He was a talented diplomat

In December 1998, Clinton issued an executive order for a four-day bombing campaign against Iraq in response to that country's refusal to fully comply with United Nations weapons inspectors (the bombing also happened to launch the formal congressional impeachment hearings). NATO forces under American command successfully waged a three-month bombing campaign against Yugoslavia in 1999 to put an end to Serbian atrocities on ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo area.

Clinton was regarded as a mediator on his journeys to Ireland and Northern Ireland in 1998 and 2000. In 2000, he made history by being the first American president to visit Vietnam since the conclusion of the Vietnam War. He spent the last few weeks of his administration trying in vain to mediate a comprehensive peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Clinton received harsh criticism from both Democrats and Republicans shortly before he left the office for having granted several dubious pardons, including one to the ex-spouse of a significant Democratic Party donor.