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January 11 – President Nixon signs an executive order alongside issuing a memoranda setting ordering pay increases to over 118,000 federal blue collar workers. [4] January 13 – President Nixon announces the withdrawal of 70,000 American troops over the course of the next three months in a statement during the White House press briefing. [5]
[258] Political historian and pollster Douglas Schoen argues that Nixon was the most important American figure in post-war U.S. politics, while constitutional law professor Cass Sunstein noted in 2017, "If you are listing the five most consequential Presidents in American history, you could make a good argument that Nixon belongs on the list."
President Nixon says unjust wage and price increases being asked for by the labor and management groups will result in them being priced "out of the market". [130] President Nixon says the Vietnam War could end sooner if unity across the US occurs in response to criticisms of his foreign policy. [131]
1973: Richard Nixon (right), the 37th President of the United States of America, with his Vice-President Gerald Ford. (Photo by Ian Showell/Keystone/Getty Images) A "full, free, and absolute pardon"
Nixon's resignation and the Watergate scandal bequeathed a political environment that is more partisan, cynical and distrustful of government. OnPolitics: Nixon resigned 50 years ago. The ...
Fifty years ago, three of the justices Richard Nixon appointed to the Supreme Court joined in an 8-0 decision in the Watergate tapes case that effectively ended his presidency, ruling only 16 days ...
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
March 8 – President Nixon delivers a radio address on the subject of campaign reform legislation proposals by Congress in the Oval Office during the afternoon. [46] March 19 – President Nixon announces the Arab oil embargo lifting during a session to the National Association of Broadcasters. [47]