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===First term, 1993–1997===

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Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd President of the United States on January 20, 1993. Shortly after taking office, Clinton signed the [[Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993]] on February 5, which required large employers to allow employees to take unpaid leave for pregnancy or a serious medical condition. This action had bipartisan support,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=103&session=1&vote=00011 |title=U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 103rd Congress – 1st Session |publisher=United States Senate |accessdate= August 30, 2011}}</ref> and proved quite popular with the public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.protectfamilyleave.org/pdf/030608_ncpfl_fmla_national_survey.pdf |title=New Nationwide Poll Shows Strong Support for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) |publisher=Protect Family Leave |accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>

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That month, Clinton implemented a Department of Defense directive known as "[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]", which allowed [[homosexuality|gay men and women]] to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexuality a secret, and forbade the military from inquiring about an individual's sexual orientation.<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> This move garnered criticism from the left (for being too tentative in promoting [[LGBT rights in the United States|gay rights]]) and from the right (who opposed any effort to allow gays to serve). Some gay-rights advocates criticized Clinton for not going far enough and accused him of making his campaign promise to get votes and contributions.<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> Their position was that Clinton should have integrated the military by executive order, noting that President [[Harry Truman]] used executive order to racially desegregate the armed forces. Clinton's defenders argue that an executive order might have prompted the Senate to write the exclusion of gays into law, potentially making it harder to integrate the military in the future.<ref name="The Natural" /> Later in his presidency, in 1999, Clinton criticized the way the policy was implemented, saying he did not think any serious person could say it was not "out of whack."<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> The policy remained controversial, and was finally [[Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010|repealed in 2011]], removing open sexual preference as a reason for dismissal from the armed forces.<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>