May 24, 2013 | News Media, Nixon TV, Vietnam
[youtube https://youtu.be/LemllfcAY8A] On May 24, 1973, President and First Lady Nixon hosted American Prisoners of War held captive in Vietnam for the largest dinner ever held at the White House. 40 years later, the Richard Nixon Foundation hosted what was perhaps...
Mar 9, 2013 | China, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, Middle East, News, Nixon Centennial, Nixon Today, Vietnam
Although two months have passed since the centennial of President Nixon’s birth, it is only in the last week that two writers of eminence have written about it. Taki Theodoracopoulos, the Greek shipping heir, essayist, and bon vivant, and Conrad Black (also...
Dec 10, 2012 | News, The New Nixon, Vietnam
Sunday’s Christmas ceremonies at the Nixon Library honoring America’s best and bravest, gave special acknowledgement to the sacrifice of Vietnam veterans: For Terry Griffke, a corporal in the Marine Corps who served in Vietnam, the acknowledgment of those...
Jan 23, 1973 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon TV, Vietnam
[youtube https://youtu.be/wiKulZK-ddI] anuary 23, 1973: President Nixon addresses the nation and announces that the conclusion of an agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Vietnam has been reached.
Jan 25, 1972 | Nixon Speeches, Nixon TV, Vietnam
[youtube https://youtu.be/oxoTgii-GZ0] January 25, 1972: President Nixon took television time to make a public plan for peace in Vietnam. The address was a response to deadlocks in the secret Paris peace talks between National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger and...
Aug 15, 1971 | News, Nixon Speeches, Nixon TV, Vietnam
[youtube https://youtu.be/ye4uRvkAPhA] On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation on the topic of a new economic policy. What followed is now known as the “Nixon Shock.”