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Exclusive Interview: Rumsfeld Talks “Known and Unknown”
Donald Rumsfeld, the 13th and 21st Secretary of Defense talks to RN Special Assistant Frank Gannon about working on his memoir, Known and Unknown, which arrives on bookshelves today, and his years in the Nixon Administration. The interview covers his tenure as...
Khachigian: Reagan, the Great Communicator
Nixon Foundation Board Member, Nixon Speechwriter and Chief Reagan Speechwriter writes in the OC Register: Of the eight years and multiple hours I spent collaborating with President Ronald Reagan on speeches, among the most frequent questions I'm asked is, what made...
Ronald Reagan at 100
Ronald Reagan turned 100 years old yesterday. A fellow Californian, RN crossed paths several times with Reagan throughout his political career, including in Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign and then as rivals for the presidency in 1968. RN admired him for...
Must-read Review of a Must-read Book
John Coyne’s thoughtful review of David and Julie Eisenhower’s outstanding book, Going Home to Glory, also offers as insightful and concise an analysis of RN’s Vietnam policy as I have seen in quite some time. Read the review and then buy and read the book; there are...
ABC Producer Remembers the Enormity of the China Trip
Former ABC Executive Producer Av Westin - who attended the premier of "Nixon in China" and was actually part of the press pool on the real trip - discusses how the 37th President's diplomatic tour de force impacted the Cold War: At the banquet Monday, I spoke to a guy...
OC Register: Students Debate Founding Fathers
"Students Debate Founding Fathers," By Elizabeth Nixon, OC Register: Students got a rare opportunity to argue with the nation's founding fathers Tuesday. "Why won't you let women vote or hold office?" one student demanded. "I think the idea of women holding office is...
Pat Nixon and Panda Diplomacy
Coming off the heels of Chinese Premier Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington, President Obama announced that two giant pandas in the Washington National Zoo – the zoo’s most famous residents – will remain in the U.S. for five more years rather than return to China as was...
Gingrich: The EPA Was Founded on Sound Ideas
During a speech in Iowa last week, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called for the replacement of the Environmental Protection Agency with an organization that could better work with businesses and embraces the future of science and technology: Gingrich, who has...
David Frye, RIP
David Frye has passed away at the age of 77. He did a variety of impressions, and the New York Times obituary explains his most famous: It was Nixon, however, who kept Mr. Frye a regular on the top television variety shows and at the big Las Vegas casinos, perhaps...
Jewish Press: How RN Saved Soviet Jewry
The Jewish Press highlights colleague Bob Bostock's commentary on President Nixon's policy of détente and how that policy allowed thousands of Jews to escape Soviet oppression: The recent release of additional Nixon White House presidential documents and tapes...