the 2010 earthquake he teamed with George W. Bush to form the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, III, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.

Although he assumed use of his stepfather's surname, it was not until Billy ( as he was known then ) turned fifteen that he formally adopted the surname Clinton as a gesture toward his stepfather.

Clinton was also a member of the Order of DeMolay, a youth group affiliated with Freemasonry, but he never became a Freemason.

Col. Eugene Holmes, an Army officer who was involved in Clinton's case, issued a notarized statement during the 1992 presidential campaign: " I was informed by the draft board that it was of interest to Senator Fullbright's office that Bill Clinton, a Rhodes Scholar, should be admitted to the ROTC program ...

With only minor opposition in the primary and no opposition at all in the general election, Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976.

Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas in 1978, having defeated the Republican candidate Lynn Lowe, a farmer from Texarkana.

Due to his youthful appearance, Clinton was often called the " Boy Governor ", a referent that continues to be used to refer to him during his gubernatorial era on occasion.

As Clinton once joked, he was the youngest ex-governor in the nation's history.

According to some sources, Clinton was in his early years a death penalty opponent who switched positions.

Later, as president, Clinton was the first President to pardon a death-row inmate since the federal death penalty was reintroduced in 1988.

In 1987, there was media speculation Clinton would enter the race after then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity.

Their television appearance was a calculated risk, but Clinton regained several delegates.

However, former California Governor Jerry Brown was scoring victories and Clinton had yet to win a significant contest outside his native South.

During the campaign, questions of conflict of interest regarding state business and the politically powerful Rose Law Firm, at which Hillary Rodham Clinton was a partner, arose.

Geoffrey and his uncle William de Clinton were forced to come to terms with Beaumont ; this set-back, and the difficult years of the Anarchy ( 1135 – 54 ), delayed any further development of the castle.

Former Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey contemplated a challenge to Clinton, but health problems forced Casey to abandon a bid.

Without meaningful primary opposition, Clinton was able to focus on the general election early, while Dole was forced to move to the right and spend his campaign reserves fighting off challengers.

An extreme example occured shortly after President Clinton began his first term as president ; Clinton was forced to abandon some of the spending increases he'd promised in his election campaign due to pressure from the bond markets.

The aggressive tactic prompted U. S. President Clinton to invoke the Taiwan Relations Act and dispatch two aircraft carrier battle groups into the region off Taiwan's southern coast to monitor the situation, and PRC's missile tests were forced to end earlier than planned.

Nelson, Hazel and Fulwood became the backbone of Funkadelic, which was originally the backup band for The Parliaments, only to later become an independent touring group when legal difficulties forced Clinton to temporarily abandon the name " Parliaments ".

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In 1981 Clinton was forced to disband the P-Funk musical empire due to financial and legal difficulties.

Although the Justice Department under President Clinton had treated Miranda as valid, the Supreme Court was forced to grant certiorari to prevent a circuit split after the 4th Circuit ( on its own initiative ) took up Professor Cassell's suggestion and ruled that Congress had overruled Miranda with the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

With their newfound power, Republicans pursued an ambitious agenda but were often forced to compromise with President Clinton, who wielded veto power.

A lack of transports forced Clinton to change his plans.

The failure of the House and Clinton to pass a continuing budget resolution to apportion temporary funds forced a closure of most non-essential United States government offices for several weeks.

Baird, seeing the problems the issue was causing for Clinton, withdrew her nomination and Clinton next chose Kimba Wood, who was quickly forced to withdraw due to somewhat similar problems.

After a relatively brief siege Lincoln was forced to surrender more than 5, 000 men to Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton on May 12, 1780.

During the American Revolution in 1779, Joseph Hilts was brought as a small child by his grandfather, Joseph Petrie, who was forced to flee to the Niagara Region, Clinton and Louth Twp.

The original western boundary was the Great Miami River, but Clinton County proved a continuing headache to the legislature and forced adjustments to Warren County.

Next put in command of the Southern Department, he was forced to surrender his surrounded army to Sir Henry Clinton at Charleston in 1780.

Heavy media attention forced the White House to reinstate most of the employees in other jobs and remove the Clinton associates from the travel role.

General Benjamin Lincoln defended the city during a two month siege, but was forced to surrender almost all the Continental forces in the Carolinas to General Clinton.

She served as a senior foreign policy adviser to Obama's 2008 presidential campaign until she was forced to resign for referring to Hillary Clinton as " a monster ".

The 9 / 11 Commission Report evaluated such so-called " Wag the Dog " theories ( the strikes being motivated to deflect attention from domestic, political troubles ), and found no reason to believe them, nor disbelieve the testimony and assertions of former President Clinton, former Vice President Gore, CIA Chief Tenet, nor former security advisors Berger and Clarke that the destruction of Al Shifa was still, as of 2004, a justifible national security target.