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President Clinton, Mr. Mandela and South Africa President De Klerk spoke during a ceremony to award the two South African leaders the Liberty Medal for their work in furthering the cause of…

President Clinton addressed the nation following his swearing-in during the presidential inauguration ceremony. In his remarks, the president called for Americans to assume greater…

President Clinton, joined by Jim and Sarah Brady and a number of congressional leaders, signed the long-debated Brady Bill. The Brady Bill creates a five-day waiting period for a background check on…

President Clinton announced his economic program in his first address to a joint session of Congress. He proposed a stringent system of tax increases and spending cuts intended to reduce the federal deficit…

President Clinton spoke in a ceremony in the Rose Garden to announce his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Byron White. He called his nominee, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, “one of our…

President Clinton called a news conference to announce the firing of William Sessions as director of the FBI. He stated that Attorney General Reno reviewed the performance of Mr. Sessions and…

“In Memoriam” 2016 continues with Nobel Laureate, peace activist and holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. He died earlier this year at the age of 87. In April of 1993, Mr. Wiesel spoke at the…

President Clinton spoke at a dinner of White House correspondents following a comedy routine by Elayne Boosler. In his remarks, the president made humorous remarks about his first 100 days…

As a prelude to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Capitol Building, the 130-year-old Statue of Freedom was returned to the top of the Capitol dome after a 5-month…

Three former presidents joined President Clinton and Vice President Gore in a White House ceremony promoting North American Free Trade Agreement. President Clinton spoke about the need to embrace…

Bands and marchers heralded the inauguration of President Bill Clinton while the new president watched from the reviewing stand on Pennsylvania Avenue.

In a ceremony which President Clinton called, “an extraordinary act in one of history’s defining dramas,” Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization signed an agreement which gives…

President Clinton and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke during a ceremony in the White House to mark Judge Ginsburg’s swearing-in as Supreme Court Justice. Following the…

The Oval Office was discussed from an historical perspective. Several clips were shown to depict the changes that the Oval Office has gone through. The Oval Office was first designed at the turn…

President-elect Clinton and his family attended the interfaith church service at the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in Washington, DC, on the morning of the presidential inaugural. The service was…

Cameras followed Mr. Jordan as he gave a tour of Monticello, the home of former President Thomas Jefferson, to the Clintons and the Gores. The tour happened on the first morning of the four…

President Clinton announced his health care reform proposal in his second address to a Joint Session of Congress. He proposed a comprehensive system of government sponsored, but privately controlled,…

Ms. Feld and Ms. Booth Conroy discussed the four days of events surrounding the Clinton presidential inaugural, including the inaugural balls taking place in Washington, DC, on the same evening. Scenes of the Arkansas…

Members of the Kennedy family, civil rights leaders and the descendants of 1960's civil rights leaders spoke during a Catholic mass commemorating the 25th anniversary of the death of former…

Former Representative Coelho discussed his experiences in previous inaugurations while cameras recorded the scenes around Washington, DC, on the morning of the presidential inaugural.…