May 13, 2022 | In Memoriam, News
Robert “Bud” McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan and military assistant to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration, passed away May 12, 2022, in Lansing, Mich. He was 84. “Everyone at the Nixon Foundation is saddened by...
May 11, 2022 | Interviews, News, Presidency, Uncategorized, Women's Affairs
Historian and Pat Nixon biographer Heath Lee and former Nixon White House staffer Barbara Franklin discussed the evolving role of women in public service as a part of the White House Historical Association’s virtual programming. Hosted by Colleen Shogan, Senior Vice...
May 9, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Middle East, News
Fifty years ago, President and Mrs. Nixon visited Tehran as guests of Their Imperial Majesties The Shahanshah and Shahbanu. The visit was of great strategic importance and immediately followed an historic trip to the Soviet Union. President Nixon used the visit to...
May 4, 2022 | Foreign Policy, News
Special Guests Rick Perry and Dan Brouillette joined Mike Pompeo & Robert O’Brien to talk energy on May’s Nixon Seminar. The former United States Secretaries of Energy joined Nixon Seminar Members for a virtual discussion on how domestic energy production is a...
May 2, 2022 | News, Presidency
On April 27th at the Nixon Library, CNN Anchor and Senior Political Analyst John Avlon presented a new angle on the most-written about president which he explores in his latest book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace. Moderating the conversation was Margaret Hoover,...
Apr 26, 2022 | Foreign Policy, Nixon Speeches, Nixon Today, Political Strategy, Vietnam
“My fellow Americans, let us therefore unite as a nation in a firm and wise policy of real peace–not the peace of surrender, but peace with honor–not just peace in our time, but peace for generations to come.” President Nixon concluded his speech to the American...
Apr 21, 2022 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today, Presidency
During his first State of the Union address, delivered in 1970, President Nixon designated the environment as the defining issue of the new decade. “The great question of the Seventies is…shall we make our peace with nature and begin to make reparations for the damage...
Apr 13, 2022 | China, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
This April marks the 50th anniversary of the arrival of a pair of Giant Pandas to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. This followed President and Mrs. Nixon’s historic trip to the People’s Republic of China in February 1972, which set the stage for normalization of...
