VIDEO SHOWS: ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

STORY: Democrat Bill Clinton came to the White House by defeating an incumbent president, Republican George H. W. Bush, and served from 1993 to 2001 during a period of acute partisanship in Washington.

Clinton endured bruising political battles with Republicans and was impeached in 1998 by the House of Representatives over his affair with a young White House intern, but remained in office when the Senate acquitted him.

The former Arkansas governor who swept into the White House by claiming the mainstream centre of U.S. politics, was a lightning rod for Republican critics and an energetic and gifted campaigner who maintained his popularity with Democrats even after leaving office.

A political natural, the silver-haired Clinton embraced Republican positions on issues like welfare reform and held office during a period of rapid growth in technology, the rise of the internet and economic globalization.

He also led an active U.S. foreign policy, playing peacemaker in Northern Ireland and the Middle East and injecting the U.S. military into global hot spots including Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo.

But Clinton suffered numerous policy setbacks in office, most notably on his ambitious plans for healthcare reform, and was mired in controversy and Republican-led investigations almost from the start.

The crush of investigations culminated in the scandal involving his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a young White House intern. The revelations regarding the affair set off a bitter partisan battle between his supporters and critics who demanded that he resign.

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Bill Clinton told reporters at the White House in January 1998 as he steadfastly denied the affair for months to his wife, Hillary Clinton, and the world.

On Dec. 19, 1998, the Republican-led House voted to approve articles of impeachment accusing Clinton of perjury for misleading a grand jury about the nature of his relationship with Lewinsky and obstruction of justice for inducing others to lie to cover up the affair.

Clinton remained in office because the Senate on Feb. 12, 1999, voted against removing him from office after a dramatic five-week trial that left even his fellow Democrats demoralized.

Hillary Clinton later wrote that while furious over the affair she decided she still loved him. They went through counselling and remained together.

While Clinton did not serve in the military and was derided as a Vietnam War draft dodger by critics, he was unafraid to project U.S. military might as president. He sent forces to Bosnia, Somalia, Haiti and the Gulf and directed the NATO bombing campaign in Kosovo.

He worked hard at developing personal relationships with world leaders and helped broker an interim Middle East peace accord with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin in 1993 that led to seven years of negotiation and a lessening of conflict in the region.

Clinton took to the celebrity speaking circuit and set up his own foundation to tackle poverty, health and education after he left office. He also adapted to the role of political husband after leaving office, when his wife Hillary was elected senator from New York in 2000.

Clinton joined with the elder Bush in a public campaign to raise money for survivors of the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami in Asia that killed more than 300,000 people.

He was named U.N. Special Envoy for Haiti in May 2009 and spearheaded international fundraising for Haiti after devastating January 2010 7.0 earthquake, setting up the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with former president George W. Bush.

Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on Aug. 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Blythe, died three months before his birth. He later took the surname of his stepfather, Roger Clinton.

In high school, Clinton played the saxophone and was a big fan of Elvis Presley.

He worked his way through Georgetown University in Washington, and later won a coveted Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. He earned his law degree from Yale Law School where he also met his wife.

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SHOWS: Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe IV on Aug. 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. His father, William Blythe, died three months before his birth. He later took the surname of his stepfather, Roger Clinton.

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1. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG BILL CLINTON SITTING ASTRIDE A PONY NEAR HIS CHILDHOOD HOME

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2. CLINTON (L) POSING WITH HIS MOTHER VIRGINIA (C) AND STEP-BROTHER ROGER IN A 1959 FAMILY PORTRAIT

Clinton married Hillary Rodham on October 11, 1975. Hillary at first kept her maiden name but she 'switched' to Clinton in 1982.

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3. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CLINTON AFTER MARRYING HILLARY RODHAM

After serving as Arkansas's attorney general, then 32-year-old Clinton became the youngest governor in the United States, serving a total of a dozen years in the Arkansas statehouse. In 1982 he returned to office, after apologising for the mistakes of his first term and promising not to 'lead without listening'. He was re-elected in 1984 and 1986 and came very close to running for President in 1988.

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4. VARIOUS OF CLINTON ARRIVING IN ASSEMBLY/ PEOPLE APPLAUDING/ GIVING SPEECH TO ASSEMBLY (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

The Clintons welcomed their daughter Chelsea in 1980.

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5. CLINTON ADDRESSING RALLY, WIFE HILLARY HOLDING DAUGHTER CHELSEA

In 1988, Clinton bowed out of the party leadership running, citing the campaign's potential effect on his 7 year-old daughter, and backed Michael Dukakis at the Democratic National Convention in Georgia.

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6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN ARKANSAS GOVERNOR, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Michael Dukakis can provide that leadership."

7. DUKAKIS AND WIFE WATCHING AND CHEERING

Four years later, Clinton delivered his acceptance speech for nomination as Democratic Presidential Candidate at the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 16, 1992.

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8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WAVING U.S. FLAGS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN-GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS, BILL CLINTON, SAYING (SOUNDBITE BEGINS OVER END OF SHOT 8):

"When I am your president, the rest of the world will not look down on us with pity, but up to us, with respect again."

During Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign, nightclub singer Gennifer Flowers claimed she was Clinton's mistress. Clinton denied the claims.

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10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SINGER, GENNIFER FLOWERS, SAYING:

"Yes. I was Bill Clinton's lover for 12 years, and for the past two years I have lied to the press about our relationship to protect him. The truth is, I loved him."

Clinton also came under fire for dodging the draft to avoid being called up to fight in the Vietnam War. Clinton again said he was not a draft dodger. The Republican Party played up Bush's role as a war hero in the Pacific conflict against Japan during which he was shot down in action.

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11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I had access to a deferment that would have lasted for years, and I put myself into the draft before the lottery was in. Without knowing for sure, there would be a lottery, with no way of knowing what the lottery number would be. With no way of knowing that all the lottery numbers wouldn't be called. In 1970, the next year, the president deescalated the war. I put myself into the draft. It was simply a fluke that I wasn't called."

In a Rally in Detroit, Michigan in 1992, Clinton urged voters to end the Bush administration and "do better."

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12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"My fellow Americans, as we come to the end of this campaign. I ask you to choose the world we will live in, to choose to change the world we have, to have the courage to say 'we can do better,' to reject the politics of denial and division and blame which the Bush administration and has visited on this country for long enough. We can do better."

Clinton won a commanding election victory on November 3, 1992 to become the 42nd President of the United States. It put the Democrats back in the White House after 12 years of Republican control.

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13. VARIOUS OF CLINTON, WIFE HILLARY AND DAUGHTER CHELSEA WALKING ONTO STAGE AS CROWD CHEERS

14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN PRESIDENT ELECT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"On this day with high hopes and brave hearts and massive numbers. The American people have voted to make a new beginning."/ CROWD CHEERING

Clinton became the 42nd United States president on January 20, 1993, pledging to bring "a new spirit of renewal" to the White House. Clinton, who succeeded Republican George Bush in a Washington ceremony seen by millions of television viewers all over the world, used his full name in taking an oath spoken by every U.S. president since George Washington:

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15. VARIOUS OF CLINTON TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE ON INAUGURATION DAY

In his first address to Congress as president, Clinton on February 17, 1993 proposed near-record tax increases, spending cuts and job growth incentives to spur prosperity and reduce the soaring deficit, promising to take the country in a new direction with a thriving economy.

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16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"In order to accomplish both increased investment and deficit reduction, something no American government has ever been called upon to do at the same time before. Spending must be cut and taxes must be raised."

17. LAWMAKERS APPLAUDING

Clinton said on April 23, 1993 that his nation should not intervene in Bosnia-Herzegovina without allied support, despite mounting pressure to do something to halt Serbian "ethnic cleansing" against Muslims.

Clinton came under increasing pressure from prominent Senate Democrats to authorize the use of military force in Bosnia.

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18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"The idea of moving people around and abusing them and often killing them, solely because of their ethnicity is an abhorrent thing. And it is especially troublesome in that area where people of different ethnic groups live side by side for so long together. And I think you have to stand up against that. I think it's wrong."

Clinton met then European Commission President Jacques Delors and then Prime Minister of Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, to discuss the war in Bosnia.

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19. THEN EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT JACQUES DELORS AND DANISH PRIME MINISTER POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN ENTERING WHITE HOUSE

20. MEETING IN PROGRESS

Clinton on May 19, 1993 reversed more than 15 years of U.S. Cold War policy and granted recognition to the democratically elected government of Angola.

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21. SOUTH AFRICAN ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU SEATED DURING WHITE HOUSE MEETING

22. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Today, I am pleased to announce the United States' recognition of the government of Angola. This decision reflects the high priority that our administration places on democracy. In 1992, after years of bitter civil war, the people of Angola held a multiparty election that the United States, the United Nations and others monitored and considered free and fair."

Boos and cheers greeted Clinton as he arrived at the Vietnam War memorial for Memorial Day ceremonies on May 31, 1993. Clinton was the first U.S. president in 50 years to have not served in the military. He also publicly objected to the U.S. role in Vietnam.

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23. CLINTON WALKING ALONGSIDE THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL TO CHEERS AND BOOS

24. VARIOUS OF CROWD OF VETERANS, BOTH SUPPORTIVE AND PROTESTING AS CLINTON WALKS TO MICROPHONE

25. PROTESTER HOLDING A SIGN CALLING CLINTON A DRAFT DODGER, READING (English): "SLICK WILLIE THE ARTFUL DRAFT DODGER"

Clinton arrived in Tokyo on July 6, 1993 for his first G7 summit.

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26. VARIOUS OF CLINTON AND HIS WIFE, HILLARY, WALKING DOWN STEPS OF AIR FORCE ONE AND GREETING OFFICIALS

Clinton announced the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' on July 19, 1993, which allowed gay, lesbian and bisexual people to serve in the military, but warned that some behaviour, whether on or off-duty, would lead to dismissal. Clinton described the announcement as a compromise and said it was not a perfect solution.

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27. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"An open statement by a service member that he or she is a homosexual will create a rebuttable presumption that he or she intends to engage in prohibited conduct, but the service member will be given an opportunity to refute that presumption. In other words, to demonstrate that he or she intends to live by the rules of conduct that apply in the military service."

Clinton on October 1, 1993 played host to the first public meeting between Israeli and Jordanian leaders, obtaining pledges from both to build upon the rising tide for peace in the Middle East. The meeting symbolised the new relationship between Jordan and Israel, Clinton said.

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28. CLINTON, JORDAN'S THEN CROWN PRINCE HASSAN (L) AND THEN ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER SHIMON PERES (R) WALKING TO MICROPHONE

29. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"This working group that we have agreed to set up will clearly operate within the framework in the context of the peace process and not independent of it, but will focus on the economic and the environmental issues I have mentioned."

Clinton on December 8, 1993 signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joining his country with Canada and Mexico. The president invited members of Congress, business leaders and other supporters of the three-nation trade pact to fill a government auditorium where he signed legislation to implement the agreement.

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30. CLINTON SIGNING THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) AGREEMENT

Clinton arrived in Los Angeles on January 19, 1994 to inspect the devastated areas hit by a powerful earthquake. Clinton declared the quake-stricken region a federal disaster area, making it eligible for massive federal assistance that includes low-interest loans and other aid.

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31. CLINTON ON DAMAGED HIGHWAY

32. MACHINES AT WORK ON DAMAGED HIGHWAY

33. CLINTON INSPECTING DAMAGE

Clinton said on January 25, 1994, in his first State of the Union speech, that he was watching Russia's reform effort with patience and vigilance but warned that Russian troops should only operate in neighbouring countries with permission.

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34. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"We will continue to urge Russia and the other states to press ahead with economic reforms, and we will seek to cooperate with Russia to solve regional problems while insisting that if Russian troops operate in neighbouring states, they do so only when those states agree to their presence and in strict accord with international standards."

35. HILLARY CLINTON APPLAUDING

Clinton told reporters on March 7, 1994 that Whitewater was not Watergate, and in an emotional defence of his wife said that he did not believe she had done anything wrong.

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36. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I do not believe for a moment that she (Hillary Clinton) has done anything wrong. I have not. I just, if the rest of the people in this country, if everybody in this country had a character as strong as hers, we wouldn't have half the problems we've got today."

Then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said on April 22, 1994, she did nothing wrong in the Whitewater affair but admitted her inexperience had made things worse. During a news conference in the White House the president's wife insisted that nothing wrong took place in her investments in cattle futures markets.

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37. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN US FIRST LADY, HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, SAYING:

"This is really a result of our inexperience in Washington, if you will, that I really did not fully understand everything that I wish now I had known. And, you know, it's a learning experience, sometimes a difficult one, but I think one that both the president and I are anxious to do, because we think that the reason he was elected was to deal with the big issues that we want the country to deal with."

Clinton welcomed one of the world's biggest sporting events to the United States on June 17, 1994 at the climax of a glittering opening ceremony for soccer's World Cup.

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38. CLINTON, THEN GERMAN CHANCELLOR HELMUT KOHL AND THEN BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT SANCHEZ DE LOZADA HOLDING UP FOOTBALLS FOR A PHOTOCALL

39. PITCH DURING U.S. ANTHEM

Clinton attended a farewell parade on July 12, 1994 of the U.S. Berlin Brigade. The parade took place at the U.S. McNair army barracks in Berlin. Then German Chancellor Helmut Kohl also attended the departure ceremony to mark the end of the U.S. military presence in Berlin.

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40. CLINTON RIDING PAST TROOPS ON A JEEP

41. TROOPS STANDING TO ATTENTION / RAISING FLAGS

42. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Chancellor Kohl, I thank you for being America's great friend and for approving and the inordinate sacrifices made by the German people and the German government since the (Berlin) wall came down that unification can be a reality, that Germany can be whole and one and a full partnership and leading the world to a better tomorrow. America is in your debt, sir."

Clinton celebrated one of the biggest legislative victories of his first two years in office on August 26, 1994 with the final passage of a 30 billion U.S. dollar crime bill.

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43. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Today, senators of both parties took a brave and promising step to bring the long, hard wait for a crime bill closer to an end. I want to salute the senators of both Republican and Democratic ranks who put law and order, safety and security above politics and party."

Clinton on September 13, 1994 signed a long-awaited, controversial crime bill into law. The bill provided some 30 billion U.S. dollars for crime prevention and punishment programmes, among other things.

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44. CLINTON SIGNING CRIME BILL INTO LAW

Clinton welcomed then Russian President Boris Yeltsin to the White House on September 27, 1994, saying the old superpower rivals now meet "not as adversaries but as partners."

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45. THEN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN LEAVING CAR AND GREETING THE CLINTONS

46. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Today we meet not as adversaries, but as partners in the quest for a more prosperous and a more peaceful planet. In so many areas, our interests no longer conflict, they coincide. And where we do disagree, we can discuss our differences in a climate of war and peace, not Cold War."

Clinton on November 10, 1994 said he would seek to work with the Republican Party, following the disastrous showing of the Democrats in Tuesday's U.S. mid-term elections. Clinton promised that he would do nothing to jeopardise his country's economic recovery, and urged his case for breaking down trade barriers around the globe, while protecting U.S. jobs.

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47. CLINTON WALKING TO PODIUM

48. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I hope we'll be working together on lobby reform, campaign finance reform, continued advances in education and training and health care reform that leads us to real solutions. Above all, we must not do anything to jeopardize this country's economic recovery."

A huge car bomb tore apart a federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The blast brought mayhem and horror to an unlikely target in the heart of quiet Middle America and stunned the country.

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49. VARIOUS OF SMOKE LEAVING WRECKED BUILDING/ FIREFIGHTERS AT SCENE

Clinton declared on April 20, 1995 that the bombing in Oklahoma City was an attack on the United States and warned those responsible that "there is no place to hide" in the United States or abroad.

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50. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I would say to the children of this country, what happened was a bad thing, an evil thing. But we will find the people who did it and we will bring them to justice."

Clinton said on July 11, 1995 he was extending full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam.

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51. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Today I am announcing the normalization of diplomatic relationships with Vietnam."

On October 23 1995, at a joint news conference in Hyde Park, New York, U.S. President Bill Clinton said he and Russian President Boris Yeltsin were aligned on working together to secure peace in Bosnia after talks focused largely on the conflict.

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52. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"We spent the vast majority of our time discussing Bosnia, and we reached complete agreement about how we would work together for peace there. We have reached agreement on the importance of the involvement of Russia and the other contact group partners in the peace process."

Clinton celebrated the eve of his 50th birthday while his campaign for reelection continued on August 18, 1996.

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53. CLINTON BLOWING OUT CANDLES ON BIRTHDAY CAKE

The 1996 Democratic National Convention reached its highpoint on August 29, 1996 as Clinton accepted his party's nomination for the November election.

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54. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Thank you for your nomination. I don't know if I can find a fancy way to say this, but I accept."

Clinton was reelected U.S. president on November 5, 1996. In Little Rock, Arkansas, the state which Clinton governed for 12 years, the Democrat victory ceremony was attended by thousands of supporters outside the Arkansas State House.

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55. CLINTON WALKING TO PODIUM WITH WIFE AND DAUGHTER

56. FIREWORKS

57. CLINTONS WATCHING FIREWORKS

58. FIREWORKS

Paula Jones, the woman who sued Clinton on charges of sexual harassment, arrived in Washington D.C. on January 16, 1998 to meet Clinton in his lawyer's office. Jones said that in 1991 Clinton, who was then governor of Arkansas, exposed himself to her and asked her for oral sex in a Little Rock hotel room during a state government conference.

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59. PAULA JONES WALKING THROUGH WASHINGTON D.C. AIRPORT

Allegations of an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and a subsequent cover-up threatened to cripple Clinton's presidency.

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60. CLINTON HUGGING THEN WHITE HOUSE INTERN, MONICA LEWINSKY DURING AN OFFICIAL EVENT

Clinton angrily repeated his denials of having sex with White House intern Lewinsky, or urging her to lie about it, but he refused to answer questions about the scandal.

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61. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you."

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62. CLINTON HUGGING LEWINSKY AT A WHITE HOUSE EVENT

Clinton on April 10, 1998 hailed the Good Friday Agreement as a hard-won breakthrough, praising the "brave decisions" made by leaders on all sides.

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63. (SOUNDBITE)(English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"The parties have made brave decisions. They have chosen hope over hate, the promise of the future, over the poison of the past, and in so doing, already, they have written a new chapter in the rich history of their island."

On August 17, 1998, Clinton admitted misconduct with Lewinsky.

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64. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Indeed I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate, in fact it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse in judgment, and a personal failure on my part, for which I am solely and completely responsible. But I told the Grand Jury today, and I say to you now, that at no time did I ask anyone to lie, to hide or destroy evidence, or to take any other unlawful action."

The spotlight of the investigation into the relationship between Clinton and Lewinsky focused on a dress which the former intern has handed over to prosecutors.

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65. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF BLUE DRESS WORN BY LEWINSKY

Clinton's wife Hillary Rodham-Clinton voiced her support for her husband in the face of growing calls for his resignation.

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66. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, SAYING:

"Day after day, I've seen his determination, his unrelenting determination to do what is best for America and for the children who will inherit our country. I know that all of you are proud of what has been achieved in this administration, and I'm very proud of the person I'm privileged to introduce. I'm proud of his leadership. I'm proud of his commitment. I'm proud of what he gives our country and all of us every day by his commitment."

Clinton became only the second American president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

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67. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I have accepted responsibility for what I did wrong in my personal life, and I have invited members of Congress to work with us to find a reasonable, bipartisan and proportionate response. That approach was rejected today by Republicans in the House, but I hope it will be embraced by the Senate. I hope there will be a constitutional and fair means of resolving this matter in a prompt manner."

History was made in Washington D.C. on January 7, 1999 when the United States Senate began the impeachment trial of Clinton.

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68. VARIOUS OF SENATORS SWEARING OATH TO SERVE AS JURORS IN CLINTON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

The United States Senate acquitted Clinton on February 12, 1999 on two articles of impeachment, leaving him in office and ending a year-long political crisis that engulfed the White House and Congress.

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69. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST, SAYING:

"On this article of impeachment, 50 senators have pronounced William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, guilty as charged, 50 senators having pronounced him not guilty. Two thirds of the senators present not having pronounced him guilty, the Senate adjudges that the respondent William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment."

On June 22, 1999, Clinton met U.S. and NATO troops at Skopje Airport in Macedonia, backing their mission to help bring peace to Kosovo.

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70. (SOUNDBITE)(English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I hope till the day you die you will be proud of being a part of a nation and a democratic alliance that believes that people should not be killed, uprooted or destroyed because of their race, their ethnic background, or the way they worship God. I am proud of that and I hope you are."

Clinton on June 25, 1999 urged all sides to break the deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace agreement.

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71. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"The people of Northern Ireland, a majority of both communities, voted for the Good Friday Accords. They voted for peace, for de-commissioning, for universal acceptance of the principle of consent. In American terms, that's majority rule."

On July 5, 2000, Clinton announced the Camp David Peace Summit, which sought to secure an agreement on the core issues driving the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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72. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat will come to Camp David at my invitation. A few days before that, their negotiators will arrive to help pave the way for this summit. The objective is to reach an agreement on the core issues that have fueled a half-century of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians."

On July 11, 2000, Clinton opened the Camp David summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, but the marathon talks ended without a framework agreement on final-status issues.

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73. THEN U.S. PRESIDENT CLINTON WALKING ALONG WITH THEN-PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK OF ISRAEL AND THEN-CHAIRMAN YASSER ARAFAT OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO) AND POSING FOR PICTURES

Clinton signed into law on October 10, 2000 a historic bill granting permanent normal trade relations to China, opening the door for Beijing's entry to the World Trade Organisation.

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74. CLINTON SIGNING BILL GRANTING PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TO CHINA

Clinton bade a grateful farewell to Americans on January 18, 2001 in his last address as president with an expression of hope that his policies of fiscal prudence, international engagement and social diversity would live on.

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75. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"My fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the Oval Office as your president. I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honour to serve. To work for you and with you to prepare our nation for the 21st century."

Clinton accepted the Dayton Peace Prize for his peacekeeping efforts in the Balkans on June 2001.

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76. MEDAL AND TROPHY

77. CLINTON SPEAKING / ATTENDEES APPLAUDING

After his presidency, Clinton focused on humanitarian and global development work. The former President and Grammy award-winning singer and producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds announced on July 31, 2001 they would lead a new initiative to fight AIDS in Africa and globally by raising awareness and money for the battle against the epidemic.

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78. INTERNATIONAL AIDS TRUST SIGN ON LECTERN

79. CLINTON AND SINGER AND PRODUCER "BABYFACE" LOOKING ON

Touring the wreckage of the World Trade Center on September 13, 2001, Clinton urged Americans to rally around then President George W. Bush.

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80. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"The important thing is that I'm not President, I'm a citizen, and I'm gonna support the President, and that's what I want every American to do."

Clinton's 957-page memoir, "My Life", went on sale on June 22, 2004. In the nation's capital people began waiting outside "Politics and Prose" bookshop at dusk, hoping to be among the first to purchase Clinton's book.

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81. POSTER PROMOTING FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'S BOOK

82. CUSTOMER HOLDING CLINTON'S BOOK

Clinton was released from a New York hospital on September 10, 2004 after undergoing quadruple heart bypass surgery.

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83. CHILDREN OUTSIDE HOSPITAL HOLDING "GET WELL" SIGNS

Clinton and George Bush senior began a tour of Asian countries devastated by the December 26, 2004 tsunami. Appointed by then President Bush to lead U.S. fund-raising for survivors of the December 26 tsunami, the pair toured various nations to keep world attention on the disaster and encourage Americans and U.S.

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84. VARIOUS OF BUSH AND CLINTON WALKING DOWN TO THE BEACH WITH OFFICIALS / INSPECTING A BOAT

Clinton visited a corner of Sri Lanka on May 28, 2005 that was one of the hardest hit in the December 26 tsunami.

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85. VARIOUS OF CLINTON WALKING WITH OFFICIALS

Five years after his U.S. presidency, Clinton used his clout once again to solve some of the world's biggest issues. The former president brought together some 40 world leaders, and other big private sector names for a three-day meeting aimed at solving some of the world's biggest worries.

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86. VARIOUS OF CLINTON WALKING TOWARDS LECTERN AND ATTENDEES APPLAUDING

Then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on June 25, 2008 said he wanted the Clintons to support him in his bid to become the next President of the United States.

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87. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BARACK OBAMA, SAYING:

"Now, if the question is do I want Bill Clinton campaigning for us, for the ticket leading into November? The answer is absolutely yes. I want him involved. He is a brilliant politician."

Clinton was formally announced as a special United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti on June 15, 2009, at a morning news conference with then U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and then Haitian Foreign Minister Alrich Nicolas.

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88. CLINTON AND UN OFFICIALS SEATED DURING PRESS CONFERENCE

89. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I will be accountable in this work to the Secretary General of the United Nations, and to the people of Haiti and their governmental leaders."

Clinton arrived to Haiti on January 18, 2010 as part of a U.S.-led response to offer relief after a 7.0 earthquake ravaged vast swathes of Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas.

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90. CLINTON UNLOADING RELIEF FROM PLANE

In the biggest speech of her then more than 25-year-old career in the public eye, Clinton's wife Hillary accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on July 28, 2016 for the Nov. 8 election with a promise to make the United States a country that worked for everyone.

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91. (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEN DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE HILLARY CLINTON SAYING:

"And so my friends it is with humility, determination, and boundless confidence in America's promise, that I accept your nomination for President of the United States!"

92. BILL CLINTON APPLAUDING

Clinton played a prominent role in his wife's presidential campaign in 2016.

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93. CLINTON SPEAKING DURING RALLY FOR HIS WIFE HILLARY (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

Hillary Clinton conceded the 2016 U.S. White House race to Republican Donald Trump.

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94. CLINTON FAMILY WALKING ON STAGE AND HUGGING THEN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAINE AND HIS WIFE ANN HOLTON

The U.S. Justice Department on December 19, 2025 released more than 300,000 pages of records from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The files included several photos of Clinton. In one image, Clinton can be seen in what appears to be a hot tub or a swimming pool with another person whose face is blocked out. Clinton, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has previously expressed regret for socializing with Epstein and has said he was not aware of any criminal activity.

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95. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CLINTON IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A POOL OR TUB IN IMAGE FROM THE ESTATE OF LATE FINANCIER AND CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN, RELEASED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

96. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF CLINTON, GHISLAINE MAXWELL, AND OTHERS

97. STILL PHOTO OF CLINTON AND EPSTEIN

Bill and Hillary Clinton on January 13, 2026 refused to testify in a Republican-led congressional investigation of the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying it was a partisan exercise. "Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences," the Clintons wrote in a letter to Republican Representative James Comer, who chairs the House of Representatives Oversight Committee.

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98. VARIOUS SCREENSHOTS OF LETTER PUBLISHED ON HILLARY CLINTON'S X ACCOUNT TO OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Clinton said a photograph showing him in a hot tub was taken during a trip to Brunei, according to a video released on March 2. The photograph was released along with other photos and files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by the Department of Justice on December 19, 2025.

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99. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

CONGRESSMAN ASKING OFF CAMERA: "So do you recall the details of this photo or recall the photo being taken?"

CLINTON: "No, I don't think I ever knew the photo was taken."

Former U.S. presidents including Clinton and civil rights leaders gathered in Chicago on March 6 to honour the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson at a memorial service celebrating the influential activist’s decades-long fight for equality. Jackson, who died at the age of 84, was a leading advocate for voting rights and desegregation.

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100. WIDE OF CEREMONY TO HONOUR JESSE JACKSON

101. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

“He was faithful to the Scripture which said ‘We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.’ But unlike a lot of people in politics, he didn't go around looking down his nose at other people. He hated the sin and not the sinner. He was always trying to lift people up.”

102. CLINTON SPEAKING

Clinton helped break ground on an $18 million expansion and renovation of Anchor House's men's addiction rehabilitation facility in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood on May 6), calling the faith-based treatment centre "a place of second chances."

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103. (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT, BILL CLINTON, SAYING:

"I'm old as you know now. I love this - I was the youngest person doing whatever I was doing for half my life - and one day I woke up and I'm the oldest man in every room and for the life of me, I can't tell you how it happened."