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Continuing to Fight; Nixon’s War on Cancer
On December 23, 1971 President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act of 1971 into legislation, consequently launching the national War on Cancer. President Nixon supported cancer research throughout his presidency into his years as elder statesman. Addressing...
Striving for a Peaceful Power in the Pacific
Departing from Hawaii en route to China on February 20th, 1972, President Nixon quoted President Theodore Roosevelt: “Our history will be more determined by our position on the Pacific facing China than by our position on the Atlantic facing Europe.” When President...
Forward Progress, Title IX 41 Years Later
This past Tuesday marks the forty-first anniversary of the Education Amendments of 1972. On June 23, 1972, President Nixon signed the amendments which included the non-busing policy and Title IX. Title IX had a broad but inconspicuous potential to its legislators, as...
Mitigating Tensions in the Pacific
If President Nixon’s July 15th, 1971 announcement of his trip to China was a surprise to the USA, it was a shock to Japan. As Minoru Kusuda, then Chief Secretary to Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, said in 1996: “[T]here was a joke circulating among Japanese diplomats that...
Realizing Potential Behind the Peacemaker
Modern US-China relations have expanded beyond what any of President Nixon’s contemporaries could have imagined. On March 7, 1972, just a week after President Nixon’s famous trip to China, US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger told reporters: “On trade, any of...
The Nixon Doctrine, Now More than Ever
Throughout history, U.S. global primacy has been in danger when it has overextended itself politically, economically, and militarily, exhausting the American spirit, and eroding its influence abroad. The solution to the international issues that have plagued the U.S....
The Importance of Youth Employment Carries On
On Wednesday, the White House released a statement concerning the Obama administration's focus on youth employment, primarily during the summer months, in an effort to provide a gateway for access to long term employment opportunities. The Youth Jobs+ initiative...
40 Years Ago – RN Strengthens Persian Ally
RN and PN with the Shah and Empress of Iran during a state visit to the White House on July 1973. Forty years ago this week, RN welcomed Persian Ally, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Middle Eastern giant whose attempts to modernize Iran and build bridges with the West...
The Fight Against Organized Crime Continues
James "Whitey" Bulger taken in 1953 after his first arrest As the trial of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger carries on and a series of key witnesses take the stand, a look back at President Nixon’s own fight against organized crime will help the public better...
54 Years Ago, Safire’s Reflection on the Kitchen Debate
In 2009, William Safire—former speech writer for President Nixon—recalled in his New York Times piece “The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen,” the gaggle of reporters and general pandemonium surrounding the 1959 debate between then Vice President Nixon, and Soviet Premier...