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If Nixon Could Advise Obama on the Ukrainian Crisis
Moscow Summit May 1972 The Ukrainian Crisis has evoked strong responses from across the American political spectrum. There are cries for President Obama to take unilateral action and impose sanctions against Putin while others urge the President to avoid overreacting...
43 Years Ago Today: RN Addresses Newly Commissioned Naval Officers
President Nixon addresses the graduates of the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, March 12, 1971. By Chris Barber On this day 43 years ago, President Nixon stood before the 1971 graduating class of officers at the Naval Officer Candidate School...
Nixon and de Gaulle
President Nixon and General de Gaulle in Paris, 1969. By Chris Barber Like many who had yet to make the acquaintance of Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Richard Nixon initially developed a particular bias against the hauteur man of France. After all, to know de...
Richard Nixon and Post-Yeltsin Russia
Nixon and Boris Yeltsin in Moscow 1991 Following Richard Nixon’s funeral service in 1994, Time Magazine ran the 37th President’s photo on the cover, for a record forty-eighth time, under the headline: “His parting advice to Bill Clinton: America Must Lead.” When it...
RN at Chequers: The Queen of England’s First Visit
RN, PN, Prime Minister Heath, and Queen Elizabeth II gather for a photo in front of Chequers By Chris Barber On President Nixon’s second state visit to Europe, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom hosted him, as is customary at Chequers, for discussions on...
Why Europe was President Nixon’s First Foreign Trip
By Chris Barber Having witnessed the necessity of U.S. support for post-war Western Europe under the Marshall Plan as a Congressman, Richard Nixon the President viewed his first foreign trip to Europe as priority above all else. On February 6, 1969, President Nixon...
Finding Mutual Respect: The Shanghai Communiqué
By Chris Barber A new era of Sino-U.S. relations as the flags of both countries are displayed side by side in mutual respect. 42 years ago— on a day that marked the end of President Nixon’s stay in the People’s Republic of China—RN observed: “We have been here a week....
Nixon, the Peacemaker, in China
Max Lerner, syndicated American journalist and known Nixon opponent, said of President Nixon's announcement of his planned trip to Beijing, "The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope." That hope being the framework for a...
45 Years Ago — D.C. Home Rule Begins With Swearing in of Mayor Washington
By Chris Barber RN and Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall swearing in Walter E. Washington, accompanied by his wife, as Mayor of the District of Columbia. This week marks the 45th anniversary of President Nixon's swearing-in of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of the...
Celebrating Pat and Dick on Valentine’s Day
By Will Swift, author of the newly released Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage Click here for PAT AND DICK: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage The President and Mrs. Nixon walk on the beach in San Clemente. When Dick Nixon and...