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Another View Of The Ellsberg Documentary
The Most Dangerous Man In America, last year's rather one-sided documentary feature about Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, has gotten hosannahs from all the expected places, as well as an Oscar nomination. Last night the film had its television premiere on...
10.4.2010 – RN Completes European Tour
Winding up his whirlwind trip to Europe of September/October 1970, President Nixon spoke with reporters in Ireland and recounted the many diplomatic achievements: “The purpose of this trip, just as has been the purpose of my other trips abroad,” the President noted,...
Dr. Kissinger On The Lessons Of Vietnam
Today, at the State Department in Washington, a two-day conference about the lessons of the Vietnam War concluded. The conference was opened with remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, and featured panel discussions about the war that included a number of eminent...
9.30.1972 – S.A.L.T. I Takes Effect
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty – or SALT I – was the first anti-ballistic missile treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union, and resulted in groundbreaking, unprecedented levels of agreement between the two ideological foes. For the first...
Audio: RN’s Forgotten Visit to Ireland
Ireland's RTE Radio One will be broadcasting a documentary this Saturday at 10:05am (PST) to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of President Nixon's trip to Ireland. Click here to listen to the documentary. The Independent, one of the country's premier dailies, also...
9.29.1971 – RN Presents Medal of Freedom to NATO Chief
Manlio Brosio, “one of the truly great diplomats of the world; a man who has given his public life to the service of peace and then capped it finally as Secretary General for NATO, an instrument for peace, of course, as well as an instrument for freedom.” It seems...
Sabato: RN A Pioneer of “New Media”
When the term “new media” is used today, no one thinks of television. But 50 years ago television was on the cutting edge of technology, and it was about to alter American politics in a manner that no other “new media” has managed to do since. Most point to September...
9.28.1972 – RN and the Fight Against Cancer
Cancer is among the top killers in the United States, affecting many millions of people. Often times, people you may have known for your entire life suddenly change and become sickly, less active, and much weaker, and often times their quality of life plummets. In the...
Video: Hub Fans Bid Nixon Fan Adieu
A big topic of dinner-table conversation on the evening of September 27, 1960, was the first Kennedy-Nixon debate that had taken place the day before. Many Americans wondered how the two candidates would do when next they met. But the following evening, the attention...
39 Years Ago – RN Changes U.S.-Japanese Relations
From NBC's Anchorage, Alaska affiliate, KTTU: Thirty-nine years ago Sunday, a significant state visit by Emperor Hirohito of Japan changed the relationship between the U.S. and Japan -- and President Richard Nixon was in Anchorage to meet him. Watch the video here....