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Footnotes & Sources

The background and pro and con arguments were written by ProCon.org staff based upon input from the following footnotes:
Footnotes: 

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  22. Bill Clinton “How We Ended Welfare, Together,” New York Times, Aug. 22, 2006
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  28. ProCon.org Staff
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  38. PBS Online NewsHour, “A Detailed Timeline of the Healthcare Debate Portrayed in ‘The System,'” pbs.org (accessed Oct. 13, 2010)
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  44. Stephen Moore, “Why Is Bill Clinton Cultivating Envy?,” CATO Institute website, July 31, 1997
  45. New York Times Editors, “Assessing the Blame for 9/11,” New York Times, Mar. 25, 2004
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  63. Dan Froomkin, “Case Closed,” Washington Post, Dec. 3, 1998
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  66. PBS Frontline, “The Clinton Years: Post Impeachment,” pbs.org, Jan. 16, 2001
  67. PBS Frontline, “Shattered Dreams of Peace,” pbs.org (accessed Oct. 14, 2010)
  68. CBS News, “Whitewater: Case Closed,” cbsnews.com, Sep. 20, 2000
  69. William Jefferson Clinton, “My Reasons for the Pardons,” New York Times, Feb. 18, 2001
  70. Richard L. Berke, “The Clinton Pardons: The Democrats; This Time, Clintons Find Their Support Buckling From Weight of New Woes,” New York Times, Feb. 23, 2001
  71. Lydia Saad, “Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval,” Gallup.com, Jan. 14, 2009
  72. CBS News, “Bush’s Final Approval Rating: 22 Percent,” cbsnews.com, Jan. 16, 2009
  73. Donald T. Phillips, The Clinton Charisma: A Legacy of Leadership, 2008
  74. NBC News and Wall Street Journal, “NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey,” (135 KB) msnbc.com, Sep. 28, 2010
  75. Thomas M. Defrank, “Bill Clinton Backs Barack Obama with Relentless Campaigning & Praise for the President,” New York Daily News, Nov. 2, 2012
  76. Robert Yoon, “First on CNN: Bill Clinton’s $106 Million Speech Circuit Windfall,” CNN.com, May 23, 2013
  77. Chris Morris, “Bill Clinton Is Launching a Podcast,” fortune.com, May 2, 2019