Jan 24, 2017 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
Introduction President Nixon, though possessing the instincts and speaking the increasingly conservative language of the mainstream Republican Party all his life (his writings on domestic policy attest to this,) governed within the boundaries set by the New Deal....
Jan 15, 2017 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vice President Nixon
Today marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 88th birthday. Presidential historian Irv Gellman details King’s relationship with then Vice President Nixon in his very insightful and revealing book, The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower...
Dec 22, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
With the authorization of the Alaskan Oil Pipeline, Nixon successfully balanced the Nation’s energy needs with its newfound environmental consciousness. Despite an atmosphere of negativity surrounding the extraction of crude oil, the United States has greatly...
Oct 24, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam
President Nixon signs two landmark bills to expand Veterans benefits on this day in 1972 On October 24, 1972 President Nixon signed into law two bills that significantly expanded Veterans benefits, ensuring that not only those who were returning home from Vietnam were...
Oct 20, 2016 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today
Foreign Crisis and Pressure On October 6, 1973, Israel and her Arab neighbors Egypt and Syria went to war for the second time in six years. The United States helped out Israel in the Yom Kippur War, as it became known, and the Nixon Administration’s policy of Shuttle...
Sep 28, 2016 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today, Political Strategy
Here at Nixon Foundation, we’ve made efforts to examine President Nixon’s policy legacy and discuss its relevance in the America of 2016. We’ve zoomed in on topics as diverse as relations with Iran, North Korea, and Russia, foreign aid and assistance, Native American...
