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Peter Peterson to Receive Top Finance Award
American financier Pete Peterson will receive the John C. Whitehead Award from the American Museum of Finance for his achievement and leadership in the field of finance, as well as his distinct service in the public sector, including formidable terms as President...
Kissinger: Emigration Existed Because of Realist Actions
In the Washington Post, RN's Secretary of State Henry Kissinger - in response to Michael Gerson's column - says that it was precisely the decisions of the Nixon White House that created the strategic framework that allowed Soviet Jews to emigrate: For someone who lost...
How RN Helped the Soviet Jews
In today's edition of the National Review, Conrad Black articulately points out how RN successfully secured the emigration of Soviet Jews, giving substantive context to an exchange Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had with the President in 1973: This was a...
Ben Stein on RN’s Support for Israel
On July 17, 2010, Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein - who keynoted the Library's 20th anniversary gala - destroyed charges of antisemitism calling RN the "savior of Israel" during the Yom Kippur War. "He's the best friend the World's Jews ever had," said Stein, "Only Nixon...
12.21.1970
MSNBC's homepage is featuring Elvis's incredible meeting with RN as apart of their BLTWY retrospective, marking the 40th anniversary of the snapshot which trumps even the Declaration of Independence in popularity. Courtesy of Condensed Video, below is a very lucid...
Chronology
On this day in 1970 , RN met Elvis. Okay, that's not the most substantive historical observation that one could make today. The Orange County Register offers some very good advice about history: Beware of anachronisms. An anachronism in its broadest terms is an...
40 Years Ago – RN Returns Blue Lake to Taos Indians
On December 15, 1970, RN returned 48,000 acres of land to the Taos Pueblo Indians ending a 64 year struggle with the U.S. government. During the signing ceremony, RN stressed the immutable principles of justice and respect for religion, as well as a commitment towards...
The Eisenhowers Discuss Ike at National Archives
David and Julie Eisenhower were at the National Archives in Washington D.C. last week for a forum moderated by historian Michael Beschloss. In attendance were their good friends Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and Chuck Robb...
Video: Disney Legend Launches Memoirs
Walt Disney cast members, executives, ambassadors and legends gathered in the East Room on Sunday to honor another legend, Jack Lindquist, former President of Disneyland and author of a new memoir about his 40 years working at Walt Disney Co., In Service to the Mouse....
Video: Edmund Morris Talks the Final Years of TR
Pulitzer Prize winning author Edmund Morris was at the Nixon Library on Wednesday to discuss "Colonel Roosevelt," his final masterpiece in his trilogy about America's 26th President. The capstone is 30 years in the making following bestsellers "The Rise of Theodore...