Oct 6, 2014 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News, Soviet Union
Forty-one years ago today, the deadliest Arab-Israeli military conflict commenced with a surprise attack, coordinated mainly by Egypt and Syria, on the Israeli occupied territories in Suez and the Golan Heights. The Yom Kippur War would instantly go down in infamy as...
Oct 1, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News
President Nixon receives a warm welcome from Yugoslavian citizens. On September 30, 1970, President Nixon touched down in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, becoming the first U.S. President to visit the Communist nation. On this day in 1970, after two hours of official talks with...
Sep 15, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
President Nixon with Martin Castillo, Chairman of the Interagency Community for Mexican American Affairs–as it was called in early 1969–Hank Queveda, its Executive Director, and Uraldo Palmares. President Nixon with members of the Advisory Council of the...
Sep 8, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
President Nixon holds a meeting in the White House Cabinet Room with several senior advisors to discuss energy on September 8, 1973. Attendees at the meeting included John A. Love, Roy Ash, Charles DiBona, Bryce Harlow, Deane Hinton, Henry Kissinger, Melvin Laird,...
Sep 3, 2014 | Foreign Policy, News, Soviet Union
Richard Nixon at the East-West border of Berlin in 1963, showing his papers to an East German officer for entry into East Berlin. Before President Nixon took office, stalemate defined the condition of East-West negotiations. A slight reprieve in the stalemate...
