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Now, it’s important to note that the practice of using “administrative earmarks” to “buy” votes is not new. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon were particularly fond of this tool. So, why is it newsworthy when the Obama administration...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger delivers a speech during an evening banquet to commemorate the 40th anniversary of former U.S. President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing January 16, 2012. View Photo »
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People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I’ve earned everything I’ve got.
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Felt, who died in 2008, used the classic techniques of counterintelligence he learned as an FBI agent to destabilize his main bureaucratic opponent inside the FBI (Acting Director L. Patrick Gray) with his leaks to Woodward (and other journalists). The...
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Someday, we may all look back on February 21, 2012, as the day that Pinterest became a player in the political realm, a technological turning point on the order of Richard Nixon's disastrous televised debate against John F. Kennedy. For the...
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MSNBC President Phil Griffin declared himself uncomfortable with having Buchanan’s views in the mix of his network’s opinions. But Griffin is a little late to that party, given that Buchanan had been saying the same things for at least 40 years, from...
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) looks down at Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping as he speaks in Beijing January 16, 2012, during celebrations to mark the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's historic visit to China. China and... View Photo »
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We don't really care how many votes we influence ... That's why we endorsed Sam Yorty on the Democratic side in 1972, we endorsed John Ashbrook over Richard Nixon in 1972, we endorsed Pete du Pont in 1988 and Paul Fisher over John Kennedy in 1960.
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American counterpart, Dick Cheney, so that the United States could take the measure of the man scheduled to become China's leader. On this visit there were strong echoes of the Hu trip a decade ago. In 2002, then-Vice President Hu noted that it was a...
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Nixon smiles as he leaves Washington after his resignation. (Associated Press) Press-bashing is an important staple of any candidate’s repertoire in part because it’s so easy and always useful. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich made excellent use of it...
About Richard Nixon
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only president to ever resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961). Full Article
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