[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 425 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 425
Honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of
his 58th birthday.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 2004
Mr. Daschle (for himself and Mr. Reid) submitted the following
resolution; which was considered and agreed to
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RESOLUTION
Honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on the occasion of
his 58th birthday.
Whereas former President William Jefferson Clinton was born in Hope, Arkansas,
on August 19, 1946;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton attended Georgetown University as an
undergraduate and received a Rhodes Scholarship in 1968;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton received a law degree from Yale University in
1973;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton established a record of public service as
Attorney General of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas, and Chairman of the
National Governors Association;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton campaigned for and won the Democratic
nomination for President in 1992;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton was elected the 42d President of the United
States in 1992 and was reelected for a second term in 1996;
Whereas during William Jefferson Clinton's time in office the United States
experienced 8 years of economic expansion, job growth, and the
transformation of a budget deficit into a budget surplus;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton rallied the members of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization to put an end to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and
to depose the murderous regime of Slobodan Milosevic, actions which
eventually led to the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords;
Whereas William Jefferson Clinton played a major role in the Good Friday Peace
Accords which finally brought peace to war-torn Northern Ireland; and
Whereas, in the words of President George W. Bush, William Jefferson Clinton
``showed a deep and far-ranging knowledge of public policy, a great
compassion for people in need, and the forward-looking spirit the
Americans like in a President'': Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate honors former President William Jefferson
Clinton on the occasion of his 58th birthday on August 19, 2004, and
extends best wishes to him and his family.
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