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the former governor from

Arkansas, Bill Clinton,

became the 42nd

president of the United

States with only 43

percent of the popular

vote. He has experienced

his share of defeats,
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difficulties, compromises,

and triumphs during his

first year in office.

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President Clinton was not

the only resisdent in the

White House to make an

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chaired the White House

task force that devised the

health security plan. The

plan would cost the

federal government an

extra $350 billion over

five years. President

Clinton hopes to get most

of the money by holding

down spending on

Medicaid and Medicare,

boosting cigarette taxes

by about 80-cents a pack,

and imposing a levy on

corporations that set up

their own health plans.

Al Gore, the nation's 45th
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vice president, brought an

insider's perspective to

the new administration.

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His expertise and major

concerns have been in

the areas of foreign

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environmental and

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technological issues.

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