Letter from America: The Clinton Years (1993-1996)
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Reforming the military
05 Feb 1993
Contributed by Lukas
The limits of presidential power and two presidential attempts to reform the US military: Truman's racial desegregation and Clinton's attempt to allow...
President Clinton's first week in office
29 Jan 1993
Contributed by Lukas
Clinton's first week in office is marred by abandoned campaign promises, a bruising encounter with the military and a failed attempt to make Mrs Baird...
President Clinton's inauguration
22 Jan 1993
Contributed by Lukas
A costly inauguration for President Clinton, and the traditions of the ceremony as followed by Presidents Jefferson, Carter and Reagan.
UN weapons inspectors in Iraq
15 Jan 1993
Contributed by Lukas
The search for Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons by the United Nations, President Clinton's promise to concentrate on domestic affairs, and potential f...
Bill Clinton's first cabinet and multiculturalism
08 Jan 1993
Contributed by Lukas
The diverse cabinet selected by President-elect Bill Clinton, and the problems posed to hospitals by the large range of languages spoken by their pati...
John Cage, Wilbur Mills and Oliver Franks
01 Jan 1993
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at the lives of the notable figures to die in 1992, including composer John Cage, politician Wilbur Mills and British Ambassador Oliver Fr...