Sep 8, 2017 | Artifacts, Foreign Policy
President Nixon with Israeli Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin, June 1974. Nixon Presidential Library. By Jason Schwartz A hotbed of Cold War tension, the Middle East endured as a centrum of contrasting pressures throughout the Nixon presidency. Following the Six-Day War...
Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
Address to the Nation on Progress Toward Peace in Vietnam April 20, 1970 [youtube https://youtu.be/uLb41zttEn8] Good evening, my fellow Americans: I have requested this television and radio time tonight to give you a progress report on our plan to bring a just peace...
Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
Address to the Nation on the Situation in Southeast Asia April 7, 1971 [youtube https://youtu.be/nGfKyzfJNKE] Good evening my fellow Americans. Over the past several weeks you have heard a number of reports on TV, radio, and in your newspapers on the situation in...
Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
Address to the Nation About a New Initiative for Peace in Southeast Asia October 7, 1970 [youtube https://youtu.be/gPnm_-eBqOI] Good evening, my fellow Americans: Tonight I would like to talk to you about a major new initiative for peace. When I authorized operations...
Sep 2, 2017 | Artifacts, Vietnam
Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Sanctuary Operation June 3, 1970 [youtube https://youtu.be/jro9GV2otSk] Good evening, my fellow Americans: One month ago, I announced a decision ordering American participation with South Vietnamese forces in a series of...
