Podcast Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President
In 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn in for the first of his four terms as president of the United States....
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This photograph of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton posing with former presidents and first ladies was taken in November 2000, during a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the White House. The presidents in the top row include, from left to right, George H. W. Bush, Clinton, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Seated below, also from left to right, are first ladies Barbara Bush, Lady Bird Johnson, Clinton, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter.
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