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Richard Nixon
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first crewed Moon landings, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early, when he became the only president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in a small town in Southern California. He graduated from Duke Law School in 1937, practiced law in California, and then moved with his wife Pat to Washington in 1942 to work for the federal government. After active duty in the Naval Reserve during World War II, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946. His work on the Alger Hiss case established his reputation as a leading anti-Communist, which elevated him to national prominence, and in 1950, he was elected to the Senate. Nixon was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party's presidential nominee in the 1952 election, and served for eight years as the vice president. He ran for president in 1960, narrowly lost to John F. Kennedy, then fa
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I'm Not A Crook Soundbite
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1,0663On Releasing The Watergate Tapes
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3957the Watergate Tapes, November 1973
2778Resignation - Washington, D.C., August 8, 1974
2409September 1, 2007: Richard Nixon
23210The Watergate Tapes
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Ultimate Speech Collection
The Nixon Tapes: Featuring Speeches Given By Richard M. Nixon
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The Complete Greatest Speeches & Moments Ever
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Good Morning Vietnam - Words & Music of the '60s
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Good Morning Vietnam
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The Greatest Presidential Speeches Vol. 2
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The Speeches of President Richard Nixon
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Good Morning Vietnam - Words Music Of The '60s
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The President's Weekly Radio Address