Clinton-Gore administration

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Bill Clinton was President of the United States for two terms, from 1992 to 1999.

Positive Points

• Balanced the budget
• The 1994 Balkan Intervention restored peace to the Balkans
  • ...which has lasted to this day
  • ...and generated much good will towards the U.S. [1]
• The Political Battle over Modernity part V (David Brin) highlights many of Clinton's stronger points, and starkly contrasts his administration with GWB's
• "a government so well run that JD Powers gave Gore a special award for efficiency, increasing productivity while reducing the non defense payroll for the 1st time in 80 years... reducing secrecy for the first time in 50... the first administration (despite GOP bluster) to have ZERO officials indicted for actual malfeasance in the execution of their public duties" [2]
• Made contingency plans which later became the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan

Criticism

• commentary at the Asheville Global Report criticizes Clinton's handling of Iraq during the later years of his administration

To be researched

• Is this article related to what the Globalist article is about, or what? Is the 1994 article even substantially accurate? Need a clearer understanding of what happened in the Balkans and what Clinton's role (and the U.S.'s role) actually was.

References

• 2005-10-12 The Latest Data: Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending for LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush