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The Facts About the Creation of the Watergate Exhibit at the Nixon Library
Numerous reports about the troubles former Nixon Library director Dr. Timothy Naftali supposedly had to endure from the Nixon Foundation over his more than three-year effort to produce a new Watergate exhibit are entirely unfounded. The Richard Nixon Foundation –...
The Eisenhower Rule
The challenge facing Mitt Romney right now is a challenge every presidential candidate has faced: the selection of a running mate. President Nixon had the unique experience of being on five presidential tickets: nominated twice as Vice President, and selecting three...
7.20.1969 – The Sea of Tranquility
On July 20, 1969, President Nixon made a historic phone to the Apollo XI astronauts, just after they made the "giant leap for mankind." Hello, Neil and Buzz. I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room at the White House. And this certainly has to be the most...
Working For The Elder Statesman
At the Nixon Library last week, Fox News star Monica Crowley gave an exclusive talk on working for President Nixon as his foreign policy assistant from 1990 to 1994: Jonathan Movroydis is the Director of Communications at the Richard Nixon Foundation.
Keeping The Professionalism In Politics
In a brave act of bipartisanism, Senator John McCain came to the defense of Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whom certain members of congress have charged with serious accusations. Senator McCain remarked on the Senate floor, “Recently,...
7.19.1990 – Homecoming
On a hot California summer day in 1990, 50,000 friends and well-wishers – including four Presidents and their First Ladies – gathered to dedicate a facility to one of their own. They were joined by a full roster of diplomatic officials and members of Congress, as well...
Ed Nixon Tours Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit
Continuing the celebration of First Lady Pat Nixon’s 100th birthday, Edward Nixon, the youngest brother of President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon’s brother-in-law, made a special visit to Yorba Linda to tour the widely-praised Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit. He recalls meeting...
White House Portraits: Bringing First Families Together
In keeping with a longstanding presidential tradition, President and First Lady Obama welcomed their predecessors President and First Lady Bush back to the White House to view their official White House portraits last week. President and Mrs. Nixon extended a similar...
The Hiss Case — Still Relevant
It was the case that first introduced Richard Nixon, then a first-term congressman from California, to the national political stage sixty-four years ago. It made all of his subsequent political success possible. It also planted seeds of animosity toward him on the...
Nixon And Obama As First (Sports) Fans
There are a lot of differences in policy and style when it comes to the thirty-seventh and forty-fourth Presidents, but one thing they have in common is enormous interest in athletics. At the sports site Grantland.com, Bryan Curtis examines at length the remarkable...