His problems were further exacerbated when the Republicans gained control of both houses in the 1994 mid-term elections for the first time in forty years. It appeared for all intensive purposes that Clinton would be out on his ear but in the face of adversity he triumphed. A Bosnian peace deal was brokered in Dayton, Ohio between the warring factions, the President visited Northern Ireland and helped move the peace process forward by acting as an honest broker and the economy continued to improve.
He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination for the 1996 presidential election and he defeated the Republican candidate, Bob Dole by a healthy margin. Clinton's second term was to be overshadowed by the revelations that Clinton had sexual relations with a White House intern, named Monica Lewinsky. He became further embroiled in the scandal when he lied about his relationship with Lewinsky in a sworn disposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit. His second term however was successful - he balanced the budget, implemented crime control measures, restructured the welfare system, downsized federal departments and improved the economy, introducing low rates of interest, lowering inflation and reducing unemployment. In foreign affairs, he tread cautiously - pulling troops out of Somalia, negotiating with North Korea to halt its development of nuclear weapons and working as a peace broker in Israel and Northern Ireland.
Clinton and other Western leaders made the decision to bomb Bosnia which led to the signing of the Bosnia Accords in 1999. He also deflated a very tense situation between NATO and Russia, after the former's military intervention in Serbia.
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