nixon never forgot. he never forgot those americans who sacrificed all who gave all in south vietnam, cambodia, laos. he signed legislation honoring veterans than any president in our history. he openly you the american warrior for what you did there honorably undertaken and honorably and and when he signed the largest numbers veterans the largest number of veterans bills one day any american. he said by you our veterans the gratitude and the that you deserve. we are not only doing the right thing, we are doing the right thing for all of america, each returning american is a human resource. a mature, highly motivated young citizen who has proven his capacity to serve and to achieve these men and women form the strongest for america's future. he rejected the counterculture. he hosted the largest gathering on the lawn of the white house under an enormous tent on that south lawn. he met each one of the 500 returning pows who were held in vietnam and came to white house with their families. he dared the pres

they talked about nixon.knew he was one of us, and then if anybody could figure out, here is the man who stood with eisenhower for eight years. as i said here several years ago, my parents jumped ship to vote for richard nixon, and they never looked back. in 1994 on this spot, senator bob dole said that the second half of the 20th century would be known as the age of nixon. he called richard nixon the most durable public figure of our time. he was a hero to you, to the great silent majority, those they believe in the dignity and importance of work, and as bob dole said, -- and salute the flag. he added the nixon embodied the deepest feelings of the people he led, and its ultimate active service became the century's greatest architecture. i can tell you from my perspective as the former secretary of the department of veterans affairs, colonel of the united states air force, and the child of a highly decorated combat officer, the effects of the policy decision and elevation of the american veteran or felt to th

nixon. well, for these two remarkable women who became friends who encouraged each other to live their best lives in the pressure of public life and the glare of the white house. well, with us to give deeper insight into pat nixon and betty ford, we have some distinguished people on this stage, susan ford bales only daughter of president and mrs.. susan is the sponsor, the aircraft carrier uss gerald r ford and recognize one of her extraordinary service as the ship's sponsor. susan was named an honorary aviator by the united states navy, becoming only the 31st american ever to receive this distinction and the first woman ever to be so honored. she is the recipient of three honorary doctorates and is the author of two novels set in the white house. i'm waiting for those novels. get on tv now, because the netflix we need to clean up next looks a little. edward cox next to susan, the son in law of president and mrs. nixon. many of you recall that the hauenstein and the ford held a joint program

so nixon resigns now. nixon resigns. and one of the reasons he resigns and of the reasons that people are willing to accept the resignation is that this new guy, gerald ford, he doesn't have a long and obvious paper trail, but there are no scandals in his background. there is no hint of any impropriety. he, like the anti nixon because nixon now is seen as this purveyor of skullduggery and everything else. and jerry ford, this just, you know, straightforward guy from western michigan who does things the way they're supposed to be done. but then but then in a month after nixon resigns, gerald ford pardons him. and all of a sudden, these questions are raised, why was there a deal here? did nixon and ford get together? or maybe intermediaries? and did ford say. --, if you resign, then as president, i'll pardon you. you're not going to have to go to jail, which by this time was a real possibly pity. now there's no evidence that anything a deal occurred and fact it strains the imagination to think that there would be anything

nixon never forgot.n south vietnam, cambodia announced. he signed moreri legislation honoring veterans than any president in our history. hee openly praised the american warrior for what you did there, honorably undertaken and honorably ended. when he signed the largest numbers of veterans bills and one day, any american president, he said by giving you our veterans the gratitude and opportunity thatde you deserve e are not only doing the right thing, we're doing the right thing for all of america. each returning american is a human resource of a chore, highly motivated young citizen who is prevented capacity to serve and to achieve, these young men and women formed the strongest hope for america's future. he rejected the counterculture, he hosted the largest ever gathering on the lawn of the white house on an enormous tent on the south lawn he met each one of the 500 returning pows that were held in vietnam and came to the white house with their families. he dared to press and congratulated the thousand

nixon never forgot it. he never forgot those americans who sacrificed all and gave all in southeast vietnam. cambodia. and laos -- he signed more legislation honoring veterans than any president in history. he openly praised american warriors for what they did there, honorably undertaking and honorably ending. he signed the largest numbers of veterans and bills in one day of any american president. he said that by giving you, our veterans, the gratitude and the opportunity that you deserve, we are only doing the right thing, we are doing the right thing for all of america. each returning american is a human resource, a mature, highly motivated young citizen who has proven his capacity to serve and to achieve. these young men and women form the strongest hope for america's future. >> [applause] >> he rejected the counterculture. he hosted the largest ever gathering on the lawn of the white house under an enormous tent on the south lawn. he met each one of the 500 returning p.o.w.'s who were held in vietnam a

nixon library.>> we had planned to have you all outside and at this point pull a curtain off the new monument, but that's okay. so what i will say is that i would encourage all of you to go see this statue and to visit this monument. it's right next to marine one on the grounds. nixon library. actually, sometimes it was called army one for those of you that know had probably better than me, it wasn't until 1976 that the marine helicopter squadron-- or the president's helicopter squadron was exclusively operated by the marines. so, definitely go see this new beautiful new statue at the wonderful monument next to marine one. as i mentioned earlier, president trump signed national vietnam veterans day into law and wilkey served from to 2021, a cabinet position ensuring veterans health care and administering our national veterans memorials and cemeteries. prior to serving in the cabinet, secretary wilkey was undersecretary for personnel and readiness, the principal advisor to the deputy and secretary of

but this was one line nixon power. he believed that these withdrawals were absolutely to counteract the piecemeal and convince the country he ending the war were one step ahead of the share was the nixon phrase. and by this he meant congress, moderate groups. the antiwar movement had concentrated on political action, building candidacy of george mcgovern for president in 72 and seeking to elect more anti-war people to the house and the senate. the more radical antiwar groups viewed this as wasted energy. members of congress kept making speeches introducing resolutions that never pass. and then election day. george mcgovern was defeated by a landslide. however, when you look at the record this point of view seems myopic in his concession, mcgovern had uttered words more apt than he realized, quote, there can be no question at all that we have pushed this country in the direction of and if we have shortened the vietnam war, even by days, every minute, every hour, bone crushing effort in this campaign was worth it. indeed

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so nixon did yenta came out.was not sure how the environmentalism in the summer of 60 died when he's ready to celebrate neil armstrong on the moon nixon talking to the astronauts in "time" magazine putting the river on fire in ohio. that means you take a match. and this talks about rivers, no epa, no clean water act yet and the senator from wisconsin, the father and the conceptualized birthday 1970 the first birthday and then he comes up with earth day about theve environment. i met all these books and after i read earth day books, the first one of the whole country, offices everywhere hundred 70 november have no offices in somebody has offices in earth day. all of the money. where did the money come from. you won't believe where it all comes from, not some of it, a hunk or agreement, it's not bill douglas, he was always pretty poor it comes from walter off te united automobile workers, big labor and big environment were handed, days after earth day in the weird plane crash with his wife, he said blue-collar work

how is nixon fit in? nixon ran in 1968. president, you all that california you got to know about the environment a little bit no matter what you think out here, it's everywhere. your people are doing it. but do you realize that nixon asking, getting asked questions he can't answer. do you realize that nixon hires john erlichman, who goes to prison for watergate? most known who was a land water lawyer from seattle. and nixon went up there and went boating with him once and came back and said, you know, erlichman is really he's making money on nimby, not on my backyard rich people not wanting an aluminum factory next to them. they'd hire higher erlichman firm and win. and so he, the de facto environmentalist for nixon, the sierra club, calls him a cover art green. however, he thought on other issues he in with the environmental crowd erlichman and he goes to the white house in to be fair to nixon he's president days just day. i think it's eight days and the santa barbara oil spill happens now. television color, the nightly ne

please welcome tricia nixon cox, the eldest daughter of president, and mrs. nixon. and edward cox her and the chairman of new york republican party. ed and tricia have an distinction in that they were at the dinner 50 years ago at the white house with of you and also with. i'd also like to welcome melanie eisenhower, youngest granddaughter of president. mrs. nixon, and the daughter of julie nixon eisenhower. and david. and melanie's husband, joseph sergio. we are joined by a number of members, the board of directors of the richard nixon foundation, ambassador robert o'brien, chairman of the board, charlie jiang, treasurer everett alvarez, who i know you all know. larry, happy. ken kat chow again, maureen and our great former governor, the state of california governor pete wilson wilson. i'd like to welcome senator carper, the only vietnam war veteran serving in the united states senate, from whom we will be hearing a bit later in the evening. thank you for being here, senator. i would be remiss if i didn't acknowledge the major sponsors, supporters of this 50th anni

richard nixon. didn't want to, his first epa head, william rocco stood up really strong and told nixon, you pointing and epa, i have looked at all this stuff, and we can't use it anymore. and nixon -- he was really livid about nixon, to be honest. to be fair, he did it. he was angry because i am and lose their answers, you know? i middlebury was politically with the cost. on his side. but you did it, nixon. and after that, the revolution toxin. and the big key for kennedy's -- as secretary of interior, our finest ever during these years. we have things like national lamp -- big battle for the north cascades in washington state national park. california was ground zero in my book on a lot of this stuff. for example, the battle of bodega bay. i don't know how you would care or think about nuclear power, because it depends on my mood sometimes. but i understand the complications of all of that, with anything nuclear. but i will tell you what shut it down, when it was really the pacific electorate compa

nixon got knocked down, nixon got get up and be a man.et back in there. tell them who are nixon and fight like a man. and so that kind of inspiration got stuck with nixon and later on, richard nixon did say that beside my dad being the most influential person in my life, coach wallace newman was the second most influential individual in my life, inspired and so one he was president and being a hands on president, but also reliant on his advisors, garment and bruce, the secretary interior. he was commissioner of indian affairs. so that nixon did bring an end determination and approved of the reversal termination of restoring native groups. he didn't interfere. without the press or the videotape or behind take over in 72 in the alcatraz they kind of locked down the nixon did something really kind of unusual in that he was termed land to the alaska natives and they received huge settlement that was the first time ever in american history in particular in president we try and land back to native people and also received a large payment for. i

nixon, how does nixon fit in? coretta 1968.ot to know about the environment a little bit.ha no matter what you think out herere it is everywhere but peoe are arguingt it. do you realize nixon getting asked environmental questions he cannot answer. nixon was a land water lawyer from seattle. nixon went up there up there and went boating with him once came back and said he's really smart he's making money not in my backyard rich people are not running an aluminum factory next them they hired the firm and they would win. and so he became the de facto environmentalist for nixon. they call him a covid green on other issues he was in with the environmental environments. think it's eight days. the santa barbara oil spill happens. now television turn to the nightly news and 67 cronkite and all. this is january 69. nixon is not even in his office i hold tv showing birds the organization in santa barbara get the oil out. bert trapped in oil, paradise in santa barbara is spoiled. wealthy republican donors lived along the coast of californ

my name is jim byron and i'm the and ceo of the richard nixon. i want to start this evening because i know that there are a number of veterans in the audience and maybe even some who are actively serving. so if you are a veteran tonight, i would ask that you stand and be recognized. thank you. but thank you for your. i also want to thank the members of the richard nixon foundation associates club members and our presidents members. because your membership is what makes educational programs like possible. and these are programs that teach american history and american. so thank you. thanks. thanks for what you have done. now on to speaker this evening. dr. mark moyar. is the william p harris chair of military history at hillsdale college. from 2018 to 2019. he served as of the office of civilian military cooperation at usaid and previously served as director of the project on military and diplomatic history at the center for strategic and international studies in washington, d.c.. dr. moyer is a member of the hoover institution working group on th

richard nixon.e's house stood up strong and told nxivm, you pointed me at epa, i looked at all this stuff and we can't use it anymore. he didn't. after that the revolution pick sam and the big key for kennedy ÃÃduring these years we get things like candyland national park created in utah, big battle for the north cascades in washington state national park, california was ground zero and my break on a lot of this stuff the battle of bodega bay i don't know how to care or think about nuclear power because it depends on my mood sometimes. but my understand the convocations of all that with anything nuclear but what shot it down really was the pacific your electric company pacific electric california electric company wanted to build the world's biggest atomic campus on at bodega bay california. on the san andreas fault. [laughter] bonehead. could have found some of the other sites and decided to build it right on the ocean along where it would hit the fault line. the public went nuts. the sierra club we

nixon first minimize it. his first instinct was it was not that big a deal that he listened to his interior secretary, went to the ground in -- who went to the ground in santa barbara and said, do not minimize it. it is bad. plus, we have only been in office for seven days. plan -- blame it on johnson. [laughter] but then the rivers were on fire and then gaylord nelson, a senator from wisconsin who saved 22 beautiful islands in wisconsin, and did so much work, came up with the idea on the first day. then nixon started planning out earth day. but he was suspicious because at every college campus, there is an earth day office. nixon asked the important question, who is paying for this? how did he spring up on every college campus? where is the money coming from? he got a big bill. april 22, richard, from united automobile workers because there was a green labor alliance. his view was working people may not be able to go to yosemite or yellowstone. they will be living in flint, michigan or somewhere and need cle

talk about the nixon doctrine, that was related to vietnam.was related to expecting asian allies to tend to military defense. when people think about nixon and that came across like a word casserole people would have trouble digesting, people think of nixon opening relations with china and landing on the ground and meeting for the first time with malsadon 51 years ago. and looking back, that could be seen, i think someone in the hill wrote last year looking history may well judge nixon's opening to china as one of the most colossal dismattic blunders in history. the enemy of my enemy is my friend. trying to offset communist russia at the time. look in terms of trade and also what china is trying to do to us and the world with rising power of russia, i don't really know if you want to follow in nixon's footsteps any way, shape or form. >> kayleigh: vivek's foreign policy will be popular with swath of republican voters. this was cnn, they were shocked to find this answer with the focus group. >> if you think the united states should be supportin

the country by 1976, watergate, nixon's resignation is a 1974. by 1976 when carter is running for president, that is still pretty fresh in people's minds. going further back, we also talked quite a bit about what was going on in the democratic party and we talked about the chaotic ending of the lyndon johnson administration in 1968 and that has also got some implications for carter. we talked about the country sensed that johnson had gone back on campaign promises around the war in vietnam, that they had been lied to about that war by multiple administrations and also we have a democratic party that is kind of crumbling around the issue of civil rights. we talked a bit about that, the impact on the broader political situation. of course that is going to press at some real pain points and the democratic coalition. in comes jimmy carter. he's both a southerner, not just from the border south but from the deep south, from georgia, also has a reputation as a racial liberal, someone who has stood up to these segregationist southerners, someone who has

committed for president nixon's benefit while he was president richard nixon's white house chief of staff. eight months after, richard nixon resigned the presidency. his former vice president became president, gerald ford, pardoned richard nixon for all of the crimes he committed during his presidency, so richard nixon never went to trial for those crimes. but his white house chief of staff went to trial for. years later, in an interview, richard nixon insisted on a version of the legal theory that mark meadows is relying on now. >> when the president does it, that means it is not illegal. >> by definition. >> exactly. >> in other mark meadows a news, abc is reporting that mark meadows told jack smith's investigators that he does not recall donald trump, quote, ever ordering or even discussing the classified broad sense of classified material before leaving the white house, nor was he aware of any standing order from trump authorizing the automatic declassification materials -- sources familiar with the matter tell abc news. meadows also told investigators that he was not involved i