Aug 1, 2013 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
One of the most enjoyable duties of the President is accepting gifts from foreign heads of state on behalf of the United States of America. The First Family does not personally retain most of these gifts; in fact, the Constitution (Article I, Section 9) forbids US...
Jul 31, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Earlier this week, The White House Council on Native American Affairs, which is composed of members of more than 30 federal departments and agencies, held its first meeting in Washington D.C. The Council, created by President Obama through an executive order on June...
Jul 31, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On December 23, 1971 President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act of 1971 into legislation, consequently launching the national War on Cancer. President Nixon supported cancer research throughout his presidency into his years as elder statesman. Addressing...
Jul 30, 2013 | China, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Departing from Hawaii en route to China on February 20th, 1972, President Nixon quoted President Theodore Roosevelt: “Our history will be more determined by our position on the Pacific facing China than by our position on the Atlantic facing Europe.” When President...
Jul 26, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
Modern US-China relations have expanded beyond what any of President Nixon’s contemporaries could have imagined. On March 7, 1972, just a week after President Nixon’s famous trip to China, US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger told reporters: “On trade, any of...
Jul 25, 2013 | Communism, Foreign Policy, News, Russia, Soviet Union, The New Nixon, Vietnam
Throughout history, U.S. global primacy has been in danger when it has overextended itself politically, economically, and militarily, exhausting the American spirit, and eroding its influence abroad. The solution to the international issues that have plagued the U.S....
