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… office.” With those words, Richard Nixon became the first—and so far only—president to announce his resignation. … Ken … and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the … of the United States. Nixon's secret White House tapes , uncovered in the course of the Senate Watergate
“Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office.” With those words, Richard Nixon became the first—and so far only—president to announce his resignation.
Oral History Interviews
… Association. In this role, he came to know the candidate and the campaign staff well, culminating in his becoming … [Richard] Nixon and the tail end of the war in Vietnam and Watergate particularly because my parents hated Nixon with a … was great. He knew Dole well. We also looked at all Dole’s tapes, sorted out back to ’76 and what Dole had done over the …
Oral History Interviews
… his relationship with Kennedy after leaving his office and the evolution of the Senate as an institution over the … on to discuss Kennedy’s 1980 presidential campaign, the Watergate investigation, and Kennedy’s 1994 reelection … he was confirmed. A few years later, when the Watergate tapes came out, one of them is a wonderful tape of Richard …
Oral History Interviews
… Thomas … Oliphant … Washington correspondent and a columnist for the Boston Globe … Charlottesville, … started and ended so fast. I have since seen some of the tapes from—I didn’t see any television that whole week. They … get a sense that 1976, because it was the first after Watergate, was going to be a marathon Presidential campaign …
Oral History Interviews
… first as a member of Senator Hart’s Judiciary staff, and then as a member of Senator Kennedy’s Judiciary staff. … poverty, and human rights. Wides talks about the Watergate investigation, judicial confirmations, and the …
Oral History Interviews
… the One Man, One Vote legislative fight, civil rights, and the operation of Senator Kennedy’s staff. He talks about … liberties and crime issues. Flug also begins to discuss Watergate. … Janet Heininger This is an interview with Jim … patch? Flug No. This was Watergate. I am in the Watergate tapes because of that rule. John Dean and Richard Nixon were …
Oral History Interviews
… discusses Mansfield’s relationship with John F. Kennedy, and his own relationship with Robert F. Kennedy. He speaks of … is mentioned. Ferris brings up the establishment of the Watergate Committee and Senator Mansfield’s role in that. … he was captured by them. But you listen to some of those tapes, and Johnson wanted to get the hell out of there. He …
Oral History Interviews
… to the U.K., during which the Gulf War occurred, and his tenure as director of USIA. … Zelikow Let me briefly … over the final product that ultimately will appear. The tape of the session today will be transcribed. That draft … and what have you, but it wasn’t quite as personal before Watergate as it was after. Everybody decided that they wanted …
Oral History Interviews
… … Nolan discusses his work covering Edward Kennedy and his brothers. … Knott Thank you again for agreeing to do … He said that, I think, in November of ’74. It was after Watergate. I was on my first vacation in about two years. I … gossip about them. I’ve never listened to the Nixon tapes and apparently I’m on the Nixon tapes a lot. They say, …
Oral History Interviews
… D.C. … Marshall talks about working for Al Gore and advising the campaigns of both Kennedy and Gore. He also … Heininger Yes. Marshall As you mentioned on the Marty Gold tapes, looking for a recess was not just an opportunity for … for the family, I had interned on Capitol Hill during the Watergate summers, and that’s when I became a political …
Oral History Interviews
… Kennedy's election to the position of majority whip and the 1980 Presidential campaign.  … Young We are at the … Bates Right. Young I hope you’ll maybe use some of these transcripts to prompt your memory to write a few things about … Vietnam War, the civil rights battle, and then Nixon and Watergate. We had all that. It was like a TV series, 14 …
Presidential Speeches
… the House Judiciary Committee’s subpoena for White House tapes, President Nixon addresses the American people to … he is releasing. He defends his innocence in the Watergate scandal while also reiterating his belief in the … Committee's subpoena for additional Watergate tapes, and to tell you something about the actions I shall be taking …
Oral History Interviews
… Congress, including those with key congressional members, and the administration's efforts to improve those relations … what’s said in the room doesn’t go outside the room. Transcripts are first given to the former staff participants … Nobody knew what you could do. Everybody was afraid after Watergate that if they spent ten dollars on a bumper sticker, …
Oral History Interviews
… Massachusetts … Kirk covers his time as a Kennedy staffer and his Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee.  … … stop you for a second? You mentioned before we started the tape that your father had a story about the Kennedys?  Kirk … for it anyway, because he just said, Okay. Then you had Watergate, Vietnam, all these things breaking across the …
Oral History Interviews
… Counselor Daniel Fried: Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Jendayi Frazer: Assistant Secretary for … You see we have audio recorders here. We’ll prepare a transcript of the proceedings. The transcript becomes the … sat around in the Situation Room, at your apartment in the Watergate, plotting out those themes. Rice That’s right, …
Oral History Interviews
… discusses his work with Edward Kennedy on civil rights and other key issues before the Judiciary Committee.  … Knott … that was my portfolio. As I said before we turned on the tape, however, my first day on the job, I believe, was … at this crisis and, for the first time probably since Watergate or something weird like that, having a sense that …
Oral History Interviews
… as Special Representative for Trade Negotiations and White House Staff Director in the Carter administration. … will be given to Mr. McDonald and Mr. Rowny when the tapes are transcribed, and they will be the only ones to see … with the power of numbers, because of what happened in Watergate. Those fundamental reforms changed the nature of …
Oral History Interviews
… Texas … With three different positions in intelligence and national security during the George H.W. Bush presidency, … of virtually every scandal in Washington, beginning with Watergate. You guys were talking about the taping system … of the twenty or so allegations I had identified from the transcripts and then just read my handwritten response in …
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… was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break in on June 20, 1972, three days after five … apprehended at Democratic National Committee headquarters. And just less than five months later, on November 7, 1972, … Committee hearings as compiled by PBS NewsHour" The tapes: Nixon's last line of defense With Dean and several …
“It's going to be forgotten.” That was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break in on June 20, 1972, three days after five men were apprehended at Democratic National Committee headquarters. And just less than five months later, on November 7, 1972, 23.5% more Americans voted to reelect the president than to replace him with Democrat George McGovern
Oral History Interviews
… particularly during the U.S. invasion of Panama and the 1991 Gulf War. … Zelikow I’m Philip Zelikow. I’m not … For the older ones we’re the ones who are doing all the tapes for the [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt, [Harry S.] Truman, … ’76? Cheney It would have been the race in ’74. But the Watergate thing just got progressively worse and it was …