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Bill Clin<\/span>t<\/span>on (William Jefferson Clin<\/span>t<\/span>on), Presiden<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he Uni<\/span>t<\/span>ed S<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>es of America, was born in Hope, Arkansas. He a<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ended ele<\/span>men<\/span>t<\/span>ary and high school in Ho<\/span>t<\/span> Springs, and<\/span> s<\/span>t<\/span>udied law and in<\/span>t<\/span>erna<\/span>t<\/span>ional rela<\/span>t<\/span>ions a<\/span>t<\/span> George<\/span>t<\/span>own Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y in Washing<\/span>t<\/span>on, Oxford in London, and Yale Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y in New Haven, Connec<\/span>t<\/span>icu<\/span>t<\/span>. In 1977, he was appoin<\/span>t<\/span>ed A<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>orney General of <\/span>t<\/span>he S<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e of Arkansas<\/span>, and in 1978, he was <\/span>elec<\/span>t<\/span>ed<\/span> Governor of Arkansas, a posi<\/span>t<\/span>ion he held un<\/span>t<\/span>il 1992. Clin<\/span>t<\/span>on successfully won <\/span>t<\/span>he presiden<\/span>t<\/span>ial elec<\/span>t<\/span>ions in bo<\/span>t<\/span>h 1992 and 1996 as <\/span>t<\/span>he Democra<\/span>t<\/span>ic Par<\/span>t<\/span>y candida<\/span>t<\/span>e. He ac<\/span>t<\/span>ed decisively agains<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he warmongering policies pursued by<\/span> t<\/span>he former Yugoslavia under Slobodan Milosevic’s regime from <\/span>t<\/span>he mid-1990s. In 1995, in coopera<\/span>t<\/span>ion wi<\/span>t<\/span>h NA<\/span>T<\/span>O, he in<\/span>t<\/span>ervened <\/span>t<\/span>o end Belgrade’s war of aggression in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he beginning of 1999, Clin<\/span>t<\/span>on played a crucial role in organizi<\/span>ng NA<\/span>T<\/span>O’s mili<\/span>t<\/span>ary ac<\/span>t<\/span>ions in Yugoslavia, commi<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>t<\/span>o pu<\/span>t<\/span> an end <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he e<\/span>t<\/span>hnic cleansing and genocide of Kosovo Albanians <\/span>t<\/span>hrough <\/span>t<\/span>he opera<\/span>t<\/span>ions of <\/span>t<\/span>he Allied Forces. Af<\/span>t<\/span>er a mili<\/span>t<\/span>ary campaign las<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>78 days<\/span>, Serbian mili<\/span>t<\/span>ary forces were forced <\/span>t<\/span>o wi<\/span>t<\/span>hd<\/span>raw from Kosovo on June 10, 1999, paving <\/span>t<\/span>he way for <\/span>t<\/span>he deploymen<\/span>t<\/span> of <\/span>t<\/span>he Uni<\/span>t<\/span>ed Na<\/span>t<\/span>ions peacekeeping mission (UNMIK) based on Resolu<\/span>t<\/span>ion 1244 of <\/span>t<\/span>he Uni<\/span>t<\/span>ed Na<\/span>t<\/span>ions Securi<\/span>t<\/span>y Council. Even af<\/span>t<\/span>er leaving <\/span>t<\/span>he presidency, Clin<\/span>t<\/span>on con<\/span>t<\/span>inued <\/span>t<\/span>o suppor<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he peop<\/span>le and ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>ions of Kosovo in <\/span>t<\/span>heir effor<\/span>t<\/span>s <\/span>t<\/span>o build a democra<\/span>t<\/span>ic and independen<\/span>t<\/span> s<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>e. In gra<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>ude for his commi<\/span>t<\/span>men<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o Kosovo’s independence, <\/span>numerous<\/span> s<\/span>t<\/span>ree<\/span>t<\/span>s and boulevards have been named af<\/span>t<\/span>er him, a s<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>ue has been erec<\/span>t<\/span>ed in Pris<\/span>t<\/span>ina on <\/span>t<\/span>he bo<\/span>ulevard <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> bears his name, and <\/span>t<\/span>he Universi<\/span>t<\/span>y of Pris<\/span>t<\/span>ina awarded him <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>le “Doc<\/span>t<\/span>or Honoris Causa.” <\/span><\/span>(Pic<\/em><\/span>t<\/span>ured: Bill Clin<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>on<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Encyclopedic Dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary of Kosovo – Vol. <\/span>I <\/span><\/span>,<\/span> Academy of Sciences and Ar<\/span>t<\/span>s of Kosovo, Prish<\/span>t<\/span>ina, 2018, page 798–799.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bill_Klin<\/span>t<\/span>on<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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