Jun 16, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
On June 14, 1974, President Nixon landed in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, his second stop in a five country peace tour of the Middle East. On the tarmac to meet him was King Faisal, an ardent anti-communist pivotal to the stability in the region. RN reflected on the meeting in...
Jun 15, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
The energy issue has been around for decades, so it is very hard for a president to say anything new about it. President Obama’s Oval Office address on the Gulf oil spill is an example. Toward the end, he invoked images of American determination and ingenuity:...
Jun 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
The words pollution and environment were on many politicians mind in 1969. Improvement of the environment was an achievement during the Nixon administration. Nixon grasped issues rapidly and presented a comprehensive and broad legislative environmental agenda. A...
Jun 14, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The site of the first debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon is not only in desperate need of rehabilitation and preservation—it may one day have an appointment with a wrecking ball. Of course, many reading this will be tempted to Google just where the...
Jun 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
Environmental conservation was at the forefront of Richard Nixon’s domestic legislative agenda. In his 1971 State of the Union message, RN declared: “I will propose programs to make better use of our land, to encourage a balanced national growth–growth that will...
Jun 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
The establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 was one of the most important actions of Richard Nixon’s presidency, setting up an arm of the Federal government’s executive branch that now employs more than 17,000 people and operates a budget of...
