1996 BILL CLINTON AL GORE RAPID RESPONSE campaign pin pinback button political

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A 1996 Bill Clinton Presidential Campaign Button
" CLINTON GORE "
" RAPID RESPONSE TEAM "
William Jefferson "Bill"
Clinton
(born
William Jefferson Blythe III
, August 19, 1946)
served as the 42nd President of the
United States
from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and as he was born in the period after World War II, he is known as the first Baby Boomer president.
His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. She was previously a United States Senator from
New York
, and also candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. Both are graduates of
Yale
Law
School
.
Clinton
was described as a New Democrat and was largely known for the
Third Way
philosophy of governance that came to epitomize his two terms as president.
His policies, on issues such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and welfare reform, have been described as centrist.
Clinton
presided over the longest period of peace-time economic expansion in American history, which included a balanced budget and a reported federal surplus.
Based on Congressional accounting rules, at the end of his presidency
Clinton
reported a surplus of 9 billion. On the heels of a failed attempt at health care reform with a Democratic Congress, Republicans won control of the House of Representatives for the first time in forty years.
Two years later, in 1996,
Clinton
was re-elected and became the first member of the Democratic Party since Franklin D. Roosevelt to win a second term as president.
In 1998 he was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice related to the Lewinsky scandal, but was subsequently acquitted by the U.S. Senate by a largely partisan vote.
Clinton
left office with an approval rating at 66%, the highest end of office rating of any president since World War II.
Since then, he has been involved in public speaking and humanitarian work.
Clinton
created the William J. Clinton Foundation to promote and address international causes such as treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and global warming.
In 2004, he released his autobiography,
My Life
, and more recently has been involved in his wife Hillary's 2008 presidential campaign and in that of President Barack Obama. In 2009, he was named United Nations Special Envoy to
Haiti
.
Item Details:
This button is in MINT condition and will be a fantastic addition to upgrade any collection large or small.
This button measures
1.75
inches in diameter.
Please disregard any glares or shadows.  The button is in MINT condition.
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