Clinton, at 46 the youngest man elected President since John F. Kennedy, came to the White House pledging to end the era of drift and deadlock and begin a new season of American renewal. In an address before Congress on the 29th day of his Presidency, he outlined a bold strategy to lift the economy through increased public and private investment while cutting $500 billion from the Federal deficit.He served as governor of Arkansas from 1982 until 1992.Clinton and his running mate, Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore, Jr., then 44, represented a new generation in American political leadership.By 1996, Bill Clinton created over three and a half million jobs.In 1993, he announced that he will no longer let gays be discharged from the military for that reason alone.During the spring and summer of 1996, Clinton proposed a series of modest and low-cost solutions to social problems...
