FFiggs0108. Back in the late 1990's Bill Clinton got credit for paying off our national debt. He did it by cutting our military by 40%. They called this the peace dividend for the collapse of the Soviet Union. It weaken our military considerably. Bill Clinton is a CFR member. CFR members get most of the media attention. CFR members get an expense free ride into public office. CFR members are what the CFR wants them to be.