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Interview with Bill Clinton by Stephen Nolan for BBC Northern Ireland in 2008

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Video interview with Bill Clinton, former President of the United States of America, by Stephen Nolan for BBC Northern Ireland in 2008. In November 1995 Bill Clinton became the first American president to officially visit Northern Ireland, calling for progress on the Peace Process. Over two years later the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement was signed. Clinton discusses the reasons for his involvement in the peace process and the significance of his visit to Northern Ireland in 1995.

Date of Release/Broadcast: June 2008

Name of First Interviewee: Bill Clinton

Role at time of Interview: Former President of the United States of America

Interviewer: Stephen Nolan

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: © Below the Radar TV

Link: Watch the interview

Programme/Book/Article: BBC Northern Ireland

Time Period covered: 1995-2008

Key Individuals: Bill Clinton, Phil Coulter, Bernadette Devlin, John Major, Albert Reynolds, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat, Gerry Adams, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Ian Paisley, Martin McGuinness, David Trimble, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, John Hume

Key Words: American government, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, diaspora, Cold War, Sinn Fein, IRA, civil rights, American Civil War, Downing Street Declaration, education, British government, power-sharing

 

 

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