Jan 8, 2015 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/bT9PoCyKClw] January 8, 2015: Stephen Hess, author of “The Professor and The President,” recalls his time working for the Eisenhower administration.
Jan 8, 2015 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/HRi1o_j2CLU] January 8, 2015: Stephen Hess, author of “The Professor and The President,” answers the question: When did you first get into politics? It so happened that this was coincidentally the time he first met Richard...
Nov 26, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam
President Nixon signs the amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 on November 26, 1969. On November 26, 1969, President Nixon signed an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 that began the random selection or “draft lottery” for...
Nov 18, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News
We need these freeways, and we need the Metro–badly. I have always believed, and today reaffirm my belief, that the Capital area must have the balanced, modern transportation system which they will comprise. Richard Nixon The early days of DC Metro construction,...
Oct 15, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News
Democratic Senator John L. McClellan (far right) from Arkansas sponsored the OCCA in Congress as the bill passed both houses within months. Forty-four years ago today, President Richard Nixon signed the “Organized Crime Control Act” (OCCA) into law at the Justice...
Sep 15, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
President Nixon with Martin Castillo, Chairman of the Interagency Community for Mexican American Affairs–as it was called in early 1969–Hank Queveda, its Executive Director, and Uraldo Palmares. President Nixon with members of the Advisory Council of the...
