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Opening of the New Nixon Library
[youtube https://youtu.be/9X2Pqqnr5Xs] A look at the New Nixon Library, which officially opened after a yearlong $15 million renovation.
A Conversation with Dr. Henry Kissinger
A conversation with Dr. Henry Kissinger, Amb. Winston Lord and Fox News National Security Analyst KT McFarland. Introduction by Julia Argyros. [youtube https://youtu.be/Io5RTP37Z4E]
The Yom Kippur War: 40 Years of Survival
43 years ago, 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 the bloodiest...
All Roads Lead to Moscow
A personally dictated memorandum from President Nixon to Henry Kissinger illustrates the complexities of negotiating with the Soviet Union As President Nixon’s National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger laid much of the groundwork for the policy of détente towards the...
Expanding Détente Into International Economics
“Détente” typically arouses thoughts of summits and treaties concerning the vast arsenals of nuclear weapons held by the Cold War superpowers. However, the so-called cooling off period between the United States and the Soviet Union, led by President Nixon, encompassed...
Nixon Rides BART
On September 27, 1972, only a few days after the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system officially opened, President Nixon visited the Bay Area to marvel at the future of transportation. As icing on the cake, President Nixon also arrived with a $38.1 million gift in the...
How ‘Checkers’ Changed the Game of Television
September 23 marks the anniversary of one of the most consequential and precedent-setting speeches in U.S. history: Richard Nixon’s much-famed Checkers Speech. Not only did this speech ensure 39 year-old Senator Nixon’s place on the 1952 Republican presidential ticket...
The Task of Diplomacy
At the beginning of September, the United States and Russia announced a groundbreaking ceasefire in Syria. Just weeks later, tensions between the two countries are rising at an alarming rate as diplomats on both sides attempt to revive a ceasefire on life support. The...
The Rise and Fall of the Shah
“When we think of where Iran is, its place in history, going back 2,500 years, its place geographically, where it is the bridge between Europe and Asia, where it is the opening ot the Indian Ocean and South Asia, and also to the Mideast, when we thinkg also of the...
Meeting the Needs of the ‘Seventies
The U.S. role in international development assistance reflects the vision we have of ourselves as a society and our hope for a peaceful world. —President Nixon, Special Message to Congress On September 15, 1970, President Nixon delivered a special message to the...