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r  mployment Non-Discrimination Aro, which, buoyed by 
his lobbying, failed to pass the Senate by a single vote in 1.996.1-W1 Advocacy for these issues, 
paired with the politically unpopular nature of the gay rights movement at the time, led to 
enthusiastic support for Clinton's election and reelection by the Human Rights CampaignPV 
Clinton came out for gay marriage in July 2000421 and urged the Supreme Court to overturn 
DOMA in 2o13.1-43-1 He was later honored by GLAAD for his prior pro-gay stances and his reversal 
on DOMA.E14
The 1996 United States campAa 
finance controversy was an alleged 
effort by China to influence the 
domestic policies of the United 
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States, before and during the 
Clinton 
administration, 
and 
involved the fundraising practices 
of the administration itself/41(M/ 
Despite the evidence,b46](141 the 
 
Chinese government denied all 
accusationsi-M9J 
"When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever
heard of what is called the Worldwide Web ... Now even
my cat has its own page." 
BM Clinton's announcement of Next Generation 
Internet initiative, October 1.996-1.1144
As part of a 1996 initiative to curb Illegal immigration, Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IMMA) on September 3o, 1996. Appointed by 
Clinton; 1501 the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform recommended reducing legal 
immigration from about 800,000 people a year to about 550,000.1151KM1
Ken Gormley, author of The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Stan-, reveals in his book that 
Clinton narrowly escaped possible assassination in the Philippines in November 1996. During his 
visit to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Manila, while he was on his way 
to meet with a senior member of the Philippine government, Clinton was saved from danger 
minutes before his motorcade was scheduled to drive over a bridge charged with a timed 
improvised explosive device (MD) L1531 According to officials, the WI) was large enough to "blow 
up the entire presidential motorcade".1K41 Details of the plot were revealed to Gormley by Lewis C. 
Merletti, former member of the presidential protection detail and Director of the Secret Service. 
Intelligence officers intercepted a radio transmission indicating there was a wedding cake under a 
bridgeiall This alerted Merletti and others as Clinton's moto 
scheduled to 
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major bridge in downtown Mamie 
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by a terrorist group for a past  
motorcade, but the alternate route w 
to the drive time. Clinton was very 
angry, as he was already late for the meeting, but following the advice of the secret service possibly 
saved his life. Two other bombs had been discovered in Manila earlier in the week so the threat 
level that day was high.D551 Security personnel at the Mamie International Airport uncovered 
several. grenades and a timing device in a travel bag.D561 Officials also discovered a bomb near a 
major U.S. naval base j1561 The president was scheduled to visit both these locations later in the 
week. An intense investigation took place into the events in Mamie and it was discovered that the 
group behind the bridge bomb was a Saudi terrorist group in Afghanistan known as al-Qaeda and 
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the plot was masterminded by Osama bin laden.
 Until recently, this thwarted assassination 
attempt was never made public and remained top seciet. Only top members of the U.S. intelligence 
community were aware of these events.I1M] 
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