Let's get something straight:
The recession actually started while Clinton was still in Office (March 2000). Clinton himself had nothing to do with it. He didn't have any change any policies since 1993 about the economy. It's natural for the economy to undergo ups and downs. And after 7 years of constant ups, it had nowhere to go but down for a while. HOwever when Bush came along, his policies only made it worse and slowed the recovery of the economy, partially allowing things to happen that made people lose trust in the system (Enron et al, 9/11, environment policies, and 2 wars, and friendliness toward huge greedy corporations.
NOt to mention how he led Congress to repeal almost every environmental law passed by Clinton.
Neither BUsh nor Clinton had anything to do with building up the military. Yes, the military that invaded Afganistan was maintained under CLinton and partially grew at the time. However he personally had nothing to do with people signing up.
I love this latest Bushism:
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"Earlier today, the Libyan government released Fathi Jahmi. She's a local government official who was imprisoned in 2002 for advocating free speech and democracy."