Dr. Henry Kissinger In Two Hour TV Special Tonight

Tonight at 8 pm on the National Geographic Channel, Dr. Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford Administrations, will appear in a two-hour special – assembled from  25 hours of interviews and including a variety of...

Video: VP Cheney Talks About Life in Politics

Vice President Dick Cheney made his first West Coast appearance at the Nixon Library Wednesday since the launch of his explosive new political memoir, In My Time. More than 750 people packed the East Room to hear the Vice President –  accompanied on-stage by...

RN and the Seeds of Counter-Terrorism

On September 25, 1972 President Nixon issued a memo to his Secretary of State William Rogers establishing a Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism. The creation of this committee was a direct response to the Black September terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympic Games in...

What is the Purpose of a Presidential Library?

In the OC Register, columnist Brian Calle opines on the portrayal of the 37th President in the new Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Library and the future of the presidential library system: Some controversy over the recently revised Watergate exhibit at the Nixon...

Further Media Coverage of “Nixon Shock” Anniversary

I have posted twice this month about articles discussing the massive economic and monetary changes instituted by President Nixon in August 1971 and their continuing relevance for today. Monday marked the fortieth anniversary of the speech in which RN announced the end...