Jun 8, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On 8 June 1970, in the wake of an earthquake that devastated the South American nation of Peru on May 31st, President Nixon issued a statement expressing the concern and compassion of the American people for the victims this natural disaster. Describing the aid...
Jun 7, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
FDR had Fala. RN had Checkers. Anthony Weiner has a couple of cats, to which he referred with a term that has a double meaning. Bad move: one study suggests that dog people outnumber cat people by nearly four to one. Note to the Congressman from The Great Survivor:...
Jun 6, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
The 12th Richard Nixon Legacy Forum, co-sponsored by the Nixon Foundation and National Archives and hosted at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington D.C., was a discussion between former Nixon Administration national security officials on President Nixon’s Cold...
Jun 6, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
One of President Nixon’s many successful domestic policies was his fight against organized crime in the United States. On June 4, forty-one years ago, Nixon issued a statement regarding the signing of Executive Order 11534, which would create the National Council on...
Jun 6, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
On the evening of June 3, 1970, President Nixon addressed the nation on the subject of the controversial and frequently protested bombings of Cambodian sanctuaries. Begun in the spring of 1969, these classified bombings were intended to incapacitate Communist forces...
Jun 4, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger passed away today. He was 80. Eagleburger joined the foreign service in 1957 following service in the Army and completion of graduate school. He went on to serve on the National Council under President Nixon, as...
