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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...
DefCon III
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger briefs President Nixon on the Middle East Peace talks. On October 21, 1973 Henry A. Kissinger, President Nixon’s Secretary of State arrived in Moscow to conduct secret negotiations with the Soviet Union to bring an end to the war in...
Operation Nickel Grass: Turning Point of the Yom Kippur War
The U.S. Air Force shipped 22,395 tons of tanks, artillery, ammunition, and supplies to Israel aboard C-141 Starlifters and C-5 Galaxies during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. After the first week of battle in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, it was clear to many observers that...
41 Years Ago Today: The Yom Kippur War Begins
Forty-one years ago today, 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 First U.S. President to Visit Yugoslavia
President Nixon receives a warm welcome from Yugoslavian citizens. On September 30, 1970, President Nixon touched down in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, becoming the first U.S. President to visit the Communist nation. On this day in 1970, after two hours of official talks with...