In 2000, Clinton was elected as the first female senator from New York. [156][157] Triggered in part by the death of her father in April 1993, she publicly sought to find a synthesis of Methodist teachings, liberal religious political philosophy and Tikkun editor Michael Lerner's "politics of meaning" to overcome what she saw as America's "sleeping sickness of the soul"; that would lead to a willingness "to remold society by redefining what it means to be a human being in the twentieth century, moving into a new millennium". Her choices filled at least eleven top-level positions and dozens more lower-level ones. [590][591] She reiterated her position against the Electoral College as she cast her vote as an elector in the Electoral College for Joe Biden in 2020. Fund-Raising", "The First Lady's Newest Role: Newspaper Columnist", "Who Did the Best Hillary Clinton Impression on SNL? [116][117], Clinton continued to practice law with the Rose Law Firm while she was the first lady of Arkansas. Some Democrats criticized her for spending too much in a one-sided contest, while some supporters were concerned she did not leave more funds for a potential presidential bid in 2008. [210][211], In 1996, Clinton presented a vision for American children in the book It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us. [577] She has told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, "America can't ever be neutral when it comes to Israel's security and survival. [86] She specialized in patent infringement and intellectual property law[45] while working pro bono in child advocacy;[87] she rarely performed litigation work in court. [p] According to FiveThirtyEight's measure of political ideology, "Clinton was one of the most liberal members during her time in the Senate. [25] In a letter to her youth minister at that time, she described herself as "a mind conservative and a heart liberal". Clinton was the first lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992. [260], After the Iraq War began, Clinton made trips to Iraq and Afghanistan to visit American troops stationed there. [203][204] The 2000 final Independent Counsel report concluded she was involved in the firings and that she had made "factually false" statements, but that there was insufficient evidence that she knew the statements were false or knew that her actions would lead to firings, to prosecute her. Taking an out-of-date bar study class may have been a factor. [423] On July 6, 2016, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch—who had met privately with Bill Clinton on June 27[429][430]—confirmed that the probe into Clinton's use of private email servers would be closed without criminal charges. She has called the trial a "terrible case". But there’s more than meets the eye here! [583][584] Clinton is in favor of maintaining American influence in the Middle East. The first lady's approval ratings, which had generally been in the high-50 percent range during her first year, fell to 44 percent in April 1994 and 35 percent by September 1994. On July 2, 2016, Clinton stated: "Let me repeat what I have repeated for many months now, I never received nor sent any material that was marked classified."[426][427]. During Clinton's tenure there were several cases where foreign governments continued making donations to the Clinton Foundation at the same level they had before Clinton became secretary of state, which was permissible under the agreement forged before she took office. Clinton appointed his wife to be the chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee the same year,[100] where she secured federal funds to expand medical facilities in Arkansas's poorest areas without affecting doctors' fees.[101]. [418][419], In a joint statement released on July 15, 2015, the inspector general of the State Department and the inspector general of the intelligence community said their review of the emails found information that was classified when sent, remained so at the time of their inspection and "never should have been transmitted via an unclassified personal system". [280] Clinton's eventual opponent in the general election was Republican candidate John Spencer, a former Mayor of Yonkers. [d] Later in the campaign, she commented she could have chosen to be like women staying home and baking cookies and having teas, but wanted to pursue her career instead. [9] Her father, who was otherwise a traditionalist, felt that his daughter's abilities and opportunities should not be limited by gender. Sign up for exclusive offers, recipes, and how-tos by entering your email address. [43] That summer, she worked her way across Alaska, washing dishes in Mount McKinley National Park and sliming salmon in a fish processing cannery in Valdez (which fired her and shut down overnight when she complained about unhealthy conditions). [423] Additionally, the intelligence community's inspector general wrote Congress to say that some of the emails "contained classified State Department information when originated". [256] Clinton voted for the USA Patriot Act in October 2001. [532] In February 2021, Clinton announced that she is co-writing her first fiction book with Louise Penny. [550] Crowdpac, which does a data aggregation of campaign contributions, votes and speeches, gives her a 6.5L rating on a one-dimensional left-right scale from 10L (most liberal) to 10C (most conservative). (All of them ended up being withdrawn after negotiations for a revised U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement failed. [191] It and Clinton's own visits encouraged women to make themselves heard in the Northern Ireland peace process. 114 )", "Hillary Clinton regrets her Iraq vote. [411][413] On October 22, 2015, Clinton testified at an all-day and nighttime session before the committee. It passed the Senate 74–25. In early July, Trump and Clinton were tied in major polls following the FBI's conclusion of its investigation into her emails. 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[582] She supported the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999 and the NATO-led military intervention in Libya to oust former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Clinton was formally nominated at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016, becoming the first woman to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. 2. [51], In the spring of 1971, she began dating fellow law student Bill Clinton. [92] At least twenty other articles in major publications also drew comparisons between her and Lady Macbeth. On February 27, 1980, Rodham gave birth to the couple's only child, a daughter whom they named Chelsea. [310], On Super Tuesday, Clinton won the largest states, such as California, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, while Obama won more states;[311] they almost evenly split the total popular vote. [255] She subsequently took a leading role in investigating the health issues faced by 9/11 first responders. [373][374] Following the completion of the mission on May 2 resulting in bin Laden's death, Clinton played a key role in the administration's decision not to release photographs of the dead al-Qaeda leader. [28] She later stepped down from this position. [263] Her stance caused frustration among those in the Democratic Party who favored quick withdrawal. [548] The Almanac of American Politics, edited by Michael Barone and Richard E. Cohen, rated her votes from 2003 through 2006 as liberal or conservative, with 100 as the highest rating, in three areas: Economic, Social and Foreign. [403], On September 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked, resulting in the deaths of the U.S. Clinton would later write, and repeat on the. This package contains 12.7 Fl Oz bottles of gel food coloring in a variety of colors… Featuring baking tools, ingredients, bakeware and other great baking supplies. She conducted outreach efforts on behalf of enrolling children in the program once it became law. [522], Clinton's third memoir, What Happened, an account of her loss in the 2016 election, was released on September 12, 2017. Clinton's story was thoroughly investigated by Fact Checker Michelle Ye Hee Lee in, Troy 2006, p. 15; Gerth and Van Natta 2007, pp. "[62] Historian Garry Wills would later describe her as "one of the more important scholar-activists of the last two decades". When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. [266][354][376] In August 2011 she hailed the ongoing multinational military intervention in Libya and the initial U.S. response towards the Syrian Civil War as examples of smart power in action. [50] Rodham was recruited by political advisor Anne Wexler to work on the 1970 campaign of Connecticut U.S. Senate candidate Joseph Duffey. Her press secretary reiterated she would be using that form of her name. She met with Burmese leaders as well as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and sought to support the 2011 Burmese democratic reforms. Comey acknowledged that it was "possible that hostile actors gained access to Secretary Clinton's personal email account". [87], Following her husband's November 1978 election as governor of Arkansas, Rodham became that state's first lady in January 1979. [360] In January 2011, Clinton traveled to Haiti in order to help pave the way for the election of Michel Martelly. [363][364] Obama came to rely upon Clinton's advice, organization and personal connections in the behind-the-scenes response to developments. What difference at this point does it make? You may recognize its message", "Hillary Clinton to open up about the 2016 election in new book titled 'What Happened, "Simon & Schuster to Publish Celebration of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton", "Hillary Clinton is co-writing a thriller novel that reckons with a post-Trump world", "Opinion | Hillary Clinton: Mueller documented a serious crime against all Americans. [588], In 2000, Clinton advocated for the elimination of the electoral college. As government violence allegedly rose in August 2011, they called for him to resign from the presidency. Speak out against this bill. He added that "[although] we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information". [187] Moreover, in a formulation that became known as the "Hillary Doctrine", she viewed women's rights as critical for U.S. security interests, due to a link between the level of violence against women and gender inequality within a state, and the instability and challenge to international security of that state. [247], Because Bill Clinton's term as president did not end until 17 days after she was sworn in, upon entering the Senate, Clinton became the first and so far only First Lady to serve as a Senator and First Lady concurrently. Supporters pointed out that Clinton's role in policy was no different from that of other White House advisors, and that voters had been well aware she would play an active role in her husband's presidency. [609][610] Newsweek editor Jon Meacham summed up the relationship between Clinton and the American public by saying the New Hampshire events, "brought an odd truth to light: though Hillary Rodham Clinton has been on the periphery or in the middle of national life for decades ... she is one of the most recognizable but least understood figures in American politics". [30][34] A number of her fellow students thought she might some day become the first female president of the United States. [534] In April 2019, Clinton published an op-ed in The Washington Post calling for congress to be, "deliberate, fair, and fearless" in responding to the Mueller Report. She has made guest appearances on the show herself, in 2008 and in 2015, to face-off with her doppelgängers. [366] [417] The controversy occurred against the backdrop of Clinton's 2016 presidential election campaign and hearings held by the House Select Committee on Benghazi. There she researched various migrant workers' issues including education, health and housing. Separate from those, about 2,000 additional e-mails were "up-classified" to make them Confidential; the information in those had not been classified at the time the e-mails were sent. [25][26] As the leader of this "Rockefeller Republican"-oriented group,[27] she supported the elections of moderate Republicans John Lindsay to mayor of New York City and Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke to the United States Senate. [67] Wright thought Rodham had the potential to become a future senator or president. Basing her economic philosophy on inclusive capitalism, Clinton proposed a "clawback" that would rescind tax relief and other benefits for companies that move jobs overseas; providing incentives for companies that share profits with employees, communities and the environment, rather than focusing on short-term profits to increase stock value and rewarding shareholders; increasing collective bargaining rights; and placing an "exit tax" on companies that move their headquarters out of America to pay a lower tax rate overseas. [264] Clinton supported retaining and improving health benefits for reservists and lobbied against the closure of several military bases, especially those in New York. [412], A controversy arose in March 2015, when the State Department's inspector general revealed that Clinton had used personal email accounts on a non-government, privately maintained server exclusively—instead of email accounts maintained on federal government servers—when conducting official business during her tenure as secretary of state. [33][37] After her speech, she received a standing ovation that lasted seven minutes. [469] On June 7, after winning most of the states in the final major round of primaries, Clinton held a victory rally in Brooklyn becoming the first woman to claim the status of presumptive nominee for a major American political party. Plus, recycled plastic Adirondack chairs and - coming soon - colorful lightweight, folding loungers from Lafuma. Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton[1] (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She prevailed over Vice President Joe Biden's opposition but eventually supported Obama's compromise plan to send an additional 30,000 troops and tie the surge to a timetable for eventual withdrawal. Featuring some of your favorite characters, this assortment of shaped cake pans, themed cupcake liners and fun shaped sprinkles are sure to make birthday wishes come true! In 1979, Rodham became the first woman to be made a full partner in Rose Law Firm. [228], She was the founding chair of Save America's Treasures, a nationwide effort matching federal funds with private donations to preserve and restore historic items and sites. "[187] In doing so, she resisted both internal administration and Chinese pressure to soften her remarks. [166] They saw a net gain of 54 seats in the House election and eight in the Senate election, winning control of both; many analysts and pollsters found the plan to be a major factor in the Democrats' defeat, especially among independent voters. 128, 103. [328], In a 2009 internal debate regarding the War in Afghanistan, Clinton sided with the military's recommendations for a maximal "Afghanistan surge", recommending 40,000 troops and no public deadline for withdrawal. It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, Senator. Just received my paper and am very disappointed. [451] As of 2015[update], she was estimated to be worth over $30 million on her own, or $45–53 million with her husband. Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016. [577], Expressing support for Common Core[578] she said, "The really unfortunate argument that's been going on around Common Core, it's very painful because the Common Core started off as a bipartisan effort. T. I was a little worried. [42] She was asked to speak at the 50th anniversary convention of the League of Women Voters in Washington, D.C., the next year. [287] She responded to General David Petraeus's September 2007 Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq by saying, "I think that the reports that you provide to us really require a willing suspension of disbelief. [515] On April 28, 2020, Clinton endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president in the 2020 election[516] and she addressed the 2020 Democratic National Convention in August. [298][299] Obama's message of change began to resonate with the Democratic electorate better than Clinton's message of experience. [205], In March 1994, newspaper reports revealed that Clinton had earned spectacular profits from cattle futures trading in 1978–79. [241], Bill de Blasio was Clinton's campaign manager. [30][33] Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Rodham organized a two-day student strike and worked with Wellesley's black students to recruit more black students and faculty. [439] She and her daughter joined her husband as named members of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation in 2013. [495], In their respective roles as a former president and a former first lady, Bill and Hillary Clinton attended the inauguration of Donald Trump with their daughter, Chelsea. There was one instance of a new donation, $500,000 from Algeria for earthquake relief in Haiti, that was outside the bounds of the continuation provision and should have received a special State Department ethics review but did not. history. [222] After the evidence of President Clinton's encounters with Lewinsky became incontrovertible, she issued a public statement reaffirming her commitment to their marriage. [32] In her student government role, she played a role in keeping Wellesley from being embroiled in the student disruptions common to other colleges. [559][560] On December 7, 2015, Clinton presented her detailed plans for regulating Wall Street financial activities in the New York Times. Shark Birthday Party. 339–42, 360–62. [265][266] She used her position on the Armed Services Committee to forge close relationships with a number of high-ranking military officers. With this huge collection of wooden pencils, you'll have the "write" stuff to make the school year a success. [29] In contrast to the factions in the 1960s that advocated radical actions against the political system, she sought to work for change within it. Explore traditional baking tools like measuring cups and cake pans or discover unique gift ideas like cake stands and loaf pans. [107] During her second stint as the first lady of Arkansas, she made a point of using Hillary Rodham Clinton as her name. [530], In October 2019, The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience, a book Clinton co-wrote with her daughter Chelsea, was published. [558] In 2000, she was against such marriages altogether. See more ideas about home diy, furniture, home decor. [317][318] Behind in delegates, Clinton's best hope of winning the nomination came in persuading uncommitted, party-appointed superdelegates. [77], In 1974, Bill Clinton lost an Arkansas congressional race, facing incumbent Republican John Paul Hammerschmidt. [365][366][367] Secretary Clinton testified to Congress that the administration did not need congressional authorization for its military intervention in Libya, despite objections from some members of both parties that the administration was violating the War Powers Resolution. [266][343] [c] She was named chair of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee in 1983, where she sought to reform the state's court-sanctioned public education system. [59], Enactment of welfare reform was a major goal of Bill Clinton's presidency. [466][467][468], By June 5, 2016, she had earned enough pledged delegates and supportive superdelegates for the media to consider her the presumptive nominee. In 1977, Clinton co-founded Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. [485] Clinton then phoned Trump to concede and to congratulate him on his victory, whereupon Trump gave his victory speech. Clinton helped to organize a diplomatic isolation and a regime of international sanctions against Iran in an effort to force it to curtail its nuclear program; this effort eventually led to the multinational JCPOA nuclear agreement in 2015. [c] She was the first in this role to have a postgraduate degree and her own professional career up to the time of entering the White House. [386] Her last day as secretary of state was February 1, 2013. ", "I believe we should abolish the Electoral College and select our president by the winner of the popular vote, same as every other office. Bernstein 2007, pp. [239] She became the first wife of the president of the United States to be a candidate for elected office. [581] She favored arming Syria's rebel fighters in 2012 and has called for the removal of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. [572], Clinton held that allowing undocumented immigrants to have a path to citizenship "[i]s at its heart a family issue",[573] and expressed support for Obama's Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) program, which would allow up to five million undocumented immigrants to gain deferral of deportation and authorization to legally work in the United States. [497], On March 24, 2017, after the postponement of a Congressional vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Clinton labeled the day "a victory for the 24,000,000 people at risk of losing their health insurance" and warned of an ongoing battle to maintain coverage. Her plan included tax credits to reward job creation and encourage business investment, especially in the high-tech sector. But opting for intervention was a pattern", "Was Clinton right about arming Syrian rebels? [261] Observing that war deployments were draining regular and reserve forces, she co-introduced legislation to increase the size of the regular U.S. Army by 80,000 soldiers to ease the strain. The Whitewater controversy was the focus of media attention from its publication in a New York Times report during the 1992 presidential campaign[195] and throughout her time as the first lady. Bluey SVG bundle, Bluey Birthday decorations, Bluey svg cutting files for cricut silhouette, svg, png, dxf, clipart, INSTANT DOWNLOAD ... More colors Bluey Birthday T-shirt JCsCreationsBoutique 5 out of 5 stars (31) $ 12.95. [529] Marla Frazee, a two-time winner of the Caldecott Medal, was announced as the illustrator. [30][31], By her junior year, Rodham became a supporter of the antiwar presidential nomination campaign of Democrat Eugene McCarthy. The FBI recommended that the Justice Department decline to prosecute. Mission. Would definitely recommend using this company again! In 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a leading role in advocating the creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act. Eight of those chains contained information that was Top Secret at the time they were sent; 36 chains contained Secret information at the time; and eight contained Confidential information, which is the lowest level of classification. [144], When Bill Clinton took office as president in January 1993, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first lady. [370][371][372], During April 2011, internal deliberations of the president's innermost circle of advisors over whether to order U.S. special forces to conduct a raid into Pakistan against Osama bin Laden, Clinton was among those who argued in favor, saying the importance of getting bin Laden outweighed the risks to the U.S. relationship with Pakistan. [186] Delegates from over 180 countries heard her say: "If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all. But that alone won’t remove white supremacy from America." [362] Clinton's public response quickly evolved from an early assessment that the government of Hosni Mubarak was "stable", to a stance that there needed to be an "orderly transition [to] a democratic participatory government", to a condemnation of violence against the protesters. 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[556][557] As senator (2001–2009), her record on trade was mixed; she voted in favor of some trade agreements but not others. [448] There she received $200,000–225,000 per engagement, often appearing before Wall Street firms or at business conventions. "[593], Over a hundred books and scholarly works have been written about Clinton. I just wish it were wider to fit other types of cans. [612] By September 2015, with her 2016 presidential campaign underway and beset by continued reports regarding her private email usage at the State Department, her ratings had slumped to some of her lowest levels ever. [198] After several Independent Counsels had investigated, a final report was issued in 2000 that stated there was insufficient evidence that either Clinton had engaged in criminal wrongdoing. [258], Clinton strongly supported the 2001 U.S. military action in Afghanistan, saying it was a chance to combat terrorism while improving the lives of Afghan women who suffered under the Taliban government. She later said she had been misled by her husband's initial claims that no affair had taken place. [192] In 1997, Clinton returned to Northern Ireland to deliver the inaugural Joyce McCartan lecture at the University of Ulster in honour of the community campaigner she had met during her visit in Belfast in 1995.[193][194]. [209] The 2000 final Independent Counsel report found no substantial or credible evidence that Clinton had any role or showed any misconduct in the matter. [408] Congressional Republicans challenged her on several points, to which she responded. [45] During her second year, she worked at the Yale Child Study Center,[46] learning about new research on early childhood brain development and working as a research assistant on the seminal work, Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973). ; 33% OFF! [143] Beginning with Daniel Wattenberg's August 1992 The American Spectator article "The Lady Macbeth of Little Rock", Hillary's own past ideological and ethical record came under attack from conservatives. [293] On January 20, 2007, she announced via her website the formation of a presidential exploratory committee for the United States presidential election of 2008, stating: "I'm in and I'm in to win. N. Nicole Payne. 10+ Unicorn Birthday Party Game Ideas. [519][520], Clinton collaborated with director Nanette Burstein on the documentary film Hillary, which was released on Hulu in March, 2020. [431], On October 28, 2016, Comey notified Congress that the FBI had begun looking into newly discovered Clinton emails. It was actually nonpartisan. The speech garnered attention as the first time a senior American official had clearly defined the Internet as a key element of American foreign policy. [361], The 2011 Egyptian protests posed the most challenging foreign policy crisis yet for the Obama administration. [454] Prior to her campaign, Clinton had claimed in an interview on NDTV in May 2012 that she would not seek the presidency again, but later wrote in her 2014 autobiography Hard Choices that she had not decided. CanKeeper 3-IN-1. [331] As part of the nomination and to relieve concerns of conflict of interest, Bill Clinton agreed to accept several conditions and restrictions regarding his ongoing activities and fundraising efforts for the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative. [347][348] In Pakistan, she engaged in several unusually blunt discussions with students, talk show hosts and tribal elders, in an attempt to repair the Pakistani image of the U.S.[185][k] Beginning in 2010, she helped organize a diplomatic isolation and international sanctions regime against Iran, in an effort to force curtailment of that country's nuclear program; this would eventually lead to the multinational Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action being agreed to in 2015.
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