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Secretary of State Clinton said Israel's move was "deeply negative" for US-Israeli relations. [171] However Obama was the first United States president to supply Israel with modern bunker buster bombs. [172] And under Obama, United States Foreign Military Financing for Israel increased to $3 billion for the first time in history. [173]
In mid-November 2008, President-elect Obama and Clinton discussed the possibility of her serving as U.S. Secretary of State in his administration, [24] along with rumored nominees such as Bill Richardson, John Kerry, Sam Nunn and Chuck Hagel [25] and on November 21, reports indicated that she had accepted the position. [26]
During his administration, President Clinton worked to deepen cooperation with U.S. allies, strengthen law enforcement counter-terrorism tools and improve airplane and airport security. Before September 11, 2001 , these efforts had paid off by foiling major terrorist plots and apprehending, trying and sentencing terrorists.
Listed below are executive orders numbered 12834-13197, presidential proclamations and presidential memoranda signed by Bill Clinton during his tenure as President of the United States (1993-2001). He issued 364 executive orders. His executive orders, presidential proclamations and presidential memoranda are also listed on WikiSource.
President Obama announces an agreement on the Iran nuclear deal, 14 July 2015. Iran and the United States have had a poor relationship since the Iranian Revolution and the Iran hostage crisis, and tensions continued during the Obama administration due to issues such as the Iranian nuclear program and Iran's alleged sponsorship of terrorism.
Jimmy Carter speaks along side other former presidents' George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama as they attend the Hurricane Relief Concert in College Station, Texas, on ...
On 7 July 2012, as part of the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement, the United States designated Afghanistan a major non-NATO ally after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul to meet with President Karzai. [53] [54] "Please know that the United States will be your friend," Clinton told Karzai. "We are not even imagining ...
Obama and Bill Clinton also had a tumultuous relationship before the former president came to Obama’s aid in 2012. Clinton was one of the first political heavyweights to understand the threat ...