Why Europe was President Nixon’s First Foreign Trip
By Chris Barber RN speaking to an audience upon his arrival at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. To his right is U.K. Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Having witnessed the necessity of U.S. support...
View ArticleNixon and de Gaulle
President Nixon and General de Gaulle in Paris, 1969. By Chris Barber Like many who had yet to make the acquaintance of Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, Richard Nixon initially developed a...
View Article43 Years Ago Today: RN Addresses Newly Commissioned Naval Officers
President Nixon addresses the graduates of the Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, March 12, 1971. By Chris Barber On this day 43 years ago, President Nixon stood before the 1971...
View ArticleThe Herter Committee: Forging RN’s Foreign Policy
RN and members of the Herter Committee stand in front of rice fields in northern Italy. By Chris Barber On Monday, July 30, 1947, then Congressman Richard Nixon was chosen, to his pleased...
View ArticleThe Nixon Space Doctrine
President Nixon with Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility aboard the USS Hornet. (July 24, 1969)...
View ArticleA Final Salute to General Eisenhower
February 2, 1969: President Nixon visited General Eisenhower at Walter Reed Hospital. This would be the last meeting between the two presidents. Today marks 46 years since the passing of one of the...
View ArticleSupport from General Abrams
President Nixon confers with General Creighton Abrams, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and General Earl Wheeler about the situation in Vietnam. From the White House Photo Office, May 12 1969. At the...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Apollo 13
Apollo 13 lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida as an audience watches. On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13—manned by Commander James A. Lovell, Command Module pilot John L. Swigert, and Lunar Module pilot...
View ArticleA Conversation With the President About Foreign Policy
From left to right: Howard K. Smith of ABC, Eric Sevareid of CBS, John Chancellor of NBC, and President Richard Nixon. It was television day, as H.R. Haldeman, President Nixon’s chief of staff wrote...
View ArticleJohn Wayne: “I’m a Nixon man.”
RN and John Wayne converse at La Casa Pacifica during a Republican fundraiser on August 27, 1978. Today is John Wayne’s having been born on May 26, 1907. In honor of the Duke, the New Nixon blog takes...
View ArticleNixon On the Record: End China’s Isolation
President Nixon addresses Midwestern media executives in Kansas City on July 6 1971. 44 years ago, President Nixon acknowledged the harsh reality of America’s standing in the world: that it could no...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....