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===Primo mandato, 1993–1997===
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Il [[19 Marzo]] [[1993]], Clinton licenziò sette impiegati dell'Ufficio Viaggi della [[Casa Bianca]], causando una controversia, anche se l'Ufficio Viaggi lavorava a piacere del Presidente, che poteva anche licenziare senza motivo. La Casa Bianca affermò che i dipendenti erano stati licenziati a causa di scorrettezze nella gestione finanziaria<!--financial improperties--> scoperte da una breve indagine dell'[[FBI]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] |title=Living History |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2003 |ISBN= 0-7432-2224-5 |page=172}}</ref> Alcuni critici invece ribattono che lo scopo dei licenziamenti fosse quello di permettere a degli amici dei Clinton di impadronirsi del ''business'' dei viaggi e che il coinvolgimento dell'[[FBI]] era ingiustificato.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ken Gormley |title=''The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr'' |publisher=Crown Publishers|___location=New York |year=2010 |ISBN= 978-0-307-40944-7 |page=70–71}}</ref>
{{quote|La nostra democrazionedemocrazia non deve soltanto essere l'invidia del mondo intero, ma anche il motore del nostro rinnovamento. Non c'è nulla di sbagliato in America che non possa essere risoltocorretto da cosa è giusto in essa.|Bill Clinton, Discorso del primo insediamento<ref>{{cite web |url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/clinton1.asp |author=Bill Clinton |title=First Inaugural Address of William J. Clinton; January 20, 1993 |publisher=Yale Law School |date=January 20, 1993 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>|Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.|lingua=en}}
ClintonNell'Agosto signeddel thesuo [[primo anno, ha firmato l'''Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act''. ofPassato 1993]]al inCongresso Augustsenza il ofvoto thatdei yearRepubblicani, whichha passedtagliato Congressle withouttasse aper Republican15 vote.milioni Itdi cutfamiglie taxesa forbasso fifteenreddito, millionha low-incomeaumentato families,le madepossibilità taxdi cutssgravi availablefiscali toper circa il 90% ofdelle piccole e smallmedie businessesimprese,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/080393-presidential-press-conference-in-nevada.htm|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070927022455/http://www.clintonfoundation.org/legacy/080393-presidential-press-conference-in-nevada.htm|archivedate=September 27, 2007 |title=Presidential Press Conference in Nevada |date=August 3, 1993 |author=Bill Clinton}}</ref> ande raisedle taxesha oninvece theaumentate wealthiestper coloro che si trovavano nell'1.2% ofdei taxpayerspiù ricchi. Additionally,Attraverso throughl'implementazione thedi implementationlimiti ofalla spending restraintsspesa, itha mandatedpermesso theuna budgetmigliore begestione balanceddi overbilancio anegli numberanni ofa yearsvenire.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=50409#axzz1VKZJJKA6 |title=William J. Clinton: Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union |publisher=Presidency.ucsb.edu |date=January 25, 1994 |accessdate=August 17, 2011 |author=Bill Clinton}}</ref>
[[File:Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat at the White House 1993-09-13.jpg|thumb|left|Clinton, [[Yitzhak Rabin]] ande [[Yasser Arafat]] duringdurante thegli OsloAccordi Accordsdi onOslo Septemberil 13, Settembre 1993.]]
ClintonIl made[[22 asettembre]] major[[1993]] speechtenne toun Congressimportante regardingdiscorso [[Clintonal healthCongresso caresulla plan|anecessità healthdi careuna reformriforma plan]]del onsistema September 22sanitario, 1993,ponendo aimedcome atobbiettivo achievingla universalcopertura coveragedi throughtutti ai nationalcittadini healthattraverso careun planpiano nazionale. ThisLa wasriforma onecostituiva ofuno thedei mostpunti prominentpiù itemsimportanti ondella Clinton's legislativesua agenda politica, ande resultedil frompiano adettagliato taskvenne forceideato headedda byun comitato presieduto da [[Hillary Clinton]]. ThoughSebbene atall'inizio firstfosse wellben receivedvisto indai politicalcircoli circlespolitici, itl'opposizione wascongiunta eventuallydei doomedconservatori, bydell'Associazione well-organizedNazionale oppositionMedici frome conservatives,delle thecompagnie [[Americandi Medicalassicurazione Association]],sanitaria andimpedirono thela healthsua insurance industryrealizzazione. HoweverTuttavia, [[secondo John F. Harris]], a biographerbiografo ofdi Clinton's, statesla theriforma programfallì faileda becausecausa ofdella amancanza lackdi ofcoordinazione coordination withinall'interno thedella [[WhiteCasa HouseBianca]].<ref name="The Survivor" /> DespiteNonostante thela Democraticmaggioranza majoritydemocratica inal CongressCongresso, thela effortriforma tomorì createdefinitivamente aquando nationalil healthtesto caredi systemlegge ultimatelyscritto diedda when compromise legislation by [[George J. Mitchell]], failedfrutto todi gainun acompromesso majoritytra ofle supportparti, innon Augustriuscì 1994.ad Itottenere wasil thesostegno firstdella majormaggioranza, legislativee defeatandò ofa Clintoncostituire la prima sconfitta legislativa dell'samministrazione administrationClinton.<ref name="The Natural" /><ref name="The Survivor" />
InNel November 1993,Novembre [[David Hale (Whitewater)|David Hale1993]], theun sourcecerto ofDavid criminalHale allegations against Billaccusò Clinton indi theavergli [[Whitewaterfatto controversy|Whitewaterpressioni affair]],affinché allegedprestasse thatillegalmente Clinton,300.000$ whilea governorSusan ofMcDougal Arkansas,in pressuredrelazione himall'acquisto todi provideterre anda illegalparte $300,000della loanWhitewater to Susan McDougalCorporation, thementre partnerera ofgovernatore the Clintons in the Whitewater land dealdell'Arkansas.<ref name="salon031798">{{cite news|author1=Jonathan Broder |author2=[[Murray Waas]] |url=http://www.salon.com/news/1998/03/cov_17news.html |title=The Road To Hale |publisher=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |date=March 17, 1998 |accessdate= August 25, 2007}}</ref> AUn'investigazione condotta dalla [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] investigationha didcondotto resultalla incondanna convictionsdei against theconiugi McDougals for their role in the Whitewater project, butma the Clintons themselves were never charged, andi Clinton maintainsnon innocencefurono inmai theformalmente affairaccusati.
ClintonIl signed[[30 theNovembre]] [[1993] Clinton firmò il cosiddetto ''Brady Bill]]", intoche lawimpose onun Novemberperiodo 30,d'attesa 1993di cinque giorni per chi aquista armi, whichcosì imposedda apermettere five-dayal waitinggoverno perioddi onconmpiere handgundei purchasescontrolli.<!-- He also expanded the [[Earned Income Tax Credit]], a subsidy for low-income workers.--><ref name="The Survivor" />
InNel Decemberdicembre ofdello thatstesso yearanno, allegationsnella bytrasmissione Arkansastelevisiva state troopers [[Larry Patterson]] and Roger Perry were first reported by [[David Brock]] in [[the''The American Spectator]].'' Latertrapelò knownche asi [[Troopergatepoliziotti (Billdell'Arkansas Clinton)|Troopergate]],Larry thePatterson allegationse byRoger thesePerry menintendevano wereaccusare thatClinton theydi arrangedaverli sexualincaricati liaisonsdi fororganizzare Billper Clintonlui backdegli whenincontri hesessuali wasquando governorera ofGovernatore dell'Arkansas. TheNella storystoria, mentionedveniva amenzionata womanuna nameddonna ''di nome "Paula''", ache poi referencesi torivelò essere [[Paula Jones]]. In seguito Brock latersi apologizedscusò tocon Clinton, sayingaffermando theche articlele wasaccuse politicallyerano motivatednate da "badcattivo journalismgiornalismo" andpoliticamente thatmotivato e che "thei trooperspoliziotti wereerano greedyavidi ande hadavevano slimyviscide motives.motivazioni"<ref name="apology">{{Cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/03/10/brocks.remorse/ | title=Reporter Apologizes For Clinton Sex Article | publisher=CNN |date= March 10, 1998 | author=Jonathan Karl | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080614124146/http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/03/10/brocks.remorse/| archivedate = June 14, 2008}}</ref>
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ThatDurante monthquel mese, Clinton implementedmise ain Departmentatto ofuna Defensedirettiva directivedel knownDipartimento asdella "Difesa nota come ''[[Don't ask, don't tell|Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]"'' (Non chiedere, whichnon alloweddire), [[homosexuality|gayche menpermetteva andai womenmilitari [[omosessualità|omosessuali]] todi serveservire innelle theforze armedarmate servicespurché providedtenessero theysegreto keptil theirloro sexualityorientamento a secretsessuale, ande forbadeal thecontempo militaryproibì fromdi inquiringindagare aboutl'orientamento ansessuale individual'sdi sexualun orientationmilitare.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Feder | first1 = Jody | title = "Don't Ask, Don't Tell": A Legal Analysis | publisher = DIANE Publishing | year = 2010 | accessdate = 2012-08-16 | isbn = 978-1437922080}}</ref> ThisQuesta movemossa garneredfu criticismcriticata fromsia thedalla leftsinistra (forperché beingtroppo tooincerta tentativenel indifendere promotingi [[LGBTOmosessualità rightse inlegge thenegli UnitedStati StatesUniti d'America|gaydiritti degli rightsomosessuali]]) andsia fromdalla the rightdestra (whoche opposedsi anyopponeva effortalla topossibilità allowdi gayspermettere ai gay di servire nelle toforze servearmate). SomeAlcuni gay-rightsdifensori dei diritti degli advocatesomosessuali criticizedcriticarono Clinton forper notnon goingaver farfatto enoughabbastanza ande accusedlo himaccusaronodi ofaver fatto promesse in campgna makingelettorale hisal campaignsolo promisescopo todi getottenere votesvoti ande contributionsfondi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stranger Among Friends. – book reviews |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n11_v28/ai_18855826 |newspaper=[[Washington Monthly]] |author=John Cloud |date=November 1996 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> TheirSecondo position was thatloro Clinton shouldavrebbe havedovuto integratedpermettere thel'integrazione militarycome byordinanza executive orderesecutiva, notingnotando thatche Presidentil Presidente [[Harry Truman]] usedne executiveaveva orderfatto touso raciallyper desegregateeliminare thela armedsegregazione forces.razziale Clinton'sdalle defendersforze arguearmate. thatI andifensori executivedi orderClinton mightinvece haveaffermano promptedche theun'ordinanza Senateesecutiva toavrebbe writepotuto thespingere exclusionil ofSenato gaysa intoescludere law,gli potentiallyomosessuali makingper itlegge, harderrendendo tocosì integratel'integrazione thepiù military in the futuredifficile.<ref name="The Natural" /> LaterIn in his presidencyseguito, innel [[1999]], Clinton criticizedha thecriticato wayil themodo policyin wascui implemented,la sayingdirettiva hefu didimplementata, notaffermando thinkche anynessuna seriouspersona personseria couldavrebbe saypotuto itdire wasche notfunzionava "outcome ofavrebbe whackdovuto."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/1999/ALLPOLITICS/stories/12/11/clinton.gays.military/index.html|title=President seeks better implementation of 'don't ask, don't tell'|date=December 11, 1999 |publisher=CNN |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> TheNel policy[[2010]] remainedil controversial,Presidente andObama washa finallyannullato la [[Don't Askask, Dondon't Tell Repeal Act of 2010tell|repealedDon't inAsk, 2011Don't Tell]], removingpermettendo opena sexualtutti preferencedi asindicare aapertamente il reasonproprio fororientamento dismissalsessuale fromsenza thepericolo armeddi forcescongedo.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obama certifies end of military's gay ban|agency=[[Reuters]]|publisher=NBC News|date=July 22, 2011|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43859711/ns/us_news-life/|accessdate=September 7, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110729081153/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43859711/ns/us_news-life/| archivedate= July 29, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
On JanuaryIl [[1, gennaio]] [[1994]], Clinton signedfirmò theil [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] into law.<ref name=NAFTA>{{cite journal|author1=Don C. Livingston |author2=Kenneth A. Wink |url="The Passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the U.S. House of Representatives: Presidential Leadership or Presidential Luck?" |work=Presidential Studies Quarterly |Vol= 27 |year=1997}}</ref> ThroughoutDurante hisil firstsuo yearprimo inanno di officemandato, Clinton consistentlyaveva supportedfortemente ratificationsostenuto ofin theSenato treatyl'approvazione bydel thetrattato, U.S.a Senate.cui Clintonsi andopposero mostprevalentemente ofalcune hisfazioni alliesrepubblicane, ini theDemocratici Democraticprotezionisti Leadershipe Committeei stronglysostenitori supporteddi freeRoss trade measures; there remainedPerot, however,suo strongrivale disagreementnelle within the partyprimarie. OppositionLa camelegge chieflypassò fromalla anti-tradeCamera Republicans,dei protectionistRappresentanti Democratscon and234 supportersvoti of [[Ross Perot]]. The bill passed the house with 234a votesfavore againste 200 opposedcontrari (132 RepublicansRepublicani ande 102 DemocratsDemocratici votingvotarono ina favorfavore; 156 DemocratsDemocratici, 43 RepublicansRepubblicani, ande 1 independentindependente againstcontro). TheSubito treatydopo wasvenne thenratificato ratifieddal bySenato thee Senatefirmato and signed into law by thedal PresidentPresidente.<ref name=NAFTA />
Clinton'sNel [[1994]] l'''Omnibus Crime Bill'' madeapportò manymolti changescambiamenti toalla U.S.legge lawstatunitense, includingtra thecui expansion ofl'introduzione thedella deathpena penaltydi tomorte includeper crimescrimini notnon resultingriguardanti in deathl'omicidio, suchcome il astraffico runningdi adroga large-scalesu druglarga enterprisescala. DuringDurante Clinton'sla re-electioncampagna campaignper la sua rielezione, Clinton hedisse said, "MyLa mia legge sui crimini del 1994 crimeha billesteso expandedla thepena deathdi penaltymorte forper drugi kingpinsre della droga, murderersper ofchi federaluccide lawagenti enforcementfederali officers,e andper nearlyaltre 60 additionalcategorie categoriesdi ofcrimini violent felonsviolenti"."<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Clinton|url=http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?p=Bill_Clinton|publisher=4to40.com |accessdate=November 4, 2010}}</ref>
{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|align=left|quote="WhenQuando Isono tookentrato officein carica, onlysolo highi energyfisici physicistsdelle hadalte everenergie heardavevano ofmai whatsentito isdi calledqualcosa thechiamato "Worldwide Web."... NowOggi evenanche myil catmio hasgatto itsha ownla sua pagepagina."|source=BillAnnuncio Clinton's announcement ofdella Next Generation Internet initiative da parte di Clinton, nel 1996.<ref name="NetValley">{{cite news|author=Gregory Gromov|url=http://www.netvalley.com/ |title=History of the Internet and World Wide Web |accessdate= August 30, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110720213401/http://www.netvalley.com/| archivedate= July 20 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>|When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.... Now even my cat has its own page.|lingua=en}}
TheL'amministrazione Clinton, administrationil also[[21 launchedOttobre]] the[[1994]], firstha officialanche lanciato il primo sito ufficiale della [[WhiteCasa HouseBianca]] website, [[whitehouse.gov]], on October 21, 1994.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://clinton1.nara.gov/White_House/html/White_House_Home.html |title=Welcome to the White House|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201b.htm |title=The Clinton White House Web Site|accessdate=August 30, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110722064216/http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201b.htm| archivedate= July 22, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> ItL'originale wasè followedstato byseguito threeda moretre versionsulteriori versioni,fino resultinga inquella thefinale final edition launched indel [[2000]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://clinton5.nara.gov/index.html|title=Welcome to the White House|accessdate=August 30, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110723135626/http://clinton5.nara.gov/index.html| archivedate= July 23, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Robert |last=Longley |url=http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201b.htm|title=The Clinton White House Web Site: Part 2: Preserving the Clinton White House Web Site|accessdate=August 30, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110722064216/http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201b.htm| archivedate= July 22, 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> TheIl Whitesito Housecostituiva websiteuna wasparte partdi ofun aprogramma widerpiù movementampio ofversona thela Clintoncomunicazione administration towardvia web-based communication. According toSecondo Robert Longley, "Clinton ande Gore werehanno responsibleassillato forpraticamente pressingtutte almostle allagenzie federal agenciesfederali, theil U.S.sistema courtgiudiziario systeme andle theforze U.S.armate militaryaffinché ontoentrassero thein Internetinternet, thusaprendo openingcosì upil America'sgoverno governmental tomaggior morenumero ofdi America'scittadini citizensdi than ever beforesempre." On JulyIl [[17, Luglio]] [[1996]], Clinton issuedha Executiverilasciato Orderl'Ordine 13011Esecutivo –numero Federal13011 Informationche Technology,ordinava orderingai thedirettori headsdi oftutte allle federalagenzie agenciesfederali todi utilizefare informationuso technologydell'informatica fullyin tomodo maketale theda informationrendere ofle theinformazioni agencyaccessibili easily accessible to theal publicpubblico."<ref>{{cite web|first=Robert |last=Longley |url=http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa012201a.htm|title=The Clinton White House Web Site: Part 1: Perhaps the most important Web site in American history|publisher=About.com |accessdate=June 6, 2007}}</ref>
AfterDopo twodue yearsanni ofsotto Democraticil Partycontrollo controldel Partito democratico, thei DemocratsRepubblicani lostvinsero controlle ofelezioni Congressdi inmezzo thetermine del [[U.S. House election, 1994|mid-term elections in 1994]], forper thela firstprima timevolta indopo forty40 yearsanni.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hulsey |first=Byron |title=The Altered Terrain of American Politics (Review of Do Elections Matter?) |url=http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=1463 |accessdate=October 29, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Clinton Yeltsin 1995.jpg|thumb|left|Clinton ande [[Boris Yeltsin]] shareridono ainsieme laughnell'Ottobre in Octoberdel 1995.]]
LawIl professorlibro del professore di Legge Ken Gromley's bookintitolato ''The Death of American Virtue'' revealsrivelò thatche nel [[1996]] Clinton escapedera ascampato 1996ad assassinationun attempttentativo indi [[theassassinio Philippines]]da parte di byterroristi terroristsal workingsoldo fordi [[Osama bin Laden]] mentre si trovava nelle [[Filippine]].<ref name="Gormley2011">{{cite book|last=Gormley|first=Ken|title=The Death of American Virtue: Clinton Vs. Starr|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=IB-31YANh6EC|accessdate=August 17, 2011|date=February 1, 2011|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-40945-4}}</ref> DuringDurante hisla visitvisita toal theforum sulla Cooperazione Economica tra [[Asia-Pacific Economice Cooperation]]Pacifico forumtenuto ina [[Manila]] innel [[1996]], hefu wassalvato savedpoco shortlyprima beforeche hisla carsua wasmacchina dueavrebbe toviaggiato drivesu overun aponte bridgedove whereera astata bombposizionata haduna been plantedbomba. Gromley saidaffermò heche wasi tolddettagli thegli detailssono of the bombstati plotrivelati byda Louis Merletti, aex former director ofdirigente thedei SecretServizi ServiceSegreti. Clinton wasaveva scheduledpianificato touna visitvisita aad localun politicianpolitico inlocale, centralquando Manila,degli whenagenti secretdei serviceservizi officerssegreti interceptedintercettarono aun messagemessaggio suggestingche thatindicava anun attackattacco was imminentimminente. ANel transmissionmessaggio usedvenivano theusate wordsle parole "bridgeponte" ande "weddingmatrimonio", supposedlyche afurono terrorist'scredute codeparole wordsin forcodice assassinationper indicare l'omicidio. TheIl motorcadecorteo wascambiò re-routedpercorso ande thegli USagenti agentsUSA laterpoi discoveredscoprirono ala bombbomba plantedpiantata undersotto theil bridgeponte. TheIl reportreportage saidafferma theanche subsequentche USl'indagine investigationcondotta into the plotsull'episodio "revealedha thatrivelato itche wasil mastermindedpiano byera astato Saudiorganizzato terroristdal livingterrorista in Afghanistan namedsaudita Osama bin Laden.". Gromley said,dice: "ItL'avvenimento è remainedrimasto top secret, exceptcon tol'eccezione selectdi memberspochi ofmembri thedi USspicco dell'intelligence community. AtAl themomento time, theredell'episodio werei media reportsriportarono aboutla thescoperta discoverydi of twodue bombsbombe, oneuna atall'aeroporto di Manila, airportl'altra andnella anotherlocalita atdegli the venue for the leaders' meeting"incontri.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Bin-laden-had-almost-killed-Clinton--says-a-new-book/558206/ |title=Bin laden had almost killed Clinton, says a new book |work=The Indian Express |___location=India |date=December 23, 2009 |accessdate=June 13, 2010}}</ref>
TheNel [[White1996]] Housescoppiò FBIuno filesscandalo controversy]]riguardo ofl'accesso Junenon 1996autorizzato arosedi concerningfile impropersecretati accessdell'FBI byda theparte Whitedi Housealcuni tomembri [[FBI]]della security-clearanceCasa documentsBianca. Craig Livingstone, headcapo ofdella thesicurezza Whitedella House[[Casa Office of Personnel SecurityBianca]], improperlyrichiese requested,dei andreseconti receivedsecretati fromsenza the FBIautorizzazione, backgroundmolti reportdei filesquali withoutriguardavano askingimpiegati permissiondella ofprecedente theamministrazione subjectrepubblicana. individuals; many of these were employees ofL'FBI formerconsegnò Republicani administrationsfile.<ref>{{cite web|author=Robert Ray |url=http://www.gpoaccess.gov/icreport/marceca/sec1-2.pdf |title=Final Report of the Independent Counsel ... of the Investigation In Re: Anthony Marceca |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |date=March 16, 2000 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref> InNel MarchMarzo [[2000]], Independentil CounselConsigliere indipendente [[Robert Ray (prosecutor)|Robertstabilì Ray]]che determinednon thatc'era therealcuna wasprova nodi crediblecrimini. evidenceIl ofrapporto any crime.di Ray's reportaffermava further stated,che "therenon wasc'è noalcuna substantialprova andnon credibleindiziaria evidencee thatcredibile anyche seniorun Whiteufficiale Housedella officialCasa wasBianca involvedfosse coinvolto" innella seekingrichiesta thedei filesfile.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/28/clinton.filegate/|title=Independent counsel: No evidence to warrant prosecution against first lady in 'filegate'|publisher=CNN | date = July 28, 2000 | accessdate=April 26, 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100529015957/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/28/clinton.filegate/| archivedate= May 29, 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
On SeptemberIl [[21, Settembre]] [[1996]], barelydopo threetre yearsanni after thedal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" imbroglio, and further straining relations with the [[LGBT community]], Clinton signedfirmò intoil law the [[''Defense of Marriage Act]]'' (DOMA), whichdove definesproclamava marriageche asil thematrimonio legalera unioncostituito ofdall'unione onelegale mandi andun oneuomo womane una donna.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ199/content-detail.html |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |title=PUBLIC LAW 104 - 199 - DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT}}</ref> [[Paul Yandura]], speakingper forconto thedell'ufficio Whiterelazioni Housecon gayla andcomunità lesbianLGBT della liaisonCasa officeBianca, saidaffermò thatche Clinton'sil signingDOMA offosse DOMAsoltanto "wasuna adecisione politicalpolitica decisionin thatperiodo theydi made at the time of a re-electionrielezione." AdministrationIl spokesmanportavoce [[Richard Socarides]] said,affermò: "...le thealternative alternativesche weconoscevamo knewerano wereparecchio going to be far worsepeggiori, anded itera wastempo timedi tofar moverieleggere onil and get the president re-electedPresidente."<ref name=metroweekly>{{cite news|url=http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=6613 |work=MetroWeekly |author=Chris Geidner |title=Becoming Law |date=September 29, 2011}}</ref> Lo stesso Clinton himselfdisse statedche thatil DOMA wasera somethingqualcosa "whichche thei RepublicansRepubblicani putavevano onmesso thein ballotballo toper trycercare todi getfar thevotare la base voteper foril PresidentPresidente Bush up, Icredo thinkche it’sfosse obviousovvio thatche somethingdovessi hadfare toqualcosa beper done to try to keep the Republican Congress from presenting thatimpedirlo."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/bill-clinton-doma-2012-3/ |work=New York |author=Frank Rich |title=Bill Clinton’s shifting justifications for signing the Defense of Marriage Act |date=February 26, 2012}}</ref> OthersAltri werefurono morepiù criticalcritici. Il RepresentativeRappresentante [[Barney Frank]] (D-MA)ha calleddefinito thesequeste claimsaffermazioni "historicrevisionismo revisionism”storico”.<ref name=metroweekly/> InNell'editoriale a Julydel [[2, Luglio]] [[2011]] editorialil ''[[The New York Times]]'' opined,affermò "Theche Defenseil of"DOMA, Marriageentrato Actin wasvigore enacted innel [[1996]] ascome anlegge election-yearrivolta alle wedgeimmediate issueelezione, signedcostituì byuno Presidentdei Billpeggiori Clintonmomenti inpolitici onedel ofPresidente his worst policy momentsClinton."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/opinion/sunday/03sun1.html |work=The New York Times |title=Unfinished Business: The Defense of Marriage Act |date=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
AsCome partmezzo ofper a 1996 initiative to curbaffrontare l'[[illegalimmigrazione immigrationillegale]], Clinton signedfirmò the [[l'''Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996|Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act]]'' (IIRIRA) on September 30, 1996. AppointedNominata byda Clinton,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sfgate.com/1995-06-02/news/17808549_1_legal-immigrants-immigration-agenda-commission-on-immigration-reform |title=New Limits In Works on Immigration / Powerful commission focusing on families of legal entrants |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 2, 1995 |accessdate=August 30, 2011 |author=Louis Freedberg}}</ref> thela [[Historycommissione ofper lawsla concerningriforma immigrationdelle andleggi naturalizationsull'immigrazione insuggerì thedi Unitedridurre States#1990s|U.S.l'immigrazione Commissionlegale on Immigration Reform]] recommended reducing legal immigration from aboutda 800,.000 people a year550.000 topersone about 550,000l'anno.<ref>{{cite book|author=Plummer Alston Jones |year=2004 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bmSKvXN2a1IC&pg=PA153&dq&hl=en#v=onepage&q=&f=false |title=Still struggling for equality: American public library services with minorities |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |page=154 |ISBN= 1-59158-243-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/08/us/clinton-embraces-a-proposal-to-cut-immigration-by-a-third.html |title=Clinton Embraces a Proposal To Cut Immigration by a Third |author=Robert Pear |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1995 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
TheNel [[1996 United States campaign finance controversy]] wassi anscoprì allegedche effortla by[[Repubblica thePopolare People'sCinese]] Republicaveva oftentato Chinadi (PRC)influenzare tola influencepolitica thedegli domesticStati policiesUniti ofprima thee Uniteddurante States,l'amministrazione beforeClinton and during. theErano Clintoncoinvolte administration,alcuni andmezzi involveddi theraccolta fundraisingfondi practicesdella ofstessa theamministrazione. administrationIl itself.governo Thecinese Chineseha governmentnegato deniedtutte allle accusationsaccuse.<ref name=embassy>{{cite news|author1=Bob Woodward |author2=Brian Duffy |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/china1.htm |title=Chinese Embassy Role In Contributions Probed" |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 13, 1997 |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
===Second term, 1997–2001===
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