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the richard nixon foundation hosted this event in 2019. >> good evening. welcome to the richard nixon presidential library. before we introduce our distinguished speaker, i wanted to mention a couple of special guests. we have our speaker's daughter lease, lisa lore and her husband, jack wild. [ applause ] and we have betsy hewitt, the wife of our president and ceo, newly elected hue hewitt. [ applause ] our distinguished speaker was to dr. kissinger as dr. kissinger was to president nixon. he joined the staff in 1969 as special assistant working and traveling the world on on every major diplomatic initiative of the administration in the midst of the vietnam war and greater cold war. he was with dr. kissinger with negotiators in paris culminating in the paris peace accords of 1973. he was with president nixon in moscow during his first president altrip there in may 1971. and he was there for kissinger shuttles between the arabs and israelis after the 1973 yom kippur war. he was a key actor in president nixon's historic trip to china in 1972 known popularly

the richard nixon foundation hosted this event in 2019. >> good evening. welcome to the richard nixon presidential library. distinguished speaker was to dr. kissinger as dr. kissinger was to president nixon. he joined as special assistant working and traveling the world on every major diplomatic initiative of the administration in the midst of the veet yam war and greater cold war. it culminated in the paris peace accords. he was with president nixon during his first presidential trip there in the historic arms treaty in may 1972 and there were kissinger shuttles after the 1973 war. he was a key actor in president nixon's historic trip to china in 1972 known popular as the weekend that changed the world. ambassador wanted to hold such posts as state department of policy planning, president of the council of foreign relations. from 2015 to 2016, he conducted several hours of oral history with dr. kissinger on behalf of the nixon foundation. can be now found in this highly readable book with commentary. it's called kissinger on kissinger. it's available for p

the richard nixon foundation hosted this event in 2019. >> good evening. welcome to the richard nixon presidential library.

the richard nixon foundation hosted this event in 2019.

the richard nixon foundation hosted this event in 2019. >> good evening. to the richard nixon presidential library. before we introduce our distinguished speaker, i wanted to mention a couple of special guests. we have our speaker's daughter lease, lisa lore and her husband, jack wild. [ applause ]

foundation honoring betty ford. she became first lady on august 9 covid 1974 when her husband took the oath of office on president nixon's

foundation honoring betty ford. she became first lady on august 9 covid 1974 when her husband took the oath of office on president nixon's resignation. the tribute focuses on the white house grounds and gardens and features landscape historian jonathan liska and mrs. ford daughter susan ford bales. >> thank you and welcome everyone. you know, today many people call washington a swamp. day, but back with when the ground breaking began in 1790 and the white house itself is situated on top of the hill, and just like capitol hill, there's literally a physical hill underneath the white house. the white house looks down in historical time on swampy land historical time on swampy land i like to call it the three bs, bare, bleak and brown. when john adams moved in in 1800. and the period accounts go on to state visitors from that time described as, i believe the it was a barren, stony, unfenced waste. it was not a great looking place simply because it was a construction site for so many years -- >> well, but the world was used to the european standard of fabulous palaces and manicured gardens. and europe, which had been around f