Apr 30, 2018 | Nixon Legacy Forums, Nixon TV, Uncategorized
Bridging the Branches – How President Nixon Worked with a Democratic Congress April 30, 2018 Nixon was the first President in 120 years to enter office without a majority in either House of Congress, yet he compiled a surprisingly successful legislative...
Jan 23, 2018 | China, Foundation News, Nixon Library Events, Uncategorized
From left: Huang Heng, Xinhua News LA Bureau Chief; Ed Nixon, the President’s brother; Ambassador Zhang Ping, Consul General; Ming Hsieh, namesake of the Ming Hsieh USC Department of Electrical Engineering and Foundation supporter; Bingkun Ma, Assistant Director...
Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Uncategorized, Vietnam
Address to the Nation Making Public a Plan for Peace in Vietnam January 25, 1972 [youtube https://youtu.be/SG8_v3an4cs] Good evening: I have asked for this television time tonight to make public a plan for peace that can end the war in Vietnam. The offer that I shall...
Aug 23, 2017 | Artifacts, Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Photo: President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on October 1, 1972 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library) On 15 April 1969, an American EC-121M Warning Star Naval reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over the Sea of Japan by a North Korean fighter...
Aug 18, 2017 | Artifacts, Uncategorized, Vietnam
Address to the Nation Announcing Conclusion of an Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam January 23, 1973 [youtube https://youtu.be/q2z__Qi0B78] Good evening: I have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing...
Aug 7, 2017 | China, Foreign Policy, Nixon TV, Russia, Soviet Union, Uncategorized
Dr. Henry Kissinger said that President Nixon “created a set of international policies whose main outlines survive to this day.” One of the most important is triangulation; by improving relations with China, the U.S. carved out favorable negotiating positions with the...
