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A Modest And Well Intentioned Day
The Washington Times’ Jennifer Harper writes that “Earth Day has gone from a modest but well-intentioned day of tree-hugging into a multibillion-dollar extravaganza, with the White House setting the pace and the agenda.” She then notes – as a reality check – the forum...
RN’s Environmental Record
In the Winter 1996 issue of the Presidential Studies Quarterly, Russell Train, the distinguished environmentalist and Chairman Emeritus of the World Wildlife Fund, wrote a long and thoughtful summary of “The Environmental Record of the Nixon Administration.” In 1968,...
Watch Live Webcast Of Earth Day Forum
Click Here to Watch Live Webcast from 1:30pm-3:30pm (PST) The Nixon Foundation and Presidential Library will co-host the third Richard Nixon Legacy Forum in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Earth Day, today from 1:30pm to 3:30pm (PST). Watch the forum live...
Interview with John Carlson, Assistant Press Secretary under President Nixon
[youtube https://youtu.be/Jz51QLUaOPk] April 19, 2010: Former White House Assistant Press Secretary John Carlson discusses President Nixon's Vietnam legacy and remembers his speech to returning POW's at the State Department on May 24, 1973.
Bruce Herschensohn Discusses the Vietnam War
[youtube https://youtu.be/SqNXoVVtHTs] April 19, 2010: Author, commentator and former Deputy Special Assistant to Richard Nixon Bruce Herschensohn discusses President Nixon, the Vietnam War, and how the President sought a peaceful end to the conflict.
Bruce Herschensohn Talks Vietnam
"No matter what engagement we're in, they say we're in another Vietnam," said author, professor, commentator, and former RN Special Assistant Bruce Herschensohn. What they don't know, he continued, is that "we won." Herschensohn was at the Nixon Library on Monday...
Sonia’s Dress
On April 2, Lady Sonia McMahon, widow of Sir William McMahon who was Australia’s prime minister during most of President Nixon’s first term, died at the age of 77. Her passing received little notice in this country but the obituaries in Australia, and the United...
Ruckelshaus Remembers The First Earth Day
In the Wall Street Journal, William Ruckelshaus — the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency and a panelist in the Nixon Library’s upcoming forum on RN’s environmental record — writesthat the Nixon Administration did much to tackle the environmental...
RN And The Green Jobs Trio
In The Sacramento Bee, Wayne Madsen’s writes that President Nixon’s environmental initiatives were an “early testament to the success of green pioneers” and that he “visualized the green jobs” that would “spearhead the nation’s economy:” Although last December’s...
Larry Higby Honored With Horatio Alger Award
Nixon Foundation board member and former RN Assistant Chief-of-Staff Larry Higby is among 2010's recipients of the Horatio Alger Award. The award is given every year to "dedicated community leaders who demonstrate individual initiative and a commitment to excellence;...