近半年多来“白水事件”给美国总统克林顿带来了困扰。“白水事件”会不会成为又一个“伊朗门”或“水门事件”,这事件会否导致对克林顿总统的弹劾,人们十分关注。美国弹劾总统是怎么一回事,历史上有无弹劾总统的先例呢? 在美国历史上弹劾总统的先例是有的。1868年就发生了一起弹劾总统的案件。被弹劾的总统是美国第十七任总统安德鲁·约翰逊。这次弹劾虽然审理结果宣布总统无罪,但是 The “White Water Incident” has plagued U.S. President Clinton in the past six months or so. Whether or not the “White Water Incident” will become another “Iranian Gate” or “Watergate Incident” will lead to the people’s concern about whether this incident will result in the impeachment of President Clinton. There are precedents for the impeachment of the president in the history of impeaching President of the United States in the history of the United States. In 1868 there was a case of impeachment of the president. The impeached president is Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president of the United States. Although the verdict announced the president’s innocence, the impeachment was