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President Bill Clinton – A Chronology 1993 January 20 William Jefferson Clinton is inaugurated as the forty-second President of the United States. January 25 President Clinton announces that First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will head the Task Force on National Health Care Reform. The President hopes to reform the nation’s health care system so that all Americans have health insurance, ensuring what is called “universal coverage,” and to control the sky-rocketing costs of health care. February 5 President Clinton signs the Family Medical Leave Act that requires companies to provide workers with up to three months of unpaid leave for family and medical emergencies. February 26 Six people were killed and more than a thousand suffered injuries after a bomb planted under the World Trade Center in New York City exploded. The bomb marked the beginning of a string of threats against the United States made during the Clinton administration by both foreign and domestic terrorists. March 3 President Clinton appointed Vice President Al Gore to head the National Performance Review, which devised a “Reinventing Government” Initiative. The Initiative streamlined government by reducing the number of federal employees and federal spending as a percentage of GDP to levels unseen since the Kennedy administration. March 11 The Senate confirmed Janet Reno as Attorney General, the first woman to serve in the position. Reno was Clinton’s third choice for the position, after his first two selections were scuttled after criticism. April 19 In Waco, Texas, federal law enforcement officers, under the orders of Attorney General Janet Reno, ended a 51-day standoff against a religious cult led by self-styled messiah David Koresh. The fires that destroyed the cult’s compound killed at least 75 people, and brought Reno widespread criticism for her aggressive handling of the situation. June 26 The U.S. Navy, under President Clinton’s orders, attacked Iraqi intelligence opera