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In the 19th and early 20th centuries, only Thailand survived European colonial threat in Southeast Asia due to centralising reforms enacted by King Chulalongkorn and because the French and the British decided it would be a neutral territory to avoid conflicts between their colonies
The administration faced political opposition in 1994 when Republicans took control of both houses of congress but Clinton was reelected in 1996, after a failed attempt at a health care reform.
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