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Clinton tells the story of a president who rose from a broken childhood in Arkansas to become one of the most successful politicians in modern American history and one of the most complex and conflicted characters to ever stride across the public stage. From draft dodging to the Dayton Accords, from Monica Lewinsky to a balanced budget, the presidency of William Jefferson Clinton veered between sordid scandal and grand achievement.

A four-hour film, part of the critically acclaimed series of presidential biographies, Clinton follows the president across his two terms as he confronted some of the key forces that would shape the future, including partisan political warfare and domestic and international terrorism, and as he struggled with uneven success to define the role of American power in a post-Cold War world.

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Archival Materials courtesy of William J. Clinton Presidential Libary William J. Kennedy Presidential Library John F. A short while ago President Clinton's staff came to tell us that he was going to come to the Rose Garden now and make some remarks. Reporter archival audio : Peter, the president will make another attempt to say he's sorry about what he's caused.

Narrator: But on the afternoon of December 11, , he came to the Rose Garden of the White House to apologize to the American people. Bill Clinton archival : I am profoundly sorry for all I have done wrong in words and deeds. I never should have misled the country, the congress, my friends or my family. Quite simply, I gave in to my shame. Joe Klein, Journalist: It's almost as it all of this was just too easy for him.

It's almost as if he had to set up these barriers that he could then leap across, or stagger across, but get across in any event, always. Bill Clinton archival : I'm going to give you this election back and if you'll give it to me I won't be like George Bush, I'll never forget who gave me a second chance and I'll be there for you till the last dog dies.

And I want you to remember that. How many second chances does any one person deserve?