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The 48-year tenure of veteran presidents after World War II was a result of that conflict's "pervasive effect […] on American society." [2] In the late 1970s and 1980s, almost 60 percent of the United States Congress had served in World War II or the Korean War, and it was expected that a Vietnam veteran would eventually accede to the presidency.
Y-12 is the World War II code name for the electromagnetic isotope separation plant producing enriched uranium at the Clinton Engineer Works in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as part of the Manhattan Project. Construction began in February 1943 under the management of Stone & Webster.
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.
Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only two Presidents to be successfully impeached. 8. In an interview with MTV, he said he preferred wearing briefs over boxers. 9. He flew to North Korea in ...
Pages in category "Military installations in Tennessee" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Clinton Engineer Works; E. Enterprise South ...
Tennessee was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 47.08% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 42.43%. Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 10.09% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot. [2]
On July 9, 1992, Clinton chose Tennessee senator and former 1988 presidential candidate Al Gore to be his running mate. [77] As Governor Clinton's nomination acceptance speech approached, Ross Perot dropped out of the race, convinced that staying in the race with a "revitalized Democratic Party" would cause the race to be decided by the United ...
It could be seen a major accomplishment in garnering veteran support to take the county harboring the world's largest military base, but the Democratic nominee only beat Trump 56.7 percent to 40.7 ...