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Bill Clinton inaugurated
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Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 passed
Law that required large employers to allow employees to take unpaid leave for pregnancy or a serious medical condition. -
Clinton's first national address
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White House travel office controversy
Clinton fired seven employees of the White House Travel Office, causing the contreversy. Even though the Travel Office staff served at the pleasure of the President, who could dismiss them without cause, critics suggested that the firings had been done to allow friends of the Clintons to take over the travel business. -
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
Act cut taxes for fifteen million low-income families, made tax cuts available to 90 percent of small businesses, and raised taxes on the wealthiest 1.2 percent of taxpayers. Additionally, through the implementation of spending restraints, it mandated the budget be balanced over a number of years. -
Battle of Mogadishu
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Brady Bill passed
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"Don't ask, don't tell," directive takes effect
Allowed gay men and women to serve in the armed services provided they kept their sexuality a secret, and forbade the military from inquiring about one's sexual orientation. Repealed in 2011. -
Nooth American Federal Trade Agreement signed into law
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whitehouse.gov launched
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Executive Order 13011 – Federal Information Technology issued
Ordered the heads of all federal agencies to utilize information technology fully to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public. -
Defense of Marriage Act
Act defines marriage for federal purposes as the legal union of one man and one woman which allowed individual states to refuse to recognize gay marriages performed in other states. -
Monica Lewinsky scandal