Combating Organized Crime in the Nixon Era

Combating Organized Crime in the Nixon Era

June 13, 2011: At the University Club in Washington, D.C., the Nixon Foundation and the National Archives presented a Nixon Legacy Forum on RN’s work with Congress to enact sweeping anti-crime legislation and how he gave the Justice Department the tools to more...

6.9.1972 – RN Commends French in Joint Cancer Effort

During his presidency, Richard Nixon made great strides in the fight against cancer, an issue which he felt was very important. In 1971 he signed the National Cancer Act, which allocated more resources to the National Cancer Institute and which is generally considered...

6.8.1970 – Statement About the Earthquake in Peru

On 8 June 1970, in the wake of an earthquake that devastated the South American nation of Peru on May 31st, President Nixon issued a statement expressing the concern and compassion of the American people for the victims this natural disaster. Describing the aid...

The Wrong Animal

FDR had Fala.  RN had Checkers. Anthony Weiner has a couple of cats, to which he referred with a term that has a double meaning.  Bad move:  one study suggests that dog people outnumber cat people by nearly four to one. Note to the Congressman from The Great Survivor:...