if richard nixon is not sincere, he is the most dangerous man in america. perceptive assessment was borne out in the 1960 presidential campaign, which nixon lost to john f. kennedy. there were many reasons for that loss. nixon bungled the first debate. he made a rash promise to campaign in all 50 states. and wasted the last week in alaska. as importantly, in keeping that 50 state promise, he found he could draw large crowd in the then democratic solid south. he, like kennedy, sought to walk the edge, and balance a campaign for white southern votes with that from black votes in northern cities. but telling moment arrived when near the end of the campaign king was arrested in georgia for in old traffic charge. shackled and taken to a backwoods prison in the middle of the night, family and friends fearing he would not emerge alive. john and robert kennedy intercede with the georgia governor and get king freed. the nixon campaign said, no comment. jackie robinson flew to where nixon was campaigning, begged him to intercede and robinson left the hotel suite with

that was richard nixon. it was dole who broke down, his features contorting and weeping while giving the eulogy at nixon's funeral. the original title of the book was going to be richard nixon and the american tragedy. it is not my poetic original floors. cabinet members like elliott wilson and henry kissinger wrote it. kissinger wrote " deeply insecure, nixon acted as if cruel fate singled him out for rejection." it was set of kissinger was that he was a self-made man who worshiped his creator. [laughter] that was not richard nixon. richard nixon was not an easy man to light. he knew it and it hurt. he had a dickensian childhood. his dad was little and abusive, a miserly tyrant. two of his siblings died in childhood. arthur died of tuberculosis. the pride of the family took years to succumb to tuberculosis. his family -- his family split, his mother took him away to care for him. young dick made it into harvard but his family could not send him. he came to believe it was his father's stubbornness to give awa

he first became acquainted with richard nixon while work object 1962 gubernatorial campaign as an advancean. fwas nixon who urge and inspired the wilson to service. before serve as senator as governor he was a california state assemblyman and then mayor of san diego. he was mayor of san diego for 12 years. 3 of those years overlap with the nixon presidency. he transformed the city in part by working with president nixon to bring millions of federal tax dollars back to state and local government, bricking decision-making power closer tote people. this is truly a testament to democracy in america. governor wilson will be in conversation with dr. frank gannon. in 1971, gannon served as i white house fellow in the nixon administration and went ton serve in the domestic counsel and in the white house press office. in 1974, dr. gannon left washington to california aboard air force one following president nixon's resignation and was a chief editorial assistant onyx son's best selling mem yore. he interviewed president nixon for 38 hours in nine theen 33 which are available in the presidential li

he first became acquainted with richard nixon ball working on the gubernatorial campaign. nixon urged and inspired young wilson to public service. before serving a senator and governor he was a state assemblyman and mayor of san diego. he was mayor of san diego for three years. he transformed the city in part by working with president nixon to bring millions of federal tax dollars back to the state and government. this is truly a testament to democracy in america. governor wilson will be in conversation with dr. frank gannon. dr. gannon served as a fellow and served in the domestic counsel and the white house press office. in 1974 dr. gannon left for california and was the chief editorial assistant on nixon's best-selling memoir. some of these clips you will see in this interview today. from 2013, he was comanager of the nixon library renovation project. ladies and gentlemen, governor wilson and dr. frank gannon. >> [ applause ] >> governor. it is hard to believe the 25 years have passed. >> i wish you could figure out a way to unfolded. >> i am about to do that for at leas

that was richard nixon. it was dole who broke down with his features contorted, weeping while giving the eulogy at nixon's funeral. the original title was going to be richard nixon an american tragedy for his story most definitely have elements of greater shakespearean tragedy. not my poetic original flourish like richardson and henry kissinger wrote it, put it in their diaries and their letters. as kissinger wrote, deeply insecure he first acted as of cruel fate had been out for rejection and then contrived to make sure that his premonition came to pass. it was said that he was a self- made man who worshiped his creator. [ laughter ] that was not richard nixon. he was not an easy man to like and he knew it and it hurt. he had a to kantian childhood. his dad was brutal and abusive and mildly tyrant. two of his brothers died in child hood. arthur died in days from tubercular meningitis. the eldest, the pride of the family took years to succumb from tuberculosis. splitting the family as his mother took him away

richard nixon and bill clinton working together assist boris yeltsin and assist the fledgling democratic, and clinton said it was the best meeting i've ever had as president clinton marveled at the wisdom that nixon gave him as he urged him to be brave and sport the democracy movement in ways that frankly he didn't believe president bush hads done enough to do. so he changes the post-presidency. changes pollsive with his work with reagan and bush and clinton, and this book shows in many ways nixon changed himself. during the 20-year period he comps to terms with all he had achieved, and all he had lost. the conventional wisdom says he accidentally confessed during the watergate section of the interview with david frost -- this has been a myth that frost and others have perpetuated for some time -- the reality is quite different, they talk about it in advance, whan he wanted to say when the question came up and the apologized for his moral failures and says i screwed it up but never admitted to wrongdoing. this would be the message he would use the rest of his life when he was asked and i

johnson, and richard m. nixon. we get an inside look into hell -- how presidents conducted day-to-day business and hear their candid assessments. the university of virginia's miller center hosted this event. prof. selverstone: good afternoon, everyone. i am marc selverstone. associate professor in presidential studies at the university of virginia's miller center, and as chair of the center's presidential recordings program, i'd like to welcome you to a special panel, echoing the -- echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues on the recordings program. it's quite wonderful to be here with everybody. something of a reunion. kent was with us for years and years, now spending time at the university of south carolina. for the next 75 minutes, we'll share insights from the secret white house tapes, and we'll look to explore dynamics therein, but also to relate them to contemporary developments, to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, about the history they contain, about paralle

nixon. >> you've written about dwight eisenhower and richard nixon. at was their relationship and what is your take on that. >> market because look nixon ended up marrying eisenhower's nixon's daughter married eisenhower's grandson. they are still married. there is a real one there. eisenhower endures nixon and 68, but when nixon was eisenhower's vice president, talk about cold people. ike could be cold. he was pretty cold with nixon. he didn't know nixon and sinn was put on the ticket for political reasons but younger voters and western voters. eisenhower sort of dumped nixon a couple of times from the ticket. eisenhower's idea was so nixon condoned goods and sort of made sense to eisenhower seasoning. to nixon it just looked like he was being dumped. it's very hurtful to him. i'm not sure eisenhower really liked nixon. i am thinking of john eisenhower, eisenhower's son told me this. my father told me that he said he gave himself in order to like nixon. [laughter] he may have been making an exaggeration here but you know nixon was not always the most

richard nixon was president. as i slowly realized the unspoken rule that nixon was not going to win any cases and that's not to say the office of the presidency did not win, but the closer any case got to richard nixon the person the quick it was rejected. this is the solicitor general saying the courts are biased against nixon's also. he goes on to talk about what it was like to be acting attorney general. he really wasn't very friendly. he was not at going or meeting me halfway. throughout the matter i was surprised and disappointed that so many lawyers acted like lawyers complementing each other as specialists in process. many lawyers demonstrated during the week after the massacre at throughout the watergate affair how easy it is to let process take a backseat. for those who found their liberal identity before embarking on their career as a lawyer, they will, regarded as nixon ipso facto outside of the law. so long that they forfeit the respect due a learned profession. he is just saying the same thing that we

he had come into see nixon and kissinger the day before because he was the intermediary between richard nixon ho chi minh. he was the guy who was opening the path to the negotiations. it was the first meeting they had all had together. he carried a letter from nixon to ho. and the first meeting between kissinger and the viet cong was held in his apartment in paris. >> where were dr. kissinger, secretary of state, and the vice president at this point? >> they were all playing gin rummy together. >> i know henry was in new york because on the phone long he called henry and had a long conversation that day. the vice resident is not on the phone long for that day nor is the secretary of state, so i don't know where they were. as we get there, there are thousands of people involved in this. we are two minutes away from 50 years ago and thousands of people have to execute. was he nervous at all? >> was he nervous? nervous is not a word -- anticipatory is the word that was used in one of the films that we did. and i think that there was this high degree of expectation of something big transpiring. b

they, up until richard nixon got on that helicopter in 1974 to leave the white house for good, pressed him to fulfill his promise to them, his secret promise, and pardon them all. right before nixon resigned, his aides told him, look, the people need somebody's head, and if you pardon everyone else, they will take your head. nixon did not fulfill this promise. he ended up being the only person pardoned for his crimes in watergate. everybody he promised to pardon went to prison. mr. hughes: do we have time to get to vietnam? prof. hemmer: sure. mr. hughes: ok. everybody is paying attention to obstruction of justice. few people are paying attention to donald trump's exit negotiations in afghanistan. but they are taking place. he has a plan. it has three elements. complete american troop withdrawal, a cease-fire between the warring parties in afghanistan, coupled with negotiations about a future government, and security guarantees. in the case of afghanistan, the security guarantee would be that the taliban will not allow any terrorist to use afghanistan as a base for terrorist attacks in

johnson and richard nixon. we get an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business. the miller center hosted this event. >> good afternoon everyone. professor atciate the nontender. alluld like to look on the too echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues. it is quite wonderful to be here with everybody. for the next 75 minutes, we will .hare with you insights we will look to explore the dynamics. to the also let them contemporary developments to see what kinds of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics, the history they contain, parallels to today's events, that is a practice of democracy itself. established in 1998. we are the only institution of its time doing it, analyzing and transcribing the secret made fromal tapes 1974 to 1973. we do this work at the miller center. so much of our work is browser-based. the digital edition is ours. we also publish the greatest hits through miller center dot oregon. we share with you those clips today. i just want to knowledge of

here's richard nixon and bill clinton working together to assist him and democracy in russia, the emerging breakaway republics. it was the best meeting i've ever had as clinton marveled at the wisdom nixon gave him. he urged him to be brave and support the movement in ways that he didn't believe bush had done enough to do. he changes the post- presidency and policy, most important this book shows nixon changed himself. during this period, he comes to terms with all he achieved and all he lost. the conventional wisdom says he accidentally confessed during the watergate section, this has been a myth that they have perpetuated for some time. the reality is quite different. they talked about in advance. he apologized for his moral failures. he said he screwed it all up but he never admitted criminal wrongdoing because he didn't think he violated any criminal laws. this would be the message he used the rest of his life when he was asked about this topic. it came not as an accident, it came as a plain answer to a question that they planned together. the moral failures wait on him. he dealt with

court was very unfriendly to impoundment, particularly because richard nixon was president. as i slowly realized, the unspoken rule was that nixon was not going to win any cases. that's not to say the office of the presidency didn't win any case trrs certainly did. but the closer any particular case got to richard nixon the person, the quicker it was -- oh, there's a typo -- the quick ter was rejected. this is the solicitor general saying these courts are all biased as they can be against nixon too. then he goes on to talk about what it was like to be acting attorney general member. i was the guy who went over to see him after the saturday night massacre to ask for some legal help. and he really wasn't very friendly. he was not outgoing. and meeting me halfway. he just -- okay. throughout the matter i was surprised and disappointed at the lawyers to act like lawyers complimenting each other as specialists in process. many lawyers demonstrated in the week after the mass occur and throughout the watergate affair how tes is to let the process take a backseat to political results

i think richard nixon did quite well. oel. >> he confronted kirchhoff, the head of the soviet union and the debate of the cold war and helped nixon's political position so americans can see him as a forceful guy that stand up to kindness. it was an important moment for him and that only charged area of the cold war. 1959. the two leaders actually talked to each other. that didn't happen in the 1950s. we were in our separate camps. at least they were talking. >> your father at harpercollins, or at harper at the time. did something very unusual for the day. he gave somebody a million-dollar advance for a book. >> i'd forgotten that. who got the advance? >> stones book. >> my dad was the number two guy point i don't think he wrote that check. he was the editor of the book. i forgot that. believe it or not, i was the first american boy stalin's daughter ever met. she had just got off the plane and i was a 16-year-old boy my way back to boarding school and i went to patricia mcmillan's house on longisland . stalin's daughter pi

diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the vietnam war from 1964 to the beginning of the richard nixon administration. productions,r usia the film was intended for foreign audiences. although it is optimistic about thee, u.s. participation in war would continue for four more years. ♪ film about time, historical time. it concerns the people of vietnam, north and south. it chronicles a search for peace , for better days to come in their part of the world. this film may claim its title, a chronology of hope. ♪ united states became involved in the conflict between north and south vietnam after both countries received independence more than a decade ago by ratified acts. the united states supported south vietnam to remain free and independent and increased its financial and military support as the threats intensified. the united nations security council in 1964, one ambassador made the position clear -- >> the united states government is currently involved in the affairs of the republic of , becauseor one reason the republic of vietnam with the help of the united states and of other governm

in 1956, it was something like 39% or 29, 30, the low 30s for device eisenhower and similar for richard nixon and it was 64 when it fell to 6% and it's always been now for generations with black voters single digits at ondigits andone timed a vote ofn you have multi-generational voters having such skepticism for the conservative movement, what does that say going forward especially looking at the majority and the growing latino population looking at the future what is the future for the conservative movement of the media is so entrenched in these anti-conservative narratives as it relates to the other minorities? >> it depends on what they do. there might be some kind of tectonic shift taking place to

i'm the president and ceo of the richard nixon foundation. it's my honor to welcome you to our east room. we would like to begin as we always do. please rise for the presentation of the colors and the singing of the national anthem.

america's diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the vietnam war from 1964 to the beginning of the richard nixon administration. like all other usia productions, the film was intended for foreign audiences. although it is optimistic about peace, u.s. participation in the war would continue for four more years. ♪ narrator: this is a film about time, historical time. specifically it concerns the people of vietnam, north and south. it chronicles the story of a four-year search for peace for , better days to come in their part of the world. if progress continues, this film may rightfully its title, "a chronology of hope." ♪ narrator: the united states became involved in the conflict between north and south vietnam after both countries received their independence more than a decade ago by ratified acts of the french government. the united states supported the efforts of south vietnam to remain free and independent and increased its financial and earlyry support in the 1960's as threats the south vietnam intensified. -- two south vietnam intensified. -- threats to south vietnam intensified the united

however whennded president-elect richard nixon called the white house to affirm with president johnsonnsition between the old and new administration. a few days later at his florida retreat, the incoming resident named the u.s. ambassador to west journey -- germany henry , cabot lodge, a longtime friend and close associate of mr. nixon, ambassador lodge brought high credentials to his new assignment. he twice served as ambassador to south vietnam and for seven years was the chief u.s. representative at the united nations. the ambassador reported immediately to paris where he expanded peace talks resumed after a 10 week deadlock over arrangements. the teams of negotiators had now increased to four. besides mr. lodge, and north hanoi two new diplomats had , appeared. the government of south vietnam sent one man, and the national liberation front was represented i another. -- by another. inside the conference room, the four delegations sought to find, in the words of ambassador lodge the first practical steps on the , road toward peace. this has been a film about certain events related to

presidential library and museum, richard nixon foundation and the nixon family.nk you for your service.pp [applause] a recipient of the distinguished flying cross. tonight special guest speaker is one that won the title of hero.' a title earned noter only a brod fighting in the skies high above world war ii theater of war but also at home as an african-american prevailing in the face of racism. at 17 years old harry t stewart junior signed up for war service volunteering before being drafted. he had tohe fit in a segregated rail car on the journey to basic training in 1943 but in two years time would be at the control of the mustang with the distinct makings many of his fellow servicemembers will get a sigh of relief especially when an escort in the belly of a b-17 or be 24 bomber and the markings were of course named for the tuskegee airmen, the first african american military aviators in history of the united states armed forces. the red tails.ry colonel stewart was 40 blue 43 combat missions amassing an outstanding record which included being one of only four

this is reminiscent if george frampton's leap of faith, and the prosecutorial memo on richard nixon. all the grand jury would have to do is to assume one little fact, that nixon had ordered the payoff be made to that and then they could have found him guilty of participating in the cover-up. this is the exact same thing. we don't have enough evidence to indict him, but if he were to lie in front of the grand jury, we could indict him for perjury, no kidding. if you were to lie in front of a grand jury, about the weather outside, we could indict you for perjury, this is a nonsensical statement, typical of 1972 graduate of harvard law school, because i graduated in 1969 in the law school went down. from there. okay. 18 pages. and then, he starts describing how hard they tried. they started interviewing the demonstrators, then the counterdemonstrators, then the dc police, and the people at the republican national committee. then people on the white house staff, trying to get to colson. search for colson. they concocted an hypothesis, i'm going to read it, this is their hypothesis, well,

come actually into see nixon and kissinger the day before because he was the intermediary between richard nixonning the path to the negotiations and it was the first meeting they all had together. carried a letter from nixon to ho. then the next meeting was held in his apartment. >> where were dr. kissinger and secretary of defense layered and the vice president. >> playing gin rum ee together. >> henry was in new york. they had a long conversation that day. the vice president is not on the phone log that day, nor is secretary of state. i don't know where they were. >> as we get there, there are thousands of people involved in this, two minutes away from 50 years ago. thousands of people have got to execute. was he nervous at all? >> was he nervous? nervous is not a word i -- anticipatory is the word that was used in one of the films we did. and i think that there was just this high degree of expectation of something big transpiring. but i would not use the word nervous. >> focus coming closer to it. with expectation on top of it. >> we're now at 8:47. and the phone call occurred at 8:48. i'm g

johnson and richard nixon.look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day business. the miller center hosted this event. >> good afternoon everyone. professor atciate the nontender. alluld like to look on the too echoes of the past, featuring my colleagues. it is quite wonderful to be here with everybody.

he's the author of "richard nixon, the life" and he now examines how president nixon's early life influenced his presidency. held by the smithsonian associates. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> it's my pleasure to welcome our speaker tonight. john farrell is an author and contributing editor to "politico" magazine and "the atlantic" following his career as a journalist for "the denver post" and globe. where he worked as white house correspondent and served on the spotlight team. in his capacity as a journalist he's covered congress, the supreme court, and every american presidential campaign from 1980 through 2012. in additio h

parties were held, richard nixon did not just win of republican nomination, he won the democratic nomination. passed on our nations american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> the house will be in order. c-span has been providing unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by of local and satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. >> former senator gordon smith is the longtime president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters. he is our guest this week on "the communicators." before we get started looking at some of the issues that the nab is facing, how many people in this day of netflix and hulu and amazon are actually watching broadcast tv? sen. smith: an awful lot. one of the things people insist on his having local news, weather, sports, emergency information. it is the lifeline. natural or human disasters, it lets people know what is coming, how to find shelter, how to ge

now, richard nixon had some of the same ideas i think that trump had. the difference is trump doesn't realize he has a moral obligation to speak as a uniter. that's the difference. we've never had in the modern era a president who was willing to use publicly the language this president uses on a daily basis. >> yeah. lanhee, aside from denigrating the office, is the president's behavior affecting the way americans treat each other? >> well, i think that's the fear. that's the million dollar question because so much of our civil discourse is tied up in politics now. you know, the way people address each other is a function of what they believe is permissible. if you think about what's happening in our political dialogue, it's become incredibly coarse. you know, i know there's a conversation about whether things are getting worse, and i think if you look back during the campaign, i remember when i was on this very program talking about some of the things that candidate trump did on the campaign trail. those kinds of activities and that kind of language, a

was richard nixon and he got less than 30%. it was clear that the american people would not want another resident you would've had three presidents in one year. goldwater knew from the beginning that he could not win. he knew it. young conservatives like me big tim employed himke and said you gotta do it. he admitted that later. the only reason why he was running was because he wanted to keep faith with the young conservativeswi like you and me. >> we talked a little bit about the young americans for freedom. here's video from 1991 that we want to show you. >> we have a republican administration but a burgeoning welfare state and for those that we coexist with today after 11 years of a republican administration. our hero, our model our dream. he did so much for the conservative movement that it's hard to quantifyti and we summed him up in the little biography. by reason of his wealthh and his social standing he could've been at the playboy of the western world but yet he chose to be the st. paul of the conservative movement for

>> from a state of the union address, david stradling, as you hear that from richard nixon in 1970, one year after the fire along the cuyahoga river, your reaction? david: i think it's a recognition of just how powerful an issue -- a political issue the environment had become. nixon articulates it in a very common way at the time, which is to kind of suggest that things had just gotten so bad that now we finally have to deal with them. but as my earlier comments suggest, you know, the environment, particularly the urban environment around industry, had been so bad for so long that mostly what he is articulating is a changing sense that now we need to do something because american citizens are demanding that they be given access to clean water and clean air, that their cities not be as filthy as they had been. i think that this is mostly a recognition that a tide had changed, that a series of events, including the cuyahoga river fire, but also the santa barbara oil spill -- there is a terrible pesticide spill on the rhine river a couple days after the fire in cleveland. all of these thin

welcome to the richard nixon presidential library for this very special occasion. we begin thero patriotic program appropriately with the presentation of colors followed by the singing of our national anthem please rise. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] the esperance rotc thank you for that special presentation to our nation. [applause] please be seated. ladies and gentlemen i have the events director for the foundation it is a pleasure to have you all here tonight. thursday last week marked the 7h anniversary the largest seaborne invasion at the turning point of world war ii. a day that is remembered as d-day time to remember and honor the heroes of the greatest generation of world war ii. what is a time to remember incredible sacrifices made in the face of evil to protect thee essential freedoms and it is a time to show the tremendous respect and appreciation and admiration to the great warriors of world war ii and all who served we are lucky to meet be among these great patriots tonight current armed service members please stand and be recognized. [applause] >> please

also today and tomorrow, casey pipes recalls the post-white house years of president richard nixon. warren farrell discusses his book, "the boy crisis," and a woman who contracted polio as a baby talks about growing up with a disability and becoming a disability rights act

richard nixon's last lunch for those with strong stomachs, i'll describe it. pineapple slices, a touch of cottage cheese and a glass of milk. gerald ford nine days into the presidency in his kitchen in alexandria reminding us that our two real citizen presidents of the modern era were book ended and with all that as background, john, if i asked you to come up with any echoes of this day 45 years ago, fast forward to today are there any? >> well, you have an embattled president and a time in which people believe that we are engaged in triablely driven politically warfare. there is nostalgia about water gate. there is a lot of great drama that hue scott and berry gold water and john roads went to the white house and told nixon he had to go. that was august 6th, i think. august 5th. it was very late empty game. just four or five days ago leading into the last act here. and we have to remember republicans supported nixon at a pretty high proportion, very late in the game and so let's not sentimentalize the past. it was a tough time and i think we were very lucky f

america's diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the vietnam war from 1964 to the beginning of the richard nixon administration. productions,r usia the film was intended for foreign audiences. although it is optimistic about thee, u.s. participation in war would continue for four more years. ♪ film about time, historical time. it concerns the people of vietnam, north and south. it chronicles a search for peace , for better days to come in their part of the world. this film may claim its title, a chronology of hope. ♪

. >>> in 1971, president richard nixon ordered the end of the u.s. draft, but it did not officially end until 1973. coming up now, military historians discuss the transition into an all-volunteer force while examining why the president decided to end the draft. they also look at whether an all-volunteer military is better for war time morale. held at the university of kansas. this is about an hour. >> so, this is the final panel before our keynote address, and it is the second section looking at the ways in which the military as an institution and military leaders attempted to confront the crisis that most of us have agreed actually did occur following the tet offensive in the vietnam war, the u.s. war in vietnam. i am beth bailey. i'll be moderating this. and sitting next to me is richard hunt, who has written the definitive biography of melvin laird. next to him is bob griffith, who is the world's expert on the creation of the all-volunteer force, and next to him is jennifer middlestat, who has written a really wonderful book called "the military w

>> learn more about richard nixon's life sunday. you are watching american history tv, only on c-span3. >> this is about the ghost army of world war ii. 1996, soclassified in not a lot of people know about it. my grandfather was a part of it, and it is a combination of just getting to know my family history and telling the story about these men who never got recognized that i just really wanted to do. >> what is a ghost army? >> the ghost army was a deceptive unit that used decoys ands, fake radio messages, sounds of tanks and activity to fool the germans. they shorten the war and save lives by preventing conflict. >> where would they do this? >> where they were needed. sometimes, it was really close to the front lines, not close enough to suggest their secret. or it could have been farther away. elephant,operation they fool the germans that the second armored division was staying when it was actually moving closer to the front lines. so they operated anywhere they were needed. >> tell me about some of the pictures and things you ha

farrell is the ah shore of richard nixon's life and career." join us every week and weekend on c-span3. >>> this is a special edition of american history tv, a sample of history programs that airton american history tv. lectures, artifacts, the civil war, oral histories, the presidentsy, and special event coverage about our nation's history. enjoy american history tv now and every weekend on c-span3. >>> a former u.s. army psychiatrist and a retired u.s. marine lieutenant colonel who both served in vietnam now join historians to discuss the problem of low morale in the final years of vietnam and the war. part of manpower and morale after tet. it's an hour and 20 minutes. >> i'd like to welcome everybody back. my name is charles bowery from washington, d.c. i'd like to start off by thanking beth and the ku center for military war and society centers for hosting this and thanks to our colleagues for their ongoing collaboration in this and other events surrounding the vietnam 50th anniversary. the u.s. army has more than 500 historians, museum pro

as a result, on december 2nd, 1970, president richard nixon consolidated 15 programs to form the unitedl protection agency. not only did the new epa inherit responsibilities from its parent programs, but it had a raft of new ones. the package of the clean air act in 1970 meant that epa's management had to simultaneously organize dozens of different staffs and laboratories to develop the national air quality standards required by the act. while at the same time showing the american people that something was being done to stop air pollution. epa went to court, factories were shut down, the message got through, gross pollution would no longer be a part of business as usual in the united states. the clean water act, passed in 1972, also required enormous and unprecedented efforts on the part of the new agency. 60 million people were on sewage systems discharging 2 million tons a year of raw waste into surface waters t. new law mandated a system of universal sewage treatment and gave epa the job of bringing it about. a job that meant running one of the largest public works programs in the na

and when the primary parties were held, richard nixon did not just win

parties were held, richard nixon did not just win of republican nomination, he won the democratic nomination. passed on our nations american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> the house will be in order. c-span has been providing unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events from washington, d.c. and around the country so you can make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by of local and satellite provider.