Bill Clinton's Life

William Jefferson Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His mother married Roger Clinton, so his name was changed to William Jefferson Clinton. He moved to Washington, D.C. to attend Georgetown University. In 1968 he won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University in Oxford. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973. Bill Clinton married Hillary Rodham in 1975 and they have one daughter named Chelsea. He taught at the University of Arkansas. In 1976 Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General. In 1978 he ran for Governor of Arkansas and won. He lost his bid for a second term but he regained the office four years later and served until he won the 1992 presidential race against incumbent George Bush. As President of the United States, Clinton reduced the national debt. He promoted international trade and convinced Congress to pass the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada, and Mexico. Bill was a proponent for an expanded NATO. He won the re-election bid in 1996. He retired in 2001 after serving two terms as President of the United States. His wife, Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2008 but lost to Barack Obama, so Obama appointed Hillary to be Secretary of State. Note: Clinton was President from 1993 to 2001 and the Vice President was Albert Arnold "Al" Gore.