Jan 15, 2017 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vice President Nixon
Today marks what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 88th birthday. Presidential historian Irv Gellman details King’s relationship with then Vice President Nixon in his very insightful and revealing book, The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower...
Jan 12, 2017 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
President Nixon practiced a patient, yet powerful, form of diplomacy which aided him in his endeavor to create a lasting structure of peace While attending the 1972 Moscow Summit, President Nixon returned Soviet hospitality by inviting General-Secretary Brezhnev to...
Jan 5, 2017 | Foreign Policy, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
Although the Cold War is almost three decades behind us, relations between the United States and Russia are icy. Initial optimism for a friendly relationship began to ebb in the 2000s following a series of international incidents in Yugoslavia, Ukraine, and Crimea....
Dec 22, 2016 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
With the authorization of the Alaskan Oil Pipeline, Nixon successfully balanced the Nation’s energy needs with its newfound environmental consciousness. Despite an atmosphere of negativity surrounding the extraction of crude oil, the United States has greatly...
Nov 14, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Soviet Union
Nixon becomes first U.S. President to visit Moscow On a rainy day in May of 1972, President Nixon addressed a crowd buzzing with anticipation at Andrew’s Air Force Base as he prepared to depart on an extraordinary trip. President Nixon made history early that year...
Nov 2, 2016 | Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today
Nixon’s first trip abroad as president was a tour of the major European cities. As he traveled through Brussels and London, West Berlin and Paris, President Nixon carefully evaluated the collective concerns faced by Western Europe and the United States, and NATO’s...
