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Event Recap: RNF at Politicon
Politicon The Richard Nixon Foundation was featured at Politicon, the "Unconventional Political Convention" For the first time, the Richard Nixon Foundation had a booth at the 4th annual Politicon Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Politicon is an...
Nixon Counsels Bush on a New Middle East Peace Initiative
President Richard Nixon with George H.W. Bush upon being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. 12 January 1970 (George H.W. Presidential Library). In an August 8, 1989 memo to President George H.W. Bush, President Nixon urged his successor and one-time...
Transcript: John Lehman on U.S. Naval Power in the Cold War
John Lehman is author of “Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea.” Transcript Jonathan Movroydis: Welcome to the, "Nixon Now Podcast." I'm Jonathan Movroydis. This is brought to you by the Richard Nixon Foundation, we're broadcasting from the Richard Nixon...
Transcript: Luke Nichter on the Origins of the White House Taping System
Luke Nichter is Professor of History at Texas A&M University, Central Texas and the nation’s foremost expert on the Nixon Tapes. Transcript Jonathan Movroydis: Welcome to the Nixon Now Podcast. I'm Jonathan Movroydis. This is brought to you by the Nixon...
America’s Awe-Inspiring Accountability to the Future
President Nixon in his New York offices in October 1987 (Ben Martin/Time Life Magazine). In an October 1987 article for Time Life magazine, former President Nixon reflected on the history of the 20th Century, and American leadership at the century’s turn. He said that...
Keeping Moscow off Balance
President Nixon signs the SALT I (First Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) with Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev on May 26, 1972 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library). On April 21, 1972, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and top aides Helmut Sonnenfeldt and...
EVENT RECAP: Gen H.R. McMaster on the Challenge of America’s Endless Wars
General H.R. McMaster on the Challenge of America's Endless Wars In one of his first public appearances since leaving the Trump Administration, General H.R. McMaster spoke at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library about the challenges facing our National Security...
Transcript: Laurence Jurdem on the Conservative Media in the 1960s and 1970s
Laurence Jurdem is author of “Paving the Way for Reagan: The Conservative Press and the Forging of the Reagan Foreign policy 1964-1980.” Jonathan Movroydis: Welcome to the “Nixon Now Podcast.” I’m Jonathan Movroydis. This is brought to you by the Nixon Foundation....
Vice President Nixon on the Future of U.S.-Japan Relations
Vice President Nixon addresses the American-Japan Society in Tokyo on November 15, 1953 (Richard Nixon Presidential Library). On November 15, 1953, then Vice President Nixon addressed the American-Japan Society in Tokyo. The speech emphasized the importance of...
Transcript: Wally Johnson on Confirming William Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court
Wally Johnson managed the confirmation processes of Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court Jonathan Movroydis: Welcome to the Nixon Now podcast. I'm Jonathan Movroydis. This is brought to you by the Nixon Foundation. We're broadcasting from the...