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Nixon: Congressman Bush to be U.S. Representative to United Nations
Congressman Bush, President Nixon, and Ambassador Yost at President's Announcement Dec. 11, 1970 At noon on December 11, 1970, President Nixon announced at the White House that Congressman George H.W. Bush would receive his nomination to succeed Charles Yost as the US...
On This Day: William Rehnquist and Lewis Powell Confirmed as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
President Nixon presents Lewis Powell (shown on the left of RN) and William Rehnquist (on right of RN) framed gifts recognizing their confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. (December 22, 1971) On December 10 1971, following intense scrutiny by the legislative and...
12.9.60 – National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Dinner
President Nixon receives the National Football Foundation's Gold Medal Award and speaks of his love for the game of football on its 100th anniversary. (December 9, 1969) On the 100th anniversary of American football, President Nixon was awarded the National Football...
The Path to Ending the Draft
President Nixon signs the amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 on November 26, 1969. On November 26, 1969, President Nixon signed an amendment to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967 that began the random selection or “draft lottery” for...
Rescue Mission: Son Tay
President Nixon presents medals to members of a search and rescue mission to Son Tay, Vietnam, on November 25, 1970. In a public statement on December 12, 1969, President Nixon set forth his administration's policy with regard to U.S. prisoners of war, an aspect of...
November, 1970: RN’s Post-election Strategy
President Nixon strategizes with his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office. Throughout his life, Richard Nixon displayed a tremendous mental fortitude in all that he endeavored. He carried on over this discipline as President of the United States, often...
President Nixon Pushes Through D.C. Metro
We need these freeways, and we need the Metro--badly. I have always believed, and today reaffirm my belief, that the Capital area must have the balanced, modern transportation system which they will comprise. Richard Nixon The early days of DC Metro construction,...
Nixon’s Triumph in West Berlin
The men of the past thought in terms of blockades and walls; the men of the future will think in terms of open channels. The men of the past were trapped in the gray overcast of cold war; the men of the future, a future toward which we will all work, if only they...
RN Fights Organized Crime
Democratic Senator John L. McClellan (far right) from Arkansas sponsored the OCCA in Congress as the bill passed both houses within months. Forty-four years ago today, President Richard Nixon signed the “Organized Crime Control Act” (OCCA) into law at the Justice...
RN and TR: Always in the Arena
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, a Ken Burns documentary film that aired last month chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, members of the influential family who shaped much of 20th century American politics. One of Richard Nixon's most...