Jun 29, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Nixon, with his newly appointed Drug authority at his side, declared drug abuse “public enemy number one.” “In order to fight and defeat this enemy,” he continued, “ it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”...
Jun 28, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union, Vietnam
Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. —Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States In May 1972, President Nixon faced one of the great foreign policy...
May 18, 2016 | News, News Media, Nixon Biographies
Commentary: Nixon’s Legacy in a New Light By Douglas Schoen Richard Nixon’s enduring image as a political villain, his appeal to the silent majority of mostly middle-class Americans, and especially his notorious Southern strategy have contributed to a...
May 6, 2016 | News, Vice President Nixon
1. On July 24, 1959, Vice President Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev engaged in a series of heated discussions at an American exhibition in Moscow. As the two continued to debate, they moved through several exhibits including a television studio where part...
May 6, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
In a piece for TIME Magazine, President and Mrs. Nixon’s granddaughter, Jennie Eisenhower, shares memories of her grandmother Pat Nixon on Mother’s Day. Remembering Pat Nixon, My Grandmother, This Mother’s Day She represented the U.S. with dignity, warmth,...
May 3, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Pre-Presidential Years
1. Richard Nixon won his first congressional election in 1946, where he defeated incumbent New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. This would be the first of many political victories for Nixon; he also won political elections in the years 1950,...