Aug 15, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
Baseball may be the great American pastime, but it can’t challenge football as the quintessential American sport. Football requires a unified team effort and outstanding individual performances for success on the field. The players, as well as the fans, embody the...
Aug 15, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Over the many books he authored, President Nixon would occasionally refer to the philosophies of literary giants such as Fyodor Dostoevsky or Friedrich Nietzsche. Exposed to these great authors in college, President Nixon understood the value the humanities had in his...
Aug 14, 2013 | China, Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
On Friday, February 25, 1972, during the historic visit to China, President and Mrs. Nixon hosted a Reciprocal Banquet for the Chinese in the Great Hall of the People, the first major event ever hosted by the American government on Chinese soil. The Americans had...
Aug 14, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On February 6, 1969, the East Room was packed with male reporters and just a few female reporters. The press briefing consisted of questions surrounding US-European relations and what President Nixon hoped to achieve in his upcoming trip to Brussels, Paris and...
Aug 13, 2013 | Nixon Library Events, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/qIFKhbhA79A] August 13, 2013: Dwight Chapin, Appointments Secretary to President Nixon; Frank Gannon, Special Assistant and speechwriter to President Nixon; and Ed Nixon, President Nixon’s younger brother unveil the new Air Force One...