Apr 21, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Forty-two years ago today —on 21 April 1969— President Nixon announced his choice of a thirty-six year old Chicago congressman —Donald H. Rumsfeld— to head the troubled and troubling Office of Economic Opportunity. RN turned out to be both a...
Apr 20, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Kenneth Robert “Ken” Hesse, a member of the crew that flew Air Force One during the Nixon Administration, died on April 7 in Woodstock, Georgia, at the age of 76. His obituary appears here. Along with his involvement in flights in which the President and...
Apr 19, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday I attended the highly illuminating and interesting discussion at George Washington University’s Morton Auditorium in which after an introduction by Geoff Shepard, formerly of the Nixon White House’s Domestic Council, five of the thirty-seventh...
Apr 19, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
The Richard Nixon Foundation hosted its 11th Nixon Legacy forum before a packed audience at George Washington University’s Jack Morton Auditorium Monday. “Writing for 37,” featured five distinguished wordsmiths who began working with Richard Nixon on...
Apr 19, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
Forty-two years ago today, RN named consumer affairs expert Virginia Knauer to the top position in the federal government on consumer affairs. In a ceremony in the Rose Garden, the President watched as Mrs. Knauer was sworn in as his Special Assistant for Consumer...
Apr 17, 2011 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon became acquainted with Johnny Cash through their mutual friend Billy Graham. On 17 April 1970, at the President’s invitation, the Man in Black gave a concert for an invited audience in the East Room of the White House. Cash had married his Opry...
